Elche and Real Madrid have named their starting sides for their La Liga match at Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero on Tuesday.
Los Blancos suffered their first setback of the season in their last away game, losing 1-0 at Betis on September 4.
Jose Mourinho’s side have won twice at home since, beating Inter 2-1 in the Champions League and Rayo Vallecano 4-1 in La Liga.
Elche took their second point from their first five league matches of the season with a 1-1 draw at Athletic Club on Saturday.
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Elche confirmed starting team vs Madrid
Elche make three alterations from their draw at Athletic Club. bringing in Marc Aguado, Martim Neto and Abiel Osorio for Kavier Morcillo, Facundo Buonanotte and Fer Nino.
Loan midfielder Buonanotte, who was borrowed by Chelsea and Leeds United from parent club Brighton & Hove Albion last season, put Elche ahead with a 50th-minute penalty on Saturday.
Left-back Roy Revivo, who signed for a reported fee of around £2.1 million from Maccabi Tel-Aviv on transfer deadline day, made his full debut against Atletic Club, while Kevin Lomonaco, who arrived from Independiente, is yet to make his bow.
Yago Santiago is recovering from a knee injury the midfielder underwent in May.
Elche starting XI: Matias Dituro, Buba Sangare, Federico Redondo, Victor Chust, Tete Morente, Gonzalo Villar, Marc Aguado, Roy Revivo, Martim Neto, Abiel Osorio, German Valera
Substitutes: Alejandro Iturbe, Pedro Bigas, Ezequiel Ponce, Facundo Buonanotte, Fer Nino, Josan, Thomas Lemar, Grady Diangana, Lucas Cepeda, Ruben Sanchez, Matia Barzic, Javier Morcillo
Real Madrid full line up vs Elche
Real Madrid make five changes from their win over Vallecano, bringing in Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Huijsen, Marc Cucurella, Arda Guler and Aurelien Tchouameni.
Jude Bellingham, Denzel Dumfries, Antonio Rudiger, Alvaro Carreras and Bernardo Silva move to the bench.
Defenders Eder Militao (muscle) and Ferland Mendy (hip) and winger Rodrygo (knee) are continuing their recoveries from injury.
Centre-back Raul Asencio returned from a thigh issue as an unused substitute against Vallecano, as did goalkeeper Andrii Lunin following illness.
Tchouameni has been playing an increasing number of minutes following injury and featured for 22 against Vallecano.
Real Madrid starting XI: Courtois, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Huijsen, Cucurella, Valverde, Tchouameni, Diomande, Arda Guler, Vinicius Junior, Mbappe
Substitutes: Lunin, Asencio, Bellingham, Camavinga, Endrick, Carreras, Espi, Bernardo Silva, Brahim Diaz, Rudiger, Dumfries, Thiago Pitarch
Where to watch Elche vs Real Madrid: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Tuesday is at 20:30 BST (15:30 ET / 12:30 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 1 and streaming available on a vast range of devices via the Premier Sports app.
A Premier Sports subscription costs £120 a year, £11.99 per month on a 12-month contract or £16.99 per month with 30 days’ cancellation notice required.
Here’s the full list of La Liga international broadcasters.
Elche v Real Madrid stats, La Liga form
- Elche are winless in their last 19 meetings with Vallecano (D4 L15), although they took the lead twice at home in a 2-2 draw in this fixture last season, scoring through Aleix Febas and Alvaro Rodriguez and conceding to goals from Dean Huijsen and Jude Bellingham
- The most recent of their six wins against Madrid was in March 1978, with all of those victories coming at home
- With the exceptions of a 3-0 home defeat and 4-0 away loss during the 2022/23 season, Elche have scored in each of their last nine meetings with Madrid in all competitions since February 2015
- Only Vallecano (14) have conceded more Liga goals than Elche (13) this season, including a 5-0 defeat to Barcelona and 3-2 loss to Sociedad in their home games
- Elche winger Tete Morente’s two assists in the 2026/27 division make the Spaniard one of 12 players to have set up multiple goals without playing for Madrid or Barca
- Ferenc Puskas is the top scorer in the history of the fixture by six goals, scoring 17 against Elche during the forward’s time with Madrid between 1958 and 1966
- Madrid have scored at least twice in each of their last eight encounters with Elche, although all of the goals came in extra time as they came from behind to win away in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey in January 2022, when Gonzalo Verdu put the hosts ahead before Isco and Eden Hazard settled the tie
- Barcelona’s Anthony Gordon (4) is the only player with more assists than Vinicius Junior (3) in this season’s Liga
- Barca’s Lamine Yamal and Raphinha and Vallecano’s Sergio Camello are the only players who can match Vinicius Junior’s total of six goals during this top-flight campaign
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