Clock is ticking: Real Madrid are 87 minutes from their worst ever goal drought LaLiga Santander - Real Madrid They have gone 409 minutes without a goal

Real Madriddesperately need to rediscover their cutting edge in front of goal having now gone four games without a win and having lost three of them.

They have been beaten by Sevilla, CSKA Moscow and Alaves while drawing against Atletico Madrid, and in none of the contests were they able to hit the back of the net.

They have not scored since Asensio struck in the first half against Espanyol with 409 minutes passing. It is the second worst run in the club's history jointly with a poor streak in the 2005/06 season.

Their worst run of games in front of goal came in the 1984/85 campaign when they went 496 minutes without scoring and so Lopetegui's side is 87 minutes off that.

Gradually the Madrid forwards have been looking less and less sharp with Bale and Benzema the best examples. They both began brightly but the Welshman hasn't scored in the league now since the start of September against Leganes while his last goal overall came against Roma. Benzema meanwhile hit a double in two matches but like Bale his last goal in the league came against Leganes.

Asensio has just one goal as does Mariano while he along with Lucas Vazquez and especially Vinicius have not had much of a look in.

The midfield also has not delivered as in other years and an important player for Lopetegui, Isco, has been out with an appendicitis.

There have been no goals to date for Modric, Kroos or Casemiro and they haven't either been succeeding in creating chances.

Real have quality in attack as they have done in previous goal droughts. In their worst run they had already lost the league and went

five games without goal despite having players like Santillana, Valdano and a young Emilio Butragueno.