Real Madrid will be hoping to maintain their outstanding recent form on Saturday when they welcome Villarreal to Santiago Bernabeu in La Liga.

Los Blancos have only dropped points in one match so far in the new campaign - a 3-3 draw with Levante in the middle of August.

They have played seven matches in all competitions over La Liga and the Champions League and won six of those, scoring a fantastic 22 goals in that time.

Most recently, they demolished Mallorca 6-1 at home.

The leader of the charge has been Karim Benzema, who is probably the most in-form player in Europe currently, with 15 goal contributions in seven games.

Marco Asensio was the man of the match against Mallorca, though, scoring a hat-trick from midfield.

For the Villarreal clash, Thibaut Courtois will start in goal behind a back four of Nacho, Eder Militao, David Alaba and youngster Miguel Gutierrez.

Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy and Marcelo are all out injured.

Luka Modric and Casemiro were rested for the Mallorca game so should return, probably at the expense of Federico Valverde and Eduardo Camavinga, with Toni Kroos a doubt.

In attack, main man Benzema should be flanked by Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior, though Eden Hazard is in need of game time also.

Potential Real Madrid XI v Villarreal