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FRI 08.01.2016
Team News:
- Real Madrid CF: Kovacic (suspended). Chéryshev, Nacho y Álvaro Arbeloa (not called).
- RC Deportivo: Fabricio Borges (injured).
Match Facts:
Real Madrid (3rd, 37 pts):
- Real Madrid failed to make the most of FC Barcelona's slip up last weekend as they were held 2-2 at Valencia CF.
- During the week, the Madrid club replaced coach Rafa Benitez with former player Zinedine Zidane, who stepped up from the B team. The fans were out in force to watch his first training session and there is great expectation ahead of the Frenchman's debut in the dugout.
- Real Madrid have suffered only one defeat and three draws in their last 26 Liga BBVA matches played at the Bernabeu.
RC Deportivo (7th, 27 points):
- The Galicians fell 2-1 at the Riazor against Villarreal CF last weekend bringing to an end a run of eight games without defeat.
- Victor Sánchez del Amo's team have an impressive record away from home. They have only lost one of the last 11 matches played on the road.
- Lucas Perez is the man to watch for Deportivo. The team's leading scorer has been involved in four of the last five goals his team has scored away from home.
What's on in Madrid this weekend?
Do not leave Madrid without ... Visiting the exhibition of the French painter Ingres, organised by the Prado Museum in collaboration with the Louvre Museum. It is a journey through the painter's work responsible for the evolution of the European School, with particular attention to his portraits.
Getting to Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Address: Avenida de Concha Espina 1, 28036, Madrid.
Metro: Line 10 (Santiago Bernabeu station).
Bus: Lines 14, 27, 40, 43, 120, 126, 147 and 150.
Stadium location here
Time: 20:30
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
Referee: Pérez Montero, Pedro Jesus
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