Federico Valverde and Joselu scored goals as Real Madrid overcame a 1-0 deficit to defeat Real Sociedad 2-1 over the weekend. They have a comfortable lead at the top of the standings after winning each of their first five La Liga contests.

However, this is the point in the season when things start to get busy since everyone is focused on the Champions League in the middle of the week. Union Berlin, who will visit the Santiago Bernabeu for the first time in club history, is Madrid’s first assignment.

In the official squad list release, it is clear that Madrid will be without a number of important players for this match.

Due to an ACL tear, Thibaut Courtois will miss the majority of the season and is still not on the visiting team. The same injury also caused Eder Militao to go missing.

Daniel Carvajal will be out from this game due to muscle soreness, but Carlo Ancelotti is optimistic that the Spaniard will be back for the weekend match against Atletico Madrid.

Even though Lucas Vazquez is scheduled to start at right-back tomorrow, Vinicius Tobias has been brought up to take his place. After making a full recovery from his injury, Ferland Mendy has also been called up for the first time this year.

Although Arda Guler is also hurt, the management said he will return to team practice on Monday and could return shortly.

As Vinicius is still attending to his injuries and has no estimated time of recovery, he has also been left out of the team.