Liverpool — Atlético de Madrid 2:1, 9 September: match result

match finished UEFA Champions League · Matchday 1 Wednesday 9 September · 19:00 UTC

Liverpool 9th · 3 pts W

2 : 1 1st half 1:1

Atlético de Madrid 29th · 0 pts L

Anfield · referee D. Massa

Match predictionValue

Over 1.5 goals

89%

Prediction landed. We predicted “Over 1.5 goals”, and the match finished 2:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Liverpool 48% draw 22% Atlético de Madrid 30%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Liverpool win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Liverpool win — they got it right.

fans 78 votes

Liverpool 56% draw 14% Atlético de Madrid 30%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. Llorente assist: J. Alvarez 0-1 17'

A. Mac Allister 28'

D. Szoboszlai assist: R. Araujo 1-1 40'

A. Mac Allister assist: A. Isak 2-1 50'

M. Pubill 51'

A. Grimaldo for Lee Kang-In 59'

A. Lookman for Koke 59'

J. Frimpong for R. Ngumoha 60'

V. Munoz for B. Barcola 60'

R. Gravenberch for A. Mac Allister 69'

J. David for A. Baena 73'

R. Le Normand for C. Romero 77'

M. Hjulmand for P. Barrios 77'

K. Tsimikas for M. Kerkez 88'

L. Koumas for A. Isak 88'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Liverpool 4-2-3-1 · Andoni Iraola 3-5-2 · Diego Simeone Atlético de Madrid

Alisson  
Ronald Araújo  5 Jérémy Jacquet  4 Virgil van Dijk  6 Miloš Kerkez  
Dominik Szoboszlai  10 Alexis Mac Allister  
Bradley Barcola  7 Florian Wirtz  73 Rio Ngumoha  
Alexander Isak  

Kang-in Lee  19 Julián Alvarez  
Marcos Llorente  8 Pablo Barrios  6 Koke  10 Alex Baena  20 Giuliano Simeone  
Marc Pubill  21 Cristian Romero  17 Dávid Hancko  
Jan Oblak  

Liverpool bench

28Freddie Woodman
25Giorgi Mamardashvili
53James McConnell
76Jayden Danns
30Jeremie Frimpong
21Kostas Tsimikas
67Lewis Koumas
44Luke Chambers
38Ryan Gravenberch
42Trey Nyoni
23Víctor Muñoz

Atlético de Madrid bench

11Ademola Lookman
22Alejandro Grimaldo
30Dani Martinez
5Johnny Cardoso
15Jonathan David
46Jorge Castillo
27Jorge Domínguez
1Juan Musso
23Morten Hjulmand
3Obed Vargas
24Robin Le Normand
4Rodrigo Mendoza

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

45%Possession55%

14Shots9

5Shots on target4

5Shots off target4

4Blocked shots1

12Shots inside box4

2Shots outside box5

113Attacks83

54Dangerous attacks44

7Corners5

3Offsides5

11Fouls10

1Yellow cards1

3Saves3

420Passes516

355Accurate passes439

14Free kicks14

18Throw-ins20

6Goal kicks6

0Penalties0

Liverpool

Atlético de MadridThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Liverpool and Atlético de Madrid met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League on 9 September at Anfield. Final score — 2:1.

Liverpool sit 9th on 3 points after 1 match (1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses). Atlético de Madrid sit 29th on 0 points after 1 match (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss).

Of the last 1 meeting Liverpool won 1, Atlético de Madrid won 0. Aggregate score — 3:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Liverpool last five Atlético de Madrid

W form L

1 Matches 1

1 — 0 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 1

2 — 1 Scored — conceded 1 — 2

3 Points per game 0

2 Goals scored per game 1

0 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 1

Liverpool at home: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 2—1, 3 points per match.

Atlético de Madrid away: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 1—2, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

1 match in our database

1 Liverpool win 0 draws 0 Atlético de Madrid wins goals 3:2 Liverpool — Atlético de Madrid

17/09/2025

Liverpool — Atlético de Madrid

3:2

UEFA Champions League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
8	Borussia Dortmund	1	1	0	0	3—2	3
9	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2—1	3
10	Real Madrid	1	1	0	0	2—1	3
…
28	Internazionale	1	0	0	1	1—2	0
29	Atlético de Madrid	1	0	0	1	1—2	0
30	Napoli	1	0	0	1	0—1	0

Full UEFA Champions League table