Liverpool host Atletico Madrid at Anfield on Wednesday, September 9, with the Champions League meeting kicking off at 22:00 GMT+3.
Liverpool won this fixture 3-2 last season, and another home victory can follow as their European campaign begins.
Below is the full match preview, predictions and betting analysis.
Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid Tips
- Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid: Both Teams To Score @ with N/A
- Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid: Julian Alvarez To Score Anytime @ with N/A
*Odds correct at the time of publication and subject to change.
Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid Odds
| Result | Odds |
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| Liverpool |
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| Draw |
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| Atletico Madrid |
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*Odds correct at the time of publication and subject to change.
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Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid Predictions
Liverpool and Atletico Madrid can both find a goal
Both teams have scored in two of Liverpool’s three games this season, while the Reds are yet to draw a blank. They have scored six goals and conceded four across those three matches.
Anfield also strengthens the scoring case. Liverpool have failed to score in only one of their last 15 competitive home games stretching back into last season, and their previous home meeting with Atletico Madrid ended in a 3-2 victory.
Atletico supplied plenty of goals against English opposition last season. They scored in four of six European meetings with Premier League teams and produced 10 goals across those fixtures. Their only blanks came against Arsenal, who they faced three times.
Los Colchoneros won only one of those six meetings, drawing one and losing four, with all four defeats coming away from home. One of the losses was against Tottenham after Atletico had already built a substantial first-leg lead. They later reached the Champions League semi-finals before Arsenal eliminated them 2-1 on aggregate.
More recently, Atletico have scored seven goals across four matches but have conceded in each of their last three. Liverpool kept a clean sheet at Ipswich over the weekend, although they had allowed four goals across their previous two games.
With Liverpool scoring regularly at Anfield and Atletico finding the net in four of six meetings with Premier League sides last season, I’m backing Both Teams To Score at 1.62.
Tip: Both Teams To Score @ with N/A
Julian Alvarez brings a proven Champions League record
Julian Alvarez is back in the Atletico Madrid fold after coming off the bench at the weekend, having been unable to force through a summer exit. His starting status remains uncertain at Anfield, so his expected minutes are the main restriction around the anytime scorer price.
His return from the bench at the weekend at least restores Alvarez as an option for Atletico in Europe, while the uncertainty over a starting place keeps the price from being any shorter.
His Champions League numbers are far harder to overlook. The Argentina international has scored 22 goals in 32 appearances in the competition across the last three seasons, doing so for two different clubs.
That record has also earned Alvarez the ‘Mr Champions League’ label in the Spanish press. If he starts, his tournament scoring frequency makes Julian Alvarez To Score Anytime hard to ignore at 3.25.
Tip: Julian Alvarez To Score Anytime @ with N/A
Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid Projected Starting Lineups
Liverpool
Alisson, Kerkez, Araújo, Jacquet, van Dijk, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Barcola, Wirtz, Gakpo, Isak.
Atletico Madrid
Oblak, Llorente, Romero, Hancko, Grimaldo, Giuliano Simeone, Barrios, Hjulmand, Lookman, Baena, Álvarez.
