Liverpool, watch out for this Real: they have won all their last seven finals

The Champions League passes through Paris. Liverpool and Real Madrid compete to win the most coveted trophy in Europe: kick-off on Saturday at 21. The Reds failed to win the Premier, the title went to the City of Guardiola: second place for the team of Klopp with 92 points. Triumph in Liga for Ancelotti’s men: it is the 35th title in the history of the club, a record for Ancelotti who became the first coach to win all the top five European championships.

LATEST RESULTS

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A streak of useful results spanning 18 games: 15 wins and 3 draws. Liverpool did not lose from the match against Inter on 8 March in the Champions League. In the semifinals, Mané and his team mates overcame Villarreal. Real, on the other hand, drew the last two games of La Liga and overtook City to get to the final. As analyzed by Oddschecker, the Reds are looking for the seventh triumph in the Champions League: a success at the Stade de France would bring the English like Milan, behind only the blancos (13). The Spaniards are chasing victory number 14, even double that of any other team. One statistic is in their favor. The Galacticos have lifted the trophy in each of the last seven finals: the most recent knockout came in 1981, against Liverpool.

PREVIOUS

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This will be the ninth match between Liverpool and Real between the European Cup and the Champions League. Having won the first three, the Reds are winless in their last five (1N, 4P), including defeat in the final in 2018. As Oddschecker reports, the clubs meet for the third time in the European Cup / Champions League final. , is the most frequent challenge in the history of the two competitions. Liverpool won their first in 1981 (1-0), before Real beat Klopp’s side 3-1 in 2018.

KLOPP AGAINST ANCELOTTI

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The Liverpool manager has faced Real more times than any other opponent in the Champions League (nine), winning only three of those games (2N, 4P). According to Oddschecker’s analysis, of the teams he has faced at least three times in the competition, against none of Klopp he has a lower success rate (33%). Ancelotti, on the other hand, is aiming for his fourth Champions, the highest for the coach in the history of the competition (after 2002/03, 2006/07 with Milan and 2013/14 with Real Madrid). The Italian coach raised the trophy in three of his four Champions League finals, only failing in 2004/05 against Liverpool, on the Milan bench (final lost on penalties).