{"id":272068,"date":"2025-11-05T01:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272068\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T01:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:50:08","slug":"liverpool-1-0-real-madrid-stats-reds-dominate-european-rivals-in-statement-anfield-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272068\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid Stats: Reds Dominate European Rivals in Statement Anfield Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool put in an
\nexcellent home display en route to a commanding 1-0 win over Real
\nMadrid at Anfield in the Champions
\nLeague<\/a>. Check out the best facts and Opta data from the game
\nwith our Liverpool vs Real Madrid stats page.<\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a>
\nmade it consecutive wins for the first time since September with a
\nwell-deserved 1\u20130 victory over Real Madrid at Anfield in the
\nChampions League. Alexis Mac Allister scored the only goal just
\nafter the hour mark as Arne Slot\u2019s side built on the positive
\nmomentum from their Premier League win against Aston Villa last
\nweekend.<\/p>\n

In truth, the 1\u20130 scoreline probably flattered the visitors, who
\nwould have been beaten far more comfortably were it not for the
\nheroics of Thibaut
\nCourtois<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was a much-needed, hugely encouraging performance from the
\nReds, who showed none of the signs of a side supposedly in the
\nmidst of a crisis. They were worthy victors: Liverpool generated
\n2.58 expected goals and restricted Madrid to just 0.45 at the other
\nend.<\/p>\n

\"Liverpool<\/p>\n

For much of the game it felt like the contest was distilled into
\ntwo duels. One down Liverpool\u2019s right, where Conor
\nBradley<\/a> was tasked with shutting down Vin\u00edcius
\nJ\u00fanior<\/a>. The other inside Real Madrid\u2019s goal, where Courtois
\nseemed intent on single-handedly denying first
\nDominik Szoboszlai<\/a> and then the entire Liverpool team.<\/p>\n

Three times in the first half the Belgian was at full stretch to
\nfrustrate the Hungarian, and the first of those saves was genuinely
\nworld-class.<\/p>\n

Florian
\nWirtz<\/a> \u2013 who without a doubt enjoyed his best outing in a
\nLiverpool shirt \u2013 raced onto a loose ball behind the Madrid defence
\nand squared perfectly for Szoboszlai, who had only Courtois to
\nbeat. But the Madrid goalkeeper raced off his line, made himself
\nhuge and somehow blocked the effort.<\/p>\n

That chance was one of five created by Wirtz before the break,
\nthe most by any Liverpool player in the first half of a match in
\nany competition since Mohamed Salah did so against Brentford in
\nJanuary 2025.<\/p>\n

Seeing Courtois repel Liverpool in the Champions League felt
\nfamiliar. Tonight saw him make four or more first-half saves in a
\nChampions League match for the seventh time in his career; three of
\nthose occasions have come against Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Saves five and six arrived just after the restart. First,
\nCourtois somehow clawed away Virgil van Dijk\u2019s point-blank header.
\nFrom the resulting corner, Hugo Ekitike rose to power a header
\ngoalwards, only for Courtois to extend himself yet again. Both Van
\nDijk and Ekitike could only smile in disbelief: \u201cWe\u2019re being done
\nby Courtois again, aren\u2019t we?\u201d their wry smiles seemed to say.<\/p>\n

But one man can only do so much. After Jude Bellingham conceded
\na soft free-kick on the edge of the area, Szoboszlai whipped in a
\nwicked delivery and Mac Allister simply needed the slightest glance
\nto divert it past Courtois.<\/p>\n

Madrid struggled to create throughout the game. Kylian
\nMbapp\u00e9<\/a> produced their best chance, side-footing across goal
\nfrom a Vin\u00edcius square ball.<\/p>\n

Even the introduction of
\nTrent Alexander-Arnold<\/a>, who was greeted by a chorus of boos on
\nhis return to Anfield, failed to add a spark to Xabi Alonso\u2019s
\nside.<\/p>\n

Overall, Madrid managed just eight shots worth 0.45 xG, their
\nlowest tally in any competition in more than a year (0.47 vs
\nVillarreal in La Liga, October 2024).<\/p>\n

Despite a wobble in their Premier League title defence,
\nLiverpool are making good progress in Europe, with three wins from
\nfour games. If they can transfer the intensity from tonight into
\ntheir domestic fixtures, they\u2019ll remain a serious threat on all
\nfronts.<\/p>\n

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the
\nLiverpool vs Real Madrid stats from their Champions League meeting
\nat Anfield.<\/p>\n

The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected
\ngoals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives
\nyou everything you need to do your own match analysis.<\/p>\n

Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats
\non the game as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Liverpool vs Real Madrid: Select Post-Match
\nFacts<\/p>\n

Liverpool went winless in eight consecutive UEFA Champions
\nLeague meetings with Real Madrid between 2014-15 and 2022-23 (D1
\nL7), but have now beaten Los Blancos in both of the last two
\nseasons.
\nOnly Bayern Munich (11), Juventus (9) and Milan (7) have
\ninflicted more defeats on Real Madrid in the European Cup\/UEFA
\nChampions League than Liverpool (5 \u2013 level with Internazionale and
\nManchester City).
\nReal Madrid recorded just two shots on target tonight, their
\nfewest in a UEFA Champions League game since their 1-0 win over
\nLiverpool in the 2021-22 final (also 2) \u2013 they didn\u2019t manage a
\nsingle one in the second half, the first time that has happened
\nsince the 2023-24 quarter finals at the Etihad against Manchester
\nCity.
\nLiverpool\u2019s Alexis Mac Allister scored his third goal in the
\nUEFA Champions League and first since last November, when he also
\nput the Reds 1-0 up at Anfield against Real Madrid.
\nReal Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois conceded with the first
\nshot on target he faced against Marseille on MD1 of this season\u2019s
\nUEFA Champions League, but then made 19 consecutive saves in the
\ncompetition before he was beaten with Liverpool\u2019s eighth shot on
\ntarget tonight.<\/p>\n

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