Kylian Mbappe is again in action for Real Madrid prior to a Crunch -Run competitions on the Horizon for the Carlo Ancelotti team in March.
Los Blancos starts the month with a La Liga trip to Real Betis this weekend, where a victory or a draw on the road brings them at least 24 hours above Barcelona at the top of the table.
The collision will build up on 4 and 12 March in a UEFA Champions League Last 16 Double Header against Arch Foes Atletico Madrid, on both sides of a Home League Derby against Rayo Vallecano on March 9.
A trip to Villarreal on March 15 concludes a crowded two weeks of competitions, prior to the incoming international break, before a last match of the month at home at Leganes on March 30.
Mbappe missed in midweek, when Ancelotti's charges missed a 1-0 Copa del Rey Semi win from the first leg at Real Sociedad, after a pre-planned tooth operation.
According to reports from Marca, however, the French international did not suffer any setbacks from the procedure and returned to the training in Valdebebas – and will be in the starting line -up against Los Verediblancos.
Despite the importance of the trip to San Sebastian, the absence of Mbappe was not too much a problem for visitors, with Fede Valverde and Thibaut Courtois also rest.
All three are expected to return to the starting XI, but Ancelotti will be forced into changes in midfield, where Jude Bellingham serves the last match of a suspension of two games.
Ada Guler and Andriy Lunin are expected to make way for Courtois and Valverde with Mbappe who comes in a reformed tactical setup.
Dani Ceballos also misses – against the team that he almost connected last summer – after he was excluded for two months with a hamstring injury in the victory at La Real.
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