Real Madrid hold on for all three points and move up to fourth in the La Liga table.

Real Betis, who were much better in the second half, remain in seventh.

The Betis players want a penalty after Joaquin's corner appears to strike the hand of Cristo, but the referee is having none of it.

Into the final minute...

There will be four minutes of added time at the end of the second half.

Four minutes for Betis to salvage something from this game.

Antonio Sanabria off, Loren Morón on.

William Carvalho hauls down Casemiro on the edge of the Betis penalty area and is quite rightly shown a yellow card.

Betis will make their final change before the free-kick is taken...

Ryad Boudebouz comes on in place of Andres Guardado.

Six minutes of normal time remaining.

Antonio Barragan collects a long ball over the top of the Madrid defence before crossing for Cristian Tello, who slices an ambitious volley well wide of the target.

Did he have time to take a touch? Quite possibly.

Twenty-year-old Federico Valverde is replaced by 19-year-old Brahim Diaz.

Former Manchester City youngster Brahim Diaz is preparing to come on for his Real Madrid debut.

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A point would not be enough to lift Madrid back into the top four of La Liga.

Los Blancos would remain one point behind fourth-placed Alaves. They have just under 15 minutes to find another goal.

Santiago Solari makes his second change of the night.

Dani Ceballos replaces Sergio Reguilon.

What a fabulous pass that was by Giovani Lo Celso to set up Sergio Canales.

The Paris Saint-Germain loanee has been one of Betis' standout performers tonight.

Madrid suddenly look a little shaky at the back.

Antonio Barragan finds a pocket of space in the penalty area but his cross is cut out by Sergio Ramos.

Twenty minutes of normal time remaining.

Betis haven't looked like scoring for the majority of the contest, but the hosts suddenly have the wind in their sails and are pushing for a second.

Betis make their first change, bringing on Cristian Tello for Francis.

Giovani Lo Celso strikes the ball against Nacho's arm inside the Madrid penalty area.

The referee pauses for a second to consult VAR... then signals for a throw-in to Betis.

Federico Valverde becomes the third Madrid player to have his name taken by the referee.

Where did that come from?

Andres Guardado connects superbly with a loose ball on the edge of the box, slamming a sweetly struck volley inches wide of Keylor Navas' goal.

Navas was relieved to see that one fly past the post.