Real Madrid faces another South Madrid-based team in Matchday 15 of the La Liga season. After the Liverpool game, they have more injury problems, meaning Carlo

Injury-plagued Real Madrid have been handed a boost with Brazil winger Rodrygo's return, manager Carlo Ancelotti said on the eve of Sunday's LaLiga match at home to Getafe. The 23-year-old was forced off with a muscle injury in their 4-0 thrashing of Osasuna at the Bernabeu earlier in November.

Real Madrid are set to be boosted with Rodrygo’s return from injury for the La Liga game with Getafe on Sunday. The Brazil international, 23, has been sidelined since sustaining a muscle injury in the 4-0 win over Osasuna on November 9.

Carlo Ancelotti has denied that Kylian Mbappé's form is the reason for Real Madrid's struggles this season, saying "it's a collective problem, not an individual one." Mbappé has scored just two goals in his last nine Madrid games,

Real Madrid is out of sorts, and the Frenchman is part of that. As such, the glare falls on him. He’s the story, a dialed-down, diluted version of the soccer phenom he was upon arrival in Spain. A dizzied surfer unable to ride the waves he once could.

Should this route fail, there is also Miguel Gutierrez, an academy player who has excelled at Girona since 2022. As The Athletic revealed, Real Madrid have a buy-back clause of €8million (€10m from July) for him, much lower than what other teams would have to pay (€35m). There have been no movements for him though.