Hello and welcome to our LIVE La Liga coverage from the Bernabeu where Real Madrid entertain Deportivo La Coruna.

A little bit of a lacklustre start though as the changes that Jose Mourinho has made with a view to their telling week ahead bed in.

Depor are quite an open attacking unit and Madrid are the masters of the counter-attack, so this one should be full of goals.

Right, after a presentation of an Olympian to the Bernabéu crowd and a tribute to a young Real Madrid player that passed away, the visitors get us underway.

So cumbersome has Madrid’s start to the season been, they are only one point ahead of newly promoted Depor heading into this fixture. Los Turcos’ performance of the season thus far has probably been the comeback against Valencia in match-day two but they have since drawn against Getafe and Granada before losing 2-0 against Sevilla to sit in tenth.

However, having followed up their Champions League comeback win against Manchester City with a win over Rayo Vallecano on Monday, the green shoots of recovery are evident as they embark on an important week that includes a midweek trip to Ajax and El Clasico next Sunday. And the omens are not good for Depor, who in the last six meetings between the two at the Bernabeu are yet to taste victory while shipping 20 goals.

With Barca’s last gasp win against Sevilla last night, Madrid are 11 points behind the pacesetters from Catalonia after a poor start to the season, which has included defeats to Getafe and Sevilla.

For Madrid, Kaka fails to make the starting eleven despite netting a hat-trick against Millonarios in the Santiago Bernabeu trophy on Wednesday; while Fabio Coentrao doesn't even make the bench having completed his four-match ban. For the visitors, Riki starts despite being hampered by a nasal fracture. Aythami is only fit enough for the bench having suffered an injury scare in training.

TEAMS: Real Madrid: Casillas, Varane, Pepe, Ramos, Khedira, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Marcelo, Modric, Higuaín, Di María. Subs: Ádan, Kaká, Benzema, Alonso, Arbeloa, Albiol, Callejón. /// Deportivo La Coruna: Aranzubia, Manuel Pablo, Marchena, Zé Castro, Evaldo, Aguilar, Bergantinos, B.Gama, Domínguez, Pizzi, Riki. Subs: Lux, Aythami, André Santos, Laure, Camuñas, Valerón, Nélson Oliveira.