2022 Uefa Champions League final: Liverpool vs. Real Madrid preview, predictions and TV

Everything you need to know ahead of Saturday’s showpiece in Paris

The Uefa Champions League trophy on display in Paris ahead of the 2022 final
The Uefa Champions League trophy on display in Paris
(Image credit: Boris Streubel/Uefa via Getty Images)

In a repeat of the 1981 and 2018 finals, Liverpool and Real Madrid will lock horns for the third time in European football’s showpiece match. In the European Cup final in Paris 41 years ago the English club were victorious 1-0 thanks to Alan Kennedy’s winner. While in 2018 in Kyiv, the Spaniards lifted the Champions League trophy thanks to a Gareth Bale-inspired 3-1 victory.

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Mike Starling is the former digital features editor at The Week. He started his career in 2001 in Gloucestershire as a sports reporter and sub-editor and has held various roles as a writer and editor at news, travel and B2B publications. He has spoken at a number of sports business conferences and also worked as a consultant creating sports travel content for tourism boards. International experience includes spells living and working in Dubai, UAE; Brisbane, Australia; and Beirut, Lebanon.