If Valladolid somehow manage to scramble in a late equaliser, serious questions will be asked of the way Madrid have played for the last half an hour. They're missing some important players but this is painfully dull.
90'
Three minutes added on.
88'
Jota fouls Isco in the centre circle.
87'
It looks as though it will be keep-ball from Madrid until full-time.
85'
Óscar Plano gets yellow.
There's no flow to this game at all now. Plano is booked straight from the bench for a late challenge on Casemiro.
84'
Fede San Emeterio enters the game and replaces Rubén Alcaraz.
Plano is on too, replacing Kike Perez.
San Emeterio comes on for Alcaraz.
83'
Óscar Plano enters the game and replaces Kike Pérez.
Madrid just had the ball right at the edge of the area with plenty of space between the defenders, but seemed perfectly content to just knock it about from side to side until eventually Vazquez was offside. For a team of Madrid's stature against the side second-bottom in the table, this is a little disappointing to watch.
82'
Madrid aren't showing much intent to attack now. They're still seeing most of the ball, but are just stroking it around from side to side in the Valladolid half. They've shut up shop since the goal went in.
80'
Into the final 10 minutes now. These will be three big points if Madrid can see it out.
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78'
Sergio Arribas gets yellow.
Arribas goes into the book too, but it's harsh. He put his hand on an opponent's shoulder and they went down screaming, holding their face.
76'
Fabián Orellana gets yellow.
Orellana is booked.
73'
S. Weissman enters the game and replaces Sergi Guardiola.
K. Kodro enters the game and replaces Roque Mesa.
And now Kodro is on for Mesa.
The hosts make two more changes. First, Weissman comes on to replace Guardiola in attack.
72'
Kroos tries the same delivery again from the free-kick, standing it up to the back post, but this time it's cleared away from close range.
71'
Nacho Martínez gets yellow.
Now Nacho is booked for tripping the substitute Duro about 25 yards out. Absolutely no intention of winning the ball there.
69'
Lucas Vázquez gets yellow.
Vazquez is booked for clipping Nacho's heel as the Valladolid full-back skipped around him.
68'
Three changes straight after the goal - are Madrid going to sit on their lead, or have the subs been sent out to go and attack?
66'
Isco enters the game and replaces Vinícius Júnior.
Sergio Arribas enters the game and replaces Marco Asensio.
Hugo Duro enters the game and replaces M. Díaz.
Another youngster, 21-year-old Duro comes on in place of Mariano.
Isco gets some minutes under his belt too, coming on for Vinicius.
Changes afoot. The 19-year-old Arribas replaces Asensio.
65'
Casemiro has scored a goal for Real Madrid! Assist by T. Kroos.
GOAL! 1-0 Madrid, finally Casemiro scores! It's his third big chance of the night and he makes it count. Vazquez wins a free-kick on the right which Kroos delivers high to the far post. Casemiro rises above Luis Perez and heads back across goal into the bottom-right corner. Good header.
Kroos gets the assist for a pinpoint set-piece delivery.
64'
Nacho barges Vazquez over, just beyond the right corner of the Valladolid penalty area.
63'
Guardiola finds Kike Perez with a nice ball out to the left. His cross looks a decent one but Varane is there to clear.
61'
Jota enters the game and replaces S. Janko.
Valladolid make the first change. Janko off, Jota on.
60'
Rubén Alcaraz gets yellow.
Alcaraz gets the first yellow card of the evening for a late tackle on Asensio.
57'
It has been a lively start to the second half. Neither side has had a lot of quality going forward so far but it would be pretty surprising if this stayed goalless.
53'
Luis Perez and Fernandez combine well to recover defensively after Vinicius and Mariano break into the area. Perez tackles Mariano and Fernandez boots it clear.
51'
Vazquez comes infield from the right and works himself a yard of shooting space at the edge of the area. He looks to pick out the near bottom corner with a left-footed shot but it takes a slight deflection and the pace of the shot is lost. Masip saves.
48'
Vinicius tries to bend a shot over Masip from the left corner of the penalty area, but he doesn't quite connect properly with the ball and it's a simple catch for the keeper.
47'
Valladolid start brightly again. Mesa picks up the ball in midfield and shoots from range, but his low shot is easily scooped up by Courtois.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: REAL VALLADOLID 0-0 REAL MADRID
45'
Just one minute added on at the end of the first half.
We're back underway for the second half.
44'
Kike Perez tries his luck from the halfway line. His luck is out. It bounces well wide to the left of goal.
43'
Valladolid striker Guardiola has had a lonely night so far. He has his first sniff of a chance as a ball is fired in behind the defence but Courtois immediately comes out to intercept.
41'
Valladolid started the game very well but haven't done a lot since the opening 10 minutes. They're struggling to make any progress when they do get on the ball, and they're not seeing a lot of it.
38'
Janko nabs the ball from Casemiro in midfield and skips towards the area but the whistle goes for a foul from Guardiola.
36'
Vinicius has been a pest down the Madrid left so far tonight. He skips away from one challenge before being sandwiched between two defenders and winning a free-kick. Kroos delivers it right-footed towards the far post, but Masip comes out and punches clear with one fist.
34'
Gonzalez goes down in midfield after catching a stray elbow from Mariano as the pair tussled for the ball. No malicious intent from the forward.
29'
It looks as though Madrid have been told to target Valladolid right-back Luis Perez in the last few minutes. Mendy gets the ball in the left-back spot and immediately fires it forward for Vinicius to chase, but he can't quite get onto it before the defender recovers.
28'
Mendy and Vinicius combine well again, the latter finding the former with a clever pass from out on the left into the penalty area. A slight miscontrol scuppers his chance of a shot, though, and he can't quite tee up Mariano for a shot.
26'
Varane makes an important defensive header from a Valladolid corner. The ball squirms out to Vinicius and it looks as though he's given it away in a dangerous area, but he does well to recover before spinning away from two markers and completing the clearance.
24'
Mendy carries the ball forward well before finding Vinicius on the overlap. He goes back to Kroos who crosses from the left corner of the penalty area, but it deflects off a defender and loops up kindly for the goalkeeper to claim.
22'
Madrid try to catch Valladolid out with a quick corner from the right. Asensio plays a one-two with Vazquez before crossing from the edge of the area, but he guides the ball straight into the goalkeeper's gloves.
20'
Vazquez's cross from the edge of the area bounces all the way across goal and Luis Perez is able to turn and shepherd it away. It wasn't a bad ball in, but Mariano was a yard behind.
18'
Asensio tries to chip the keeper as he gets in behind from a Kroos ball over the top. He gets it all wrong, miscontrolling the ball with his knee before tamely chipping it into Masip's gloves - but the offside flag goes up anyway.
17'
Modric puts in a cross from the byline on the left but Fernandez gets across well to head behind from just in front of goal. The resulting corner is cleared away.
14'
The home side have started this game with plenty of energy and intent and should probably be ahead. With so many players out, this Madrid line-up doesn't seem to have instilled much fear in the side who started the night in the bottom three.
12'
Asensio drifts infield from the right and looks to pick out the far top corner with his left foot, but he sends it well over.
11'
Kike Perez goes down in the area under a challenge from Casemiro, but the referee isn't interested. Casemiro didn't seem to get a touch to the ball there, though Perez might have slipped over the ball somewhat.
10'
Casemiro finds Vazquez with a raking pass out to the right side of the penalty area but he can't pick out Mariano with his cross.
8'
Courtois is on his toes to tip away an Alcaraz shot from the edge of the box from the resulting corner, but the whistle goes for an infringement in the area anyway.
6'
Vinicius is aghast when a Valladolid defender very clearly hooks the ball straight out of play and the referee judges it to have gone out off the Brazilian.
4'
Vazquez is caught late by Kike Perez, giving Madrid a free-kick in a good crossing position over on the right. Asensio delivers to the edge of the six-yard box and there is a man lurking at the back post, but the retreating Luis Perez manages to hook it clear with the outside of his right boot.
2'
Madrid win an early corner on the left. Kroos takes it short to Modric who returns it to the German at a better crossing angle, but his low delivery is easily cleared away.
1'
We're off!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Saturday evening fixture in La Liga, as Real Madrid travel to Real Valladolid.
Zinedine Zidane's side are looking to close the gap at the top to three points after leaders Atletico Madrid were beaten by Levante earlier today – though Atletico will have a game in hand after tonight. Sergio's Valladolid start the day second bottom, in the relegation zone on goal difference.
REAL VALLADOLID (4-2-3-1): Jordi Masip; Nacho, Bruno Gonzalez, Joaquin Fernandez, Luis Perez; Roque Mesa, Ruben Alcaraz; Fabian Orellana, Kike Perez, Saidy Janko; Sergi Guardiola.
SUBS: Toni Villa, Fede San Emeterio, Kenan Kodro, Shon Weissman, Waldo Rubio, Miguel Angel Rubio, Jota, Michel, Roberto Jimenez, Oscar Plano.
REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Thibaut Courtois; Ferland Mendy, Nacho, Raphael Varane, Lucas Vazquez; Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos; Vinicius Junior, Mariano, Marco Asensio.
SUBS: Victor Chust, Andriy Lunin, Diego Altube, Sergio Arribas, Hugo Duro, Isco, Antonio Blanco, Miguel Gutierrez.
The players are on their way out onto the pitch and we're almost ready for kick-off.
Zidane doesn't have a lot of options on the bench tonight. Isco is the only recognised senior player on the list, with some reserves and youth prospects. It could be a chance for one of the backing cast to make a big impression.
That's it from me tonight. Until the next time, adios!
Madrid move to 52 points, three points behind leaders Atletico, who have a game in hand. Third-placed Barcelona are on 46 with two games in hand. Valladolid remain in 19th.
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