With Jude Bellingham still shelved thanks to an ankle injury, Real Madrid look to keep themselves firmly entrenched atop the La Liga table as Los Blancos host Sevilla at the Bernabeu on Sunday.
Bellingham joined the club's overflowing injury list in the emphatic 4-0 win over Girona earlier this month, and will not be available until early next month for a league road trip to Valencia. In his absence, Madrid managed to nudge past RB Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League knockout matchup, but suffered a slight domestic slip as they drew with Rayo Vallecano last weekend.
With a host of defenders also out injured throwing the back line into turmoil, Carlo Ancelotti has done quite well to keep the ship afloat on multiple fronts, still yet to taste defeat in any competition against clubs not named Atletico Madrid.
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Sevilla have yet again struggled to reflect the club's more well-established reputation on the pitch, but have dragged themselves ever so slightly away from the relegation zone of late, with a four-match unbeaten run in league play affording Quique Sanchez Flores a six-point gap between them and the bottom three.
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Real Madrid's shakiest performances have come largely on the road this season in league play, but they've maintained a near-perfect mark at the Bernabeu. They have dropped just a single home result this season in La Liga play, drawing 0-0 against Rayo Vallecano in early November in a game they created an abundance of chances but couldn't finish.
Looking to the visitors this weekend, that's bad news for Sevilla, who have been utterly putrid on the road compared to their
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