A SUPERCOMPUTER has predicted a surprise Club World Cup winner and Chelsea to crash out in the last-16.
The revamped 32-team tournament hosted in the United States gets underway on June 15.
Chelsea are predicted to lose in the last-16[/caption]
Man City are set to reach the final[/caption]
A supercomputer conducted by BoyleSports, who offer the latest Club World Cup odds, has simulated matches 10,000 times to come to its results.
Chelsea are the heavy favourites to top their group featuring ES Tunis, Flamengo and Los Angeles FC.
But the number crunching machine reckons the Blues will finish second behind the Tunisian side.
That would see Enzo Maresca’s men face Benfica in the last-16, who are set to top a tough group of Bayern Munich, Boca Juniors and Auckland City.
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And in a shock result, Chelsea will be beaten 3-1 by the Portuguese giants.
On the other side of the draw, Manchester City have also been predicted to come runner-up in their group of Juventus, Al-Ain and Wydad Casablanca.
Yet they will hit top form in the knockout stages, seeing off Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Juve to reach the final.
The supercomputer reckons they will face surprise package Benfica in the showpiece on July 13 in New Jersey.
And they will incredibly beat another Premier League club, this time defeating City 2-1 to take home the trophy.
PSG are set to have a hangover from Champions League glory and crash out to Palmeiras in a last-16 thriller.
The Brazilians and Argentine juggernauts River Plate will be the best from South America, both going as far as the quarter-final.
But Botafogo will give it a good go, coming out of their group instead of Atletico Madrid.
Mega-rich Saudi Arabians Al-Hilal will progress from their group of Real Madrid, RB Salzburg and Pachuca before losing in the last-16.
The bookies have Real, City, PSG and Bayern as the favourites.
Benfica have been predicted as the shock winners[/caption]
