The 5 Favourite Teams to Win 2023/24 Champions League as Man City leads line

• The Champions League group stage is beginning to shape up after four games
• Six, teams have already qualified for the last 16 including Bayern and Real Madrid
• Manchester City remains one of the favourites to win the competition again

We are already two-thirds into the Champions League group stages, and things are beginning to take shape.

Just five months after Manchester City lifted the trophy for the first time in the club's history, Pep Guardiola's side looks like they could successfully defend their crown of the "Kings of Europe".

The Cityzens have advanced to the competition's knockout stages with two games to spare, as a 3-0 win over Young Boys put them firmly in control of their fate.

Despite showing early promise, Pep Guadiola's team is not the only one capable of winning the competition.

Sports Brief looks at four other teams that could go in this year's competition.

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Bayern Munich

The thing about Bayern Munich is they tend to take the Champions League very seriously, regardless of how they are doing domestically.

This has been the case this season, as the Bavarians have a flawless record in the competition, with four wins from four.

Real Madrid

The list would not be complete without the most successful club in the competition. Like Bayern, Real Madrid have already qualified for the knockout stages, having won all four of their opening group games.

At this point, Champions League group stages are a thing of a formality for Los Blancos.

Atletico Madrid

Real Madrid's 'noisy neighbours' Atletico Madrid are not out of the woods yet in terms of qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League, but Diego Simeone's side has a reputation for taking the competition very seriously.

According to UEFA.com, Atletico Madrid has reached the quarter-final or beyond in six of their last 10 Champions League campaigns, and that should tell you something about the team.

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This season, they have scored 12 goals in four group games, with no other team scoring more than them as of November 9, a cited on BBC.

Inter Milan

As part of the six teams yet to be beaten in the Champions League this season, Inter Milan seem to be picking up from where they left off after coming short in the final last season.

They sit second in Group D, only behind Real Sociedad on goal difference, and the last two group games will be a battle for the top spot between the two teams.

If they go all the way to the final, Simeone Inzaghi's side will surely have learnt from the defeat to Manchester City five months ago.

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United are bottom of Group A despite scoring an impressive nine goals in the competition.

This is the same number of goals Arsenal have scored. The Gunners are top of their group.