Champions League 2024/25: Statistical analysis of the top 8 teams
What's the story
The likes of Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, and Aston Villa qualified for the round of 16 in this season's revamped 36-team UEFA Champions League campaign.
These 8 sides will avoid a two-legged playoff for the R16.
Notably, teams placed from 9th to 24th qualified for the playoffs stage.
Here are the stats of the top 8 teams.
Reds
Liverpool top the league stage campaign
Liverpool finished atop the league stage with 7 wins and a defeat from 8 matches. They suffered a loss on matchweek 8 to PSV Eindhoven.
The Reds finished with 21 points.
Notably, Liverpool forwarded 17 goals and conceded 5.
Star winger Mohamed Salah shone for Liverpool with 4 assists and three goals in the league stage.
Barca
Lewandowski, Raphina drive Barcelona
Robert Lewandowski was on fire for Spanish side FC Barcelona. The veteran striker finished with 9 goals from 8 matches.
On the other hand, Raphinha was on song. He chipped in with 8 goals and 4 assists.
Barca finished 2nd with 19 points. They won 6 matches (L1 D1). Hansi Flick's men scored a league-high 28 goals and conceded 13.
Duo
Arsenal and Inter finish with 19 points as well
Alongside Barca, the likes of Arsenal and Inter finished with 19 points each. However, goal difference played a part in them finishing 3rd and 4th respectively.
Arsenal had a goal difference of +13 with Inter managing a tally of +10.
Bukayo Saka scored four goals for Arsenal (A2). Meanwhile, Lautaro Martinez scored the most goals for Inter (5).
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Atletico Madrid finish 5th
Diego Simeone's Atletico finished 5th with six wins and two draws. They collected 18 points. Atletico scored 20 goals and conceded 12. After a win and two defeats, Atletico enjoyed 5 straight victories. Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez scored six goals each.
Trio
These three sides rounded up top 8
Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa occupied the last three places in the top 8.
All three teams enjoyed wins in matchweek 8. These three sides claimed 16 points each.
Florian Wirtz scored six goals for Leverkusen (A1). For Lille, Jonathan David scored six goals (A1).
For Aston Villa, Ollie Watkins provided four assists (G1).
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