Group B leaders Real Madrid host Liverpool looking for the victory that will guarantee their progress to the knockout rounds.

Madrid's 3-0 triumph at Anfield on match day three – the Reds' heaviest home European defeat – gave the holders maximum points after three games and left third-placed Liverpool in a three-way fight for second place.

Previous meetings

Liverpool beat Madrid 5-0 on aggregate in the 2008/09 round of 16. Rafael Benítez's Reds won the first leg 1-0 in Spain, before a 4-0 success back on Merseyside – Madrid's biggest Uefa Champions League defeat. Álvaro Arbeloa was in the Liverpool side for both matches.

The line-ups at the Santiago Bernabéu on 25 February 2009 were:

Real Madrid: Casillas, Ramos, Pepe, Cannavaro, Heinze, Robben, Gago, Diarra, Marcelo (Guti 46), Higuaín, Raúl.

Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Škrtel, Carragher, Fábio Aurélio, Benayoun, Alonso, Mascherano, Riera (Gerrard 88), Torres (Babel 62), Kuyt (Lucas 90).