On Saturday night in the Spanish top division, Real Madrid will host Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Los Blancos are in first place with 28 out of a possible 30 points. Only once in the club’s lengthy, illustrious history have they ever had a better start to a La Liga season; Madrid also had nine wins and a draw from their first ten games in 1991, but could boast a slightly better goal difference.
However, that season, Barcelona, led by Johan Cruyff, edged out Madrid for the championship by one point on the final day of play, causing the Merengues to go without a trophy.
Here is the predicted starting lineup Carlo Ancelotti may use in his ongoing effort to prevent a similar collapse.
Real Madrid Predicted XI (4-3-3): Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vazquez, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba, Fede Valverde, Aurelien Tchouameni, Luka Modric, Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior