Real Madrid will kick off their bid to win a 16th Champions League trophy when they welcome Marseille to the Santiago Bernabeu for Tuesday's league phase meeting.
This will be the first meeting between the two sides since Cristiano Ronaldo netted braces in home and away victories in the 2009-10 group stage.
After falling at the semi-final stage at the Club World Cup, Real Madrid have dusted themselves off to make a perfect start to their first La Liga campaign under former Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso.
Los Blancos carried significant momentum into the international break after they recorded victories over Osasuna, Real Oviedo and Mallorca.
They quickly picked up from where they left off in Saturday’s away clash with Real Sociedad despite having to play around an hour with 10 men following Dean Huijsen’s controversial red card.
Kylian Mbappe and Arda Guler found the net on either side of Huijsen’s dismissal, with the referee ruling that he made a last-man challenge on Spain teammate Mikel Oyarzabal.
The Real Sociedad forward went on to score from the penalty spot in the 56th minute, but Alonso’s charges stood strong to hold out for a fourth consecutive victory, leaving them as the only team with a 100% record in La Liga.
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