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UEFA Champions League group stage predictions: What the SPI says

And then there were 32...

The draw for the Champions League group stage has been made, and ESPN's Soccer Power Index has crunched the numbers to predict who will go through.

Do you agree? You can vote for the group winners in the polls below.

Group A prediction

1. Real Madrid (74.7% to win group, 91.9% to go through)
2. Paris Saint-Germain (16.9%; 66.8%)
3. Shakhtar Donetsk (8.1%; 37.6%)
4. Malmo FF (0.3%; 3.8%)

Group B prediction

1. Manchester United (41.7% to win group, 68% to go through)
2. Wolfsburg (34.8%; 67%)
3. CSKA Moscow (13.1%; 36.5%)
4. PSV Eindhoven (10.5%; 28.6)

Group C prediction

1. Atletico Madrid (72.8% to win group; 90.9% to go through)
2. SL Benfica (19.7%; 66.8%)
3. Galatasaray (4.7%; 24.6%)
4. FC Astana (2.8%; 17.7%)

Group D prediction

1. Manchester City (52.8% to win group; 75.0% to go through)
2. Juventus (22.7%; 55.9%)
3. Sevilla (17.4%; 45.6%)
4. Borussia Mönchengladbach (7.1%; 23.6%)

Group E prediction

1. Barcelona (90.1% to win group; 98.7% to go through)
2. Bayer Leverkusen (5.8%; 50.1%)
3. AS Roma (3.9%; 44.4%)
4. Bate Borisov (0.2%; 6.8%)

Group F prediction

1. Bayern Munich (78.9% to win group; 97.2% to go through)
2. Arsenal (16.8%; 67.0%)
3. Olympiakos (4.1%; 30.1%)
4. GNK Dinamo (0.2%; 5.7%)

Group G prediction

1. Chelsea (52.2% to win group; 88.6% to go through)
2. FC Porto (41.4%; 80.4%)
3. Dynamo Kyiv (4.9%; 21.7%)
4. Maccabi Tel-Aviv (1.5%; 9.3%)

Group H prediction

1. Valencia (53.4% to win group; 76.4% to go through)
2. Olympique Lyonnais (26.6%; 61.0%)
3. Zenit St. Petersburg (15.9%; 46.7%)
4. Gent (4.1%; 15.9)

The group stage begins on Sept. 15.