Played
September 2, 2012 1:50 PM EDT
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid
Referee: José González
Attendance: 70000
September 2, 2012 1:50 PM EDT
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid
Referee: José González
Attendance: 70000
La Liga Preview: Real Madrid - Granada
The champion will be out to build on its Supercopa triumph when it welcomes Juan Antonio Anquela's relegation candidates to the Santiago Bernabeu.
By Karthick Arvinth
Real madrid players celebrating with spanish supercup
| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
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REAL MADRID
 Casillas Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo Khedira, Alonso Di Maria, Modric, Ronaldo Benzema |
GRANADA
 Tono Nyom, Lopez, Gomez, Siqueira Iriney, Lucena, M Rico El-Arabi, Floro Flores, Orellana |
Luka Modric could make his first start for Real Madrid against Granada after coming on as a late substitute and impressing in the 2-1 midweek victory over Barcelona.
Boss Jose Mourinho has no fresh injury concerns, with the suspended Fabio Coentrao being the only player unavailable for selection.
Granada's Manolo Lucena should play, despite suffering a knock to his knee during training.
Senegalese defender Pape Diakhate has returned from a serious ankle injury and is available again, while midfield pair Fran Rico and Hassan Yebda are still out.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Real Madrid is on a two-match winless run in La Liga. The last time it went three games without a victory in the league was in May 2009.
- Los Blancos did the double over Granada in the previous campaign, with this corresponding fixture last season ending 5-1 in favour of the home side.
- Madrid has been drawn in Group D for the Champions League group stage alongside Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Ajax.
- Granada is on a four-game winless run in La Liga, stretching into the back end of the previous campaign.
- The Andalusians lost 14 of their 19 away games in the Primera Division last season.
- Fran Rico (pictured right) made 52 appearances for Real Madrid's reserve team between 2008-2011, scoring 11 goals.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Real Madrid 4-0 Ciudad de Murcia
- 13.08 %
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Real Madrid 3-0 Ciudad de Murcia
- 9.59 %
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Real Madrid 8-0 Ciudad de Murcia
- 9.38 %
| La Liga (LIGA) | Feb 2, 2013 | Ciudad de Murcia 1 - Real Madrid 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Sep 2, 2012 | Real Madrid 3 - Ciudad de Murcia 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | May 5, 2012 | Ciudad de Murcia 1 - Real Madrid 2 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Jan 7, 2012 | Real Madrid 5 - Ciudad de Murcia 1 |
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| May 17, 2013 | Real Madrid 1 - Atletico Madrid 2 | ESPC |
| May 11, 2013 | Espanyol 1 - Real Madrid 1 | LIGA |
| May 8, 2013 | Real Madrid 6 - Malaga 2 | LIGA |
| May 4, 2013 | Real Madrid 4 - Valladolid 3 | LIGA |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Real Madrid 2 - Borussia Dortmund 0 | UCL |
Ciudad de Murcia
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| May 18, 2013 | Ciudad de Murcia 3 - Osasuna 0 | LIGA |
| May 13, 2013 | Real Sociedad 2 - Ciudad de Murcia 2 | LIGA |
| May 4, 2013 | Ciudad de Murcia 1 - Malaga 0 | LIGA |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Espanyol 0 - Ciudad de Murcia 1 | LIGA |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Ciudad de Murcia 1 - Valladolid 1 | LIGA |
| 1 | Iker Casillas | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Pepe | Defender |
| 4 | Sergio Ramos | Defender |
| 12 | Marcelo | Defender |
| 17 | Arbeloa | Defender |
| 6 | Sami Khedira | Midfielder |
| 14 | Xabi Alonso | Midfielder |
| 16 | Luka Modric | Midfielder |
| 21 | Callejón | Striker |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Striker |
| 9 | Karim Benzema | Striker |
| 13 | Adán | Goalkeeper |
| 19 | Raphaël Varane | Defender |
| 18 | Raúl Albiol Tortajada | Defender |
| 8 | Kaká | Midfielder |
| 10 | Mesut Özil | Midfielder |
| 22 | Ángel Di María | Midfielder |
| 20 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Striker |
| - | Toño | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Allan Nyom | Defender |
| 6 | Guilherme Siqueira | Defender |
| 8 | Íñigo López | Defender |
| 9 | Borja Gómez | Defender |
| 14 | Mikel Rico | Midfielder |
| - | Juanma Ortiz | Midfielder |
| - | Iriney | Midfielder |
| 15 | Youssef El Arabi | Striker |
| 19 | Fabián Orellana | Striker |
| 83 | Antonio Floro Flores | Striker |
| 13 | Roberto | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Mainz | Defender |
| - | Brayam Angulo | Defender |
| 75 | Romero | Midfielder |
| 20 | Moisés Hurtado | Midfielder |
| 27 | Darwin Machís | Striker |
| - | Gabriel Torje | Midfielder |
Results
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Lionel Messi Striker Barcelona |
46 | 4 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo Striker Real Madrid |
34 | 6 |
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Radamel Falcao Striker Atlético de Madrid |
28 | 8 |
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Roberto Soldado Striker Valencia |
21 | 5 |
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Negredo Striker Sevilla |
20 | 3 |
