The 2018 Champions League final will be played by two sides that have won the competition no less than 17 times between them.
Real Madrid are looking to win it for a fourth time in five seasons, while Liverpool are looking to become only the third side to win the competition six times – after 12-time winners Real and seven-time winners AC Milan.
The game pits two of Europe’s top three scorers from the top five major leagues this season. Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo are both locked on 44 goals each, Lionel Messi the only player to score more this season (45).
Eighty two per cent of Salah’s Liverpool goals have come with his left-foot while 61 per cent of Ronaldo’s goals this season have come with his right.
Salah has a better shot conversion rate and has assisted more but Ronaldo has a better minutes-per-goal ratio, although the Portuguese has scored seven penalties to Salah’s one.
Both players boast unbeaten records when they’ve scored the first goal in a game this season. Liverpool are undefeated in those 12 games, winning nine and drawing three, this includes Salah’s openers in their Champions League quarter-final and semi-final ties against Manchester City and Roma respectively.
Similarly, Real Madrid are unbeaten in the nine games Ronaldo has scored the first goal, winning eight and drawing one. Ronaldo is the top scorer in this season’s Champions League with 15 goals in just 14 appearances, five more than any other player – Salah and Liverpool team-mate Roberto Firmino are next on the list with 10 goals apiece.