Liverpool and Real Madrid meet for the second time in a Champions League Final. Both sides met for the first time in the 1980/81 season with Liverpool winning by one goal to zero.
This will be the 6 time both teams are meeting. Liverpool have won 3 of the 5 games they have played so far, scoring 5 goals in total whiles Madrid has won 2 with 4 goals.
Kiev’s Olympic National Sports Complex also known as the Olympic Stadium will host the final on 26 May, 2018. The 70,050 capacity stadium is the second largest stadium in Eastern Europe.
With Madrid having Cristiano Ronaldo as the tournament’s top scorer and Liverpool having Mane, Firmino and Salah as the best attacking players, there is no doubt this game will be one of the best matches of 2018.
Liverpool made it to the final by beating Hoffenheim, Spartak Moscow, Maribor, Porto and Manchester City. They drew with Sevilla both home and away and lost to AS Roma in their second leg encounter.
The defending champions Real Madrid on the other hand played Apoel, Dortmund, Tottenham, PSG, Juventus and Bayern Munich wining 8 of the games they played.
