Hello and welcome to LIVE commenrary of Real Madrid's seemlingly must win game against Viktoria Plzen as the reigning European champions aim to end their wretched run of form which has seen them fail to register a win in 5 games. Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.

GOAL FOR MADRID! Benzema nets his 57th Champions League goal after heading in Vasquez's pinpoint cross from the right.

CHANCE! Ramos appeared to deliberately handball it to stop a pass but escapes a yellow. And from the freekick, its played to Petrzela on the left whose low shot is parried by Navas and he puts the rebound wide!

Benzema in the warm-up..

Madrid are 4-3-3 with Vasquez at full-back but getting forward at every opportunity. His cross leads to another corner. Kroos' delivery is cleared by Hubnik.

Let off for Plzen. Modrid threads it through to Bale whose pass is a poor one towards Benzema who was five yards out and its cleared.

WOODWORK! Another Real corner after Vasquez's corner is blocked.Kroos' delivery is a good one and Ramos heads it down and it hits the post!

Dangerous moment for Real, Plzen break and Limbersky fires in a low cross from the left which is cleared.

CHANCE! Marcelo pings in the ball in the box for Limbersky for another corner. This time its flicked on and Ramos heads it narrowly over.

Bale, on his 200th Real appaearance, is brought down around 40 yards out on the right flank. Kroos' delivery is flicked away, its played back in for a corner.

KICK OFF: Plzen get the game underway on this massive night in Group G.

Five minutes until kick-off at the Bernabeu!

Plzen travel to the Spanish capital second in their domestic league.

But midfielder Patrik Hrosovsky is not being fooled by Real’s poor run of form.

“We certainly have respect for each rival, and of Real Madrid for that quality of course,” he told the club’s official website.

“Now they are not doing so much, but last season it was similar and eventually won the Champions League.

“The quality is huge here. I look forward to the stadium and the team, it is definitely an exceptional team, three times in a row they won the Champions League and, of course, no one knows if we will ever have a chance to play against such a team again.”

Lopetegui cut a defiant figure in the buildup despite Los Blancos' worst start to a season in 17 years.

He said: "If you want to see a dejected coach then don’t look here. In my view we have a game that we are looking forward to and we will go about it with total commitment and drive. I am not thinking about anything else other than the game."

Radim Reznik and Lukas Hejda returned from injury for the Czech side for Friday's 2-2 draw against Bohemians 1905 in the league.

Jan Kopic is still out with an ankle injury so top-scorer Michael Krmenvic leads the attack.

Viktoria Plzen XI: Hruska, Limbersky, Hubnik, Hejda, Reznik, Prochazka, Hrosovsky, Petrzela, Cermak, Havel, Krmencik.

Lopetegui's side have not won since September after defeats to Levante, Alaves, CSKA Moscow, Sevilla and a draw against Atletico Madrid. President Florentino Perez held two emergency summits after the Levante game with reports in Spain claiming that the manager's job is safe for now.

Bale, Benzema and Kroos start tonight having been on the bench for the 2-1 defeat to Levante at the weekend. Varane, who made a couple of mistake in the game, is on the bench as is Asensio who netted against Levante.

REAL MADRID: Navas, Ramos, Nacho, Kroos, Benzema, Modric, Bale, Marcelo, Casemiro, Vasquez, Isco...Subs: Courtois, Varane, Mariano, Valverde, Odriozola, Asensio. Vinicius Jr.