Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid travel to Osasuna looking for a victory that will keep them top of LaLiga Santander and allow them to move on from their Copa del Rey disappointment.
It has become clear that Zidane's priority this season is to win the domestic title, and it will come as good news that he has recovered his three Cs in Thibaut Courtois, Dani Carvajal and Casemiro.
The three have been pillars of his starting XI this season, and the goalkeeper in particular has shone this term.
Real Madrid conceding four goals in midweek was something of a freakish occurrence, and Courtois has conceded an average of 0.53 goals per game this season, bettering Jan Oblak's 0.68 per game.
Carvajal's return also comes as good news, particularly with Real Madrid not having a backup in that position since Alvaro Odriozola's exit.
A more vulnerable team
Los Blancos looked fragile without Casemiro, and Zidane struggled to find a way to adequately replace him.
The Frenchman first opted for Toni Kroos in the role, but it's no coincidence that the German played his worst game of the season there.
Real Sociedad had a lot of joy in attack and were able to threaten Alphonse Areola's goal more than Zidane would have liked, even with Fede Valverde trying to plug holes in front of the defence.
It's not surprising then that Casemiro is the player with the second most minutes this season after Karim Benzema's 1,770 minutes.
The Brazilian is level with Sergio Ramos in second, ahead of Courtois' 1,710 minutes and Carvajal's 1,620 minutes.
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Zidane's tactics has cost us the Copa del ray [Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
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The C's were 'Clueless & Confused' in Copa del rey:- Zidane
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He knows our main priority is Laliga and Ucl ... The players are not 100% fit and the upcoming games has much more relevancy. He use that CDR match to let his main players recover fully . He hide the triple C because their is no back up of Carva Casemiro and Courtois ... He is also teating his team: Areola Brahim have make a difference. Even kubo is better than him . You cant teat these players in laliga and ucl fixtures . He totally understood that Nacho can not give cross but good in taking headers and Marcelo is old now but knows how to attack . And Militao will be rested for some matches who needs improvement ... Show Trust to ZZ . In coming days we will have Asensio Hazard back who are very dangerous at their wings . Against City we need to show high class playmaking and goals too . Zidane knows this .... its very hard to chose a line up . Vini Isco and Lucas are now very dangerous to start in last 30 minutes .