Hello everyone and welcome along to this LaLiga Santander live blog for Real Madrid vs Girona, which takes place at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday afternoon.
Real Madrid know that they need to keep winning, after Barcelona picked up three points late on on Saturday, and Girona should be a beatable opponent.
Girona do score a lot of goals, though, and they won 2-1 on their previous visit to this stadium, so Los Blancos will have to keep that in mind.
It should be a fun one and we’ll bring you all the updates around the game, from the preview to the minute-by-minute commentary. So, stay tuned and follow the entries below, with the most recent nearest the top.
Real Madrid vs Girona LIVE – Latest Updates
This, then, is our Real Madrid vs Girona live blog for this LaLiga Santander game, which kicks off at 16:15 CET, the local time in Spain.
In the UK, that’s 15:15 GMT, while in the USA it’s a 11:15 ET / 08:15 PT kick off. Keep in mind that the clocks in Europe have changed, so there’s now just a five-hour difference between Spain and the US east coast.
We’ll bring you the confirmed starting line-ups as soon as they’re out, but for now the predicted line-ups are as so.
Real Madrid could take to the field with: Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy; Luka Modric, Aurelien Tchouameni, Toni Kroos; Marco Asensio, Rodrygo Goes, Vinicius.
Meanwhile, Girona‘s predicted line-up is: Paulo Gazzaniga; Arnau Martinez, Santiago Bueno, Bernardo Espinosa, Javi Hernandez Carrera, Miguel Gutierrez Ortega; Reinier Carvalho, Oriol Romeu, Aleix Garcia; Rodrigo Riquelme, Taty Castellanos.
It should be a fun game of football from Spain’s capital, so keep this tab open to stay up to date with all the action from the Bernabeu.