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Three Premier League rounds, three matches with a foul on his sheet: Szoboszlai defends high the way Liverpool ask, jumping on whoever receives before the touch settles.
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Thirty-five fouls and seven bookings in his final full English season: Mac Allister screens the defence by spending a foul whenever time is needed. Against Atletico the midfield will be a fight.
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On his first Atletico start, Hjulmand brought Buchanan down in the box and handed Villarreal a penalty. Screening the back four, the Dane always gets to the carrier, and the foul is the price he factors in.
In the last Champions League nobody collected more cards than Hjulmand: five in nine games, one every one hundred and eighty-two minutes. In Portugal, that same year, he picked up nine more domestically.
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Four Liga starts and the goal against Sevilla on his busiest evening, three shots. Lookman runs at defenders from the left flank and rolls it back onto his right as soon as space opens.
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Anfield opens the first round of the league phase with Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, two sides that have already met five times since 2020. The competition starts from scratch for everyone and neither team has played a game in it yet, so the picture has to be read through recent results and previous meetings. How they arrive Liverpool have not won since 29 July, when they beat Wrexham 1-0. Their last two Premier League rounds both finished 2-2, at home to Nottingham Forest on 29 August and at Newcastle on 23 August. Before the league resumed came a 0-0 with Como on 16 August, a 2-3 against Monaco on 9 August and a 2-4 against Leeds on 2 August. Atletico Madrid, by contrast, have strung together three positive results in La Liga: 3-1 away at Sevilla on 29 August, 2-2 at home to Villarreal on 23 August and 2-0 against Malaga on 19 August. In pre-season they won 2-1 in Marseille and lost 1-3 to Manchester City and 1-2 to Manchester United. The previous meetings Five games on record, three won by Liverpool and two by Atletico Madrid. The most recent is dated 17 September 2025, a 3-2 for Liverpool at Anfield. In November 2021 the hosts won 2-0 on their own ground, while in October of that year they won 3-2 in Madrid. The two 2020 fixtures went the other way: a 3-2 for Atletico Madrid at Anfield on 11 March and a 1-0 for the Spanish side at home on 18 February. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.
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6 meetings on record
Data updated 2026-09-10 14:48 UTC
Liverpool
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Liverpool
Last 5 matches · 2W 3D 0L · 8–5
Atlético Madrid
Last 5 matches · 2W 1D 2L · 8–8
Liverpool
Season statistics · 1 played · 1W 0D 0L
Atlético Madrid
Season statistics · 1 played · 0W 0D 1L