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Hello and welcome to our LIVE text commentary of Real Madrid's clash with Legia Warsaw in Poland. Los Blancos face Legia in the Pepsi Arena in the Polish and will expect to follow up their comfortable 5-1 victory in the reverse fixture last month with another routine win. Madrid currently sit joint top of Group F - level on seven points with Borussia Dortmund - and a victory against bottom side Legia would put them in a strong position to qualify for the knock-out stages. I'm Pete Hall (@PeteHall86), and I will be briging you the action, as it happens, live!

Champions League / Group Stage
Wojska Polskiego / 02.11.2016
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Marcus Foley
ByMarcus Foley

Updated 02/11/2016 at 21:41 GMT

19:40
All is not lost, though. Real have won none of their last three away games in the Champions League (D2 L1).
19:34
Legia Warsaw have conceded more goals than any other side this season in the Champions League (13). Legia have won only one of their nine games against Spanish opposition, in all competitions (D2 L6): against Atlético Madrid at home in the 1970/71 European Cup quarter finals (2-1 - they were ousted on away goals).
19:33
GULP! Real have failed to score only once in their last 47 Champions League group games (Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 Real Madrid, October 21, 2015).
19:31
FAMILIAR FAVOURITES: Real Madrid have faced Polish clubs on seven occasions in the past, in all competitions. They won all seven of these games.
19:27
HOW IT STANDS: So Real head into tonight's game top of Champions League Group F, ahead on Borussia Dortmund on goal difference. Victories for the top two would guarantee their passage to the knock-out phase, with top spot potentially up for grabs when Madrid host Dortmund on Matchday 6. Victory for Sporting tonight in Dortmund would throw qualification wide open, although Real will be three and four points clear of their rivals should they win in Warsaw.
19:24
It is rather bold...
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19:16
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19:15
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19:12
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Don't forget, Zinedine Zidane's side will play in an empty Wojska Polskiego Stadium after the ground was closed following racist behaviour and fireworks thrown by Legia during their opening match of the tournament - a 6-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in September.
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19:07
Cristiano Ronaldo goes into tonight's game on 98 goals in European competition, and after his hat-trick heroics at the weekend you wouldn't bet against him continuing his return to top scoring form by completing his century in Poland.
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19:03
Would you just look at that attack! Alvaro Morata's form has led for somewhat of a clamouring for the hitman to start ahead of Karim Benzema, but Zinedine Zidane doesn't want to break up the 'BBC', so he plays Morata as well! Looks like 4-4-2, with Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo out wide. No Sergio Ramos and Pepe for Real, as they are injured.
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18:55
TEAM NEWS - REAL MADRID: Navas, Carvajal, Varane, Nacho, Coentrao, Kroos, Kovacic, Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale, Morata... Subs: Casilla, Vazquez, Mariano, Asensio, Isco, Danilo, Tejero. /// LEGIA WARSAW: Malarz, Bereszynski, Rzezniczak, Pazdan, Hlousek, Kopczynski, Moulin, Guilherme, Odjidja, Radovic, Nikolic... Subs: Cierzniak, Jodlowiec, Czerwinski, Kucharczyk, Hamalainen, Broz, Prijovic.