Overview
- Real Madrid, which face Girona on Friday at the Bernabéu, sit second on 69 points and trail the leaders by seven.
- Following Saturday's league defeat at Mallorca and Tuesday's Champions League loss to Bayern Munich, Madrid have little margin for error in LaLiga.
- Coach Álvaro Arbeloa said Jude Bellingham and Éder Militão will start, with Eduardo Camavinga also in the XI, while Thibaut Courtois and Rodrygo remain out.
- Girona arrive 12th with 37 points and an eight-point cushion over the drop and travel without top scorer Vladyslav Vanat after a hamstring injury reported to end his season.
- Madrid have won 13 of 15 league games at the Bernabéu this season, though Girona’s lone win there came in a 2-1 upset in February 2019.