Real want a penalty as Toni Kroos touches the ball past Juanfran and then catches his leg and goes down. The referee says no.

Looked to me like they were basically fouling each other.

Seconds after that Marco Asensio hit the angle of bar and post.

At the other end, Vitolo goes down in the box after a challenge from Mateo Kovacic but the referee deems the Atletico winger was the fouler not the foulee so free out.

Another Real corner as Marco Asensio's shot is deflected out by Diego Godin.

Inches away from scoring in his 10th consecutive Real Madrid game.

Gareth Bale flicks the corner on with his head and Cristiano Ronaldo can't quite react quick enough, deflecting the ball through to Jan Oblak from four yards out.

Lucas Vazquez whips in a good cross - which Diego Godin heads over just before his keeper Jan Oblak can grab the ball.

First shot of the game but Marcelo's effort - after Real played a short corner - is blocked by former Manchester City defender Stefan Savic.

Toni Kroos swings a free-kick in for Real, but Jan Oblak is able to hold onto it. Slow start.

Gareth Bale - who didn't play against Juventus - gets a run going at Atletico's defence but is stopped. He gets the ball back a few seconds later and has another go but again runs into trouble.

Under way at the Bernabeu.

Real have failed to win in their last four La Liga games against Atletico at the Bernabeu (D1 L3), their worst run without a home win against them in La Liga history.

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone does not expect the fact neither side are challenging for the title to detract from the derby.

"I have had derbies when we were first, eighth, ninth.

"But derbies are passionate because the fans experience them all the same way. I don't imagine things being any different."

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Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane: "We'll be going out to win the game. We can't sit back or consider approaching it in any other way.

"We're up against a very good side, both defensively and in attacking terms. It'll be a good game and our intensity levels will be key. We want to keep our good run going against Atletico."There are three points at stake and this game is equally important for both sides. We want to cut the gap at the top. Atletico deserve to be where they are in the standings and all we can do is make up some ground on them.

"Out duty is to give our all in every game and reduce the gap as much as we can. We've got to continue to go all out right until the end of the La Liga season."

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is currently enjoying one of the great goalscoring runs in the modern game.

His double against Juventus (including THAT bicycle kick) means his current scoring stats read...

• Ronaldo has scored 19 goals in his past nine games for Real (scoring in each one) - 25 in 13 for club and country.
• He has scored 39 goals in 36 games for Real this season - more goals than anyone else who plays in one of Europe's top five leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain).

And as if to prove his bicycle was no fluke (not that anybody could suggest it was) here he was doing it in training again in the last couple of days...

Real Madrid make four changes from the 3-0 win over Juventus - with Gareth Bale back in the starting line-up. Marco Asensio, Lucas Vazquez and Mateo Kovacic are also in. Karim Benzema, Isco, Luka Modric and Casemiro drop to the bench.

Real have a bit of a defensive injury crisis, their only defender on the bench is attacking full-back Theo Hernandez - whose brother Lucas starts for Atletico.

Just two changes from Atletico's 2-0 win over Sporting Lisbon. Thomas Partey and Vitolo start - Angel Correa and Gabi are benched.

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Real Madrid come into this game on the back of a six-game winning run, including Tuesday's 3-0 win at Juventus in the Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Atletico have won 13 of their past 15 games, most recently Thursday's 2-0 win over Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League.

Welcome to live text coverage of the Madrid derby today. There are no titles up for grabs, it's only a matter of time until Barcelona wrap that up.

This is the battle for second place or *ducks for cover* a preview of what the Spanish title race might look like if Catalonia does gain independence.

And it's always nice to win a derby, no matter what the table looks like...

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