Champions League: head-to-head Liverpool FC - AC Milan (Group B), Wednesday 15/09/2021

With a brand value of €973m, Liverpool FC (Premier League) are ranked sixth in the "Football 50 2021" ranking published in May 2021 by the American company Brand Finance, a consultancy firm specialised in strategy and brand valuation, versus 29^th place for AC Milan (Serie A TIM), as the two clubs prepare to face each other on Matchday 1 of Group B of the 2021-22 Champions League at Anfield (Liverpool, ENG), which will be at full capacity, on Wednesday 15/09/2021 (kick-off at 20:00 local time, 21:00 CET).

Liverpool were also ranked ahead of AC Milan in the Top 20 "World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams" (excluding real estate) as established by the American business magazine Forbes in April 2021. The English club were in 5^th place ($4.1bn/€3.4bn), while their Italian opponents were ranked 16^th ($559m/€472bn).

With 96 million fans on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as of 01/09/2021), Liverpool have twice as many as AC Milan, who total over 45 million.

The average attendance at Anfield (53,394 capacity) for Liverpool's first two home league matches of the season was…