The round of 16 of the Champions League is witnessing a fiery confrontation between Real Madrid and its rival Liverpool in a repetition of the final match of the last version of the tournament, after the Royal Club led the sixth group, and the Reds came second in the first group.
Real Madrid’s historical confrontations against Liverpool are characterized by clubs and excitement, as the English team was initially outperformed before the Royal Club swept the last matches between the two teams.
We monitor the 7 most prominent facts in the history of Real Madrid’s confrontations against Liverpool in the Champions League.
The two teams met 9 times all in the Champions League, during which the Royal Club won 5 times, compared to 3 wins for Liverpool and a single draw.
Liverpool defeated Real Madrid in the first 3 confrontations between the two teams, but failed to win the Royal Club since 2009.
The Royal Club did not lose in the last 6 confrontations between the two clubs, achieving 5 wins, against one draw.
The two teams met 3 times in the Champions League final, where Liverpool won the title in 1981 after the victory with a goal, and the Royal Club won the title in 2018 and 2022 at the Reds account after winning (3-1) and (1-0), respectively.
Real Madrid scored 11 goals in the Liverpool net against 8 goals for the Reds, and the goals were absent from the two clubs’ confrontations once in the negative tie match in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals 2020-2021 season.
Karim Benzema is the historical scorer for the confrontations of the two teams with 4 goals.
The biggest victory in the two teams’ confrontations came (4-0), and Liverpool achieved it over Real Madrid in the second leg of the 16th round of the Champions League 2008-2009 season..
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