Get ready for the top picks in the Champions League, as predicted by the betting odds!

Manchester City is, without a doubt, the top favorite to win the Champions League in the final on Saturday, June 1 at Wembley. Before the quarterfinal pairings are even known, the fans' predictions are already changing. The odds for Pep Guardiola's team to clinch the European title are currently at 2.60 euros. Following closely behind as top contenders for the continental title are Arsenal (5.50), who are currently leading the Premier League with just one point more than the 'Citizens'. In third place is Real Madrid (6.00), who were semi-finalists in the last European Cup before being knocked out by City, and are currently leading LaLiga with seven points more than Girona and eight more than Barça.

Barça, making a return to the quarterfinals after missing out since 2020, are in sixth place in the favorites ranking with an average odds of 15 euros, trailing behind Bayern Munich (7) and Paris Saint-Germain (13), despite having KylianMbappé as a major threat. Atlético de Madrid (19) holds the seventh spot, while Borussia Dortmund (26) is the team that inspires the least confidence.

27 European Cups among them all

Out of the eight quarterfinalists, five of them have already won at least one European crown: Madrid (14), Bayern (6), Barça (5), Manchester City (1), and Borussia Dortmund (1). The remaining three were all finalists: Atlético in 1974, 2014, and 2016, Arsenal in 2006, and PSG in 2020.

Four championship-winning coaches

Carlo Ancelotti holds the record for European Cups as a coach (two with Milan and two with Madrid) after winning two as a player with Milan. Pep Guardiola has three titles (two with Barça and one with City) in addition to the one he won in 1992 as a Barça player. Luis Enrique led Barça to Champions League victory in 2015, and Thomas Tuchel achieved the same with Chelsea in 2021. Among the other four coaches, only Xavi Hernández (four with Barça) has lifted the trophy.