* Real Madrid are the only side to have won all 13 of their home matches in the league so far this term.
* Los Blancos are also the only team to have won all their games in which they scored the opening goal.
* Jose Mourinho's men have netted 44 goals and conceded just six in 13 home games, the best record this campaign.
* Only Mallorca, Sevilla and Osasuna have prevented Madrid from scoring more than one goal per game at home.
* Cristiano Ronaldo has bagged 27 (42%) of Madrid's 65 league goals this term.
* Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, Kaka, Fernando Gago and Pedro Leon are out injured, while Ricardo Carvalho has been left out of the squad for technical reasons.
* Hercules are one of four sides in La Liga with only one away win so far this season.
* Esteban Vigo's side have scored just three goals away from home, two at Barcelona and one at Almeria. All three were scored by Nelson Valdez.
* David Trezeguet has scored 10 (40%) of Hercules' 25 league goals this term.
* Los Herculanos have won just twice against Real Madrid in 39 previous meetings, both by a 1-0 margin at the Santiago Bernabeu.
* Royston Drenthe, David Trezeuguet and Francisco Pena are all unavailable but Nelson Valdez returns from injury.
LAST MEETING
October 10, 2010: Hercules 1-3 Real Madrid
Madrid came from behind to win at the Jose Rico Perez after David Trezeguet had given Hercules the lead on three minutes. Angel Di Maria equalised before Cristiano Ronaldo netted the winning goals in the final eight minutes of the game.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Real Madrid: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Albiol, Pepe, Marcelo; Di Maria, Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Oezil; Benzema, Adebayor
Hercules: Calatayud; David Cortes, Paz, Pamarot, Pulhac; Aguilar, Farinos; Cristian, Kiko, Thomert; Nelson Valdez
Prediction
Hercules' only two ever victories over Real Madrid came at the Bernabeu. But with Los Blancos in sizzling-hot form on home soil and Esteban Vigo's men struggling with seven defeats in their last nine games, it's difficult to see anything but a comprehensive win for Jose Mourinho's outfit.
Real Madrid 3-0 Hercules 
