The big news here is the absence of Vinicius Jr, but let us not overplay it. After all, Real are the reigning CL Champions, and the odds are way too small for Liverpool win!

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over/under 2.5 goals 61/39

Liverpool are leading both the Champions League and the Premier League, so it can be said that the start of the season has gone well. Last Sunday, Arne Slot's team came from a 1-2 loss to win 3-2 away against Southampton. First-choice goalkeeper Alisson and right winger Trent Alexander-Arnold were sidelined due to injuries. Luis Diaz and Alexis Mac Allister, who were playing for their national teams in South America, started the match as substitutes. Diaz and Mac Allister will likely start in this match, but Alisson and Alexander-Arnold will not be seen until later - possibly next weekend in the top match against Manchester City.

Carlo Ancelotti's side has been struggling at the start of the season domestically and in Europe, so this game is expected to be very difficult.

Real Madrid will likely hand control to Liverpool and will give the top two Kylian Mbappé and Endrick opportunities to counterattack. Real will be required to perform well defensively to earn points.

Liverpool continue their clean sheet in the Champions League after four games, having beaten AC Milan 3-1 at San Siro, Bologna 2-0 at Anfield, RB Leipzig 1-0 at the Red Bull Arena and Leverkusen 4-0 at Anfield. In those games, Liverpool scored from a wide front, Luis Diaz, who scored a hat-trick against Leverkusen, and Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Ibrahima Konate, Alexis Mac Allister, Darwin Nunez, Salah and Szoboszlai all scored once.

Against Saints, midfield wizard Harvey Elliott, who has finally recovered from a broken ankle, returned to action for the first time in over two months.

Team news:

Number one goalkeeper Alisson Becker was still on the sidelines with a hamstring injury, defender Trent Alexander-Arnold with a thigh problem, and strikerss Federico Chiesa with a muscle injury and Diego Jota with a chest injury. Diaz and Mac Allister, who returned to the British team from the South American World Cup qualifiers just hours before the game, were substituted in the hour mark after replacing Cody Gakpo and Curtis Jones on the field.

Possible starting lineup for Pool (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Nunez.

Real Madrid, led by Carlo Ancelotti, who won the Champions League crown last season, defeated Leganes in a derby match by 3-0 away in their UCL dress rehearsal last Sunday, remaining second in La Liga, just behind Barcelona (34) after collecting a total of 30 points from 13 games with a score of 28-11.

Against Leganes, Kylian Mbappe scored in the closing stages of the opening period, and Federico Valverde and Jude Bellingham in the second period. The expected goal (xG) was roughly as 3-0 for Real and as in the win on previous round vs Osasuna it was about 3-0 as well it seems they have bounced back from the loss to Barcelona in October, and learned their lesson.

In the Champions League, they first beat Stuttgart 3-1 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, then beat Lille 0-1 away, then beat Dortmund 5-2 and then lost 1-3 at home to AC Milan.

Los Blancos' top scorer was Vinicius Junior, who scored a hat-trick against Dortmund. Antonio Rüdiger scored twice, while Endrick, Mbappe and Lucas Vazquez each scored once.

Midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, who suffered an ankle injury in the previous two La Liga games, is available again and Eduardo Camavinga may have to step aside from the starting midfield.

The team news look a bit worrying:

David Alaba, Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao and Lucas, who is suffering from a muscle injury. In addition, the forwards Rodrygo (hamstring) and Vinicius Junior (thigh), who has scored eight goals in 13 La Liga games and four in the Champions League, will miss the Pool game, and he played the full minutes against Leganes in the UCL general. He could be on the sidelines for up to three weeks.

Possible starting lineup for Los Blancos (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Valverde, Asensio, Rudiger, Mendy; Camavinga, Modric; Guler, Bellingham, Diaz; Mbappe.

这里的大新闻是小维尼修斯的缺席，但让我们不要夸大它。毕竟皇马是欧冠卫冕冠军，利物浦夺冠的几率太小了！

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利物浦在欧冠和英超联赛中都处于领先地位，所以可以说本赛季的开局很顺利。上周日，阿恩·斯洛特的球队在客场1-2负于南安普顿后以3-2取胜。主力门将阿利森和右边锋特伦特·亚历山大-阿诺德因伤缺阵。代表南美国家队出战的路易斯·迪亚兹（Luis Diaz）和亚历克西斯·麦克·阿利斯特（Alexis Mac Allister）替补出场。迪亚兹和阿利斯特很可能会在这场比赛中首发，但阿利松和亚历山大-阿诺德要到晚些时候才会出现——可能是下周末对阵曼城的比赛。

安切洛蒂的球队在本赛季开始的时候在国内和欧洲赛场上都很挣扎，所以这场比赛将会非常艰难。

皇马很可能会把控制权交给利物浦，并给前两名姆巴佩尔和恩德里克反击的机会。皇马需要在防守端表现出色才能获得积分。

利物浦在圣西罗3-1击败AC米兰，在安菲尔德2-0击败博洛尼亚，在红牛竞技场1-0击败RB莱比锡，在安菲尔德4-0击败勒沃库森，在欧冠赛场上连续4场比赛零封对手。在这两场比赛中，利物浦的进球都来自边路，迪亚兹在对阵勒沃库森的比赛中上演了帽子戏法，范迪克、科迪·加克波、易卜拉欣·科奈特、亚历克西斯·麦克·阿利斯特、达尔文·努涅斯、萨拉赫和绍博什莱都有一次进球。

在对阵圣徒的比赛中，中场奇才哈维·艾略特终于从脚踝骨折中恢复过来，这是他两个多月来第一次复出。

团队新闻:

主力门将阿利森·贝克尔因腿筋受伤，后卫特伦特·亚历山大-阿诺德大腿受伤，前锋费德里科·基耶萨肌肉受伤，迭戈·霍塔胸部受伤。迪亚兹和阿利斯特在比赛前几小时刚刚从南美世界杯预选赛中返回英国队，他们在换下科迪·加克波和柯蒂斯·琼斯之后，在一小时内被换下。

可能的首发阵容（4-2-3-1）：凯莱赫；布拉德利，科纳特，范戴克，齐米卡斯；格雷文伯奇，麦克·阿利斯特；萨拉赫，绍波斯莱，迪亚兹；涅斯。

由上赛季欧冠冠军安切洛蒂率领的皇家马德里队在上周日的欧冠联赛彩排中，在客场进行的德比比赛中以3比0击败莱加内斯队，以28胜11负的成绩在13场比赛中获得30分，仅次于巴塞罗那队（34分），排名西甲第二。

对阵莱加内斯时，姆巴佩在开场最后阶段进球，巴尔韦德和贝灵汉在下半场进球。皇马的预期进球（xG）大致是3-0，就像上一轮战胜奥萨苏纳时一样，也差不多是3-0，看起来他们已经从10月份输给巴萨的比赛中恢复过来，并吸取了教训。

在欧冠联赛中，他们先是在伯纳乌球场3-1击败斯图加特，然后在客场0-1击败里尔，然后5-2击败多特蒙德，最后在主场1-3不敌AC米兰。

白衣军团的最佳射手是小维尼修斯，他在对阵多特蒙德的比赛中上演了帽子戏法。安东尼奥·雷迪格梅开二度，而恩德里克、姆巴佩和卢卡斯·巴斯克斯各进一球。

在前两场西甲比赛中脚踝受伤的中场奥雷连·楚亚梅尼再次复出，爱德华多·卡马文加可能不得不从首发中场位置上退下来。

球队的消息看起来有点令人担忧：

大卫·阿拉巴，丹尼尔·卡瓦哈尔，埃德尔·米里托和正在遭受肌肉损伤的卢卡斯。此外，在13场西甲比赛和4场欧冠比赛中打入8球的前锋罗德里戈（腿筋）和小维尼修斯（大腿）将缺席与利物浦的比赛，他在与莱加内斯的欧冠比赛中打满了全场。他可能会缺阵三周。

可能的首发阵容（4-2-3-1）：库尔图瓦；巴尔韦德、阿森西奥、吕迪格、门迪；Camavinga,莫德里奇;古勒，贝灵汉，迪亚兹；Mbappe。