Liverpool Won't Host Real Madrid in Champions League This Season After Meetings in Previous Two Campaigns

The draw for the 2026-27 Champions League league phase will take place tomorrow. Liverpool have faced Real Madrid at Anfield in the league phase over the past two seasons, and under new regulations, this cannot happen again.

UEFA has introduced new regulations to prevent the same matchup from occurring in the league phase for three consecutive seasons. However, Liverpool could still be drawn to face Real Madrid away in Thursday's draw.

Article 16.03 of last season's Champions League regulations states: "The UEFA administration may, in accordance with the principles established by the Club Competition Committee, determine alternative conditions for the draw and may adjust any draw conditions in accordance with decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee to prevent deadlock and/or to take into account relevant restrictions."

"The UEFA Club Competition Committee has established additional conditions for the 2026-27 Champions League draw, stipulating that a single fixture between two teams shall not be repeated with the same home team across three consecutive seasons in the same competition."

"This means that if two teams have played each other in the 2024-25 league phase and are drawn together again in the 2025-26 league phase with the same home and away arrangement, they cannot be drawn together again in the 2026-27 season with the same home and away status."

In the 2024-25 season, the first season of the new Champions League format, Mac Allister and Gakpo scored in the second half to help Liverpool win 2-0. Nearly 12 months later, Mac Allister was again the goalscorer, helping Liverpool defeat Real Madrid 1-0.

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