Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool: result and report
Champions League · Saturday 26 May 2018
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool
Champions League · Saturday 26 May 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool: match report
Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Champions League on Saturday 26 May 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (51'), Gareth Bale (64') and Gareth Bale (83'). Liverpool scored through Sadio Mané (55').
Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 26 points from 12 and Liverpool 1st on 31 points from 14. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gareth Bale of Real Madrid (8.7), ahead of Sadio Mané (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 2 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Liverpool's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 51'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 55'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 64'Goal · Gareth Bale
- 82'Yellow card · Sadio Mané
- 83'Goal · Gareth Bale
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)
Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Isco, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané