Real Madrid vs Eibar: Confirmed lineups- Marcelo, Benzema benched

Zidane made notable changes to the starting eleven.

Karim Benzema, Marcelo and Toni Kroos are all on the bench. Young Moroccan defender Achraf isn't in the starting eleven, he has started Real Madrid's last three matches.

Isco and Marco Asensio both start behind Cristiano Ronaldo who will play as the team's main striker. The attack looks exciting, though Real Madrid have struggled both in attack and defence this season.

It is still not clear if Zidane is resting some players for Thursday's Copa del Rey round of 32 match against Fuenlabrada

Real Madrid starting XI: Casilla; Nacho, Ramos, Varane, Theo; Casemiro, Ceballos, Modric, Isco; Asensio, Ronaldo.

Real Madrid substitutes

Moha, Toni Kroos, Karim Benzema, Marcelo, Lucas Vasquez, M. Llorente, Achraf.

Eibar starting XI: Dmitrovic, Capa, Lombán, Arbilla, Cote, Paulo, Escalante, Jordán, Rivera, Inui, Charles.

Some pre-match stats

- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored five goals in his five games against Eibar in La Liga.

- Eibar have failed to win in their last four league games (D1 L3), failing to score in the last three and conceding 13 goals in total.

- Real Madrid have scored in each of their 8 games against Eibar in all competitions (W6 D2), keeping a clean sheet in five of them.