Los Blancos cannot afford a slip-up.
Real Madrid host Atletico Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu needing a derby victory to cut the gap to LaLiga leaders Barcelona back to four points.
Barca stretched the advantage to seven with a narrow 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano earlier on Sunday.
A setback from Madrid against their city rivals would significantly decrease Los Blancos’ hopes of bridging that gap and pile pressure back on Alvaro Arbeloa, who could claim to have answered his critics with a 5-1 aggregate win over Manchester City in the Champions League.
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Real Madrid team news
Madrid make two changes from the side that started the 2-1 win at City in midweek.
Andriy Lunin, who came on at half-time of that game in place of the injured Thibaut Courtois, starts in the Belgian’s absence.
Dani Carvajal replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back.
Real Madrid: Lunin; Carvajal, Rudiger, Huijsen, F. Garcia; Valverde, Pitarch, Tchouameni; Guler, Diaz, Vinicius.
Real Madrid substitutes: Gonzalez, Mestre, Alaba, Bellingham, Camavinga, Mbappe, Alexander-Arnold, G. Garcia, Carreras, Mastantuono, Aguado, Angel.
Atletico Madrid team news
Atletico, meanwhile, make just one alteration from the second leg of their Champions League tie with Tottenham.
That sees Koke replace Nahuel Molina, with Marcos Llorente reverting from midfield to right-back.
Atletico Madrid: Musso; Llorente, Hancko, Le Normand, Ruggeri; Simeone, Koke, Cardoso, Lookman; Griezmann, Alvarez.
Atletico Madrid substitutes: Almada, Baena, De Luis, Diaz, Esquivel, Gimenez, Gonzalez, Lenglet, Molina, Sorloth, Vargas.
