LaLiga: Real Betis vs Real Madrid

Real Madrid have a huge LaLiga Santander match on Sunday night, as they play away at Real Betis knowing that they are currently 10 points behind title rivals Barcelona.

With the Catalans having won earlier in the day, Real Madrid can't afford any more slip-ups and must take three points against the Real Betis of their former coach Manuel Pellegrini.

The atmosphere should be special at the Estadio Benito Villamarin, with this the first time Real Madrid will play there in front of a full house since before the coronavirus pandemic.

We'll be bringing you all the updates from this game right here on this Real Betis vs Real Madrid live blog, so keep this tab open to stay up to date.

This, then, is the very beginning of our Real Betis vs Real Madrid live blog, for this Sunday night's LaLiga Santander action.

It's fifth against second, so these are two very good teams, although Real Betis' style of play might suit Real Madrid better than that of some recent opponents.

We'll bring you the confirmed starting line-ups as soon as they're out, but for now here comes a look at the predicted starting XIs of both sides.

Real Betis' predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Claudio Bravo; Youssouf Sabaly, German Pezzella, Luiz Felipe, Abner Vinicius; Guido Rodriguez, William Carvalho; Luiz Henrique, Rodri Sanchez, Juanmi; Borja Iglesias.

Real Madrid's predicted line-up (4-3-3): Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, Nacho Fernandez; Dani Ceballos, Aurelien Tchouameni, Toni Kroos; Fede Valverde, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior.

As for what time does Real Betis vs Real Madrid start, it'll get going at 21:00 CET, the local time in Spain.

That works out at 20:00 GMT in the UK, where it'll be on LaLigaTV, or 15:00 ET on the east coast of the USA, where ESPN+ will be the broadcaster.