Liverpool meet Actual Madrid at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France within the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League Closing.
Liverpool enter this Closing seeking to safe a seventh title on this competitors (together with the European Cup period), whereas Actual Madrid are chasing a 14th title in Europe’s largest competitors.
Crew Information
Thiago Alcantara is a doubt for Liverpool after he suffered a minor Achilles harm in final Sunday’s comeback Premier League win over Wolves.
Fabinho (hamstring) and Joe Gomez (ankle) might additionally characteristic if declared match-fit however Divock Origi (muscle) is dominated out.
Mohamed Salah might begin after he was utilised in its place towards Wolves, while Virgil Van Dijk was utterly rested on the bench as an unused substitute.
Actual Madrid have a full squad accessible for choice as David Alaba returns from an adductor harm.
Stat Assault
- Liverpool misplaced their solely earlier Champions League Closing assembly towards Actual Madrid – dropping 3-1 in Could 2018.
- Actual Madrid are unbeaten of their final 5 Champions League conferences towards Liverpool (W4, D1).
- Liverpool have conceded three objectives in every of three of their final 5 Champions League conferences towards Actual Madrid.
- No participant on this season’s Champions League has tried extra crosses than Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson, who’ve tried 131 crosses in complete between them.
- No participant on this season’s Champions League has performed extra dribbles than Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Junior (78).
Prediction
Having rested some key gamers in final weekend’s comeback Premier League win over Wolves, Liverpool ought to be a a lot stronger workforce than the aspect who initially have been defensively sluggish and pissed off in assault towards Wolves.
Actual Madrid in the meantime are this competitors’s most profitable workforce however regardless of cruising to the La Liga title, their defence isn’t at all times the very best as Man Metropolis ruthlessly uncovered to impact at occasions within the semi-final however Actual know easy methods to flip it on with profitable outcomes even when odds are towards them.
On that notice, techniques will due to this fact be essential as a result of each groups have demonstrated that they’re harmful attacking groups, but Actual know easy methods to trip their luck and conjure up outcomes from nowhere which can ask questions of Liverpool’s defensive consciousness and positioning.
I although am going for a Liverpool win if they’ll play their greatest soccer and preserve their excessive line of defense to impact however getting on the entrance foot early might be essential, in any other case Actual will certainly sniff one other European title.
Prediction: Liverpool 2-1 Actual Madrid