Football Soccer - Real Madrid v Sevilla in King's Cup soccer match- Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Madrid, Spain - 4/1/17 Real Madrid's James Rodriguez and Sevilla's Vitolo in action. REUTERS/Juan Medina
(Reuters) - Leaders Real Madrid get their pursuit of a first La Liga title in five years back underway against Granada on Saturday with their confidence sky high and seeking to match Barcelona's Spanish record of 39 games unbeaten in all competitions.
Zinedine Zidane's side crushed fellow title aspirants Sevilla 3-0 in a King's Cup last 16 first leg on Wednesday despite resting forwards Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo and having five other key players missing due to injury.
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