Real Madrid welcome Malaga to the Santiago Bernabeu for their latest LaLiga outing.
The Spanish giants have started strong under Jose Mourinho, and will be looking to keep their momentum going in front of a lively home crowd.
With Kylian Mbappe netting a hat-trick last time out and Los Blancos’ attack looking formidable, there will be an extra buzz around the stadium.
Catch up with all the team news right here on 101GreatGoals.
Real Madrid team news
Real Madrid starting XI: Courtois, Trent, Rudiger, Huijsen, Cucurella, Camavinga, Valverde, Bellingham, Brahim, Vini Jr, Mbappe
Real Madrid substitutes: Lunin, Navarro, Guler, Konate, Carreras, Espi, Bernardo, Dumfries, Diomande, Cestero, Rivas, Ciria
Malaga team news
Malaga starting XI: Herrero, Puga, Recio, Galilea, Rafita, Rodriguez, Merino, Larrubia, Dotor, Munoz, Chupe
Malaga substitutes: Lopez, Pastor, Salinas, Abaida, Otu, Lobete, Martinez, Enriquez, Jauregi, Cruz
Real Madrid v Malaga stats, recent La Liga form
- None of the last 11 editions of the fixture have produced a Malaga victory, Madrid winning the most recent meeting between the teams 2-1 on the road in La Liga in April 2018 through goals by Isco and Casemiro
- That was Madrid’s fourth successive win against Malaga, although the sides shared draws during the 2015/16 season following a run of five straight Blancos victories between May 2013 and April 2015
- Madrid’s home record against Malaga is W15 D3, although none of their last three visits from Los Boquerones have been decided by more than a goal, most recently triumphing 3-2 in La Liga in November 2017 courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half winner
- Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer in the fixture with 17 goals, followed by the player immediately behind Madrid’s all-time leading marksman in terms of the most goals for the club, with Karim Benzema scoring 10 against Malaga
- Jose Mourinho was in his first spell as Madrid boss at the time, accumulating a record of W6 D1 L1 against Malaga
- Mourinho won his first five matches against Malaga and oversaw an aggregate scoreline of 15-1 across the first three of those games, but Madrid took one point from two Liga matches against them in 2012
- The Portuguese’s most recent game against Malaga was his penultimate home game of that first period at Madrid, winning 6-2 in May 2013 through goals from Raul Albiol, Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Karim Benzema, Luka Modric and Angel Di Maria
- Malaga’s most recent and only win in their 36 encounters with Madrid was in December 2012, prevailing 3-2 at home through Isco’s opener and two goals from Roque Santa Cruz
- They have not won away in La Liga since a 2-0 victory at Real Sociedad in December 2017, finishing with the worst away record in the division that season (W1 D2 L16)
- In last season’s second tier, only promoted Deportivo La Coruna (+12) had a better away goal difference than Malaga (+5), who scored the third-most goals on the road in the division (33) behind Deportivo (34) and champions Racing Santander (35)
Where to watch Madrid v Malaga: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Sunday is at 16:00 BST (11:00 ET / 08:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 1 and streaming available on a vast range of devices via the Premier Sports app.
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Real Madrid v Malaga prediction
Real Madrid
3 – 0
Malaga
Real Madrid have made an excellent start under Mourinho and should have too much quality for Malaga at home.
The visitors are likely to make life difficult at times, but Madrid’s attacking options should eventually prove too much for the newly-promoted side.
