UEFA Champions League Final 2022 ------------------------------------------------- May 28, Stade de France, Saint-Denis LIVERPOOL Coach Jurgen Klopp Club captain Jordan Henderson Champions League record W75 D35 L34 European pedigree 6-time European Cup winner Most recently beat Premier League rivals Tottenham in 2019 final Chasing cup treble after winning English League Cup and FA Cup. Started campaign by joining elite club of teams to win all six group stage matches Mohamed Salah Shared Premier League Golden Boot with Spurs’ Son Heung-min – 23 goals apiece ------------------------------------------------- REAL MADRID Coach Carlo Ancelotti Club captain Marcelo Champions League record W173 D54 L64 European pedigree 13-time European Cup winner Back in final after three successive titles from 2016-18 Aiming for La Liga- European Cup double. Ancelotti vying to become first manager to win European Cup four times, surpassing Zinedine Zidane and Bob Paisley (3) Karim Benzema Scored 10 goals in knock-out stage, equalling record set by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2017 ------------------------------------------------- HEAD-TO-HEAD Liverpool Real Madrid 3 4 D1 RECENT MEETINGS 2021 Liverpool 0-0 Real 2021 Real 3-1 Liverpool 2018 Real 3-1 Liverpool Teams have met seven times since 2009, including 2018 final where Gareth Bale scored twice to help Real to 3-1 victory ------------------------------------------------- ROUTE TO FINAL Group stage Group B winner with 18 Group D winner with 15 points Milan ITA 3-2 (h), 2-1 (a) Porto POR 5-1 (a), 2-0 (h) Atletico ESP 3-2 (a), 2-0 (h) Inter IT A 1-0 (a), 2-0 (h) Sheriff MDA 1-2 (h), 3-0 (a) Shakhtar UKR 5-0 (a), 2-1 (h) Round of 16 Inter ITA 2-0 (a), 0-1 (h) PSG FRA 0-1 (a), 3-1 (h) Quarter-final Benfica POR 3-1 (a), 3-3 (h) Chelsea ENG 3-1 (a), 2-3 (h) Semi-final Villarreal ESP 2-0 (h), 3-2 (a) Man City ENG 3-4 (a), 3-1 (h) TEAM STATISTICS (12 matches) 30 Goals scored 28 13 Goals against 14 6461 Passes completed 6182 657 Passes into attacking third 547 86 Corners 53 60% Possession 50% Shots breakdown On targe Wide Blocked PROBABLE LINE-UPS Referee Clément Turpin FRA 55 72 72 Total shot 199 47 61 68 Total shot 176 Alisson Alexander-Arnold Konaté Van Dijk Fabinho Mané Keita Henderson Díaz Salah Courtois Carvajal Militão Alaba Mendy Casemiro Kroos Modrić Valverde Benzema Vinicius Jr ------------------------------------- Source: UEFA Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS