Team News: Real Madrid vs. Espanyol injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

Real Madrid will be bidding to return to winning ways in La Liga when they welcome Espanyol to Bernabeu on Saturday afternoon.

Los Blancos are currently second in the table, nine points behind leaders Barcelona, while Espanyol occupy 13th, two points outside of the relegation zone, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news.

REAL MADRID vs. ESPANYOL

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REAL MADRID

Out: Ferland Mendy (hamstring), David Alaba (hamstring), Karim Benzema (ankle)

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Camavinga; Modric, Tchouameni, Kroos; Valverde, Rodrygo, Vinicius

ESPANYOL

Out: Keidi Bare (ligament), Adria Pedrosa (hernia), Dani Gomez (muscle)

Doubtful: Brian Olivan (muscle)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Pacheco; Gil, Montes, S Gomez, Pierre-Gabriel; Darder, Vinicius; Puado, Suarez, Braithwaite; Joselu

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.