Sporting Gijón vs Real Madrid Match Preview
Real Madrid will enter El Molinon on Saturday night as La Liga leaders. Could Sporting Gijon cause an upset to Mourinho’s in-form Blancos?

Real Madrid should do at least just enough to beat Sporting Gijon.
Sporting Gijon will have home advantage but it remains to be seen how well they’ll use it. They’ve already lost 13 points at El Molinon in 7 matches.
Recently in La Liga, they suffered a thumping 4-0 defeat away to Levante. However, their last home encounter turned out positively thanks to a 2-1 victory over Getafe.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, will need to be careful about their fitness. Jose Mourinho definitely wants to have his stars all fit for El Clasico on December 10.
Sporting Gijon vs Real Madrid will kick off at 12:00pm EST and 5:00pm GMT. The Spanish giants could restore their 6-point gap over Barcelona before a ball gets kicked at the Camp Nou.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain and Karim Benzema will lead Real Madrid’s forward line. Jose Mourinho’s midfield choices include Nuri Sahin, Esteban Granero, Sami Khedira and Lassana Diarra.
Mesut Özil, Angel Di Maria and Kaka are poised to play a big role. Varane could start in defense alongside Marcelo and Raul Albiol.
Ricardo Carvalho and Arbeloa haven’t been called up to the squad. Carvalho is out with a knee problem while Arbeloa has a tight muscle injury.
Sporting Gijón vs Real Madrid Match Report
Real Madrid successfully passed their tricky test away to Sporting Gijon tonight. Angel Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo provided the goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Angel Di Maria and Marcelo did the difference for Madrid against Gijon.
Real Madrid started slowly at the dislike of the home crowd. Cristiano Ronaldo, however, found his foot early in the game despite receiving a knock in the initial stages.
The Portuguese winger eventually inspired Los Blancos’ attacks down the flanks with the help of Marcelo and Di Maria. It’s no wonder if these three players ended up settling the score line.
The referee experienced a busy night, especially in the first half, as Eguren, Callejon, David Barral, Trejo and Mate Bilic all entered into the book.
Two minutes after the half-hour mark, Higuain banged in a fierce shot which got ruled out for offside.
It took only two more minutes, however, for Real Madrid to take the lead at last. Angel Di Maria claimed it.
Cristiano Ronaldo almost got the better of Gijon’s goalkeeper from a free-kick inside the 38th minute but Di Maria’s previous effort proved enough to keep Los Blancos ahead at the break.
More yellow cards stained the beauty of the game and Sebastian Eguren finally saw red for a ridiculous foul on Cristiano Ronaldo. Before this sending off, Ronaldo doubled Real Madrid’s advantage with a well-taken opportunity.
Marcelo sealed things off for the Spanish giants deep into injury time. El Clasico is next on Real Madrid’s agenda.