Broadcast info
Who's playing? Real Madrid enters the second week of La Liga in high spirits, after beating Real Sociedad despite the absence of one of their most important players. On the other hand, Celta Vigo were shocked by Leganés, a recently promoted side that snatched points away from the sky blue team at Balaídos.
Away from the pitch, Real Madrid has enjoyed a wonderful week, following Cristiano Ronaldo's appointment as UEFA's Player of the Year on Thursday. It's yet unclear if CR7 will feature against Celta, but that motivation could be enough for the team to gather three more points in front of their supporters.
What time? Saturday, August 27th, at 11:15 PDT/ 13:45 CDT/ 14:45 EDT/ 20:15 GMT/ 21:15 BST/ 22:15 CEST
What stadium? Santiago Bernabeu stadium will host this Week 2 game between Los Blancos and Celta. Even with the team's impressive resume, it has only hosted one UEFA Champions League final, back in 2010.
On which channels?
- In Spain: beIN SpIorts Connect España, Movistar+, beIN LaLiga
- In the U.K.: Sky Sports Mix, Sky Go UK, Sky Sports 3/HD UK, SKY GO Extra, NOW TV UK
- In the U.S.: beIN SPORTS USA, fuboTV, beIN SPORTS en Español
- In Canada: beIN Sports Canada, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada, beIN SPORTS en Español
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Match stats
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Since 1993, Real Madrid has won 22 of the 36 games between these teams.
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Celta hasn't won a single game at Santiago Bernabeu stadium since November 2006 (2-1)
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Real Madrid has won its four most recent games against Celta.
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Los Blancos have outscored Celta 17-4 in their last four games.
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The most recent game between Real Madrid & Celta ended with a 7-1 blowout for Los Blancos.
Team news
Real Madrid will have to deal with a number of absences for this match, as Keylor Navas, Fabio Coentrao & Karim Benzema are still unavailable due to injury. Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe are believed to be fit for this match, but Zinedine Zidane may choose to leave them out of the squad to grant them a few more days to be fully fit.
Los Blancos have enough reasons to be proud, as two of their footballers were nominated to win the UEFA Player of the Year award. Moments after Cristiano Ronaldo won the trophy, he was congratulated by none other than his "rival", Gareth Bale.
Congratulations mate, thoroughly deserved @Cristianopic.twitter.com/aRRWyBRUmN
— Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) August 25, 2016
On the other hand, Eduardo Berizzo's team will want to erase the bad memories from last week, by trying to win the team's first match at the Bernabeu in a decade.
Ruben Blanco and Claudio Beauvue are sure absences due to injury, while Iago Aspas' situation will be determined prior to the game.
Meanwhile, the team unveiled its third kit on social media, which could be used during their visit to the Spanish capital.
A nova terceira equipación do #Celta. Próximamente á venda en exclusiva na tenda oficial de Balaídos. #ATerceira pic.twitter.com/RX1wh7YRgn
— RC Celta (@rccelta_oficial) August 25, 2016
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