REAL MADRID are keen to become the first team to reach the 4,000

The business end of the season has arrived for Real Madrid. There are two months left to fight it out for the trophies and the Whites want to keep up their sparkling form which they have shown in 2013 so that they can challenge for them all. After the international break, Mourinho's men today travel to La Romareda (8pm, C+ Liga and Gol T) before their crunch game against Galatasaray with the aim of becoming the first team to surpass the 4,000-point mark in the league. An important game against Zaragoza, a team which is situated one place above the drop zone and which needs to win to climb the table.

“We want to win and continue our winning streak and the impressive form we showed before the international break" said Aitor Karanka to the media. This is because Real Madrid accumulated seven wins on the spin before the 17 first-team players were called up by their national teams and the team goes into the 29th league fixture of the season with the aim of maintaining their good form and run of results so far in 2013. They travel to a ground where they are unbeaten on their last eight visits, which include three wins in the last three games.
A new record within touching distance for the Whites

SITUATION OF BOTH TEAMS AT THE START OF THE 29TH LEAGUE GAME
			HOME				AWAY
	Pos	Pts	G	W	D	L	G	W	D	L
Real Madrid	2º	61	14	12	2	0	14	7	2	5
Zaragoza	17º	26	13	3	3	7	15	4	2	9

Real Madrid have a further source of motivation at La Romareda: to continue making history in the league. The Whites, who are looking to pick up their 20th win of the season, have amassed 3,999 points in the 2,600 matches they have played. Given the fact that they have the most impressive statistics of all teams in the history of the competition, they may be the first to surpass the 4000-point mark.
José Mourinho has named a 21-man squad for the game. The Real Madrid manager, who surpassed 1,250 goals as a top flight manager against Mallorca last time out, will be looking to add to these statistics against Zaragoza, where he will have Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Özil available. The Real Madrid forward, who has scored 43 goals in all competitions this season, is the fourth leading goal scorer in the history of the club away from home in the league with 60 goals, while the German midfielder has the most assists in the League in 2013 after setting up six goals..
Zaragoza go into the game in 17th position in the table on 26 points, two above the drop zone, after recording seven wins, five draws and 16 losses. They have played 13 games at home, of which they have won three (Osasuna, Sevilla and Deportivo), drawn three and lost seven. Hélder Postiga, with 10 goals and Apoño, with seven, are the leading goal scorers of the maño outfit.

LEAGUE MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TWO
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Real Madrid	117	75	22	20	255	135
Zaragoza	117	20	22	75	135	255

The team managed by Manolo Jiménez, which have failed to beat Real Madrid in 97 of the 117 league games played, want to turn around their poor home form which has seen them go eleven games on the bounce without a win in the league. For that reason, the manager has seen the return of Romaric and Apoño to training this week, and since the winter transfer window, the squad has been boosted by the addition of Manuel Fernández, Bienvenu, Rodri, Rochina and Carmona.