Well, Mariano twice had the ball in the net, but was offside, and Casemiro headed over when he should have scored - however, Valladolid are the ones to have made a goalkeeper work.

Real Valladolid president and former Real forward Ronaldo is inside the Jose Zorilla.

What a striker he was.

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Meanwhile, the home side have a free-kick on the right... but Real defend their lines before putting pressure on the Valladolid attack.

Oh Casemiro!

He heads over from eight yards - that really should have hit the target.

Did keeper Jordi Masip carry the ball outside the area?

He did. Free-kick on the right for Real.

The delivery from Toni Kroos is cleared for a throw-in on the other side of the pitch, and another Real attack eventually fizzles out when the ball goes behind for a goal-kick.

Vinicius wins a free-kick after beating two players before running into Bruno Gonzalez...

Real have a corner and play it short but Lucas Vazquez's delivery is poor. Very poor.

He apologises for it. So he should.

Valladolid's Fabian Orellana produces a great cross from the left but Kike Perez can't get enough power behind his header.

Straight up at the other end Mariano once again finds the back of the net, but he goes that fraction too early as Luka Modric played his pass, and is flagged offside.

Mariano, Vinicius and Marco Asensio dwell too long with the ball around the area instead of shooting - chances go begging.

Where's Karim Benzema when you need him?!

Mariano, who came into the line-up as a result of Karim Benzema's injury, finds the net after some clever weaving and a low strike.

However, he is flagged offside. He looked off as soon as he picked up the ball tbf.

Good finish though.

Real Madrid have lost just one of their last 17 away La Liga games (W11 D5).

Do you fancy them to lose this one?

Marco Asensio runs clear to meet Toni Kroos' raking ball, but the Spaniard's attempted dink over keeper Jordi Masip is poor.

Fortunately for him he was half a leg offside.

Twinkle-toes Luka Modric earns Real a corner on the left but the resulting delivery is easily cleared by the home side.

Real continue to press the relegation-threatened side.

Real Valladolid have failed to win each of their past 12 La Liga games against Real Madrid, losing 10 of them, since a win 1-0 in November 2008.

Marco Asensio cuts in from the right and produces a strike which is high, wide and not so handsome.

Real have had lots of the ball but Valladolid look more dangerous on the counter.

Good grief!

Valladolid, on their first foray into the Real area, produce two efforts which are brilliantly saved by Thibaut Courtois.

Fabian Orellana has the first effort before Saidy Janko also sees his strike stopped by the Belgian.

German Toni Kroos has a pop from his usual 'a few yards outside the area'. It goes high into the Valladolid night.

A good start for the visitors though.

Real have a corner early doors as former Manchester United player Saidy Janko puts the ball out of play with Vinicius breathing down his neck.

From the resulting corner, the home side clear the ball from their box.

The compact Jose Zorrilla Stadium looks resplendent under the floodlights as ref Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez blows his whistle to get the game under way.