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Real Madrid trail leaders Barcelona by four points Sevilla sit ninth Marissa Thomas Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Real Madrid have had six shots in this match and only one of them has been on target. No wonder the home fans are getting impatient. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Real Madrid have got the better of Sevilla in recent times, they are unbeaten in the last 13 La Liga matches between them. They are going to have to improve their game here if they want to keep that record going. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Rodrygo takes a Real Madrid corner which is headed behind. The hosts have two more corners and Dean Huijsen heads well over the bar from the third one. Real are growing into the game now but still lacking a clinical edge. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Speaking of the France captain, he has his first chance of the evening and strikes from an acute angle but it sails just past the post. Real boss Xabi Alonso is looking a little bit stressed on the sidelines. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Kylian Mbappe has scored in 71% of La Liga home games this season for Real Madrid. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla The Real Madrid defence look half asleep, Sevilla are all over them. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Sevilla are looking for their first league win over Real Madrid since September 2018. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Sevilla certainly sense an opportunity here. Alexis Sanchez and Isaac Romero are linking up well in the opening stages. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Dean Huijsen has given the ball away again and is lucky not to be punished after Alexis Sanchez falls over before he can get his shot away. Very shaky from the Real Madrid defence. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Odysseas Vlachodimos makes a brilliant save to deny Fran Garcia. The resulting corner is cleared. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla Dean Huijsen gives the ball away and has to scurry back to block Isaac Romero from getting his shot away. It has been a nervy start from Real Madrid. Real Madrid 0-0 Sevilla We are under way at Estadio Bernabeu. Real Madrid v Sevilla (20: 00 GMT) Kylian Mbappe has scored the opening goal in 19 La Liga games for Real Madrid, at least seven more times than any other player in the competition since the start of last season (Julian Alvarez, Ante Budimir and Robert Lewandowski, all 12). Real Madrid v Sevilla (20: 00 GMT) Happy 27th birthday to Kylian Mbappe! What a career he has already had. Some might say the best is yet to come. Real Madrid v Sevilla (20: 00 GMT) Having beaten Espanyol 4-1 this past October, Matias Almeyda could become the fourth manager to win his first La Liga game with Sevilla against both Real Madrid and Barcelona, after Jose Gonzalez Petit in 1940, Helenio Herrera in 1953 and Max Merkel in 1969. Real Madrid v Sevilla (20: 00 GMT) Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso makes seven changes from the side which claimed a 3-2 win over Talavera in the Copa del Rey during the week. Dean Hujsen, Fran Garcia, Arda Guler and Kylian Mbappe are the only players to feature in that match to keep their places. Thibaut Courtois returns in goal while Raul Asencio, and Antonio Rudiger are back in defence.
Jude Bellingham and Aurelien Tchouameni are both back in midfield while Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo start in attack. Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Asencio, Rudiger, Huijsen, Fran Garcia, Tchouameni Guler, Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinicus Junior, Mbappe Subs: Lunin, Sergio Mestre, Alaba, Camavinga, Gonzalo, Ceballos, Mendy, Cestero, Mastantuono, Jimenez, Thiago. Sevilla boss Matias Almeyda makes five changes from the side which lost 1-0 to Alaves in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Gabriel Suazo, Marcao, Lucien Agoume, Batista Mendy and Alex Sanchez are all recalled to the starting line-up. Andres Castrin, Gerard Fernandez, Joan Jordan, Oso and Manu Bueno are the players to make way. Sevilla XI: Vlachodimos Sanchez, Carmona, Gudelj, Marcao, Suazo, Agoume, Sow, Mendy, Romero, Sanchez Subs: Bueno
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Angel Real Madrid v Sevilla (20: 00 GMT) Hello and welcome along to our live text commentary of Real Madrid v Sevilla. Can Real move one point behind leaders Barca or will Sevilla spring a surprise? Let's find out. Kylian Mbappe joined Real Madrid from Paris St-Germain in 2024 Kylian Mbappe equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 59 goals in a calendar year for Real Madrid in a hard-fought win over Sevilla which kept up the pressure on La Liga leaders Barcelona. Real took the lead seven minutes before the break when Jude Bellingham leaped above Lucien Agoume and glanced a header from a Rodrygo free-kick into the top corner. Sevilla had opportunities to equalise, although Real's task was made easier after the break when Marcao was shown a second yellow card for a rash foul on Bellingham. Mbappe, celebrating his 27th birthday, then converted from the penalty spot in the 86th minute, after Rodrygo was clumsily fouled by Juanlu Sanchez, to equal Ronaldo's record from 2013. "It's a special day because it's my birthday. I always said it would be a dream to play in a game on my birthday and at Real Madrid, the club of my dreams, " Mbappe told Real Madrid TV. "It was the objective to finish the year with a positive result and the record is incredible. "To do like Cristiano did, my idol, the best player in Real Madrid's history and a world great, it's an honour for me. " Until late in the game France forward Mbappe had endured something of a frustrating evening. He had failed to register a shot on target in the first half before shooting straight at Odysseas Vlachodimos in the Sevilla goal shortly after half-time. Isaac Romero then had two good opportunities to equalise as Sevilla picked off Real on the counter-attack, only for Thibaut Courtois to deny him on both occasions. Mbappe had another chance when he dribbled inside from the left flank but curled a shot from a tight angle beyond the far post, then headed against the crossbar. However, the moment to match the milestone of Bernabeu legend Ronaldo arrived late in the contest and he duly sent Vlachodimos the wrong way with his spot-kick. Real were awarded a second penalty when Bellingham was felled - potentially giving Mbappe a chance to break Ronaldo's record - only for the Video Assistant Referee to overturn it on review. Mbappe marked his goal to equal the record with Ronaldo's 'Siu' celebration - but how do the two players' statistics compare? Portugal legend Ronaldo scored his 59 goals in a calendar year in 2013 in 50 games for Real, with seven hat-tricks, and chipped in with 14 assists as well. France superstar Mbappe needed nine more games to achieve the feat. He has scored two fewer hat-tricks and weighed in with five assists. However, Mbappe's statistics on the day he turned 27 measure up well against Ronaldo at the same age. Ronaldo had scored 272 goals and provided 106 assists - 378 total goal contributions - in 531 games when he reached 27. Mbappe, meanwhile, has 410 goals and 176 assists - 586 goal contributions - in 544 matches. "It's an honour for me, I wanted to give [Ronaldo] a wink because he's always been kind to me, he always spoke to me well about Madrid, how to adapt to Madrid and everything, " added Mbappe. "Now I am happy to be scoring goals for Real Madrid and to win the games. .. [the celebration] was for him. "Normally I have my own but I wanted to share that with him today. He was my idol as a kid, I have a very good relationship with him - he's a friend now. " Kylian Mbappe paid tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo with his celebration against Sevilla Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 20th December 2025 at 21: 57 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Xabi Alonso Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Matías Almeyda Formation: 5 - 3 - 2 Manager: Xabi Alonso Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Matías Almeyda Formation: 5 - 3 - 2 Spanish La Liga All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.