Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga clash between Girona and Real Madrid. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 9.15pm.

RAMOS CHANCE! The Real Madrid captain was up from the back, getting on the end of a cross into the box. But he could only glance his header wide of the far post. Not far away.

These are the sort of games where Real Madrid might miss Ronaldo. The Portuguese forward just had a way of getting his team through these sort of matches. Now, he's gone.

Bale is enjoying some freedom down the left side, but this time the Welsh winger very nearly loses the ball when he would have been better just slinging the ball into the box.

It should be noted that Modric is also on the bench for Real Madrid this evening. The Croatian is another who is being given an extended pre-season after the World Cup.

Portu is giving Real Madrid a real headache down the left wing. Marcelo is being caught out of position so frequently by the Girona attacker. Real Madrid need to get into half time.

OFF THE LINE! That could have been a two goal lead for Girona! Carvajal had to make the clearance from under his own crossbar! Portu was the one who got the shot away from a tight angle.

The thing is, Real Madrid look dangerous whenever they find space in the final third. But Girona are defending so deep that it is proving difficult for the away side to find that space.

Varane isn't in the Real Madrid team for this game tonight and his team are missing his pace at the back. The Frenchman is still being ease back into things after the World Cup.

Girona are finding it so easy to cut open Real Madrid on the counter attack. Portu has been the best player on the pitch in the opening 25 minutes or so. Real can't handle him.

This is where Real Madrid need to show what they are made of. This is a test for Lopetegui early on in his tenure at the club. Three points here is a must this early on in the season.

You'll need to check out the finish from Garcia. Initially, it looked like he would just finish into the empty net. But he checked back and then fired it high into the very top corner.

Well, we have a game on our hands now. Girona have sat back and hit out on the counter. That's exactly how that goal came about. Real Madrid were caught out at the back.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Girona 1 (17 mins - Borja Garcia) Real Madrid 0. The hosts have the lead! Lozano's shot is blocked, it falls to Garcia inside the box, who cuts back and then fires a finish over Ramos and Nacho on the line! What a finish that was!

CHANCE FOR ISCO! That might have been the opening goal for Real Madrid. Asensio got down the outside, squared it for Isco, who just couldn't get his feet sorted in time to finish.

Isco is struggling to get on the ball in the early exchanges of this game. That is a concern for a player whose entire game is all about having possession at his feet.