Isco is unable to feed an accurate cross into the box.

Karim Benzema doesn't send a cross into the box from the corner. He passes the ball to his teammate next to him.

Excellent touch by Karim Benzema ! He latches on to a precious pass on the edge of the box but produces a miskick that goes well wide of the right post. What a shame!

Gareth Bale produces a shot from a direct free kick on the edge of the box. His effort sailed narrowly over the crossbar. The goalkeeper was lucky at this moment.

Handball by Fernando Navarro (Sevilla). A free kick to Real Madrid. It's in no position to be converted into a direct shot on goal.

Ivan Rakitić decided to speed play up by taking a quick free kick.

Cristiano Ronaldo picks out Marcelo, who drives a shot just wide of the left post from the edge of the box.

Victor Vitolo (Sevilla) sends a cross in and finds Ivan Rakitić inside the box, but one of the defenders steps in and clears the danger.

What a miskick by Xabi Alonso. He smashes a volley from long distance that goes into the stands.

Gareth Bale got rid of the defending players and unloads a powerful, but inaccurate effort from long distance. The goalkeeper can stay completely calm as the ball ends near the left corner flag.

Wonderful movement by Real Madrid. The players are holding possession, mostly exchanging one-touch passes. They control the pace of the game now.

Stephane Mbia receives an accurate pass and attempts to threaten the goalkeeper with his long-range projectile. Unfortunately for him, his attempt goes high above the crossbar.

The atmosphere inside the Sanchez Pizjuan is electric, and the stands are bouncing. Sevilla are on the brink of a club record sixth-consecutive Liga win, and it could do real damage to Real Madrid's title aspirations this season.

Cristiano Ronaldo rises high to head a nice lofted cross low towards the middle of the goal. Unfortunately for him, his close-range effort lacks pace and is denied by Antonio Bastos (Sevilla) who makes a comfortable save.

A lofted cross into the box, produced by Marcelo, was unsuccessful as the defence made a clearance.

Neat passing move from Real Madrid in order to create new attacking opportunities.

Xabi Alonso has a go from a long way out which goes high over the top.

Marcelo sends a pass into the box, but his attempt is thwarted and cleared.

Marcelo was offside, and the assistant referee saw it and raised his flag.

Daniel Carvajal dinks a cross into the box as he attempts to find one of his teammates, but the defence manages to make a clearance.

Carlos Bacca with a slide tackle, but the referee José Luis Gonzalez makes a foul call.

Marko Marin gives away a free kick. He was holding the opponent, but the referee has a clear vision and immidiately blows his whistle. Real Madrid earn a free kick.

Vicente Iborra takes the corner but fails to find any of his teammates. The ball is easily cleared out of danger.

Ivan Rakitić collects a pass and finds himself in a good position to strike from the edge of the box, but his attempt is blocked. The ball is behind the sideline and Sevilla will take a throw-in.

Marcelo sends a killer pass from the edge of the box. One of the defenders reacts at the last minute and thwarts his effort

Daniel Carvajal comes up with a challenge to deprive his opponent of the ball. However, the referee calls for a foul and blows his whistle. He's not happy with the decision.

The game has been a bit scrappy since the break, the latest example of which sees Pareja tug on Modric's shirt as the Madrid man looks to break. The referee spots it and awards the visitors a deserved free kick.

Coke trips an opposition player, and José Luis Gonzalez signals a foul.

Xabi Alonso sends a crossfield pass, but there is nobody to take up the ball and finish.

Gareth Bale swings in the corner, but it's comfortably cleared away.

Carlos Bacca (Sevilla) beautifully skips past two defending players and gets to the edge of the penalty area from where he releases an effort which just zooms over the crossbar, though.

Cristiano Ronaldo is adjudged to have been offside when making his run.

Ivan Rakitić takes a free kick from long distance to find one of his teammates with a cross. The opponent's goalkeeper gets to it first, though, as he climbs high to collect the ball.

It's not been Bale's night so far. The Welshman tries to thread a pass through to Illarramendi but he asks too much of the former Real Sociedad man and Fazio is able to shepherd it out of play.

Carlos Bacca was too harsh with his tackle which made José Luis Gonzalez interrupt the game and signal for a set piece.

Vicente Iborra collects a pass on the edge of the box and unleashes a shot which is brilliantly blocked by a defender

Cristiano Ronaldo finds himself behind the defensive line and the assistant referee raises his flag.

Carlos Bacca violates the rules with his agressive tackle, and José Luis Gonzalez is given no other option than to signal for a set piece.

Sevilla players find open spaces, and they are able to move the ball from one to another. But now comes an error, and they involuntarily pass the ball to their opponent.

Cristiano Ronaldo makes a yard for himself and attempts to endanger the opponent's goalkeeper with a long-range shot. His effort isn't going anywhere near the goal as it sails into the stands.

That is awful from Pepe. He attempts to send the ball into the box from deep but he ends up putting it far too deep down by the corner flag.

The resulting corner from Luka Modrić is cleared by the defence.

Gareth Bale produces a long ball across the pitch to find his teammate, but he fails. Real Madrid win a corner.

Cristiano Ronaldo picks out Asier Illarramendi, who drives a shot just wide of the right post from the edge of the box. That will be a goal kick.

A lofted cross from Daniel Carvajal was unsuccessful as the opponent's defence quickly gets the ball out of the penalty area.

The resulting set piece, sent into the penalty area by Luka Modrić, was easily averted by one of the defenders.

Antonio Bastos reacts well to deny a long-range free kick from Cristiano Ronaldo. The effort goes to the bottom right corner, but the goalkeeper is there to stop it.

Gareth Bale got rid of the defending players and unloads a powerful, but inaccurate effort from long distance. The goalkeeper can stay completely calm as the ball ends near the right corner flag. The ball is out of play. Goal kick.

Xabi Alonso takes the free kick but it is cleared by the first man.

Vicente Iborra gives away foul for a clumsy challenge. The referee José Luis Gonzalez saw the whole situation. Real Madrid will be able to take a free kick.

Rakitic comes inside from the left and rifles a pass into Bacca. He puts so much power behind it that it would be next to impossible for the Colombian to control, and it instead bounces off of him and Lopez collects the loose ball.

José Luis Gonzalez blows the whistle. Karim Benzema commits a foul after a dangerous play.

Coke brings his opponent down with a tackle, and José Luis Gonzalez blows a whistle for a foul. Real Madrid are awarded a free kick from a dangerous position.

A precise cross, aimed towards the area of the penalty spot, was gathered by Karim Benzema. He outjumped the defence and produced a decent header which went by a whisker wide of the left post.

The corner from Gareth Bale is intercepted by the defence.

Karim Benzema receives a precise pass and is given time inside the box to send a promising strike towards the bottom right corner. Antonio Bastos guessed his intentions and denied the effort with a fine save. The ball has crossed the goal line. Real Madrid are awarded a corner kick.

Some nice work from Sevilla as they progress down the right flank, with Marin being played in inside the area. He shows great agility to check back and face up his man, but he is unable to wriggle between a swathe of blue shirts and is eventually dispossessed.

Sevilla may have had the first chance of the game, but it is all Real Madrid now. Los Blancos look extremely comfortable in possession at the moment and Marcelo picks the moment to make his first foray forward. He is picked out on the left but his pass into the centre is behind Bale and the hosts clear.

Marcelo didn't find any of his teammates inside the box as his pass was blocked.

The ball is whipped in from the corner by Gareth Bale , but one of the defenders gets it clear.

The defender was sure he didn't want to let this one through. That's why he came with a vital move to stop the strike released from middle distance by Karim Benzema. The ball goes behind for a corner. Real Madrid will have an opportunity to endanger the opposition's goal.

Antonio Bastos pulls off a decent save to deny Karim Benzema after receiving a precise defence-splitting pass. The effort is headed for the bottom right corner, but the goalkeeper dives superbly to stop it. Definitely the best save of this match so far! The assistant referee points to the corner flag, Real Madrid are going to take it.

Luka Modrić sprays a pass out to Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), but he can't beat his man inside the box.

A great teamplay by Real Madrid as they control the ball with a lot of short passes. Patience is the key if they want to find a gap in the defence to score.

Gareth Bale makes a good run with the ball, but his shot from the edge of the penalty area goes narrowly over the bar. Terrific solo effort, though.

A pass, produced by Vicente Iborra , ends up in the no man's land, and the attacking effort comes to an end.

Asier Illarramendi pulls an opponent down. If José Luis Gonzalez sees him in a challenge like this again, he might not get away without a caution. Ivan Rakitić will take this free kick.

Today's attendance is 38100.

Starting lineups:

Sevilla FC: Beto – Coke, Pareja, Fazio, Moreno, Iborra, Mbia, Reyes, Rakitic, Marin, Bacca
Subs: Cicinho, Gameiro, Navarro, Samperio, Trochowski, Varas, Vitolo

Real Madrid: Lopéz – Marcelo, Varane, Pepe, Carvajal, Modric, Alonso, Illaramendi, Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale
Subs: Casillas, Casemiro, Coentrao, Isco, Lucas, Morata, Nacho

Referees: José Luis González González.

Sevilla FC – Real Madrid

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has called for his side to produce "an immediate reaction" when they travel to Sevilla on Wednesday.

Los Blancos were beaten by Barcelona in Sunday's Clasico, twice throwing away the lead in losing 4-3 in front of their home fans.

The result had serious ramifications for the title race. Madrid are level on points with Atletico but it is the Rojiblancos who top the table because of their superior head-to-head record with their city rivals, while Barca are now just one point behind the pair.

And while the defeat has clearly hurt Los Blancos – Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos both publicly slammed the officiating of referee Alberto Undiano, who awarded three penalties, two of which went to Barca – Ancelotti has urged his players to move on quickly.

"We have to forget this match and think about Wednesday, which could be a key game in the season," the Italian said.

"We have to be happy with the way we played [against Barcelona] ... luck was not on our side but the team proved to be fit and we have the drive and ability to put this match quickly behind us.

"La Liga is wide open and we are going to keep fighting. There are nine matches left and, as I have said, it will be a very intense race for everyone."

Karim Benzema scored twice against Barca before being sacrificed after Ramos was sent off – for the 19th time in his Madrid career – and the Frenchman is expected to lead the line again.

Angel Di Maria was also outstanding for Madrid, but they did not get enough from star duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale on club football's biggest occasion and Ancelotti will want the pair to replicate their performances in their reverse fixture with Sevilla back in October.

Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and Bale added two in Madrid's 7-3 home demolition of Unai Emery's men.

Ramos will be suspended for the visit of his former club after his latest red card and Jese Rodriguez (knee) is sidelined for the foreseeable future.

Sevilla will be quietly confident of pulling off an upset after a week that has included two important wins.

After knocking rivals Betis out of the Europa League's last 16 on penalties, the fifth-placed outfit won 2-1 at Osasuna on Sunday.

Emery's outfit have won their last five Liga fixtures – a run in which France forward Kevin Gameiro has scored four times.

Carlos Bacca and Ivan Rakitic have also impressed in recent times and Sevilla's form means Real must take their challenge seriously.

Welcome. Game starts at 22:00.