All out to secure top spot

This night Actual Madrid return to league motion and for the primary time in three seasons welcome Rayo Vallecano to the Santiago Bernabéu (9 pm CET) on matchday 13 of the competitors – the facet’s second fixture of the week on dwelling soil. After Wednesday’s win over Shakhtar, the Whites will likely be vying to choose up a 3rd straight victory and transfer high of LaLiga.

The earlier spherical of league fixtures noticed Vini Jr. take centre stage with a brace to safe the three factors in opposition to Elche and in Madrid’s midweek Champions League conflict it was Karim Benzema’s flip to attain a match-winning double, with each objectives being assisted by the Brazilian. Each forwards are on hearth and the Frenchman grabbed the successful aim the final time our time met Rayo (1-0).

“We have to put in a whole efficiency”, stated Carlo Ancelotti within the press conference forward of the conflict. This fixture will convey again fond recollections for Toni Kroos, who scored his first aim for Actual Madrid seven years in the past (8 November, 2014) in opposition to Rayo Vallecano on the Santiago Bernabéu and the German has been named within the Italian’s squad for the sport.

European locations in sight

Rayo have had a sensational begin to the season. The newly promoted facet from south-east Madrid at present sit within the European qualification locations and go into the weekend in sixth place, on 20 factors. Andoni Iraola’s facet play an open attacking recreation which has seen them rating 18 objectives to date this marketing campaign. Rayo have drawn in opposition to Celta and crushed Barcelona in latest fixtures. The membership’s begin signing, Radamel Falcao, and Álvaro García are the crew’s high scorers with 4 objectives apiece, whereas captain Óscar Trejo has produced six assists.