Real Madrid head coach Rafael Benitez has made three changes from the side that drew 0-0 with Malaga at the weekend for his team's Champions League clash with Malmo this evening.

Spanish international Alvaro Arbeloa replaces Marcelo at left-back, while Mateo Kovacic and Casemiro are preferred to Luka Modric and Jese in midfield.

Forwards Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez are absent through injury, while centre-backs Pepe and Sergio Ramos have also been ruled out of this evening's clash.

Malmo make two changes from the side that drew with Halmstad at the weekend, as former West Bromwich Albion forward Markus Rosenberg replaces Pawel Cibicki, and Rasmus Bengtsson comes in for Felipe Carvalho.

Malmo: Wiland; Tinnerholm, Arnason, Bengtsson, Yotun; Rodic, Lewicki, Adu, Berget; Rosenberg, Djurdjic
Subs: Rakip, Mehmeti, Eikrem, Sana, Carvalho, Vindheim, Andersson

Real Madrid: Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Nacho, Arbeloa; Kovacic, Casemiro, Kroos; Isco, Benzema, Ronaldo
Subs: Casilla, Marcelo, Vazquez, Modric, Jese, Cheryshev, Mayoral

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