Forget predictions by a psychic octopus, an actual particle physicist has worked out who’ll win Euro 2016.

Prof. Dr. Michael Feindt, an ex-CERN (the organisation that built the Large Hadron Collider) physicist has built an algorithm to generate a prediction for the Euros.

The algorithm uses every result of every international game ever recorded and was developed by Prof. Dr. Feindt for his company Blue Yonder, who provide predictive applications for retail.

The results showed there are 94 BILLION possible outcomes to Euro 2016.

The most likely is that France win the tournament and have a 34.1 per cent probability of doing so.

That’s more than double the chance of their nearest rivals, Spain, who only have a 13.4% chance of lifting the Henri Delaunay Trophy.

England are third favourites and have an 11% chance of winning the competition.

World Champions Germany, however, only have a 9.8% chance of winning Euro 2016 according to Prof. Dr Feindt’s predictions.

Roy Hodgson looks on during an England training session in Chantilly

Unfortunately for the other home nations, Wales only have a 0.14% chance to win the championship, while Northern Ireland are least likely to win the tournament, with a 0.04% chance.

Prof. Dr Feindt explains: “The way the tournament is conducted is completely fixed in the first round, but there are 94 billion possible ways the tournament could play out after this. We have therefore used the Monte Carlo method to simulate 1 million complete tournaments according to the team-to-team game probabilities, and the likelihood of each team winning, drawing or losing against a competing side.”

He adds: “It is not possible to predict with 100% certainty who will win this year’s tournament as previous shocks, like Greece’s victory over Portugal in Euro 2004, have shown that results can sometimes be totally unpredictable.”

Blue Yonder’s algorithm has also made some other predictions about how England’s tournament will pan out.

The Three Lions have a 56.7% chance of finishing at the top of their group and just a 4.3% chance of finishing bottom.

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They have a 93.3% chance of reaching the last 16 and a 62.7% chance of reaching the quarter finals.

The semi-finals have a 36.7% chance of being reached and the final a 21.2% chance.

England’s most likely quarter-final opponents are France (20.3%), Portugal (15.9%), Belgium (12.2%) or Italy (10.2%).

The teams Roy Hodgson’s side are most likely to meet in the semi-finals are Spain (19.8%), Germany (12.6%), France (10.6%) or Poland (7.7%).

Should they make it to the final they’re most likely to meet France (32.7%), Spain (11.2%), Germany (11%) or Russia (6.4%).

Top 10 chances of winning Euro 2016

  1. France: 34.1%
  2. Spain: 13.4%
  3. England: 11.0%
  4. Germany: 9.8%
  5. Belgium: 4.4%
  6. Portugal: 3.8%
  7. Poland: 3.2%
  8. Russia: 3.0%
  9. Croatia: 2.7%
  10. Italy: 2.5%