Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of the Madrid derby!

Ronaldo shows his flashy feet on his way to the edge of the Atletico area, before playing right to Di Maria, who knocks the ball backwards for possession

Forlan is almost released into the left portion of the penalty area, can't quite clear the last defender. He's gone seven games without a goal now, the Uruguayan

First chance of the night and, predictably, it falls to Real. One thing Atletico have going for them is De Gea, however, who is widely regarded as one of the most promising goalkeepers in Europe

It's swung in to PEPE... HELD BY DE GEA!

Marcelo flies along the left now, and wins the first corner of the match, for Real

Ronaldo whizzes off down the left wing and dinks in a nice early cross, which Atleti clear. Will the Portuguese wonder score again tonight? You wouldn't bet against it...

They're underway at the Bernabeu!

Atletico Madrid have won just twice at the Bernabeu in the last 20 years, and have a truly woeful fixture against their bitter rivals

The teams are in! REAL: Casillas; Ramos, Pepe, Carvalho, Marcelo; Khedira, Alonso; Ronaldo, Ozil, Di Maria; Higuain. Subs: Adan, Albiol, Arbeloa, Diarra, Granero, Pedro Leon, Benzema //// ATLETICO: De Gea; Valera, Ujfalusi, Dominguez, Luis; Reyes, Tiago, Mario Suarez, Simao; Forlan, Aguero. Subs: Joel, Lopez, Camacho, Merida, Assuncao, Costa, Raul Garcia.

Madrid must win today to reclaim their place at the top of the Liga table, after

Real Madrid go into tonight's clash on a rich vein of form in the league - undefeated this season, and with a phenomenal 19 goals from their last four games. Atletico will provide Jose Mourinho's men with their sternest test of the season so far, however, despite being winless in their last two league games.