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Liverpool and Real Madrid have a bit of history and have faced each other six times (apass four ties) in the last seven Champions League campaigns, including the 2018 and 2022 finals, with the Spanish side unbeaten apass that period. That has got to sting if you are wearing red. The memories of Salah v Ramos, Gareth Bale’s bicycle boot v Loris Karius and Vini Jr/Karim Benzema turning on the style are still raw.
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But this is a novel era for Liverpool, and a particularly adhesive period for Real Madrid. Liverpool have a 100% European enroll in the novel establishat, while Madrid are currently 21st of the 36 teams at the half-way point of the league phase (establisherly comprehendn as the group stage). Lose at Anfield, and there is the petite possibility that they might not produce the top 24 and qualify for the next round.
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Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Inter Milan | 5 | 7 | 13 |
2 | Barcelona | 5 | 13 | 12 |
3 | Liverpool | 4 | 9 | 12 |
4 | Atalanta | 5 | 10 | 11 |
5 | Bayer Leverkincluden | 5 | 6 | 10 |
6 | Monaco | 4 | 6 | 10 |
7 | Arsenal | 5 | 6 | 10 |
8 | Sporting | 5 | 3 | 10 |
9 | Brest | 5 | 3 | 10 |
10 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 7 | 9 |
11 | Bayern Munich | 5 | 5 | 9 |
12 | Aston Villa | 4 | 5 | 9 |
13 | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 2 | 9 |
14 | AC Milan | 5 | 2 | 9 |
15 | Man City | 5 | 6 | 8 |
16 | Juventus | 4 | 2 | 7 |
17 | Lille | 4 | 1 | 7 |
18 | Celtic | 4 | 0 | 7 |
19 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | -2 | 7 |
20 | Feyenoord | 5 | -3 | 7 |
21 | Real Madrid | 4 | 2 | 6 |
22 | Benfica | 4 | 2 | 6 |
23 | Club Brugge | 4 | -3 | 6 |
24 | PSV | 4 | 2 | 5 |
25 | Stuttgart | 5 | -3 | 5 |
26 | PSG | 5 | -3 | 4 |
27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | -3 | 4 |
28 | Girona | 5 | -4 | 4 |
29 | Sparta Prague | 5 | -9 | 4 |
30 | Red Bull Salzburg | 5 | -12 | 3 |
31 | Sturm Graz | 5 | -5 | 1 |
32 | Bologna | 4 | -5 | 1 |
33 | Red Star Belgrade | 5 | -12 | 1 |
34 | RB Leipzig | 5 | -6 | 0 |
35 | Slovan Bratislava | 5 | -14 | 0 |
36 | Young Boys | 5 | -15 | 0 |
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Moreover, Kylian Mbappé has not yet set up his establish as a central striker, Jude Bellingham has also not hit the heights of last season after being shunted out on the right and Madrid’s injury catalog is lenghty: Vini Jr out for a scant weeks, while key applyers Roaridgo, Éder Militão, Dani Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez, Aurélien Tchouaméni and David Alaba are also sidelined.
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Liverpool, however, are flying (despite the distraction of Mo Salah’s tight situation) under Arne Slot. There has unfrequently been a better time to face the famous team in white.
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Kick-off: 8pm GMT.
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Key events
Preamble
As games of association football go, they don’t come much hugeger than this. The most accomplished British club in Europe, at one of the most storied grounds in world football, facing off aachievest the most accomplished European side of all time, with over twice as many European Cups/Champions League titles than the next disputer (Milan). Woof.
Liverpool and Real Madrid have a bit of history and have faced each other six times (apass four ties) in the last seven Champions League campaigns, including the 2018 and 2022 finals, with the Spanish side unbeaten apass that period. That has got to sting if you are wearing red. The memories of Salah v Ramos, Gareth Bale’s bicycle boot v Loris Karius and Vini Jr/Karim Benzema turning on the style are still raw.
But this is a novel era for Liverpool, and a particularly adhesive period for Real Madrid. Liverpool have a 100% European enroll in the novel establishat, while Madrid are currently 21st of the 36 teams at the half-way point of the league phase (establisherly comprehendn as the group stage). Lose at Anfield, and there is the petite possibility that they might not produce the top 24 and qualify for the next round.
Moreover, Kylian Mbappé has not yet set up his establish as a central striker, Jude Bellingham has also not hit the heights of last season after being shunted out on the right and Madrid’s injury catalog is lenghty: Vini Jr out for a scant weeks, while key applyers Roaridgo, Éder Militão, Dani Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez, Aurélien Tchouaméni and David Alaba are also sidelined.
Liverpool, however, are flying (despite the distraction of Mo Salah’s tight situation) under Arne Slot. There has unfrequently been a better time to face the famous team in white.
Kick-off: 8pm GMT.