What a miss!

Isaac Romero threads a brilliant ball through to Youssef En-Nesyri, completely bypassing the Real Madrid defence and he thumps the shot wide.

Got to be doing better there.

Rodrygo slides the ball into the path of Vinicius Junior.

Who is there to cut the ball out?

Sergio Ramos of course.

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Brahim Diaz accelerates towards Sevilla's box but Sergio Ramos comes across to stop him in his tracks.

Postpublished at 20:04 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2024

20:04 GMT 25 February 2024

Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla

That will be a sore one!

Lucas Vazquez catches Lucas Ocampos on the head as he goes to boot the ball.

Ocampos is fine to continue. Tough as nails.

We are under way at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

League leaders against Europa League champions.

1st against 15th.

Who will come out on top?

Time to find out.

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Before the match begins, both teams pay their respects to the victims of the huge fire in Valencia apartment blocks earlier this week.

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Just five minutes to go until kick-off at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

• Sevilla have avoided defeat of their last four LaLiga matches (W2 D2), keeping clean sheets in the last two.
• Real Madrid have scored the second most headed goals in LaLiga 2023/24 (11) after Getafe (14).
• Joselu has scored nine goals in 26 appearances for Real Madrid in LaLiga and can become the oldest player to reach 10 goals for them in the competition in the entire 21st Century (33 years and 335 days old for this fixture).

• Real Madrid have not lost any of their last 10 games against Sevilla in LaLiga (W8 D2), their best unbeaten run against the Sevillian side since a 15-match run between 1993 and 2003 (W13 D2).
• Sevilla have not won any of their last 45 away games against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid in LaLiga (D10 L35) since a 4-3 win at the Santiago Bernabeu in December 2008 under Manolo Jimenez.

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In December 2023, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti signed a new deal with the club which will run until June 2026.

The Italian, 64, was appointed at the Bernabeu for a second time in 2021 on an initial three-year deal.

Ancelotti has won 11 titles as Real boss, including two Champions Leagues - most recently in his first season back at the club in 2021-22.

He has also lifted one La Liga title, two Copas del Rey, two Club World Cups, two European Super Cups and two Spanish Super Cups.

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Barcelona thrashed Getafe yesterday as they moved up to second in La Liga.

Raphinha opened the scoring for the hosts, with Joao Felix, another player recalled to the Barca starting XI, adding the second just after the break.

Frenkie de Jong and Fermin Lopez rounded off the scoring for Xavi's side.

Read the report here.

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Los Blancos are missing their main man at the moment.

Midfielder Jude Bellingham has had a debut season to remember in Madrid but he suffered an ankle injury in the 4-0 league win against Girona earlier this month and remains injured.

Bellingham is still top of the LaLiga scoring charts with 16 goals, ahead of the likes of Alvaro Morata, Robert Lewandowski and Antoine Griezmann.

The Englishman has scored more LaLiga goals for Real Madrid in a single season than any other midfielder this century

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Real Madrid have not lost any of their last 19 La Liga matches (W14 D5), their best unbeaten run in the competition under Ancelotti.

You have to go all the way back to 24 September 2023 for the last time Real were defeated in the league. City rivals Atletico Madrid beat them 3-1 with an Alvaro Morata double and a goal from Griezmann.

It is Real's only LaLiga defeat of the season so far.

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Former Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos says he will not celebrate if he scores when he returns to Estadio Santiago Bernabeu for the first time in four years with Sevilla tonight.

Read more here.

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Sergio Ramos has not lost any of his three meetings with Real Madrid in all competitions (W1 D2), his best unbeaten record against a single opponent as a Sevilla player.

Will that change tonight?

Thumbs up for yes, thumbs down for no.

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Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos returns to Estadio Santiago Bernabeu tonight.

The Spanish centre-back spent 16 years with Real, making 671 appearances. He is the club's fourth-highest all-time appearance maker, topped only by Raul (741), Iker Casillas (725) and Manolo Sanchís (710).

Ramos won 22 titles while at Madrid, including four Champions Leagues, five LaLiga titles and four Spanish Super cups.

While at Real, Ramos found the net an incredible 101 times, a very impressive total for a defender.

Here are the teams for tonight's encounter.

The big news of course is Sergio Ramos starting for Sevilla against his former club where he enjoyed the most decorated spell of his illustrious career.

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Good evening and welcome to our coverage of Real Madrid v Sevilla.

Can Carlo Ancelotti's men extend their lead at the top of La Liga to eight points or will Sevilla, who are 15th in the table, seal a much-needed victory?

Let's find out.