Almeria vs Real Madrid live updates - latest La Liga score as Real come back from behind to lead!

Vinicius is clipped by Robertone in central midfield, and Real Madrid have an indirect free-kick.

Vinicius Jr. tries to curl a low cross for Benzema to attack, but Kayky comes to get the ball off him with a great sliding challenge.

Mendy tries to put Vinicius Jr. into space down the left, but the Brazilian is flagged for offside.

Kroos swings in a whipped corner from the left, which Benzema eventually connects with as he shoots towards goal, but the effort is blocked by the face of Babic, and it goes behind again for another.

The second corner is cleared by Almeria.

Fernando is called into action again in the Almeria goal!

A corner comes in from the left by Mendy, but Sadiq heads it clear. It eventually drops for Valverde on the edge of the box on the right side, and the Uruguayan is in loads of space. He opts to drill a low shot towards the near post, but Fernando beats it clear.

Almeria come forward again and they go close!

Umar Sadiq is in space and drives into the final third. He opts to shoot from around 25-yards out, aiming for the top corner, but his effort narrowly goes over the bar!

Real want to equalise here. Valverde receives the ball short from a corner, and has a go for goal with his left foot, but it is held by the goalkeeper.

That is a shocker from Benzema! A ball is played over the top from midfield for Vinicius Jr. to chase down the left flank. He is in acres of space, and cuts the ball back for Benzema in the centre. He is five yards out, but he skies his effort over the bar!

What a start for Almeria! They lead Real Madrid!

A ball is played over the top for Ramazani to chase, and he gets in behind the defence! The forward is 1 v 1 with Courtois, and strokes the ball calmly into the bottom-left corner to give his side a priceless lead!

Real Madrid have their first shot on goal, but it is off target. Tchouameni works the ball out to Vazquez, who is around 30-yards out. He goes for a low long-range effort, but it trickles wide of the far post.

The home side have started well here! They look energetic. They foray forward once again, with the ball finding its way to Chumi on the right, but his effort lacks power and Courtois comfortably catches the ball.

The Almeria midfield try to release Sadiq in behind, but he makes his run fractionally early and the flag goes up.

Almeria kick us off here at Estadio Mediterraneo!

We are almost ready to go here!

In the last five meetings between the sides, Real Madrid have scored a total of 21 goals, conceding just two.

We have around twenty minutes to go until kick off here in Almeria.

As for Real Madrid, they already have a trophy to their name at the start of the new season, as they defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 on Wednesday night in Helsinki to lift the UEFA Super Cup.

Expectations, understandably, are very high after their successes last campaign. Although their pursuit of Kylian Mbappe ultimately failed, the signing of Aurelien Tchouameni shows that Los Blancos are building for the future, and the young Frenchman gets his first competitive start this evening.

After suffering relegation from the top tier of Spanish football back in 2014-15, La Union are back in the big time after seven consecutive seasons in the Segunda. They won the second tier title last term, amassing 81 points to pip Real Valladolid to the crown.

Rubi's side face an extremely tough test tonight, as Real Madrid have won all five of the recent encounters between the sides.

Defending La Liga champions Real Madrid come into this game with some confidence after their UEFA Super Cup victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek, and Carlo Ancelotti has named a strong team for this opening league game for Los Blancos.

Real Madrid: Courtois, Nacho, Vazquez, Rudiger, Mendy, Camavinga, Tchouameni, Kroos, Valverde, Vini Jr, Benzema (C).

Subs: Lunin, Lopez, Militao, Alaba, Vallejo, Hazard, Modric, Asensio, Casemiro, Odriozola, Ceballos, Mariano.

Head coach Rubi has named his starting team for Almeria this evening as Los Rojiblancos make their return to the Spanish top flight after winning promotion last season.

UD Almeria: Fernando, Akieme, Babic, Ely, Kaiky, Chumi, Eguaras, Samu, Robertone, Sadiq, Ramazani.

Subs: Fuoli, Portillo, Curro, Sousa, Appiah, Lazo, Arnau, Centelles, Rojas.