UEFA Champions League final - Betting tips for Real Madrid vs. Liverpool

For the second time in five years, the UEFA Champions League final pits Real Madrid against Liverpool, this time at Stade de France with the English side favored.

Real Madrid battled through three of the world's best clubs to get here, getting by PSG, Chelsea and Manchester City in the previous rounds. Liverpool's path was significantly easier, going through Inter Milan, Benfica and Villarreal.

Now two of the four most-crowned European champions meet in a European Cup final for the third time. Real Madrid was victorious in 2018, and Liverpool triumphed in 1981, also in Paris. Real Madrid looks to lift the trophy for the eighth consecutive final appearance and add to its record 13 European Cup titles. The last club to beat Real Madrid in this final was Liverpool, and the Reds seek their seventh European Cup, which would equal AC Milan for second most of all time.

As always, remember that these bets are for 90 minutes plus stoppage time and do not include extra time.

Odds courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook.

Liverpool vs. Real Madrid3 p.m. ET

Pick: Both teams to score (-145)

Each of these teams has scored in all but one of its Champions League games this season, and both teams have scored in Real Madrid's past five UCL matches. That wasn't a fluke, as both teams had at least 1.1 expected goals in all five of those games.

Liverpool has scored in 57 of 62 games this season and put up at least 1.7 expected goals in four of the five outliers. Real Madrid has scored in 45 of 55 games this season, with more than 1.0 expected goals in all but five matches. Against Wolves on Sunday, the Reds showed how relentless they can be when needing a goal, and Real Madrid has shown its mettle time and again this UCL season.

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