UEFA Champions League 2024/25: Quarter-Finals Preview

First thing to remember in our analysis is that we evaluate all the players from teams that will the playing in the UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals. In other words, we evaluate and filter the best performers in the UCL that are still in competition. Assessing all the players data, we can generate the ratings for the players performances. As a matter of fact, in this type of analysis, the type of formation played doesnt influence or limit the ratings system.

Team Average Rating

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PSG (1) vs Aston Villa (8)

Arsenal (7) vs Real Madrid (5)

Barcelona (3) vs Dortmund (4)

Bayern (6) vs Inter (2)

Accordingly to our algorithm, PSG was the best performing teams until now. While PSG was, for us, the team with the highest average rating, Inter was the one with the second highest amount. Despite that, we can see that all this teams played really good football, with a Team Average Rating higher than the average value of 6.00.

Best Players

All things considered, the PSG’s Full-Back duo had top performances in the competition. Equally, at a really high level, we can spot Raphinha: FC Barcelona’s Winger has been the best performing player until the Champions League Quarter-Finals! A fun fact about this list is the lack of Arsenal, Bayern players in the Top 10 despite them being top rated teams throughout the competition.

Best Young Players

All things considered, the UCL agglomerates the Best Teams in the World and their Young Players. Therefore, it’s no surprise that this list already includes top players like Yamal, Bellingham and João Neves.

Top Players per Team

The Most Consistent Players In The Tournament

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