Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Elche and Real Madrid. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 20:30 GMT.

Elche started off pressing high on Real Madrid in the first few minutes, but they already look to have dropped off and are sitting deep, inviting pressure on top of themselves.

Indeed, Los Blancos have some real momentum behind them at this moment in time. They are a team in form and are once again looking like genuine title challengers after a difficult start.

Real Madrid come into this game on the back of six successive victories. They have turned around their season since the back-to-back defeats to Alaves and Shakhtar Donetsk un the Champions League.

It's been a good start to the match by Real Madrid. They could have taken the lead through Kroos and there is a sense that the away side are already on the front foot here.

Decent chance! That was an early opening for Real Madrid to take the lead in the first two minutes of the match, but Kroos heads wide from a Vazquez cross off the right wing.

The match is under way! It's Elche against Real Madrid in this La Liga fixture!

Okay, here we go. We are about to get under way in this La Liga fixture. Kick off is just moments away.

It's a cold, but dry, evening in Spain for this one. The two players are coming out on to the pitch.

Real Madrid have won their last four away trips to Elche. That bodes well for Zidane and his players.

Not long until kick off. A win here would see Real Madrid join Atletico Madrid on points at the top of La Liga after their win over Getafe earlier this evening. Big game for the visitors.

Can Real Madrid keep their good run of form going? They have turned around their season. It's not so long ago that Zidane looked to be under real pressure as Los Blancos boss.

I'm Graham Ruthven and you can catch me on Twitter ahead of the match to let me know your thoughts. Is there any way Elche can cause an upset against the champions? Tweet me - @grahamruthven!

Modric is back! The Croatian was rested with a minor knock for the win against Granada before Christmas, but he's back in the Real Madrid starting lineup for this one. Very important player.

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