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PSG host Barcelona in Champions League clash
Opta's supercomputer gives PSG a 39.7 per cent chance against unbeaten Barcelona, who have won all eleven games this season under Hansi Flick; it also gives the draw 22.6.
Watch it as it aired: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from Late Night BBN at 11:31 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Al Jazeera's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by Al Jazeera: “PSG vs Barcelona: UEFA Champions League – Yamal, Torres, predictions, teams”, with reporting from Goal.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 11:31 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: Champions League, Lamine Yamal, PSG, Barcelona.
- BBN covered this story before: Ex-Premier League star says Madrid can't beat Barcelona (October 19).
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Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorMonday night football is final, and the 49ers beat Washington twenty-three to seventeen. Utah leads Pittsburgh five to three with ten-thirteen left in the third.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAtlanta wins Game 2 of the WNBA Finals seventy-nine to sixty-five over Golden State, and the series is tied one-one.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe Rays closed out Cleveland seven to three, four games to two.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, but the soccer one has a supercomputer in it. Tell me about the computer.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, PSG host Barcelona in Paris on Tuesday, and Opta's supercomputer says PSG thirty-nine point seven percent, Barcelona thirty-seven point seven.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorI'm telling you, that two-point gap is a war briefing.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo points?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAnd a draw is twenty-two point six! Barcelona have won all eleven games under Hansi Flick, and Lamine Yamal has nine goals in eleven.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorPSG won two-one at Barcelona last season.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo a machine ate every stat in soccer and came back with a shrug that has a decimal point in it.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThat shrug is the most expensive thing in Europe, and I respect it.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the computer is ninety-nine point nine percent sure it's a soccer game.
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