The new format of the Champions League rather favors French clubs. During the first season with 36 participants, in 2024-2025, Losc finished 7th, PSG 15th, AS Monaco 17th and Stade Brestois 18th. Last season, if the Parisians once again missed the top 8 by finishing 11th and the Monegasques slipped to 21st position at the last minute, OM experienced a real disaster by languishing in 25th place, synonymous with elimination, after a heavy defeat in Bruges (3-0).
The first phase of the 2026-2027 Champions League now knows its posters and projections of Football meets datawhich simulate matches 20,000 times, only give two French qualifications in the knockout phase. PSG, which has a slightly less difficult schedule than the last two seasons (but with Barça and Manchester City on the program), is sent to 5th place behind Arsenal, Real Madrid, Bayern and Barça.
Losc in danger in the Champions League
RC Lens and Losc are the other two representatives of Ligue 1 and only the Sang et Or are projected in the top 24, in 22nd place with 10 points. The draw was kind to the Sang et Or since Slavia Prague, Sporting, Club Bruges, Como, RB Leipzig and Bodo/Glimt are the first opponents before two shocks in January against Manchester City and Liverpool. The French vice-champions led by Florian Thauvin will perhaps already be in a good position to survive the first phase.
On the other hand, Lille are therefore announced to be eliminated from the Champions League from the league phase, with 9 points for an insufficient 28th place. Davide Ancelotti’s Mastiffs face, in this order, Real Betis, Arsenal, Galatasaray, Bodo/Glimt, Bayern Munich, Stuttgart, Slovan Bratislava and Roma. Galatasaray was hat 3 and Stuttgart hat 4. The calendar is not that simple and
Football meets data perhaps considers that the club chaired by Olivier Létang was far too helpless during the summer transfer window.
