Welcome to the Evening Standard's La Liga match coverage of Real Madrid vs Espanyol LIVE.
The hosts are currently in a rich vein of form and will look to notch a fourth successive league win in today's early lunchtime kick-off at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Even a draw would be enough for Los Blancos to once again jump above Barcelona and put pressure on the leaders, who are in action against Mallorca tonight.
Zinedine Zidane will have to cope without the services of injured trio Eden Hazard, Marcelo and Gareth Bale against struggling Espanyol, who are five points adrift of safety having not won in La Liga since October.
Follow all the match action live with Ben Hayward in Spain.
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