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Liverpool vs Real Madrid Prediction and Betting Tips | November 4 2025

Liverpool Lock Horns with Real Madrid in Blockbuster Champions League Clash

Liverpool will face Real Madrid in a high-stakes UEFA Champions League matchday four showdown on Tuesday. Both sides have showcased strong form, each securing at least two wins from their opening three group games.

### Recent Form and Performance

Arne Slot’s Liverpool ended a troubling run of two consecutive defeats—and six losses in seven matches across all competitions—with an impressive 2-0 home victory over Aston Villa at the weekend. Goals from Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch helped the Reds climb to third place in the Premier League standings after 10 games, seven points behind leaders Arsenal, who have 25 points.

In Europe, Liverpool bounced back from a 1-0 defeat at Galatasaray in matchday two with a dominant 5-1 away win over Eintracht Frankfurt. They also started their campaign strongly with a 3-1 home victory against Atletico Madrid. Currently, the Reds sit 10th in their group with six points from three games.

Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid head into the clash fresh off a commanding 4-0 home win against Valencia. Kylian Mbappe scored twice, alongside strikes from Jude Bellingham and Alvaro Carreras, extending Los Blancos’ lead at the top of La Liga after 11 matches.

In the Champions League, Real Madrid have been in stellar form, becoming one of five teams to win their first three group-stage games, with a 1-0 victory over Juventus in matchday three. The Spaniards are fifth in the group standings.

### Head-to-Head Stats and Key Numbers

In 12 Champions League meetings, Real Madrid lead Liverpool 7-4, though they lost their most recent encounter 2-0 away at Anfield in November 2024. Madrid have won two of their last four visits to Anfield but also suffered that noted defeat. Liverpool have claimed victory in three of their last five competitive home games, losing twice. Real Madrid have won four of their last five road matches, with only one loss.

**Recent Form (last five matches across all competitions):**
– Liverpool: Win, Loss, Loss, Win, Loss
– Real Madrid: Win, Win, Win, Win, Win

### Match Prediction

While Liverpool has experienced inconsistency after a promising start to the season, Real Madrid are enjoying a sustained run of excellent results, currently unbeaten in their last six matches across all competitions. Although Madrid holds a convincing edge in their head-to-head record, the Reds will be eager to avenge their last home loss to the Spanish giants.

Given Real Madrid’s current form and overall advantage, they are favored to edge out a narrow victory in this clash at Anfield.

**Prediction:** Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid

### Betting Tips

– Tip 1: Real Madrid to win
– Tip 2: Both teams to score – No (In three of their last four meetings, both teams did not score)
– Tip 3: Under 1.5 goals

Stay tuned for what promises to be an exciting and intense Champions League encounter between two European powerhouses.
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“It made no sense” – Former Liverpool midfielder slams Arne Slot for ‘awful’ decision after EFL Cup exit to Crystal Palace

Liverpool suffered their sixth loss in their last seven games across all competitions on Wednesday, being knocked out of the fourth round of the EFL Cup by Crystal Palace. Manager Arne Slot made the controversial decision to leave out key players including Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo, Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz, and Alexander Isak from the matchday squad. The result was a heavy 3-0 defeat at Anfield as the Reds were thoroughly outplayed.

In the wake of the embarrassing loss, former Liverpool star Don Hutchison has pinned the blame squarely on Slot. The footballer-turned-pundit expressed sympathy for the young players who featured, saying they had little chance of winning due to the lack of experience around them.

Hutchison told ESPN FC:
“Even the staunchest Liverpool fan can’t be angry tonight because the group of young players that got sent out there, I really felt for them. The one thing you want when you’re a younger player is two or three experienced players around you. That team had no chance of beating Crystal Palace. It was one-way traffic from minute one.”

Labeling Slot’s team selection as a “rookie error,” Hutchison highlighted how Liverpool’s rivals opted for a balance of experienced and young players in their own fourth-round fixtures.
He added:
“It really was a rookie error from Arne Slot. When you look across the board tonight — Newcastle, Spurs, Arsenal, Man City, and Crystal Palace — they all played sides with four or five first-team regulars on the pitch and had three or four more on the bench. There were no first-team players to be seen on the Liverpool bench, so what chance did they have?”

The former Scotland international also dismissed suggestions that resting players was justified due to Liverpool’s busy schedule. He pointed out that Newcastle, Tottenham, Arsenal, and Manchester City are facing similar fixture congestion but still fielded stronger teams in their cup matches.

Hutchison concluded:
“It was awful [selection from Slot]. All the teams that play in the Champions League have three games this week — that’s not an excuse. I have no idea why he put that many youngsters in the starting XI, but the bench was even younger and it made no sense whatsoever. Liverpool fans will come out of that by being so frustrated at Slot, and he has to take the blame. It’s totally down to him. Slot has some big questions to answer.”

Liverpool were runners-up in the EFL Cup last season, having lost to Newcastle in the final at Wembley. With this exit, they have followed rivals Manchester United, who were eliminated in the previous round, out of the 2025/26 edition of the competition.

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### Arne Slot responds to criticism over Liverpool team selection after Crystal Palace loss

Despite mounting criticism over his decision to make 10 changes to the starting XI in Liverpool’s defeat to Crystal Palace, Slot has defended his approach.

The Dutchman pointed out that injuries have already depleted the squad this season and said he wanted to avoid repeating such setbacks.
Slot told reporters:
“People all of a sudden think we have 25 players available, but we mainly have 20 players and then four injuries. Last time I played a player that wasn’t fully prepared — we thought he was prepared, but it was the first time Alexander Isak played and he got injured.”

Slot also suggested that people would have criticized him regardless of the decision, saying:
“Last time we played Southampton, Leoni was injured and it was a red card for Hugo Ekitike. Those are the things we can’t use with a big week coming up. But there’s always a choice. What if I had played Virgil [van Dijk] and Ibou [Konate], for example, and one of them got injured? People would have said, ‘what a stupid choice’.”

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Liverpool now turn their attention to the Premier League, facing Aston Villa on Saturday at Anfield. Villa are currently enjoying a six-game unbeaten run in the league, making it another challenging fixture for the Reds as they seek to turn their fortunes around.
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Seventeen-year-old Rio Ngumoha signs first professional contract at Liverpool

Liverpool teenager Rio Ngumoha has signed his first professional contract, a month after turning 17 and a year after arriving from Chelsea. The winger, whose match-winning goal at Newcastle in August made him the club’s youngest goal-scorer at 16 years and 361 days, has enjoyed a rapid rise through the ranks and has been rewarded with a three-year deal.

Ngumoha, who has made five senior appearances, made his debut in the FA Cup third-round tie at home to Accrington in January. After impressing in pre-season, he was made a permanent member of head coach Arne Slot’s first-team squad.

His Premier League debut was memorable, as he scored the winner at St James’ Park in the 10th minute of added time. Additionally, his appearance off the bench in last week’s Champions League victory over Atletico Madrid made him the club’s youngest player in European competition.

Chelsea were unhappy with Liverpool’s capture of a player who had been with them since the age of eight. For a while, it is understood that the clubs’ scouts were banned from watching matches at the Blues’ academy. It is believed the Newham-born youngster chose to leave because he believed the pathway on offer was better at Liverpool — a decision that appears to have already been vindicated.

Off the pitch, the club announced it had issued a record 1,114 lifetime bans for ticket touting, with almost half of those imposed following the discovery of mass manipulation of software last season. Investigators at the club also shut down 162 social media groups, with a combined membership of more than one million users, involved in selling fake tickets or reselling real tickets. In total, 45,000 fake ticketing accounts were closed.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/seventeen-year-old-rio-ngumoha-signs-first-professional-contract-at-liverpool-1811308.html