Any danger of the second half starting lads? Nobody even out yet.

This is Real Madrid's 1,500th La Liga home match. No team have recorded as many home wins as Los Blancos (1,146).

Rayo Vallecano have stopped the opposition from scoring a first-half goal in eight of their 12 games, only Athletic Bilbao (nine) and Las Palmas (11) have done this more often in Liga this season.

Lots of chances but no goals for Real Madrid as the half-time whistle goes.

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David Alaba clips a ball into the box and Joselu heads wide. The Real Madrid striker claims he was fouled but no chance.

Three minutes added on.

Near the same spot where Jude Bellingham hurt his shoulder, Vinicius Jr goes down holding his. Andrei Ratiu is booked for fouling him.

Jude Bellingham goes close to a screamer. As a corner is half-cleared to him, he flicks the ball one way and another to lose a defender before smashing the ball over the bar. The La Liga TV commentators compare it to Zinedine Zidane.

Surely the hosts are going to score at some stage. Vinicius Jr runs to the byeline and cuts it back for Joselu, whose first-time shot is palmed over by the keeper.

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Brilliant flick from Joselu over a defender's head but his volley is blocked then.

David Alaba glides forward for the hosts and smashes a shot over from outside the box. Rayo hanging on a bit.

Real Madrid are peppering Rayo Vallecano's goal now. Summer signing Fran García jinks into the box and shoots over the bar.

Real carefully work the ball across the pitch and then Antonio Rudiger just leathers in a shot from 35 yards which is blocked.

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Joselu's second chance in a minute, this time he drags a shot wide from 20 yards.

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Luka Modric swings the corner in and Joselu heads wide from six yards out.

Real work a free-kick to Federico Valverde but he slams his shot against the wall. Jude Bellingham wins a corner then.

Poor cross from Real's Dani Carvajal and it's a simple catch for Stole Dimitrievski.

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Vinicius Jr goes down holding his face after a challenge. Referee says... goal-kick.

A replay shows he did get an elbow to the face. Hmmm.

Jude Bellingham wins a corner, Luka Modric takes, Rayo Vallecano clear.

Jude Bellingham tries to find Dani Carvajal with a ball over the top but the Real right-back can't hook it back into the danger zone.