By Chris Shaw
Check out 13 interesting facts and figures to know about Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.
The Reds host the La Liga side at Anfield to begin the 2025-26 league phase and commence a milestone season for the club in Europe.
Read on for a statistical preview of the 8pm BST kick-off…
This game marks the beginning of Liverpool’s 50th season of European football, and a 29th campaign in this competition.
The two clubs have clashed on eight previous occasions and claimed three victories apiece.
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot celebrates his 47th birthday on the day of the game.
The Reds have won each of their last 14 home European group-stage/league-phase matches, scoring two or more goals in all of the past 13.
This will be Liverpool’s 56th match versus Spanish opposition. It is the highest number of games they have played against teams from a single nation in European competition.
Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai are both one game away from reaching 100 appearances for Liverpool in all competitions.
The Reds have failed to score in only six of their last 47 European outings.
Mohamed Salah has scored 50 goals in 85 European appearances for Liverpool to date.
This is the 10th time in the last 11 European campaigns that the Reds have faced Spanish opposition, and the sixth Champions League season in a row that they have met a team from Madrid.
Alexander Isak could make his debut for the Reds. His first ever European match came as a 16-year-old for AIK against Welsh club Bala Town in a Europa League qualifier in Stockholm in June 2016.
Diego Simeone has been in charge of Atletico since December 2011 and has managed them to two wins and two losses against Liverpool.
Atletico have won four of their last 14 away matches in this competition, defeating Feyenoord, Paris Saint-Germain, Sparta Prague and Red Bull Salzburg.
Overall, they have met English teams 39 times previously, winning 14, drawing 14 and losing 11.
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