R eal Madrid are back on La Liga duty on Saturday with RCD Espanyol the visitors at Santiago Bernabeu against the Spanish champions. With three wins and two draws from five games,

Real Madrid will be gutted by the fact that both their rivals are in better positions than them in the LaLiga standings. They next face Espanyol.

Real Madrid: While both David Alaba and Eduardo Camavinga are still recovering from their knee injuries, Ancelotti gave an important update about the return of Jude Bellingham in the squad: "Both Tchouameni and Jude Bellingham are back in training but we're not taking risks. We will see if they're ready to play next week," the manager said.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti expects to have several players back from injury ahead of its Champions League opener against German side VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday.

Real Madrid will be going up against Espanyol in their La Liga match as the best club in the history of the Champions League try to close the gap to rivals Barcelona who sit comfortably at the top of the La Liga table.