I also pick Liverpool here.
Real Madrid only have advantage in head to head, they won 7 times, drew 1 time and never lost against Liverpool. But, head to head stats is pointless if their current performance is bad.
Both of them do lost many players, but as long as Liverpool have Diaz and Salah, they will be fine.
Real Madrid is indeed very superior when viewed from head to head. And actually Real Madrid also looks superior if we look at the depth of the Real Madrid squad, although it is not much different from the depth of the Liverpool squad, which also has quality that is not much different. But Real Madrid's inconsistent condition this season makes us hesitate to choose them. So choosing Liverpool is also the choice that many people will choose. And with the record of not losing in the UCL this time, it will make us believe more in Liverpool's superiority. But don't forget that this is Real Madrid. Where they can sometimes bounce back very quickly and beat any opponent no matter how strong.
Hmmm, that's true mate, but you need to understand that this season Real Madrid have lost so many players in the injuries; suspect all of their crucial players got injured. So this point in front of us makes us hesitate about Real Madrid as well their recent inconsistent performance too. Despite on the other side we can clearly see it that Liverpool have just dominated the league as well as the UEFA champions league under their coach Arne Slot. This season Liverpool are at the top of the league table while real Madrid are second on league standings and they are 6 points behind the top.
Indeed real Madrid have a good H2H record against Liverpool but monitoring all these perspectives makes me feel stalled about real Madrid. So I will go for Liverpool because I didn't see any skeptical points in real Madrid depths. But let's see what's happened next...