Julen Lopetegui’s side are joint-top in the Spanish LaLiga, unsurprisingly with Barcelona – though a win over Sevilla would have lifted them into sole custody of first. Perhaps Europe’s elite competition can provide some respite from the league for Los Blancos who opened their Champions League account with a 3-0 thrashing of Roma. They will be looking to get back amongst the goals in this match against a goalkeeper in Igor Akinfeev who, before a 2-0 win over Benfica in 2017, had not kept a clean sheet in his previous 43 fixtures in this tournament – not including qualifiers.
CSKA Moskva v Real Madrid Live Commentary, 10/2/18
