Sofascore UCL Predicted Lineups Matchday 5: UEFA Champions League Expected Starting XIs

Get Sofascore Champions League predicted lineups and team news before you transfer. Knowing who starts protects you from benching points and helps you avoid rotation risks.

Likely starting XIs, rotation risk and injury updates, refreshed as team news lands.

AEK Athens predicted line-up — away to Como

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 5, 2026-11-24 21:00, ranked by how likely each player is to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Alberto Brignoli	GK	99%	89
Filipe Relvas	DEF	99%	88
Harold Moukoudi	DEF	99%	88
Lazaros Rota	DEF	99%	85
Stavros Pilios	DEF	99%	85
Luka Jovic	FWD	99%	80
Milan Vitalis	MID	99%	80
Oleksandr Zubkov	MID	99%	79
Razvan Marin	MID	99%	76
Lovro Majer	MID	99%	75
Barnabas Varga	FWD	99%	72

Arsenal predicted line-up — home to Borussia Dortmund

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
David Raya	GK	88%	79
Declan Rice	MID	82%	71
Gabriel	DEF	82%	75
Martin Ødegaard	MID	79%	66
Christos Tzolis	MID	77%	57
Ezri Konsa	DEF	74%	65
Riccardo Calafiori	DEF	66%	60
Kai Havertz	FWD	64%	56
William Saliba	DEF	60%	56
Ben White	DEF	60%	48
Noni Madueke	MID	44%	41

Aston Villa predicted line-up — away to Galatasaray

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 5, 2026-11-24 18:45, ranked by how likely each player is to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Zion Suzuki	GK	100%	90
Victor Nilsson Lindelöf	DEF	100%	88
Matty Cash	DEF	100%	86
Modou Keba Cisse	DEF	100%	86
Boubacar Kamara	MID	100%	85
Ian Maatsen	DEF	100%	85
John McGinn	MID	100%	81
Joao Gomes	MID	100%	81
Nicolas Jackson	FWD	100%	79
Emiliano Buendia	MID	100%	76
Johan Manzambi	MID	100%	74

Atletico Madrid predicted line-up — home to Viking

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 5, 2026-11-25 21:00, ranked by how likely each player is to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Jan Oblak	GK	83%	74
Pablo Barrios	MID	72%	58
Alejandro Grimaldo	DEF	68%	64
Kang-In Lee	MID	66%	54
Marcos Llorente	DEF	64%	60
David Hancko	DEF	63%	60
Marc Pubill	DEF	60%	53
Giuliano Simeone	MID	59%	56
Ademola Lookman	FWD	58%	46
Álex Baena	MID	56%	52
Morten Hjulmand	MID	56%	48

Barcelona predicted line-up — away to Sabah FK

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 5, 2026-11-25 18:45, ranked by how likely each player is to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Lamine Yamal	MID	80%	68
Joan Garcia	GK	74%	67
Pedri	MID	71%	60
Raphinha	MID	68%	56
Pau Cubarsi	DEF	65%	58
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	63%	54
Fermin Lopez	MID	61%	53
Eric Garcia	DEF	61%	55
Gavi	MID	58%	51
Gerard Martin	DEF	58%	54
Marc Bernal	MID	57%	53

Bayern München predicted line-up — away to Lille

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Dayot Upamecano	DEF	83%	73
Aleksandar Pavlovic	MID	80%	65
Harry Kane	FWD	80%	68
Michael Olise	MID	79%	69
Joshua Kimmich	MID	76%	69
Konrad Laimer	DEF	74%	63
Tom Bischof	MID	63%	57
Jamal Musiala	MID	58%	44
Min-Jae Kim	DEF	57%	52
Alphonso Davies	DEF	50%	50
Manuel Neuer	GK	48%	44

Bodø/Glimt predicted line-up — home to LASK

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Nikita Haikin	GK	100%	90
Haitam Aleesami	DEF	100%	88
Odin Lurås Bjørtuft	DEF	100%	87
Fredrik Sjøvold	DEF	100%	86
Patrick Berg	MID	100%	85
Fredrik André Bjørkan	DEF	100%	82
Sondre Auklend	MID	100%	81
Sondre Brunstad Fet	MID	100%	81
Ole Blomberg	MID	100%	79
Jens Petter Hauge	MID	100%	79
Ola Brynhildsen	FWD	100%	74

Borussia Dortmund predicted line-up — away to Arsenal

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Gregor Kobel	GK	99%	89
Waldemar Anton	DEF	94%	83
Nico Schlotterbeck	DEF	93%	81
Serhou Guirassy	FWD	92%	77
Daniel Svensson	DEF	92%	78
Felix Nmecha	MID	85%	69
Joane Gadou	DEF	76%	67
Julian Ryerson	DEF	70%	58
Maximilian Beier	FWD	69%	59
Jobe Bellingham	MID	67%	61
Joey Veerman	MID	60%	51

Club Brugge predicted line-up — home to Liverpool

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Yann Sommer	GK	99%	89
Jorne Spileers	DEF	99%	87
Brandon Mechele	DEF	99%	87
Joaquin Seys	DEF	99%	85
Hans Vanaken	MID	99%	84
Freddie Potts	MID	99%	84
Kyriani Sabbe	DEF	99%	82
Carlos Forbs	MID	99%	79
Nicolo Tresoldi	FWD	99%	79
Hugo Vetlesen	MID	99%	77
Jan Virgili	MID	99%	71

Como predicted line-up — home to AEK Athens

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Lucas Da Cunha	MID	76%	62
Anastasios Douvikas	FWD	70%	59
Nico Paz	MID	68%	55
Assane Diao	FWD	66%	48
Jean Butez	GK	65%	59
Trevoh Chalobah	DEF	64%	55
Yan Couto	DEF	63%	54
Jacobo Ramon	DEF	57%	60
Marc-Oliver Kempf	DEF	55%	50
Luis Milla	MID	51%	47
Martin Baturina	MID	50%	38

FC Porto predicted line-up — away to Feyenoord

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Diogo Costa	GK	99%	89
Pepe	MID	90%	73
Victor Froholdt	MID	89%	76
Jan Bednarek	DEF	89%	75
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	88%	78
Zaidu Sanusi	DEF	83%	66
Alberto Costa	DEF	83%	72
William Gomes	MID	82%	55
Gabriel Veiga	MID	76%	62
Pablo Rosario	MID	71%	65
André Silva	FWD	65%	48

Fenerbahçe predicted line-up — away to Shakhtar Donetsk

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Ederson Moraes	GK	99%	89
Milan Skriniar	DEF	99%	87
Kojo Peprah Oppong	DEF	99%	86
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	99%	84
N'Golo Kanté	MID	99%	83
Nélson Semedo	DEF	99%	80
Irfan Kahveci	MID	99%	79
Levent Mercan	DEF	99%	79
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	99%	78
Kerem Akturkoglu	MID	99%	77
Oguz Aydin	MID	99%	77

Feyenoord predicted line-up — home to FC Porto

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Tjark Ernst	GK	99%	89
Tsuyoshi Watanabe	DEF	96%	81
Mika Mármol	DEF	96%	81
Anis Hadj Moussa	FWD	96%	80
Givairo Read	DEF	94%	77
Gjivai Zechiel	MID	93%	78
Charles Vanhoutte	MID	88%	69
Luciano Valente	MID	87%	73
Nacho Ferri	FWD	78%	61
Oussama Targhalline	MID	73%	63
Javi Lopez	DEF	38%	41

Galatasaray predicted line-up — home to Aston Villa

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Ugurcan Cakir	GK	100%	90
Abdülkerim Bardakci	DEF	100%	87
Davinson Sánchez	DEF	100%	85
Mario Lemina	MID	100%	83
Roland Sallai	DEF	100%	83
Ismail Jakobs	DEF	100%	82
Lucas Torreira	MID	100%	81
Victor Osimhen	FWD	100%	79
Yunus Akgün	MID	100%	76
Aleksey Batrakov	MID	100%	76
Baris Alper Yilmaz	MID	100%	74

Inter predicted line-up — home to VfB Stuttgart

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Alessandro Bastoni	DEF	74%	62
Yann Aurel Bisseck	DEF	73%	63
Marcus Thuram	FWD	73%	60
Andy Diouf	MID	66%	57
Nicolo Barella	MID	63%	58
Manuel Akanji	DEF	62%	57
Josep Martinez	GK	59%	53
Petar Sucic	MID	57%	48
Carlos Augusto	DEF	56%	56
Federico Dimarco	MID	55%	48
Francesco Pio Esposito	FWD	50%	42

LASK predicted line-up — away to Bodø/Glimt

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Lukas Jungwirth	GK	100%	90
Andrés Andrade	DEF	100%	88
Alemao	DEF	100%	86
Ivan Dibango	DEF	100%	85
Xavier Mbuyamba	DEF	100%	85
Sascha Horvath	MID	100%	82
Kasper Jørgensen	MID	100%	81
Melayro Bogarde	MID	100%	81
Moses Usor	FWD	100%	77
Robert Ljubicic	MID	100%	76
Samuel Adeniran	FWD	100%	73

Lens predicted line-up — away to RB Leipzig

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Robin Risser	GK	99%	89
Samson Baidoo	DEF	99%	86
Ruben Aguilar	DEF	99%	85
Matthieu Udol	DEF	99%	83
Saud Abdulhamid	DEF	99%	81
Michaël Cuisance	MID	99%	81
Florian Thauvin	FWD	99%	79
Jean-Clair Todibo	DEF	99%	78
Amadou Haidara	MID	99%	77
Thorgan Hazard	MID	99%	77
Florian Sotoca	FWD	99%	75

Lille predicted line-up — home to Bayern München

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Berke Özer	GK	99%	89
Tanguy Nianzou	DEF	99%	86
Isaac Cossier	DEF	99%	86
Nathan Ngoy	DEF	99%	84
Benjamin André	MID	99%	83
Calvin Verdonk	DEF	99%	83
Ngal Ayel Mukau	MID	99%	81
Hákon Arnar Haraldsson	MID	99%	80
Maurits Kjærgaard	MID	99%	78
Soriba Diaoune	FWD	99%	76
Dilane Bakwa	MID	99%	75

Liverpool predicted line-up — away to Club Brugge

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Alisson Becker	GK	91%	82
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	85%	76
Florian Wirtz	MID	82%	66
Jérémy Jacquet	DEF	81%	71
Alexander Isak	FWD	79%	64
Milos Kerkez	DEF	75%	67
Bradley Barcola	MID	74%	63
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	73%	66
Ronald Araujo	DEF	72%	61
Cody Gakpo	MID	62%	53
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	60%	54

Manchester City predicted line-up — home to Napoli

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Gianluigi Donnarumma	GK	85%	77
Erling Haaland	FWD	82%	71
Ruben Dias	DEF	81%	73
Matheus Nunes	DEF	71%	62
Iliman Ndiaye	MID	70%	57
Elliot Anderson	MID	68%	61
Enzo Fernández	MID	68%	58
Marc Guehi	DEF	65%	56
Josko Gvardiol	DEF	59%	57
Jérémy Doku	MID	56%	52
Rayan Cherki	MID	53%	46

Manchester United predicted line-up — away to Sporting CP

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Senne Lammens	GK	97%	87
Bryan Mbeumo	MID	94%	80
Harry Maguire	DEF	92%	82
Amad Diallo	MID	89%	72
Bruno Fernandes	MID	83%	71
Diogo Dalot	DEF	82%	73
Youri Tielemans	MID	75%	61
Lisandro Martinez	DEF	74%	66
Kobbie Mainoo	MID	64%	57
Leny Yoro	DEF	61%	53
Andrey Santos	MID	54%	46

Napoli predicted line-up — away to Manchester City

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	97%	81
Scott McTominay	MID	86%	72
Rasmus Højlund	FWD	84%	66
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	80%	71
Matteo Politano	FWD	75%	58
Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa	MID	71%	59
Alex Meret	GK	67%	60
Noa Lang	FWD	66%	53
Mathias Olivera	DEF	65%	57
Kevin De Bruyne	MID	58%	57
Leonardo Spinazzola	DEF	57%	53

PSV Eindhoven predicted line-up — away to Real Madrid

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Matej Kovar	GK	99%	89
Guus Til	MID	94%	77
Mauro Junior	DEF	94%	77
Sergino Dest	DEF	92%	79
Armando Obispo	DEF	88%	76
Kodai Sano	MID	88%	76
Ruben van Bommel	MID	81%	65
Lutsharel Geertruida	DEF	67%	58
Ivan Perisic	MID	64%	52
Sven Mijnans	MID	60%	55
Ricardo Pepi	FWD	53%	46

Paris Saint-Germain predicted line-up — home to Roma

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Matvey Safonov	GK	99%	89
Illia Zabarnyi	DEF	99%	87
Willian Pacho	DEF	99%	86
Lucas Hernández	DEF	99%	86
Fabián Ruiz	MID	99%	82
Achraf Hakimi	DEF	99%	80
Vitinha	MID	99%	80
Joao Neves	MID	99%	78
Senny Mayulu	MID	99%	78
Désiré Doué	MID	99%	76
Maghnes Akliouche	MID	99%	71

RB Leipzig predicted line-up — home to Lens

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Willi Orban	DEF	83%	74
Antonio Nusa	MID	80%	65
Neil El Aynaoui	MID	76%	64
Ezechiel Banzuzi	MID	75%	61
Maarten Vandevoordt	GK	71%	64
David Raum	DEF	68%	58
Rocco Reitz	MID	66%	49
Castello Lukeba	DEF	63%	54
Brajan Gruda	MID	54%	48
Romulo Cruz	FWD	49%	47
Christopher Nkunku	FWD	47%	39

Real Betis predicted line-up — away to Slovan Bratislava

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Álvaro Vallés	GK	86%	78
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli	MID	73%	62
Natan	DEF	64%	58
Juan Hernández	FWD	62%	50
Marc Roca	MID	58%	50
Pablo Fornals	MID	58%	53
Hector Bellerin	DEF	57%	53
Francisco Garcia	DEF	56%	51
Isco	MID	55%	43
Diego Llorente	DEF	54%	47
Facundo Bernal	MID	45%	40

Real Madrid predicted line-up — home to PSV Eindhoven

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Kylian Mbappé	FWD	76%	68
Federico Valverde	MID	75%	61
Thibaut Courtois	GK	74%	67
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	74%	67
Jude Bellingham	MID	70%	61
Aurélien Tchouaméni	MID	69%	61
Dean Huijsen	DEF	69%	63
Arda Güler	MID	66%	51
Vinicius Junior	FWD	61%	56
Marc Cucurella	DEF	58%	58
Yan Diomande	MID	56%	52

Roma predicted line-up — away to Paris Saint-Germain

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Bryan Cristante	MID	88%	74
Paulo Dybala	FWD	81%	64
Evan N'Dicka	DEF	77%	69
Matias Soulé	FWD	72%	63
Donyell Malen	FWD	71%	57
Kouadio Koné	MID	69%	54
Marten de Roon	MID	66%	56
Gianluca Mancini	DEF	64%	55
Mario Hermoso	DEF	63%	53
Wesley	DEF	58%	54
Mile Svilar	GK	55%	50

Sabah FK predicted line-up — home to Barcelona

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Stas Pokatilov	GK	99%	89
Steve Solvet	DEF	99%	88
Tymoteusz Puchacz	MID	99%	87
Akim Zedadka	DEF	99%	87
Ivan Lepinjica	MID	99%	85
Eduardo Queiroz	MID	99%	85
Umarali Rakhmonaliev	MID	99%	84
Kaheem Parris	MID	99%	84
Joy-Lance Mickels	FWD	99%	84
Veljko Simic	MID	99%	81
Abdulakh Khaybulaev	MID	30%	27

Shakhtar Donetsk predicted line-up — home to Fenerbahçe

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Dmytro Riznyk	GK	99%	89
Valeriy Bondar	DEF	99%	86
Mykola Matviyenko	DEF	99%	85
Pedro Henrique	DEF	99%	83
Vinicius Tobias	DEF	99%	83
Oleg Ocheretko	MID	99%	82
Marlon Gomes	MID	99%	80
Kaua Elias	FWD	99%	79
Yegor Nazaryna	MID	99%	78
Alisson Santana	MID	99%	77
Gleiker Mendoza	MID	99%	75

Slavia Prague predicted line-up — home to Villarreal

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Nazar Domchak	GK	99%	89
Tomas Holes	DEF	99%	85
David Zima	DEF	99%	83
Oskar Kubiak	MID	99%	82
Michal Sadilek	MID	99%	82
Ange N'Guessan	DEF	99%	82
Wiktor Nowak	MID	99%	79
Tomas Vlcek	DEF	99%	79
David Moses	MID	99%	78
Emmanuel Ayaosi	MID	99%	75
Mubarak Suleiman	MID	99%	72

Slovan Bratislava predicted line-up — home to Real Betis

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Aleksandar Popovic	GK	99%	89
Svetozar Markovic	DEF	99%	88
Sahmkou Camara	DEF	99%	88
Kevin Wimmer	DEF	99%	83
Alen Mustafic	MID	99%	83
Cesar Blackman	DEF	99%	82
Samuel Kozlovsky	DEF	99%	81
Andraz Sporar	FWD	99%	78
Christian Martinez	MID	99%	78
Alexej Maros	MID	99%	74
Suleiman Camara	FWD	99%	71

Sporting CP predicted line-up — home to Manchester United

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Goncalo Inacio	DEF	84%	74
Sergi Altimira	MID	83%	72
Iván Fresneda	DEF	82%	71
Maximiliano Araujo	DEF	76%	68
Luis Suárez	FWD	70%	61
Issa Doumbia	MID	70%	61
Rui Silva	GK	59%	53
Geny Catamo	MID	58%	51
Zeno Debast	DEF	53%	52
Nestory Irankunda	MID	52%	44
Rodrigo Zalazar	MID	52%	44

VfB Stuttgart predicted line-up — away to Inter

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Angelo Stiller	MID	86%	69
Dennis Seimen	GK	81%	73
Josha Vagnoman	DEF	81%	66
Ermedin Demirovic	FWD	77%	64
Jeff Chabot	DEF	72%	63
Chris Führich	MID	72%	59
Ramon Hendriks	DEF	69%	62
Deniz Undav	FWD	65%	56
Atakan Karazor	MID	62%	50
Maximilian Mittelstaedt	DEF	62%	59
Finn Jeltsch	DEF	54%	53

Viking predicted line-up — away to Atletico Madrid

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Peter Christiansen	FWD	88%	74
Gianni Stensness	DEF	87%	75
Kristoffer Askildsen	MID	87%	71
Henrik Falchener	DEF	86%	68
Henrik Heggheim	DEF	77%	64
Zlatko Tripic	MID	76%	66
Joe Bell	MID	75%	60
Erik Botheim	FWD	73%	60
Kristoffer Haugen	DEF	73%	61
Arild Østbø	GK	68%	61
Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal	MID	61%	53

Villarreal predicted line-up — away to Slavia Prague

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Péter Gulácsi	GK	80%	72
Renato Veiga	DEF	76%	68
Juan Foyth	DEF	70%	58
Tajon Buchanan	MID	69%	55
Santi Comesana	MID	68%	54
Pape Gueye	MID	66%	60
Alberto Moleiro	MID	64%	53
Ayoze Pérez	FWD	61%	50
Ilias Akhomach	MID	58%	45
Sergi Cardona	DEF	57%	50
Alex Freeman	DEF	56%	54

Why predicted lineups matter

A great pick is worthless on the bench. Predicted lineups help you back nailed-on starters and dodge rotation traps before deadlines.

Likely starting XI per team
Rotation and injury risk flags
Updated as team news is confirmed

How our predicted lineups are built

Most predicted lineups are one person's guess, published and never checked. Ours start from many independent sources per competition, and every one of them is scored afterwards against the eleven players who actually walked out - so a source earns its influence from its record in that specific league rather than from its reputation.

Sources that publish near-identical XIs are grouped and share a single vote, so an outlet copying another does not get counted twice. The output is a chance of starting for each player rather than a flat list of eleven names, and that percentage is what feeds projected minutes and predicted points.

Many sources per league, scored against the real XI after every match
Weighted by measured accuracy in that specific competition
Sources that mirror each other share one vote instead of counting twice
A start percentage per player, not a flat eleven-name team sheet
Replaced by the confirmed XI when the official team sheet lands

Frequently asked questions

How accurate are Sofascore Champions League predicted lineups?

Every source we read is scored against the eleven players who actually started, and weighted on its record in that competition - so accuracy differs by league, and the per-league measurements are published in our guide to how predicted lineups are made. Whatever the league, accuracy rises as kick-off approaches and official team news lands: a predicted XI with one or two names off is the normal case, not a failure.

When are lineups updated?

Throughout the build-up to each round, and again when confirmed XIs are released before kick-off.

What does the starting percentage next to each Sofascore Champions League player mean?

It is that player's chance of being in the starting eleven, not a yes-or-no call. A player at 95% and a player at 60% both appear in an eleven-name list and are completely different propositions for a captaincy decision - and the percentage is what feeds his projected minutes and predicted points on this site.