2014-15 Champions League Prediction: Liverpool vs. Real Madrid

Match Date: 22 October 2014 (local)

Match Venue: Anfield, Liverpool

(Featured image: Real Madrid | Source: ESPN)

This tourney between their respective country’s top clubs could lead to a storm of excellent maneuvers and some exciting surprises. Liverpool and Real Madrid should create enough space to let in a large gravity of thrill.

Liverpool

After seizing all three points from Ludogoretz last month, Liverpool are down to ground zero following a goalless defeat from Basel in their second appearance at the UEFA Champions League Group round. The English side underwent a hard time trouncing their Swiss opponents, although their performance in the first half was generally strong. In the second period, however, some things just went a little off and not long before the first hour ended, Basel are already ahead of the tally with a powerful goals scored by Marco Streller. The loss counts as Liverpool’s second non-consecutive defeat in six matches from all competitions.

Real Madrid

The current group leaders, Real Madrid have a produced landslide victories in their first two appearances at the UEFA top-tier tournament’s Group round. A successful penalty by Cristiano Ronaldo and a decisive goal from Karim Benzema proved fatal to the Champions League hopes of their Bulgarian opponents, Ludogorets Hazgrad. However, the latter were not necessarily unimpressive during the brawl. In fact, they scored first through Marcelinho’s opener, which served as an early threat to their Spanish rivals. In addition, keeper Stoyanov successfully saved Ronaldo’s first penalty. Regardless, Madrid were the clear dominant team for the most part of the game and their win was a well-deserved reward. They have been unbeaten in their past six matches.

Champions League betting tip: Liverpool will succumb to Real Madrid.