Line-ups: Madrid-Ludogorets

Real Madrid make six changes for tonight's visit of Ludogorets in the Champions League.

With top spot in Group B already sealed, Los Blancos can afford to rest a succession of stars, including Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Dani Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Pepe and Karim Benzema.

In their places come Keylor Navas, Fabio Coentrao, Alvaro Arbeloa, Nacho, Raphael Varane and Javier Hernandez. Asier Illarramendi, meanwhile, continues in midfield, this time in James Rodriguez's absence.

A victory tonight would see Madrid set a Spanish record of 19 straight wins, having already matched Barcelona's landmark streak of 18 during the 2005-06 season against Celta Vigo on Saturday.

On the other hand, the best Ludogorets can hope for, providing they stun the Santiago Bernabeu faithful, is entry into the Europa League knockouts after their failure to beat Liverpool a fortnight ago.

Real Madrid: Navas; Arbeloa, Nacho, Varane, Coentrao; Illarramendi, Kroos, Isco; Bale, Chicharito, Ronaldo

Subs: Casillas, Pepe, Benzema, Marcelo, Carvajal, Pepe, Medran

Ludogorets: Stoyanov; Caicara, Terziev, Moti, Minev; Misidjan, Dyakov, Espinho, Aleksandrov; Marcelinho, Abalo

Subs: Juninho, Andrianantenaina, Aleksandrov, Zlatsinki, Borjan, Wanderson, Younes

Referee: Clement Turpin [FRA]

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