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04/14/2021. Liverpool - Real Madrid. Champions League. Team statistics when you need to recoup.

The main football event on Wednesday April 14th is, of course, the Champions League quarter-finals return leg.

Usually, the match starts with a score of 0-0, but in two-legged confrontations, teams start the second leg with the score of the 1st match (in addition, the away goal rule must be taken into account).

Thus, Liverpool faces a difficult task today, as the team lost in the 1st match to Real Madrid 1-3.
When analyzing a Liverpool-Real match, the Corner-stats.com team suggests looking at the Match Intervals tool. Since Liverpool must win back today, the statistics of the team when it was losing in a match and had to win back, will be much more useful for us. We can get these statistics using the Match Intervals tools of the Corner-stats.com service.

Let's go to the Liverpool page and in the Match intervals filter we will select the loss intervals (we leave a limit of the last 20 matches of the team). Thus, we will get the statistics of the team on the intervals when it was losing in a match, by all indicators.



Having studied the statistics obtained, it can be noted that on the intervals of the match, when a team was losing, Liverpool has low total goals (1.85), a huge advantage on corners and throw-ins (+6.64 and +11.44), but surprisingly negative difference on shots on target (-1.85 ). At the same time, the average total fouls is 17.53, and the average total offsides is 3.87.







We hope our post was helpful to you. Enjoy watching the match!

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Preview of "super league" teams play (matches for 21/04/2021)
 
Surely you've heard of all the hype surrounding the creation of a new Super League soccer tournament where the top 20 clubs from Europe are to compete. But now, judging by the latest results, the invited teams do not quite confirm the status of the best.
In their last matches, only Atletico Madrid won with a large score (5-0), Milan and Manchester United barely put the squeeze on their opponents in 2 half (2-1 and 3-1), but all the other potential representatives of the Super League (Arsenal, Chelsea , Liverpool, Tottenham, Juventus, Inter, Real) failed to win against far from top teams or even lost.
Today (Wednesday 21 April) 6 "super league" teams (Juventus, Inter, Milan, Manchester City, Tottenham, Real) will play their next matches in the leagues. It seems that the incomprehensible situation with the Super League does not quite favorably affect the game of its possible participants.
What other factors should be considered in today's matches:
 - busy schedule of teams. Due to the late starts of the championships, teams play on tight schedules. This is especially true for top teams, many of which, in addition to league matches, will have to play decisive matches in the national cup, as well as in the Champions League and Europa League. As you can see, the teams strive to get points "with little blood", saving power.
 Earlier, we noted a decrease in the intensity of the teams' play after the quarantine pause (read about it here https://corner-stats.com/teams-stats-comparison-before-and-after-the-quarantine/info/319). In that case, all statistics, except for corners, were lower after the quarantine than before the quarantine. It is quite possible that a similar situation awaits us now.
 - rotation of squads. Teams are forced to use substitutes to give the main players an opportunity to rest. This factor should worsen the mutual understanding of the players on the field, while more rejects, inaccurate passes and ridiculous mistakes can be expected. It is quite possible that the lack of play of strikers and midfielders will lead to more offsides.
 In spite of everything, the Corner-stats.com team wishes you good football and interesting stats insights!

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Real Madrid - Chelsea 27/04/2021. CL semi final (1st match). Statistical preview.

The central today's match (April 27, 2021) is the first Champions League semi-final match between Real Madrid and Chelsea.
The Corner-stats.com team has prepared some important points to consider when analyzing the match:
 - For Real, today's match will be the 46th of the season, while Chelsea will play its 51st match;
 - in parallel with the Champions League, both Real and Chelsea are fighting a difficult fight in the national championships (Real for the 1st place, Chelsea for the Champions League zone);
 - at the beginning of the year, Chelsea changed coach, under whose leadership the team has already played 21 matches. At the same time, the team's performance has dropped significantly (avg. total goals is only 1.71). You can check other Chelsea stats with a new coach on the match page using the Current Coach tool https://corner-stats.com/real-madrid-chelsea-27-04-2021/uefa-champions-league-europe/match/ 368406
 - in the 1st quarterfinal match of the Champions League against Liverpool (at home 3-1) Real completely dominated in the 1st half, having much more shots, crosses, tackles, corners and dangerous chances, in the 2nd half the game was statistically more or less equal;
 - in the 1st quarterfinal match of the Champions League against Porto (away 2-0) Chelsea lost in the 1st half on shots 8-1, corners 7-2, crosses 12-7, tackles 9-6, while won 1 half 1-0. In the second half, the game was statistically approximately equal;
 - referee of the match D. Makelli has an average total cards (1+2) of 5.17 in international matches (compared to 3.32 in the Dutch Eredivisie).
We wish you interesting statistical findings and good football!