Defending Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid welcome Mallorca in their next La Liga fixture to the Santiago Bernabéu this weekend. Real Madrid have been in fine form this season scoring at will and remain on top of the table approaching the half-point of the season.

Manager Bernd Schuster will be delighted with the form shown by his team, but will quickly want top erase memories of the 2-0 defeat at Sevilla in their last La Liga encounter. The loss meant that Real Madrid lost a chance to put more distance between them and Barcelona, who are trailing by just one point at the moment.

Real Madrid also had a tough Champions League encounter mid-week drawing 0-0 away to Greek side Olympiakos. Although the side will not be under any pressure, they will still want to get back to winning ways against Mallorca. For Real Madrid, Soldado is a doubt with an undisclosed injury, while Robben is yet to recover from a leg injury suffered while on International duty.

Real Madrid are on top of the La Liga table with 25 points from 11 games. Mallorca on the other hand have had a nice beginning to their La Liga campaign and find themselves in the top half after 11 games played. Guiza looks to be in fine form with 6 La Liga goals so far. Mallorca will be keen to get three points on board following their 2-0 loss to Valencia and their draws to Deportivo LaCoruna and Espanyol.

Gutierrez is yet to recover from an undisclosed injury, while Moya will be eligible to play on Sunday after he served a one-match suspension on November 3. Mallorca are 9th on the La Liga table with 16 points from 11 games. Last season this fixture was won 3-1 by the Galacticos.

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