Liverpool – Real Madrid

At least three goals will be scored in the main match of the fifth round of the general stage of the Champions League

Undoubtedly, the main event of the fifth match day of the Champions League general stage will be the match of the current winner of the tournament and its most titled club in the form of Real Madrid against the current leader of the general stage - Liverpool. The Merseyside club can now rightly be considered the best club in Europe based on the combination of results on the national and European arenas. In the Premier League before the start of the season, the Reds were considered third favourites for the title behind Manchester City and Arsenal. However, in less than a third of the scheduled calendar meetings of the season, Liverpool not only seized the lead, but also created a decent lead over their rivals. Recall that in the off-season the club was led by Slot who replaced Klopp as head coach. Real Madrid is travelling to Anfield as a team that owes its fans a lot. "Cream" not only lost two out of four Champions League games, but also failed miserably in the recent El Clasico. Bookmakers have identified the home team as favourites for the upcoming game, offering odds of 1.98 on their victory. Since the beginning of the season Liverpool have played with Arsenal, Chelsea, Milan, Manchester United, Chelsea, Leipzig, Brighton, Bayer and Aston Villa, not losing to any of these formidable opponents and beating most of them. Merseysiders, contrary to logic, lost in the current football year only to Nottingham Forest. Then the "Reds" very diligently prepared for the start of the Champions League and underestimated the "Foresters". In the upcoming game about underestimating the opponent is out of the question. There is hardly another team in the world that has a mini-series of away wins at Anfield in two matches. Liverpool will be particularly energised by the fact that they have not beaten Real Madrid for fifteen years. The Spanish champion can not yet find its game in full. In the Primera, the team is behind Barcelona, which recently lost with a nightmarish score of 0:4, and in the Champions League lost to Lille and Milan. Still not clear is Mbappe's status in the squad. Both clubs have a crazy attacking potential and will be charged solely on victory, in this regard, we should expect at least three goals in the match.