Sofascore Champions League Predicted Lineups & Team News

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 Shakhtar Donetsk

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 2, 2026-10-14 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%	88
Stavros Pilios	DEF	99%	88
Razvan Marin	MID	99%	85
Milan Vitalis	MID	99%	85
Aboubakary Koita	MID	99%	82
Lovro Majer	MID	99%	81
Luka Jovic	FWD	99%	80
Oleksandr Zubkov	MID	9%	9

Arsenal predicted line-up — home to Lille

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 2, 2026-10-13 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
David Raya	GK	99%	89
Declan Rice	MID	82%	69
Gabriel	DEF	82%	70
Christos Tzolis	MID	78%	63
Martin Ødegaard	MID	74%	60
Bukayo Saka	MID	74%	61
Kai Havertz	FWD	68%	59
Riccardo Calafiori	DEF	67%	58
Ezri Konsa	DEF	64%	59
Ben White	DEF	62%	52
Cristhian Mosquera	DEF	62%	53

Aston Villa predicted line-up — home to Fenerbahçe

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Zion Suzuki	GK	93%	84
John McGinn	MID	90%	71
Joao Gomes	MID	83%	68
Boubacar Kamara	MID	82%	70
Nicolas Jackson	FWD	74%	57
Victor Nilsson Lindelöf	DEF	72%	64
Emiliano Buendia	MID	72%	60
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	66%	56
Matty Cash	DEF	61%	57
Johan Manzambi	MID	58%	50
Pau Torres	DEF	57%	51

Atletico Madrid predicted line-up — home to Manchester United

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Jan Oblak	GK	99%	89
Alejandro Grimaldo	DEF	83%	73
Marcos Llorente	DEF	78%	66
Kang-In Lee	MID	72%	58
David Hancko	DEF	71%	66
Giuliano Simeone	MID	69%	61
Álex Baena	MID	68%	57
Pablo Barrios	MID	66%	55
Ademola Lookman	FWD	65%	53
Marc Pubill	DEF	59%	52
Julián Álvarez	FWD	57%	49

Barcelona predicted line-up — away to Galatasaray

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Lamine Yamal	MID	93%	73
Pedri	MID	92%	71
Raphinha	MID	89%	69
Eric Garcia	DEF	81%	69
Pau Cubarsi	DEF	76%	65
Joan Garcia	GK	75%	68
Anthony Gordon	MID	68%	54
Rodri	MID	67%	56
Fermin Lopez	MID	62%	55
Gerard Martin	DEF	62%	56
Joao Cancelo	DEF	53%	49

Bayern München predicted line-up — away to Viking

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Dayot Upamecano	DEF	79%	67
Harry Kane	FWD	78%	67
Michael Olise	MID	78%	67
Aleksandar Pavlovic	MID	75%	63
Joshua Kimmich	MID	73%	66
Josip Stanisic	DEF	69%	62
Luis Diaz	MID	69%	59
Manuel Neuer	GK	65%	58
Jonathan Tah	DEF	64%	58
Alphonso Davies	DEF	52%	49
Ismael Saibari	MID	51%	46

Bodø/Glimt predicted line-up — home to Borussia Dortmund

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Fredrik Sjøvold	DEF	94%	80
Odin Lurås Bjørtuft	DEF	93%	82
Patrick Berg	MID	88%	77
Ole Blomberg	MID	85%	69
Nikita Haikin	GK	84%	75
Sondre Brunstad Fet	MID	78%	64
Sondre Auklend	MID	74%	63
Jens Petter Hauge	MID	66%	56
Fredrik André Bjørkan	DEF	60%	55
Haitam Aleesami	DEF	60%	56
Håkon Evjen	MID	57%	44

Borussia Dortmund predicted line-up — away to Bodø/Glimt

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Gregor Kobel	GK	99%	89
Waldemar Anton	DEF	84%	74
Serhou Guirassy	FWD	83%	69
Daniel Svensson	DEF	82%	71
Julian Ryerson	DEF	80%	66
Nico Schlotterbeck	DEF	79%	67
Joane Gadou	DEF	78%	66
Joey Veerman	MID	67%	56
Felix Nmecha	MID	62%	52
Maximilian Beier	FWD	57%	51
Jobe Bellingham	MID	52%	51

Club Brugge predicted line-up — away to Inter

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Yann Sommer	GK	99%	89
Han-Beom Lee	DEF	99%	88
Brandon Mechele	DEF	99%	88
Joaquin Seys	DEF	99%	87
Freddie Potts	MID	99%	85
Hans Vanaken	MID	99%	84
Nicolo Tresoldi	FWD	99%	82
Hugo Vetlesen	MID	99%	80
Jan Virgili	MID	99%	80
Carlos Forbs	MID	99%	79
Kyriani Sabbe	DEF	99%	78

Como predicted line-up — away to Feyenoord

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 2, 2026-10-14 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
Nico Paz	MID	85%	71
Lucas Da Cunha	MID	80%	65
Jacobo Ramon	DEF	77%	70
Martin Baturina	MID	74%	60
Assane Diao	FWD	71%	57
Yan Couto	DEF	70%	60
Jean Butez	GK	66%	59
Trevoh Chalobah	DEF	64%	57
Álex Valle	DEF	58%	51
Anastasios Douvikas	FWD	57%	49
Maximo Perrone	MID	53%	49

FC Porto predicted line-up — away to Real Betis

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Diogo Costa	GK	99%	89
Jan Bednarek	DEF	85%	71
Pepe	MID	83%	69
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	82%	73
Victor Froholdt	MID	82%	69
Gabriel Veiga	MID	79%	64
Alberto Costa	DEF	74%	64
Pablo Rosario	MID	74%	65
André Silva	FWD	68%	54
William Gomes	MID	68%	50
Zaidu Sanusi	DEF	64%	53

Fenerbahçe predicted line-up — away to Aston Villa

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Ederson Moraes	GK	99%	89
Nathan Aké	DEF	99%	88
Milan Skriniar	DEF	99%	85
Archie Brown	DEF	99%	85
Nélson Semedo	DEF	99%	84
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	99%	80
Mason Greenwood	MID	99%	80
Irfan Kahveci	MID	99%	80
Oguz Aydin	MID	99%	79
N'Golo Kanté	MID	99%	79
Vedat Muriqi	FWD	99%	76

Feyenoord predicted line-up — home to Como

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Tjark Ernst	GK	99%	89
Anis Hadj Moussa	FWD	93%	75
Luciano Valente	MID	92%	77
Tsuyoshi Watanabe	DEF	92%	77
Givairo Read	DEF	87%	73
Mika Mármol	DEF	87%	74
Charles Vanhoutte	MID	80%	64
Gjivai Zechiel	MID	68%	58
Oussama Targhalline	MID	67%	58
Jerry St. Juste	DEF	65%	60
Nacho Ferri	FWD	59%	47

Galatasaray predicted line-up — home to Barcelona

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Ugurcan Cakir	GK	99%	89
Davinson Sánchez	DEF	99%	88
Evren Eren Elmali	DEF	99%	87
Roland Sallai	DEF	99%	86
Ismail Jakobs	DEF	99%	85
Lucas Torreira	MID	99%	84
Baris Alper Yilmaz	MID	99%	84
Yunus Akgün	MID	99%	83
Gabriel Sara	MID	99%	80
Aleksey Batrakov	MID	99%	79
Leroy Sané	MID	99%	77

Inter predicted line-up — home to Club Brugge

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Josep Martinez	GK	99%	89
Nicolo Barella	MID	91%	75
Alessandro Bastoni	DEF	89%	74
Manuel Akanji	DEF	87%	74
Lautaro Martinez	FWD	71%	58
Federico Dimarco	MID	69%	56
Piotr Zielinski	MID	68%	59
Marcus Thuram	FWD	65%	55
Andy Diouf	MID	60%	52
Yann Aurel Bisseck	DEF	56%	53
Francesco Pio Esposito	FWD	54%	46

LASK predicted line-up — home to Liverpool

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Lukas Jungwirth	GK	99%	89
Xavier Mbuyamba	DEF	99%	88
Andrés Andrade	DEF	99%	88
Alemao	DEF	99%	88
George Bello	MID	99%	85
Melayro Bogarde	MID	99%	85
Sascha Horvath	MID	99%	85
Robert Ljubicic	MID	99%	83
Kasper Jørgensen	MID	99%	82
Moses Usor	FWD	99%	80
Christoph Lang	FWD	99%	77

Lens predicted line-up — home to Sporting CP

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 2, 2026-10-13 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
Robin Risser	GK	100%	90
Kyllian Antonio	DEF	100%	88
Matthieu Udol	DEF	100%	88
Pierre Ganiou	DEF	100%	87
Yacine Titraoui	MID	100%	84
Florian Thauvin	FWD	100%	83
Ruben Aguilar	DEF	100%	83
Thorgan Hazard	MID	100%	83
Amadou Haidara	MID	100%	79
Abdallah Sima	FWD	100%	75
Michal Skoras	MID	100%	73

Lille predicted line-up — away to Arsenal

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Berke Özer	GK	99%	89
Alexsandro Ribeiro	DEF	99%	88
Nathan Ngoy	DEF	99%	88
Romain Perraud	DEF	99%	86
Tiago Santos	DEF	99%	86
Benjamin André	MID	99%	79
Ayase Ueda	FWD	99%	79
Nabil Bentaleb	MID	99%	78
Hákon Arnar Haraldsson	MID	99%	76
Gaëtan Perrin	MID	99%	75
Ethan Mbappé	MID	99%	70

Liverpool predicted line-up — away to LASK

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Alisson Becker	GK	99%	89
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	95%	83
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	92%	78
Florian Wirtz	MID	87%	70
Jérémy Jacquet	DEF	83%	71
Alexander Isak	FWD	81%	66
Bradley Barcola	MID	72%	59
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	71%	64
Cody Gakpo	MID	71%	63
Milos Kerkez	DEF	69%	64
Ronald Araujo	DEF	67%	61

Manchester City predicted line-up — home to Paris Saint-Germain

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Gianluigi Donnarumma	GK	99%	89
Erling Haaland	FWD	90%	75
Josko Gvardiol	DEF	87%	73
Antoine Semenyo	MID	83%	68
Enzo Fernández	MID	82%	65
Ruben Dias	DEF	82%	71
Elliot Anderson	MID	81%	67
Rayan Cherki	MID	79%	59
Marc Guehi	DEF	78%	69
Matheus Nunes	DEF	74%	64
Iliman Ndiaye	MID	58%	53

Manchester United predicted line-up — away to Atletico Madrid

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Senne Lammens	GK	99%	89
Bruno Fernandes	MID	92%	78
Bryan Mbeumo	MID	89%	74
Youri Tielemans	MID	87%	72
Matheus Cunha	FWD	84%	68
Diogo Dalot	DEF	83%	72
Luke Shaw	DEF	79%	67
Lisandro Martinez	DEF	78%	69
Harry Maguire	DEF	77%	69
Kobbie Mainoo	MID	70%	61
Marcus Rashford	MID	59%	47

Napoli predicted line-up — away to Villarreal

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic	GK	99%	89
Rasmus Højlund	FWD	94%	71
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	92%	77
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	92%	80
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	92%	81
Matteo Politano	FWD	89%	63
Leonardo Spinazzola	DEF	70%	62
Kevin De Bruyne	MID	63%	59
Rafa Marin	DEF	61%	59
Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa	MID	58%	51
Billy Gilmour	MID	54%	51

PSV Eindhoven predicted line-up — away to RB Leipzig

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Matej Kovar	GK	99%	89
Mauro Junior	DEF	86%	73
Guus Til	MID	85%	71
Sergino Dest	DEF	83%	73
Kodai Sano	MID	75%	66
Ivan Perisic	MID	71%	59
Armando Obispo	DEF	70%	63
Ruben van Bommel	MID	65%	52
Ricardo Pepi	FWD	61%	54
Lutsharel Geertruida	DEF	58%	52
Paul Wanner	MID	53%	50

RB Leipzig predicted line-up — home to PSV Eindhoven

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Maarten Vandevoordt	GK	99%	89
Willi Orban	DEF	89%	78
David Raum	DEF	82%	70
Antonio Nusa	MID	79%	65
Castello Lukeba	DEF	75%	65
Neil El Aynaoui	MID	71%	62
Rocco Reitz	MID	70%	55
Ridle Baku	DEF	68%	60
Brajan Gruda	MID	67%	54
Romulo Cruz	FWD	62%	51
Ezechiel Banzuzi	MID	59%	52

Real Betis predicted line-up — home to FC Porto

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Álvaro Vallés	GK	99%	89
Natan	DEF	81%	72
Antony	MID	73%	61
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli	MID	68%	55
Juan Hernández	FWD	64%	54
Pablo Fornals	MID	63%	54
Francisco Garcia	DEF	57%	52
Isco	MID	55%	46
Marc Roca	MID	54%	46
Hector Bellerin	DEF	53%	51
Marc Bartra	DEF	53%	49

Real Madrid predicted line-up — away to Roma

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Thibaut Courtois	GK	99%	89
Vinicius Junior	FWD	92%	73
Kylian Mbappé	FWD	91%	77
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	83%	74
Aurélien Tchouaméni	MID	78%	65
Jude Bellingham	MID	77%	67
Dean Huijsen	DEF	76%	66
Marc Cucurella	DEF	68%	64
Denzel Dumfries	DEF	65%	58
Arda Güler	MID	65%	50
Alvaro Carreras	DEF	44%	37

Roma predicted line-up — home to Real Madrid

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Mile Svilar	GK	99%	89
Gianluca Mancini	DEF	94%	77
Donyell Malen	FWD	87%	65
Paulo Dybala	FWD	80%	66
Mario Hermoso	DEF	76%	66
Matias Soulé	FWD	74%	60
Kouadio Koné	MID	74%	60
Wesley	DEF	72%	59
Leonardo Balerdi	DEF	63%	56
Evan N'Dicka	DEF	59%	55
Nahuel Molina	DEF	54%	50

Sabah FK predicted line-up — home to Slavia Prague

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Stas Pokatilov	GK	100%	90
Steve Solvet	DEF	100%	88
Rahman Dashdamirov	DEF	100%	87
Tymoteusz Puchacz	MID	100%	84
Akim Zedadka	DEF	100%	82
Ivan Lepinjica	MID	100%	82
Veljko Simic	MID	100%	80
Joy-Lance Mickels	FWD	100%	80
Umarali Rakhmonaliev	MID	100%	79
Kaheem Parris	MID	100%	73
Christian Nwachukwu	MID	100%	72

Shakhtar Donetsk predicted line-up — home to AEK Athens

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Dmytro Riznyk	GK	99%	89
Valeriy Bondar	DEF	99%	87
Mykola Matviyenko	DEF	99%	87
Pedro Henrique	DEF	99%	85
Marlon Gomes	MID	99%	83
Oleksandr Karavaev	DEF	99%	82
Yegor Nazaryna	MID	99%	81
Newerton	MID	99%	79
Oleg Ocheretko	MID	99%	79
Luca Meirelles	FWD	99%	79
Alisson Santana	MID	99%	74

Slovan Bratislava predicted line-up — home to VfB Stuttgart

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Dominik Takac	GK	99%	89
Svetozar Markovic	DEF	99%	88
Kenan Bajric	DEF	99%	88
Cesar Blackman	DEF	99%	87
Sandro Cruz	DEF	99%	86
Peter Pokorny	MID	99%	85
Andraz Sporar	FWD	99%	84
Christian Martinez	MID	99%	81
Suleiman Camara	FWD	99%	80
Tigran Barseghyan	MID	99%	79
Rahim Ibrahim	MID	99%	75

VfB Stuttgart predicted line-up — away to Slovan Bratislava

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Angelo Stiller	MID	90%	77
Maximilian Mittelstaedt	DEF	86%	75
Jeff Chabot	DEF	86%	74
Finn Jeltsch	DEF	77%	67
Chris Führich	MID	75%	61
Grischa Prömel	MID	72%	65
Josha Vagnoman	DEF	70%	62
Deniz Undav	FWD	67%	56
Ermedin Demirovic	FWD	67%	56
Tiago Tomás	FWD	64%	48
Bilal El Khannouss	MID	58%	51

Viking predicted line-up — home to Bayern München

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Peter Christiansen	FWD	87%	74
Henrik Falchener	DEF	85%	69
Kristoffer Askildsen	MID	85%	71
Gianni Stensness	DEF	83%	73
Zlatko Tripic	MID	80%	69
Henrik Heggheim	DEF	73%	62
Joe Bell	MID	70%	57
Kristoffer Haugen	DEF	70%	58
Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal	MID	57%	49
Arild Østbø	GK	56%	50
Simen Kvia-Egeskog	MID	54%	51

Villarreal predicted line-up — home to Napoli

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Renato Veiga	DEF	85%	76
Pape Gueye	MID	73%	63
Santi Comesana	MID	73%	59
Péter Gulácsi	GK	66%	60
Alberto Moleiro	MID	65%	53
Nathan Saliba	MID	62%	54
Tajon Buchanan	MID	60%	51
Sergi Cardona	DEF	59%	54
Ayoze Pérez	FWD	59%	46
Pau Navarro	DEF	55%	53
Nicolas Pépé	MID	53%	47

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.