Fans are just realising Greenwood is playing Bellingham as English players collide in La Liga for first time in 22 years

MASON GREENWOOD and Jude Bellingham are playing each other in La Liga on Thursday night.

Getafe welcome neighbours Real Madrid to the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez in a huge match in both the title race and hunt for European qualification.

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Mason Greenwood is set to face Jude Bellingham in La Liga on Thursday night[/caption]

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Bellingham and Real Madrid will go top if they avoid defeat to Getafe[/caption]

Both Greenwood and Bellingham have been named in the starting line-up as two English players collide in La Liga for the first time in 22 years.

Real Madrid’s 7-0 win over Las Palmas in February 2002 is the last such meeting as Steve McManaman came off the bench for Real.

Meanwhile, Vinny Samways was part of the Las Palmas line-up.

McManaman won eight trophies with Real between 1999 and 2003, including lifting both the Champions League and La Liga twice.

As for Samways, the former Tottenham midfielder featured for Las Palmas, Sevilla and Algeciras in Spain during his playing career.

Gary Lineker and Sammy Lee also clashed in Spain back in 1988 as Osasuna snatched a 1-0 win at the Camp Nou.

Lineker lead the line for Barcelona whilst Lee started for the visitors 36 years ago.

Greenwood and Bellingham are now set to be the latest Englishmen to meet in the Spanish top flight.

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Vinny Samways (right) played in the last La Liga clash between two English players[/caption]

A win for Greenwood and Getafe will lift them from tenth to eighth in the table.

Real, meanwhile, will go top above surprise leaders Girona if they avoid defeat.

Greenwood is currently on loan at Getafe from Manchester United, with the 22-year-old scoring six goals and providing four assists.

Bellingham also moved to Spain in the summer, arriving at the Bernabeu as the most expensive British player ever.

He has since scored 18 goals, with 14 of his strikes coming in the league to make him the joint-top scorer in the division.