STAR FOOTBALL PREVIEW Weds: Liverpool v Atletico Madrid

For the second consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool and Atlético Madrid begin their campaigns with a Matchday 1 clash at Anfield, writes WILLIAM KEDJANYI.

It needed a 92nd-minute Virgil van Dijk goal to ensure Liverpool took all three points from a five-goal thriller that night and goals are surely on the agenda once again between two sides that have already racked up 16 league goals between them.

Liverpool have won the last three meetings between the sides, including 3-2 away and 2-0 at home during the 2021/22 group stage. The Reds have also won their last six group stage or league phase matches against Spanish opposition, keeping clean sheets in four of their last five.

Despite an indifferent start to their Premier League campaign, it should come as no surprise that the home side, backed by a raucous Anfield, are red-hot 8/11 favourites to kick off their new Champions League campaign with maximum points, while it is going to take something special from Diego Simeone’s side to reward away team backers at 7/2.

Liverpool v Atletico Madrid
UEFA Champions League League Phase
20:00 TNT Sports 1 HD / HBO Max

LAST FIVE STATS

HEAD-TO-HEAD
SEP 2025 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool 3-2 Atlético Madrid
NOV 2021 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool 2-0 Atlético Madrid
OCT 2021 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Atlético Madrid 2-3 Liverpool
MAR 2020 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool 2-3 Atlético Madrid
FEB 2020 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Atlético Madrid 1-0 Liverpool

LIVERPOOL 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
SEP 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool
AUG 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest
AUG 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY Liverpool 2-0 Como
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY Liverpool 2-3 Monaco

ATLETICO MADRID 🇪🇸
SEP 2026 LA LIGA Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Atlético Madrid
AUG 2026 LA LIGA Sevilla 1-3 Atlético Madrid
AUG 2026 LA LIGA Atlético Madrid 2-2 Villarreal
AUG 2026 LA LIGA Atlético Madrid 2-0 Málaga
AUG 2026 FRIENDLY Marseille 1-2 Atlético Madrid

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Liverpool’s recent record at Anfield in this competition is quite formidable; the Merseyside club have won 17 of their last 18 European group stage phase games at Anfield (L1), and you have to go back 81 Champions League group stage matches since Liverpool were last involved in a goalless draw.

Atléti have already shipped six league goals this term, and their 16 Champions League league phase matches over the last two seasons have produced a total of 64 goals – four goals per game.

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