Gareth Bale lead Real Madrid as Los Blancos came from two goals behind against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday. A brace from the Welshman and a goal from Lucas Vazquez earned the visitors all three points.

Zinedine Zidane men put in an impressive performance in the second half to move top of the La Liga table, although Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are yet to play their match this weekend.

Los Merengues had a poor start and conceded two goals before the 15-minute mark. Yet, Bale was close to making it 0-1 in the third minutes as he hit the post with a powerful effort from the edge of the box.

Rayo made the breakthrough in the seventh minute as Bebe drove down the left before sending a low cross into Adrian Embarba, who fired home from close range.

The hosts made it 2-0 as Miku smashed the ball home from close range following some poor defending from Los Blancos in a corner kick.

The hosts came close to making it 3-0 as Embarba found himself facing Keylor Navas with no defenders around. However, some smart goalkeeping from Keylor Navas saved Real.

Ten minutes before the break, Bale gave his team hope as he headed a Toni Kroos corner past Juan Carlos Martin to make it 2-1.

Real improved in the second half and managed to level after seven minutes as Lucas Vasquez headed a super Danilo cross into the back of the net.

Bale completed the turnaround with ten minutes to go following a terrible mistake from Embarba, who sent the ball straight at the Welshman. The Los Blancos forward drove away from Amaya and found the bottom corner with a low strike.

Real Madrid take on Rayo Vallecano on Saturday hoping to take over Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in La Liga and reach the top of the table.

Los Blancos are trailing the Catalans by one point and sit in the third position with the same points than Atletico. They will play a few hours sooner than their rivals and they will seek a victory to pile pressure on them.

Zinedine Zidane will miss Cristiano Ronaldo and Daniel Carvajal through injury, and Casemiro through suspension.

Lucas Vazquez is expected to feature in midfield following his great performance against Villarreal on Wednesday. Jese Rodriguez and Isco are the main candidates to replace Ronaldo in attack. In defence, Danilo will most likely replace Carvajal at right-back.

Meanwhile, Gareth Bale and Pepe are expected to return to the starting eleven having recovered from their muscle problems.

Rayo Vallecano will also miss several key players. Cobeno, Tono, Baena, Piti, Ze Castro and Ebert are a loss due to injury. Diego Llorente, who is on loan from Real Madrid, will also miss the match as a clause in his contract prevents him from playing against Los Blancos.

Possible line-ups:

Real Madrid: Navas; Danilo, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Vazquez, Kroos, Modric; Bale, Benzema, Jese Rodriguez.

Rayo Vallecano: Juan Carlos; Quini, Amaya, Crespo, Tito; Hernandez, Iturra, Trashorras, Embarba; Guerra, Miku.

Real Madrid have announced their squad list to face Rayo Vallecano in Vallecas on Saturday.

Zinedine Zidane will finaly miss Cristiano Ronaldo and Daniel Carvajal through injury. Casemiro is also a loss due to suspension. On the other hand, Pepe and Gareth Bale are back with the team.

This will be Real Madrid’s squad to visit Rayo:

Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas, Kiko Casilla and Ruben Yañez.
Defenders: Raphael Varane, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Nacho Fernandez, Marcelo, Alvaro Arbeloa and Danilo.
Midfielders: Toni Kroos, James Rodriguez, Gareth Bale, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric and Isco.
Forwards: Karim Benzema, Lucas Vazquez and Jese Rodriguez.

Jese Rodriguez is expected to start replacing Ronaldo, although Isco also has chances.