La Liga line ups: Real Madrid – Alaves

Gareth Bale returns to the Real Madrid starting line up, as manager Santiago Solari makes a host of changes from their Copa del Rey win over Girona.

Thibaut Courtois, Alvaro Odriozola, Nacho Fernadez, Sergio Reguilon, Casemiro, Luka Modric and Bale all come into the starting XI.

Alaves manager Abelardo Fernandez makes changes from their last game, with Carlos Vigaray, Tomas Pina and Jonathan Rodriguez Menendez all starting for the Basque side.

REAL MADRID: Courtois, Odriozola, Nacho, Ramos, Reguilon, Casemiro, Modric, Ceballos, Bale, Vinicius, Benzema

SUBS: Navas, Mariano Diaz, Marcelo, Llorente, Asensio, Isco, Sanchez

ALAVES: Pacheco, Vigaray, Maripan, Laguardia, Duarte, Mubarak, Pina, Sanchez, Burgui, Calleri, Rodriguez Menendez

SUBS: Blanco, Rolan, Guidetti, Navarro, Marin, Perera, Dominquez

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