Real Madrid vs Elche

After recently lifting the Club World Cup for the fifth time in their history, reigning La Liga champions enter the contest needing a victory to keep the ...

They return to domestic duty as they host city rivals Atletico Madrid on the 25th of February. After 19 straight losses in La Liga, Elche picked up their first win of the season with Pere Milla bashing a thunderous hattrick in a 3-1 routing of Villareal. And with history lying in Los Blancos’ favor, the fixture could serve as the perfect opportunity for Real Madrid to bounce back from their previous defeat against Mallorca.

Join us for all the action as it happens from the Santiago Bernabéu, with Carlo Ancelotti not having any room for more slip ups.

21 ahh, just click on the above image and check out how to watch! 5 They secured the victory by defeating Al-Hilal with a score of 5-3. Fans know they need to be patient with him, though, as five out of his last six goals were scored after the 65th minute. This is a good opportunity for Los Blancos Camavinga with the shot! That Alaba move to the left could be a thing to see for coming games. The Mallorquin almost with the 4th of the day. That Alaba should stay on the left, and Nacho should start for Rudiger. The Frenchman has had a second breath at being a striker since Ronaldo left the team and has performed so far. The Alicante team was awful, and Real Madrid was just too much for them.

Real Madrid starting XI: Lunin, Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Nacho, Camavinga, Valverde, Ceballos, Asensio, Rodrygo, Benzema. Elche starting XI (TBC): Badia, Enzo, ...

[ESPN+](http://go.web.plus.espn.com/0J9VgN?subId2=%5B%5Dsb%5Bp%5D23364730%5Bt%5Dw%5Br%5Dmanagingmadrid.com%5Bd%5DD) Rodrygo has often perceived as a natural left-winger, but he hasn’t had the chance to play there all that much because of how crucial of a player Vinicius is. As expected, Rodrygo will replace Vinicius on the left side of the offensive line.

Get a report of the Real Madrid vs. Elche 2022-23 LaLiga football match.

"We are all aware of our situation," coach Pablo Machin told a news conference. "We handled ourselves well in the final third, we had a lot of chances and we kept a good eye on them to avoid their counter-attacks. [France](/football/team?id=478) forward went on to make it 3-0 one minute into first-half stoppage time through another penalty, awarded to Real for a foul on forward [Rodrygo](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/267804/Rodrygo). [surpassed former captain Raul Gonzalez (228) to become LaLiga's fifth highest scorer](/football/real-madrid-espreal_madrid/story/4867266/real-madrid-karim-benzema-overtakes-raul-enter-laliga-all-time-top-5-goalscorers) and second-best scorer in the league for [Real Madrid](/football/team?id=86), with only [Cristiano Ronaldo](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo) in front with 311 goals. [Marco Asensio](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/195821/Marco-Asensio), [Karim Benzema](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/46858/Karim-Benzema) and [Luka Modric](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/76762/Luka-Modric) were all on target as Real, without the suspended Vinicius Jr, wasted no time and could have opened the scoring four minutes into the game but defender Eder Militao narrowly missed the target from distance. [Real Madrid](/football/team?id=86) earned a comfortable 4-0 home win over bottom side [Elche](/football/team?id=3751) in LaLiga on Wednesday, restoring their eight-point gap to leaders [Barcelona](/football/team?id=83).