Surprise at Real Madrid, Ancelotti's choice to replace Bellingham vs Las Palmas

Real Madrid have this Saturday the opportunity to overtake Girona in the La Liga standings. Los Tozudos are currently the only leaders of the tournament with 52 points, but Los Merengues have 51 and will now visit Las Palmas at the Estadio Gran Canaria knowing that a win will allow them to go to the top. In addition, they have played one less game in the tournament, as they postponed the game vs Getafe because they were competing in the Spanish Super Cup.

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For Carlo Ancelotti's team it will be a key game. After the elimination against Atlético Madrid in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, they have only two objectives left this season: the Spanish league and the Champions League. And both will be very difficult challenges to achieve, so every game is decisive.

This time the coach will have to solve a major problem. He will not be able to count on Jude Bellingham, who was booked for the fifth time in the tournament last week vs Almeria and therefore received a suspension. The chosen one to replace him is Brahim Diaz, who has shown good performances in the last matches.

Real Madrid's lineup will be: Andriy Lunin; Daniel Carvajal, Nacho, Antonio Rudiger, Fran Garcia; Dani Ceballos, Toni Kroos, Eduardo Camavinga; Brahim Diaz, Rodrygo Goes, Vinicius Junior. In addition, on the bench will be Kepa Arrizabalaga, Lucas Cañizares, Ferland Mendy, Lucas Vazquez, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Federico Valverde, Luka Modric, Arda Guler and Joselu.

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They also need to win

Las Palmas are one of the most surprisingly performing teams this season in Spain. They have 31 points and are in 8th place in the standings, very close to the qualification zone to the Conference League 2024/25. That's why they will try to get a victory this Saturday that will allow them to get closer to that goal. Coach Francisco Garcia Pimienta chose this XI: Alvaro Valles; Marvin Park, Alex Suarez, Mika Marmol, Sergi Cardona; Javier Muñoz, Kirian Rodriguez, Munir El Haddadi, Maximo Perrone, Alberto Moleiro; Sandro Ramirez.