With Vinicius, this is the starting lineup for Real Madrid vs Sevilla

With Saturday's victory against Getafe, Barcelona became Real Madrid's closest competitors in the standings. They are now in second place with 57 points, five points behind Los Merengues. But that could change in a short time. Girona will have the chance to overtake them on Monday, if they beat Rayo Vallecano. And Carlo Ancelotti's team could increase their lead if they get a win against Sevilla.

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The match will take place this Sunday at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. With the support of their fans, Real Madrid will have the opportunity to take a key step towards the La Liga title. Although there is still a long way to go, they have had an almost perfect performance this season and are proving to be not only the best team in Spain, but one of the best in Europe right now.

For this game, the coach will be without the squad's best player, Jude Bellingham, who is still recovering from the ankle injury he suffered against Girona a few weeks ago. He is expected to return perhaps next week against Valencia at Mestalla, although the main objective is to have him ready for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against RB Leipzig on March 6.

Real Madrid's starting lineup will be: Andriy Lunin; Lucas Vazquez, Nacho, Antonio Rudiger, Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde, Toni Kroos, Aurélien Tchouaméni; Brahim Diaz, Rodrygo, Vinicius. The substitutes will be Kepa Arrizabalaga, Diego Piñeiro, Fran Garcia, Jacobo Ramon, Dani Ceballos, Luka Modric, Arda Guler and Alvaro Rodriguez.

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They have many problems

This season has been very bad for Sevilla. They failed in the Champions League and in La Liga they are in a critical situation: with 24 points, they are dangerously close to the relegation zone. That's why they need a good result this Sunday, to move away from that threat. Coach Enrique Sanchez Flores chose this XI: Orjan Nyland; Jesus Navas, Loic Bade, Sergio Ramos, Kike Salas; Oliver Torres, Boubakary Soumare, Djibril Sow, Lucas Ocampos; Youssef En-Nesyri, Isaac Romero.