Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 6 April 2021
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool
Champions League · Tuesday 6 April 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool: match report
Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 6 April 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.
Vinicius Junior opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Vinicius Junior (27'), Marco Asensio (36') and Vinicius Junior (65'). Liverpool scored through Mohamed Salah (51').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 10th on 16 points from 8 and Liverpool 4th on 19 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid (8.8), ahead of Toni Kroos (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 2 draws and 2 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Liverpool's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 36'Goal · Marco Asensio
- 39'Yellow card · Sadio Mané
- 49'Yellow card · Lucas Vázquez
- 51'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 56'Yellow card · Milovan Milovic
- 65'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 83'Yellow card · Trent Alexander-Arnold
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Jordan Henderson
- Eden Hazard
- Joël Matip
- Sergio Ramos
- Daniel Carvajal
- Raphaël Varane
- Martin Ødegaard
- Joe Gomez
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Éder Militão, Nacho Fernández, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Nat Phillips, Ozan Kabak, Andrew Robertson, Naby Keïta, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mané