Granada 1-2 Real Madrid LIVE! LaLiga football as it happened as Los Blancos close in on title

Granada vs Real Madrid LIVE!

Real Madrid moved to within one win of a record-extending 34th LaLiga title after first-half goals from Ferland Mendy and Karim Benzema sealed a 2-1 win at Granada.

The Spanish giants looked to be in cruise control when Mendy burst into the area and rifled beyond Rui Silva from an acute angle on the left after 10 minutes before Benzema struck just after a quarter of an hour.

Isco's clever back heel to Luka Modric led to Benzema being found in acres of space on the left and the Frenchman cut on to his right foot and powered a shot into the top corner at the Nuevo Estadio de Los Carmenes.

However, Casemiro was sloppily dispossessed on halfway, allowing Granada to break, with Darwin Machis halving the deficit after nut-megging Thibaut Courtois five minutes after half-time.

The goal breathed fresh life into the hosts, who were denied a leveller by some last-ditch defending as Sergio Ramos cleared off the line to keep out Ramon Azeez after Courtois had saved excellently from Antonio Puertas.

With just two games left in the season, Real are four points ahead of bitter rivals Barcelona and Zinedine Zidane's side will seal a first top-flight crown in three years if they overcome Villarreal on Thursday.

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Team news

Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Mendy; Casemiro, Kroos, Fede Valverde, Modric; Isco; Benzema

Subs: Areola, Altube, Militao, Javi Hernandez, Miguel Gutierrez, Hazard, Bale, Lucas, Asensio, Brahim, Vinicius, Rodrygo

How to watch

TV channel: LaLiga will be available on Premier Sports with LaLigaTV for the rest of the season. To get access to all the games, customers should visit premiersports.com and register.

Live stream: With games due to be shown on TV on Channel 435 on Sky, fans can also live stream the matches online via the Premier Player app.

Pre-match coverage will start at 8:30pm BST.

Head to head (h2h) history and results

The last time these two sides met, Real won 4-2 at the Bernabeu in October thanks to goals from Karim Benzema, Eden Hazard, Luka Modric and James Rodriguez.

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