COMPUT – EURO

EURO 2024 has been predicted by a supercomputer — and it’s finally coming home.

The eagerly-anticipated tournament gets underway on June 14, with hosts Germany playing Scotland at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

Footie fans across the world are currently debating who will win the competition, which was last won by Roberto Mancini’s Italy.

And a supercomputer has predicted who will lift the trophy on July 14 by analysing the form of all 24 teams in the competition.

Opta have simulated Euro 2024 a whopping 10,000 TIMES to determine the team most likely to win the tournament.

And their supercomputer has calculated that Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions have a near 19.9 per cent chance of being the 17th winners of the competition.

It’s been calculated that England have a 70, 48.2 and 31.1 per cent chance of making the quarters, semi-finals and final respectively.

France — who reached the final of the 2022 World Cup — have a 19.1 per cent chance of winning the competition — although they are 30.4 per cent likely to make it to the final.

Hosts Germany, meanwhile, only have a 12.4 per cent chance of winning the trophy on home soil.

Defending champions Italy only have an 11.4 per cent chance of reaching the final and a FIVE per cent chance of retaining the trophy.

The simulation results make for great reading for Scotland fans pessimistic about their chances of reaching the knockout stages.

Steve Clarke’s side reached the last 16 of the tournament 58.9 per cent of the time.

The Tartan Army’s chances of making the quarter-finals, however, significantly dip to 23.5 per cent.

The biggest outsiders to win the tournament, unsurprisingly, are Georgia.

Willy Sagnol’s troops qualified for their first major finals two months ago with a penalty shootout victory over Greece.

They are the least likely winners of the tournament at 0.1 per cent.

Although they do, surprisingly, qualify for the last 16 in 37.2 per cent of the simulations run. — Sun.