Champions League Matchday 4: Liverpool vs Real Madrid facts
Thursday, October 30, 2025
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Previous meetings, club facts and key stats ahead of the UEFA Champions League Matchday 4 game.
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Two of European football's most famous names meet at Anfield on UEFA Champions League Matchday 4 as Liverpool welcome Real Madrid in a repeat of three European Cup finals.
Last match
Liverpool were 2-0 victors at Anfield on Matchday 5 last season thanks to goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo, Kylian Mbappé and Mohamed Salah both missing penalties as the Reds ended an eight-match winless run against Madrid (D1 L7).
The English club were 1-0 winners against Madrid in the 1981 European Cup final, the Spanish side turning the tables in the Champions League finals of 2018 (3-1) and 2022 (1-0), when Vinícius Júnior scored the only goal at the Stade de France.
Liverpool have lost only two of their last 15 Champions League group stage/league phase matches against Spanish teams (W7 D6), winning the last five.
A 3-2 win against Atlético de Madrid on Matchday 1 this season made it three successive victories against Spanish sides for Liverpool.
Madrid have won only two of their last nine matches against English teams (D3 L4), losing 0-3 away and 1-2 at home to Arsenal in last season's quarter-finals.
This is Liverpool's 17th Champions League campaign; they have reached the final five times, lifting the trophy in 2005 and 2019.
The Merseysiders were first in last season's league phase (W7 L1) but went out on penalties to eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16.
Madrid are in the Champions League proper for the 30th time, a competition record they share with Barcelona. They have qualified for the knockout rounds in all 29 campaigns.
A team coached by Carlo Ancelotti were 11th in last season's league phase (W5 L3), eventually losing 1-5 on aggregate to Arsenal in the quarter-finals.
Key stats
Trent Alexander-Arnold joined Madrid from Liverpool in the summer. The full-back made 354 appearances across nine seasons with his hometown club and did not win any of his six matches against the Spanish side (D1 L5).
Liverpool have scored 498 European Cup goals and 299 in the Champions League, Matchday 1 to final.
Liverpool have won 14 of their last 16 group stage/league phase matches (L2), triumphing 5-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 3. They have been victorious in the last 15 at Anfield, scoring two goals or more in the last 14.
None of Liverpool's last 29 European group stage/league phase matches finished in a draw.
Mohamed Salah needs two goals to become the first African to score 50 in the Champions League.
Madrid are one of five teams to have won their first three league phase matches.
A 1-0 home victory against Juventus on Matchday 3 was Madrid's 15th in their last 18 group stage/league phase games (L3).
Jude Bellingham has made 49 appearances in the Champions League proper. Aged 22 years 128 days, he could become the youngest player to 50; the record is held by Iker Casillas (22 years 155 days).
Kylian Mbappé has scored five goals in this season's league phase – level with Harry Kane as top scorer after Matchday 3.