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Villarreal v Real Madrid: Confirmed line-ups as Los Blancos look to go top

Real Madrid will aim to leapfrog Barcelona and at least temporarily go top of LaLiga with victory at Villarreal.

Los Blancos turned on the style in midweek as they thrashed Monaco 6-1 in the Champions League.

They will aim to maintain that momentum in LaLiga and pile the pressure on Barcelona, who surprisingly lost to Real Sociedad in their last league encounter. However, that may be easier said than done against third-placed Villarreal.

101GreatGoals has the full team news in a key encounter for Alvaro Arbeloa’s men.

Table of Contents

• 1 Villarreal team news
• 2 Real Madrid team news

Villarreal team news

Villarreal: Luiz Junior; Navarro, Foyth, Veiga, Pedraza; Buchanan, Parejo, Gueye, Moleiro; Mikautadze, Moreno.

Substitutes: Cardona, Macia, Marin, Oluwaseyi, Partey, Pepe, Perez, Tenas.

🟡 STARTING XI 🟡#VillarrealRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/lEMkOJ12Sc

Real Madrid team news

Madrid make one change from the win over Monaco, with Alvaro Carreras replacing Aurelien Tchouameni.

Real Madrid: Courtois; Valverde, Asencio, Huijsen, Carreras; Guler, Camavinga, Bellingham; Mastantuono, Mbappe, Vinicius.

Substitutes: Aguado, Alaba, Carvajal, Ceballos, Cestero, Diaz, F. Garcia, G. Garcia, Lunin, Mestre, Rodrygo.

📋✅ Our starting XI!
🆚 @VillarrealCFen pic.twitter.com/stwO6yTRJh

Topics:

• LaLiga
• Real Madrid CF
• Villarreal CF

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Nicholas is a freelance sports journalist with significant experience covering a wide variety of sports. He has previously worked for Stats Perform and was most recently employed as San Francisco 49ers beat writer for A to Z Sports. He regularly contributes to Gridiron magazine and has also had NFL work featured in The Times and The Mirror.

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