That is the primary Champions League season to function six golf equipment from one nation and historical past will likely be made if all six of England’s representatives undergo.

Again in 2017, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis, Manchester United and Tottenham all progressed, making England the primary nation to have 5 groups within the knockouts of the competitors.

Nonetheless simply two of these sides – Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis – obtained past the final 16, whereas the Reds went all the best way to ultimate after knocking Metropolis out within the quarter-finals.

Within the ultimate, Liverpool had been crushed by Actual Madrid.

In line with Opta’s predictions, Arsenal have a 99.8% probability of progressing to the knockouts, with Manchester Metropolis on 97.4% and Liverpool on 95.5%.

Nonetheless, the predictions mannequin is rather less assured over the automated progress of the opposite three sides with Newcastle on 82%, Chelsea on 80.8% and Tottenham on 72%.

Former Liverpool midfielder Stephen Warnock advised BBC Sport: “I would say in the meanwhile it’s [significant what English teams are doing], but it surely would not matter what goes on in the meanwhile as a result of we noticed what occurred final yr, when Liverpool had been dominating and completed high of the league stage – after which they had been all of a sudden knocked out by PSG who had been garbage up till then.

“So I simply do not see in the meanwhile, until you get knocked out, what impact it’ll have and it doesn’t imply the English groups are going to get by way of the knockout phases as a result of all of it depends upon the draw, and the way you’re arrange later within the competitors.”