
Wednesday (26/09/2017)
19:45 (WAT)
Two goals from Dani Ceballos on his first league start for Los Blancos gave them a much-needed win after a home defeat to Real Betis.
The victory moved them up into fourth place in La Liga, but they still trail bitter rivals Barcelona by seven points.
Now they turn their attention to the Champions League with a trip to Dortmund on Tuesday.

Match facts
- Before last season's draw with Madrid, the Bundesliga side had won their previous four home matches against Spanish visitors.
- Dortmund, contesting the group stage for the 12th time and a sixth in seven years, have reached the knockout stage on their last four UEFA Champions League appearances.
- Dortmund picked up seven points at home in last season's group stage, beating Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 and Legia Warszawa 8-4 – the latter result the most goals in a UEFA Champions League match.
- Dortmund kept a clean sheet in each of their opening five games of a Bundesliga campaign for the first time, finally conceding in the weekend's 6-1 demolition of VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach.
- BVB are unbeaten over 90 minutes in domestic competition since a 4-1 loss to Bayern on 8 April.
- Madrid have never won in Dortmund. The clubs' record from six previous meetings on German soil is three wins for Dortmund, none for Madrid and three draws.
- Zidane's charges were victorious on their last trip to Germany, winning 2-1 at FC Bayern München in last season'squarter-final first leg and going through 6-3 on aggregate.
- In 21 previous participations in the UEFA Champions League, Madrid have never failed to progress to the last 16.
- Zidane was in the Juventus team defeated 3-1 by Dortmund in the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League final.
- As a Bayer 04 Leverkusen player in 2012/13, Dani Carvajal lost home (2-3) and away (0-3) to Dortmund.
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