Real Madrid v Liverpool: Champions League final tips, statistics, kick-off-time, odds & features
Features, analysis, teams news & best bets for the Champions League final between real madrid and Liverpool in Kiev.
It's a big-name Champions League final in Kiev with two great names in action as Liverpool look to end Real Madrid's reign as European kings.
Zinedine Zidane is looking for an amazing third straight Champions League title, while Liverpool will look to upset the odds to claim a sixth crown.
Real Madrid are 4/6 favourites to lift the trophy with Liverpool 11/10, but Jurgen Klopp's men are the top scorers in the competition this season so can they dethrone the mighty Spaniards?
Here's our big game guide to the Champions League final, which kicks off at 1945 BST and will be televised live on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 4K UHD.
Ronaldo v Salah head-to-head
It's the clash everyone is looking forward to seeing as two of the best goal scorers in Europe this season go head-to-head. They're the talisman for their teams and the obvious dangers for the opposition to try and slow down.
But who is the best? Ronaldo has been doing it for a decade but is Salah going to eclipse the Portuguese superstar? We look at all the big facts and stats, crunch the numbers and figure out who is the biggest star in this Champions League final.
Champions League final tips
Paul Higham takes a look at the Champions League final from a betting perspective to find the best bets for Real Madrid v Liverpool. Goals are certainly on the menu in Kiev but who's going to get them?
We're expecting a thriller between these two and it may just be a bit of an upset result.
Champions League final team news & stats
If Emre Can is to leave Liverpool this summer then it could be on an almighty high as his final game in the Reds shirt could be the Champions League final as he returned to training after two months out with a back injury.
It's a return to fitness that's surprised Jurgen Klopp but he's been included in Liverpool's final squad - while for real Madrid the questions are more about selection with no real injury worries.
Are Klopp's Reds better than 2005 heroes?
The final in Kiev comes 13 years and one day after their last Champions League triumph in Istanbul with their miraculous comeback against AC Milan. Rafa Benitez says the current crop are a better side than his 2005 heroes mainly because of their attacking trio.
We take a look at the two teams and select our combined XI from the two outfits - see just who makes the grade.
Real Madrid v Liverpool history
This will be just the sixth meeting between the two teams in Europe and only the second knockout tie between these famous old clubs. Liverpool famously won their first encounter in the 1981 final in Paris, and they've had some ding-dong battles ever since.
Take a walk down memory lane as we look at the details behind the last five European meeting between Real Madrid and Liverpool.
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