Real Madrid will have Thibaut Courtois in their starting side for Saturday night's La Liga contest with Sevilla.

Courtois has missed his team's last six matches in all competitions due to a back problem, but Los Blancos head coach Carlo Ancelotti said ahead of Wednesday's clash with Elche that the Belgium international was in line to return this weekend.

Dani Ceballos remains out of action with a hamstring problem, though, and Mariano Diaz is again unavailable due to the knock that forced him to miss out against Elche.

Ancelotti could potentially make three changes to the side that started Wednesday's 3-0 success, with Courtois replacing Andriy Lunin between the sticks, while Ferland Mendy and Aurelien Tchouameni could come in for Antonio Rudiger and Rodrygo.

Karim Benzema was on the scoresheet against Elche and will lead the attack once again, with Vinicius Junior off the left, while Federico Valverde is set to move forward to the right wing.

Luka Modric only played just over an hour on Wednesday and should therefore be able to start on Saturday, while Toni Kroos is again set to be in the XI.

The fact that Real Madrid have already qualified for the knockout round of the Champions League with two games to spare means that Ancelotti will not be under pressure to rest players for this match ahead of next week's trip to RB Leipzig in the competition.

Real Madrid possible starting lineup: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Modric, Tchouameni, Kroos; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius

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Matt Law