Both Liverpool and Real Madrid will be looking for their own kinds of tremble when they lock horns in the biggest stage of the club football in Europe, the Champions League final, at Stade de France in the beautiful city of Paris. The showdown is scheduled for Saturday night with kickoff at 22:00 EAT.
The quadruple is off the table but Liverpool can still wrap up a strong campaign in style by winning their seventh title in the Europe’s primary competition over Real Madrid, who will be seeking their 14th title in the competition.
The Merseysiders missed out on the Premier League title by one point, but pushed the champions Manchester City to the final day. They however still have a chance of a tremble having already bagged the two domestic trophies, the EFL CUP and FA Cup.
They will go in there positively as having two domestic trophies, a second place in the Premier League by one point and the UEFA Champions League title is quite an achievement for anyone in a season. However they face a Real Madrid side who are quite in with similar ambitions.
Real Madrid made a strong La Liga campaign claiming their 35th league title after recording 86 points from 38 matches. They also beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 in the final of the Supercoppa de Espana, and thus they will be chasing their own kind of tremble.
The two sides have had different routes to the final with Liverpool seeing out the likes of Inter Milan, Benfica and Villarreal, while Real Madrid have dumped out a trio of heavy weights in Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City.
Real Madrid showed real character of champions in their knockout matches, as the side proved experienced enough with their ability to play in big moments without panicking when the heat is turned on. They proved that against PSG, Chelsea and unlike anything we have before against Man City recently. This makes them a dangerous opponent for Liverpool, who we believe will win the Champions League.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool loves chaos and are more than capable of giving Madrid a test of their of medicine by turning the game around on them. Carlo Ancelotti’s side have been dominated for large parts in all three of their knockout matches against PSG, Chelsea and Manchester City. In those six games they lost the total shots count 67-110, the shots on target count 26-40 and the corner count 15-39.
Real lost the xG battle with Chelsea and Man City squandering at least 10 big chances. Now coming up against a rival with the same winning culture and who want the game to be stretched and frantic so they can control the game with their aggressive press.
Liverpool vs Real Madrid head to head
The two have met in seven encounters since 2009 with Real claiming four victories while Liverpool have claimed two victories and there have been one draw.
- Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid 14/04/21
- Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool 06/04/21
- Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool 26/05/18
- Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool 04/11/14
- Liverpool 0-3 Real Madrid 22/10/14
Home
- Liverpool 3-1 Wolves
- Southampton 1-2 Liverpool
- Chelsea 5-6 Liverpool (AP)
- Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
- Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham
Away
- Real Madrid 0-0 Real Betis
- Cadiz 1-1 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 6-0 Levante
- Atletico 1-0 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 3-1 Man City
Liverpool team news
Liverpool are expected to have a fully-fit squad, although there are doubts on the Thiago Alcantara who sustained an Achilles injury in the Wolves game.
Real Madrid team news
Real Madrid also have a fully-fit squad with David Alaba expected to return to the side after an adductor issue.
Prediction and odds
- Draw at 90
- Liverpool general winners
- Goals over 2.5
