Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid star has failed to score in nine of his last 13 matches

Ronaldo has 13 goals in 19 games this season - but eight of those came in two games

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Cristiano Ronaldo is enduring an awful run of form that has seen him fail to score in nine of his last 13 matches for club and country.

The reigning Ballon d'Or winner, who has been linked with a move away from Real Madrid after the club were embarrassed at home in El Clasico, has scored just five goals and added one assist in the dry spell that extends back to mid-September.

Rafa Benitez's team have now lost both of their last two matches and find themselves in third place in La Liga, six points behind rivals Barcelona after the 4-0 defeat in El Clasico on Sunday.

In fact, since the start of the season the Portuguese has scored just 13 goals in 19 matches for club and country - but eight of those goals came in two successive matches against Espanyol (where he scored five) and Shakhtar Donetsk in September. He has just two assists all season.

Compare that to current Barcelona star pairing Luis Suarez and Neymar - Lionel Messi has been out injured, of course - and it shows just how poorly the Portuguese is currently playing.

Suarez has scored in each of the last five matches, eight goals in total along with two assists and has 14 goals and four assists in 15 matches in all competitions. The hard working Uruguayan scored two in the win at the Bernabeu.

Neymar, who scored a goal and created another against Real Madrid, has scored in each of his last four Barcelona games and has been superb at setting up goals for others. The La Liga top scorer has 12 goals and four assists in the Spanish top flight and another two goals and three assists in his four Champions League matches.

Ronaldo, 30, has reportedly told team-mates he is deeply unhappy with the management of Rafa Benitez, telling the players either he goes or I do.

Real president Florentino Perez, who was jeered during the defeat on Saturday, has hastily arranged a press conference for this evening, although it remains a mystery of what will be on the agenda.

Manchester United continue to be linked with the superstar.