Opta makes Chelsea heavy favourites to top Club World Cup group
Chelsea are huge favourites to progress from Group D of Fifa's inaugural expanded Club World Cup this summer.Enzo Maresca's side face Major League Soccer's LAFC in their opener on Monday, Brazilian side Flamengo and finally Tunisian club ES Tunis.According to Opta's supercomputer, Chelsea have been given a 76.7% chance of topping Group D and a 16.8% chance of finishing as runner-up - a 93.5% total likelihood or progressing to the last 16.Only Inter Milan, with 79% in Group E, have been given a higher likelihood of topping their group.At the time of writing, according to Opta's power ranking, external, Flamengo are ranked 78th in the world, while LAFC are ranked 126th and Tunis ranked 255th.
From a financial perspective, each group-stage win will net Chelsea £1.5m, with £5.8m for reaching the last 16, £10.2m for reaching the quarter-finals, £16.3m for progressing to the semi-finals, and £31m for winning the final.The maximum prize available is about £97m for winning all three group-stage matches and then going on to win the tournament - the biggest amount ever awarded in club football over a seven-game format.Chelsea are judged by the Opta supercomputer to have an 8.4% chance of winning the Club World Cup, with five teams above them in terms of likelihood - Paris St-Germain, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
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