Brilliant play by Isco. Ferland Mendy picks him out in the box. He turns a defender, then plays a reverse pass out of nowhere to Luka Modric but the Croat's shot is blocked.

Good defending by Madrid's Lucas Vazquez to stop Nacho Monreal's run and win a goal-kick.

Monreal is still going well at 35. That always sounds old to me in football terms, yet he's younger than I am.

Silky Real Sociedad move, with David Silva involved but Madrid boot it out for a throw-in.

Real Madrid striker Mariano is the only player yet to touch the ball. Just over 10 minutes gone.

The corner is poor and so is Real Sociedad's attempted counter-attack.

Luka Modric lifts a free-kick into the box but Casemiro's shot is blocked. Now Real have a corner.

Now it's Real Sociedad dominating possession. Nacho Monreal is tackled by Casemiro and goes down. Penalty? No. The offside flag is up. Hmm, a replay shows it wasn't offside.

Real Madrid have lost two of their last three home matches against Real Sociedad.

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Annoyingly to an England audience Real are Real Madrid and to a Spanish audience Real are Real Sociedad (and Madrid are Real Madrid) so I'm probably going to have to spell out both teams in full every time. First-world problems.

Real Madrid have had most of the ball so far. Lucas Vazquez is at right-back because of injuries - but he's a very attacking right-back.

Here we go.

Real Madrid have a lengthy injury list but only make one change from their 1-0 win over Atalanta.

Mariano replaces Vinicius Jr up front.

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Real Sociedad make four changes from their goalless draw with Manchester United.

David Silva, Nacho Monreal, Portu and Robin le Normand are in.

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Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane: “Everyone will have an opinion but La Liga is there to be won by anyone.

"The team out in front has the advantage but there are still 42 points on the table and we're going to keep doing our thing; playing good football and winning games.

"We have to focus on ourselves and we'll watch tonight's game, but as fans. Our goal is to take as many points as we can until the end of the season."

Real Madrid can move back into second place today and within three points of leaders Atletico Madrid if they win.

Real Sociedad are seven points outside the Champions League places.

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Two of Spain's form teams go head to head today.

Real Madrid have won five in a row in all competitons, while Manchester United are the only team to beat Real Sociedad in 90 minutes since 9 January.