This is more positive from the home side. This time Argentine midfielder Lucas Robertone has a pop from 25 yards and forces Real keeper Andriy Lunin to make another decent save.

Make that two. Iddrisu Baba zings a 25-yard effort towards the Real goal and Andriy Lunin gets down to his right and saves well in the corner.

Real Madrid have had 12 shots on goal so far, albeit of those only four have been on target, with most of their efforts fairly speculative or having been blocked.

The hosts have had one.

Real Madrid are having loads of joy down the wings as the hosts pack the middle of the pitch.

Vicente Moreno's Almeria team already look like they are having a hard time containing their opponents as the players head to the side for a welcome drinks break.

Dani Carvajal is being given acres of space to run into down the right for Real Madrid at the minute. And he combines well with Federico Valverde to send Rodrygo down the right channel.

The Brazil sweeps a right-foot effort across goal that is just wide of the far post.

David Alaba lines an effort up from distance for the visitors but smacks into home defender.

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Almeria 1-1 Real Madrid

Oh wait a minute...Jude Bellingham looks like he could be offside here. And did he handle the ball as it came down to him?

Obviously not as the review is over and the goal stands.

The Englishman becomes the first player to score in each of his first two La Liga appearances for Real since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009 ( Ronaldo scored in each of his first four).

It's been pretty much all Real Madrid since that early goal for the hosts. Carlo Ancelotti's side are edging up towards 80% possession.

As I was tapping out that last post the England midfielder makes a great run into the box but sees his looping header comfortably saved by home goalie Luis Maximiano.

It is around 32°C in Andalusia at the moment and probably a touch hotter inside the stadium. I'm not sure how many times Jude Bellingham will have experienced that so early in the season.

A couple more chances come Real's way courtesy of Aurelien Tchouameni's looping header from a corner and an off target Vinicius Jr effort.

First half chance for Real Madrid but Jude Bellingham's drive is blocked.

Sergio Arribas really enjoyed that one but quickly sticks and arm up by way of a sort of apology to the away fans.

The 21-year-old played 10 La Liga games for Real before they let him move on this summer.

An early home attack come to nowt as Sergio Arribas tries to make an impression against his former club.

Real Madrid go straight down the other end and Vinicius Jr wins a free-kick on the left.

The hosts get us going and immediately ping the ball out of play.

The Power Horse stadium is packed out. The teams are out. It's almost time to get the action under way.

Real Madrid have won each of their last seven matches against Almería in La Liga, scoring a total of 30 goals (an average of 4.3 per game) and conceding just seven goals (an average of 0.7).

Almeria had 19 shots in their match against Rayo Vallecano, the most by any team in La Liga 2023-24 MD1, and the second highest tally for Almería in a top-flight game without scoring since their last promotion (23 v Real Valladolid in May 2023).

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Almeria coach Vicente Moreno has won two of his four matches against Real Madrid in La Liga (L2) – he is one of three managers to have won two or more games against Los Blancos in the competition since 2019-20 (2), alongside Paco Lopez and Quique Setien (two each)