Luis Diaz is averaging 1.32 shots on target per 90 across his 12 Premier League appearances this season. The winger has put in some of his best performances in a Liverpool shirt under Arne Slot which has seen him score 8 goals in the Premier League and Champions League this season.

He scored a hat trick in his last Champions League appearance against Bayer Leverkusen and will fancy his chances of adding to this tally against a Real Madrid side struggling with injuries.

He’s averaging 1.71 shots on target per 90 across his 4 Champions League appearances this season, Real Madrid have conceded 26 shots on target across their 4 Champions League games so far (6.5 per game).

Bellingham has been more of a goal threat in recent weeks and is likely to have more of an attacking role in this game with Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo absent through injury.

He’s scored in his last 2 league games for Real Madrid against Osasuna and Leganes suggesting that he’s starting to find the form that saw him score 19 La Liga goals last season whilst averaging 1.36 shots on target per 90.

He’s currently averaging 0.54 shots on target per 90 across his 4 Champions League appearances this season but has at least 1 shot in every game so far suggesting that this record should improve as the season progresses.

Ollie Watkins has been forced to wait for his first Champions League goal with the striker having 6 shots in the competition without even finding the target (2.30 per 90).

However, we shouldn’t expect this record to last much longer. Watkins is averaging 1.44 shots on target per 90 across his 12 Premier League appearances this season, he has a 65% shot accuracy in the Premier League this season.

Despite recent issues domestically, Villa appear to save their best performances for the Champions League. They’ve won 3 of their 4 games in the league stage so far scoring 6 goals and only conceding once which included a statement win against Bayern Munich which showed Villa can compete with Europe’s elite.

Tielemans has had 5 shots across his 4 Champions League appearances this season (1.30 per 90). The midfielder has developed into a key part of Unai Emery’s set up and offers a threat from outside the box as well as from free kicks.

4 of his 5 shots have come from outside the area with the only effort he had in the box ending up in the back of the net, it is likely this is where Tielemans’ shot comes from in this game.

He’s also averaging 0.85 shots per 90 across his 12 Premier League appearances this season, 6 of his 10 attempts have come from outside of the area and this record shows his shot numbers are consistent regardless of the competition but even more promising in the Champions League.

Rudiger has had 3 shots across his 4 Champions League appearances this season (0.75 per 90). He’s been incredibly clinical with these efforts, all coming from set pieces, resulting in 2 goals for the German international.

He’s had 9 shots across his 13 La Liga appearances this season (0.75 per 90) which includes 3 shots coming from distance whilst the rest have come following set piece situations.

Set pieces could be a credible route to goal for Real Madrid with key players such as Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo missing, Carlo Ancelotti is not afraid to adapt his side as he did against Manchester City in Real Madrid’s route to the Champions League trophy last season.