Overview
- Kickoff is Saturday, January 17 at 14:00 at the Santiago-Bernabéu, with live coverage on BeIN Sports 2.
- Kylian Mbappé trained normally and is available, while Andriy Lunin, Éder Militão, Antonio Rüdiger, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Rodrygo are out.
- Real Madrid enter on two straight losses, falling 3-2 to Barcelona in the Supercopa final and 3-2 to second-division Albacete in the cup.
- Second-placed Madrid can provisionally move within one point of Barcelona before the leaders play Real Sociedad on Sunday.
- Club officials have asked supporters not to boo the team before kickoff, according to Spanish radio reports.