Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid LIVE: Latest Updates - LaLiga 2022/23 | Marca

Hello and welcome along to our Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid live blog, with the champions in action on a Monday night for a change.

Having seen Barcelona win over the weekend, Los Blancos know they need to take the three points as they make the short trip across Spain's capital to face Rayo Vallecano, who are doing well and in the top half of the LaLiga Santander table themselves.

Real Madrid won both meetings with Rayo Vallecano last season, but only by one goal on each occasion.

In this game, they'll be without Karim Benzema, so it won't be easy in Vallecas.

Whatever happens, we'll bring you all the information you need, right here on this LaLiga Santander live blog.

Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid Live Text Updates

Update narration Tarjeta Amarilla

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Alejandro Catena (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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Foul by Alejandro Catena (Rayo Vallecano).

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First Half begins.

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Almost time for kick off

Kick off is approaching in Vallecas, as Rayo Vallecano prepare to take on Real Madrid. Little by little, the seats are filling up ahead of this big one.

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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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The Rayo Vallecano line-up is out now too

We also have Andoni Iraola's starting XI and there aren't any surprises here either. They start with: Dimitrievski; Balliu, Lejuene, Catena, Fran Garcia; Comesana, Oscar Valentín; Isi, Trejo, Alvaro Garcia; Camello.

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The Real Madrid starting XI is confirmed very early

Real Madrid always release their starting line-ups early, but they've done so especially early tonight. They're starting with: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Valverde, Tchouameni, Modric; Asensio, Rodrygo, Vinicius.

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This, then, is our Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid live blog, where we'll have pre-match build-up news for you.

The game kicks off at 21:00 CET, which is the local time in Madrid, while that is 20:00 GMT for those watching on in the United Kingdom. For American fans, the kick off time in the USA is 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT.

As for the predicted line-ups, Rayo Vallecano could start off as so: Dimitrievski; Balliu, Lejeune, Catena, F Garcia; Comesana, Valentin; Palazon, Trejo, A Garcia; Camello.

Real Madrid, meanwhile, could begin with: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Alaba; Modric, Tchouameni, Camavinga; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius.

Whenever the confirmed line-ups are out, we'll bring those to you right here on this live blog, before we provide minute-by-minute coverage of the game after the ball gets rolling.

Given that Real Madrid drew their last LaLiga Santander game, against Girona eight days ago, Carlo Ancelotti and the rest of his staff will hope for a good response in what is Los Blancos' penultimate fixture before the World Cup break.