Real Madrid made a winning return to LaLiga action as they beat Eibar 3-1 in the Spanish capital on Sunday. Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo eased Madrid into a comfortable half-time lead, with the visitors' second-half improvement yielding nothing but a Pedro Bigas consolation.

Xabi Alonso’s side had just been saved from the embarrassment of extra time by a fantastic Andriy Lunin stop. A strong Madrid line-up ultimately had to rely on a penalty, an own goal and a lucky Kylian Mbappe strike to reach the next round, and the game’s closing stages were tense.

Deportivo Alavés faces Real Madrid at the Estadio Mendizorrotza in Vitoria-Gasteiz on Sunday, Dec. 14. Kickoff is set for 9 p.m. CET local time, 3 p.m. ET or 12 p.m. PT in the US and Canada, 8 p.m. GMT in the UK and a 7 a.m. AEDT kickoff in Australia on Monday morning.

Real Madrid ended a three-game winless La Liga run in Bilbao on Wednesday, but Celta are enjoying life on the road.

There is still a great deal of pressure on Real Madrid's manager, after an unconvincing 2-1 win at Alaves on Sunday

Earlier this week, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez launched an attack on FC Barcelona over the Negreira case, calling it “the most serious case in football today“.Not stopping there, the

The 16th match week of the La Liga season sees Real Madrid traveling away from home to take on Deportivo Alaves at the Estadio de Mendizorroza. Real Madrid and Deportivo Alaves are 18 points apart in the La Liga table.

Back in the 2023/24 season, Joselu returned to Real Madrid 11 years after leaving, joining on loan from RCD Espanyol. Having had failed spells at the likes of S