Sporting de Gijón Vs Real Madrid Match Preview: Madrid Wants to Keep the Margin - Managing Madrid

Real Madrid is visiting El Molinón this evening with the target of maintaining the lead ahead of FC Barcelona in what will be their last Liga game before El Clásico. Xabi Alonso will not be able to play. He is sanctioned after the fifth yellow card he saw in the Derbi against Atlético Madrid, so that will mean Mourinho might play Nuri Sahin to replace him. Whether the Turkish player will do it