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Having ended the 2016 and 2017 season as league champions, it must have hurt really bad for Copenhagen to see themselves in fourth position this season.

In truth, they never really threatened the top two teams, but this game offers them the chance to finish the season in a European place.

If Copenhagen can beat this Aarhus side that finished the season in the tenth position, they can finish in a Europa League spot.

Judging by how easily they have dispatched teams on their home turf this season, that shouldn’t be too much to ask of them.

Aarhus come into this game still struggling defensively like they did when both sides met the last time, and they would need to be better than they have been in recent weeks to get a result in this game. The last time they visited this venue, they conceded 4 times.

The hosts, who come here having conceded at least once in all but one of their last ten matches, have been by no means secure defensively this season, so the visitors, who have scored plenty of goals recently, won’t hesitate to have a go.

Profiting offensively may not be beyond Aarhus, though keeping things tight at the back is likely to be a step too far, especially since they’ve struggled to hold off lesser opposition in recent weeks.

Although this game is worth the excess of £160 million to the winners, the fans of these teams would be less interested in the money than they are in their team getting back into the Premier League after two years and four years absence for Villa and Fulham respectively.

Villa is the most popular club here, and these two teams may have to deal with losing most of their star players this summer if they fail to make the step up following this playoff final.

However, Fulham are the form favourite after going unbeaten from December to May before falling to a final day defeat that denied them automatic qualification, they had been 23 games unbeaten at that time.

Villa would be delighted that Fulham failed just when it matters, and their manager’s tactical success over Tony Pulis in the Playoff semifinals would have boosted their confidence that they can outplay their opponents in this game.

Villa’s win may be decided on how well they can nullify the threat of Ryan Sessegnon and they may call on Allan Hutton here again after his excellent man-marking job on Adama Traore in the last round.

Aleksandar Mitrovic is another player that Villa would have to worry about especially as Fulham can now play the ball to either his feet or cross from out wide.

Fulham struggled against Derby County in the last round, and Villa are certainly a better opposition to them and this game could be headed for an unlikely stalemate here after 90 minutes.

Since Villa dropped out of the top flight, all four Championship meetings between these clubs have produced home wins.

Villa have actually lost their last four games against Fulham in London but clearly, all of those games were at Craven Cottage rather than the neutral turf of Wembley.

This game offers Real Madrid the chance to further cement their place in history as the most successful team in Champions League history.

This game is the 16^th time they have appeared in the competition’s final, 12 of which have ended in wins for them. However, they face a Liverpool side that is one team that can upset the odds at the slightest opportunity and a thrilling final is definitely on here.

Madrid came from two goals up to draw their last competitive game before this match.

That was the 5^th time they have failed to win a game in their last six competitive outings, one of which was their 2-2draw against Bayern Munich in their last Champions League game.

They have now conceded at least two goals in four of their last five games and have kept a clean sheet in just one of their last 11 matches in all competitions.

The question they would be asking of themselves is how can they stop the Liverpool trio of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, and Roberto Firmino who have found the back of the net for a combined 31 times in this competition this season?

Liverpool also do not have the best defence in the world right now as they have conceded 9 goals in their last 6 competitive games. They also have just two wins from their last six competitive games and allowed AS Roma to score them four goals in their last Champions League game.

Liverpool and Real Madrid have scored a combined 70 goals in the Champions League this season, and the Liverpool front three in combination with Cristiano Ronaldo have scored 46 goals already. This game could turn out to be a goal fest.

These teams have met twice in the Champions League before now and they both have two wins from the four matches.