Juan Foyth almost gives Villarreal the lead at the end of the half but his low effort is tipped round the post by Thibaut Courtois.

Two minutes added on.

Vinicius Jr runs the ball out of play as he tries to jink past some defenders in the box.

Samuel Chukwueze has scored four La Liga goals in 2023. He only managed two in the whole of 2022.

Real midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni hurts Samuel Chukwueze with a tackle.

Chukwueze is down for ages but nobody seems fussed about sending any physios on and he eventually gets up.

By coming on, Manu Trigueros (310) surpasses Mario Gaspar (309) as the player to make the most La Liga appearances for Villarreal.

The 31-year-old midfielder already held the record for most appearances for Villarreal in all competitions (449).

Second yellow for the yellow team. Alfonso Pedraza is booked for pulling back Marco Asensio.

It's raining Villarreal chances. Samuel Chukwueze's first-time side-footed effort from 18 yards is saved by Thibaut Courtois.

Third Alex Baena effort of the game. Giovani lo Celso lays the ball back to him and he lashes a shot just over from outside the box.

Plenty of chances for the Yellow Submarine today as Giovani lo Celso snatches at a shot from the edge of the box which rolls just wide.

Is Ramon Terrats injured? Villarreal replace him with Manu Trigueros and Terrats walks straight down the tunnel. He didn't appear to have a problem though.

Now Alex Baena has his second shot, with a fine 25-yard strike forcing a save from Thibaut Courtois.

Another Samuel Chukwueze shot for Villarreal, this isn't as good as the first as he drills over from long range.

Vinicius Jr rolls a cross over the six-yard box when everyone else had switched off and a sliding Lucas Vazquez can't make contact.

Aurelien Tchouameni heads just wide as Real look to double their lead.

Villarreal's Yeremi Pino chops down Antonio Rudiger and gets booked. That's a one-game ban for Pino.

Good play by Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze to cut into the box and beat several defenders before blasting a shot just wide.

A replay shows it was deflected by a defender so should have been a corner really.

Madrid keeper Thibaut Courtois is quick to deal with a threat now.

David Alaba pumps a long ball forward to Karim Benzema but Pepe Reina is off his line to gather it.