Sep 4, 2026
Mourinho has won all three, and Madrid still have not won at Betis since 2021
Three wins, ten goals and second place on goal difference. Real Madrid go to the Estadio de la Cartuja on Friday night, a ground where their last four...
La Liga
354 articles tagged with "La Liga"
Sep 1, 2026
Barcelona could not get Alvarez, so they have spent 10 million euros on a striker who started three league games last season
Gabriel Jesus landed in Barcelona on Monday for a medical and a three-year deal. Arsenal paid 45 million pounds for him in 2022 and are getting 10 mil...
Sep 1, 2026
Gordon made two of Barcelona’s five, and Rayo led at Camp Nou for seven minutes
Sergio Camello put Rayo in front after 12 minutes and headed a second from a corner. Barcelona still won 5-2, with braces for Raphinha and Lamine Yama...
Aug 31, 2026
Bellingham made the first two, and Mourinho’s Real Madrid have ten goals in three games
Malaga’s first month back in the top flight now includes a 4-0 defeat at the Bernabeu, and Jose Mourinho’s side have won all three of their league mat...
Aug 30, 2026
Alvarez was not in the squad, and Atletico were three up at Sevilla by half-time
Alex Baena scored twice on his first start of the season and Ademola Lookman added the other as Atletico Madrid won 3-1 at Sevilla, three days before...
Aug 30, 2026
Betis had not conceded all season and Levante had not scored, and it finished 5-2
Two 1-0 wins and two clean sheets for Manuel Pellegrini’s side, and no goals at all in two games for Levante. Both records went in 95 minutes at the C...
Aug 29, 2026
Atletico have given Alvarez until Sunday, and a deadline is the wrong tool for this
Julian Alvarez has not trained for three days and will not travel to Sevilla. Atletico’s chief executive says he is confused and struggling, and the c...
Aug 28, 2026
Marcos Alonso’s red card was upgraded by VAR, and Celta’s lead lasted three more minutes
Celta Vigo led through Iago Aspas for 40 minutes at Balaidos. A VAR-upgraded red card for Marcos Alonso at 51 minutes undid all of it, and Osasuna won...
Aug 28, 2026
Athletic did not have a shot on target, and Rodri got his Barcelona debut with half an hour left
Barcelona had 22 shots to Athletic’s five and won 2-0, Unai Simon made eight saves, and Rodri came off the bench in the 63rd minute for his first appe...
Aug 27, 2026
Mbappe scored three in 40 minutes, and Mourinho’s first Bernabeu night back finished 4-1
Kylian Mbappe scored his first goals of the season in a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad, the first home league match of Jose Mourinho’s second spell as Rea...
Aug 26, 2026
Mourinho gets his first Bernabeu league night in 13 years, and three of his defenders are unavailable
Real Madrid host Real Sociedad in a Matchday 1 fixture that was pushed back for World Cup semi-finalists. Militao, Asencio and Mendy are all out, and...
Aug 26, 2026
Valencia still have not scored in La Liga, and a Betis substitute beat them in the 83rd minute
Troy Parrott’s first La Liga appearance lasted 20 minutes and produced the counter-attack that beat Valencia. Pablo Garcia finished it, and Betis are...
Aug 24, 2026
Barcelona’s season started a week later than everyone else’s, and their first game produced five goals at Elche
Raphinha and Fermin Lopez scored twice each and Karim Adeyemi opened his account as Barcelona began the defence of their title with a 5-0 win at Elche...
Aug 24, 2026
Atletico’s own fans booed Alvarez, and then the club decided he should not go near them
Diego Simeone said the club, not the player, chose to keep Julian Alvarez away from the stands after Sunday’s 2-2 draw. Eight days from the deadline,...
Aug 23, 2026
Espi had been on for ten minutes, and his 90th-minute goal won Mourinho’s first league game back
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-1 at the RCDE Stadium on Saturday, with Carlos Espi scoring in the final minute on his debut. Jose Mourinho then used the...
Aug 22, 2026
Real Sociedad’s goalkeeper made five saves, and they still opened La Liga with nothing
Alex Remiro was the busier of the two goalkeepers at La Cartuja and still finished on the losing side. One Betis goal decided the opening night of bot...
Aug 22, 2026
Mourinho’s first Real Madrid league match in 13 years is at Espanyol, six days after everyone else started
Madrid are six days behind the rest of La Liga because of the World Cup, and Jose Mourinho begins his second spell without Eder Militao, Rodrygo, Raul...
Aug 21, 2026
Cancelo has won four of Europe’s top five leagues, and Barcelona got him for nothing
A free transfer, a contract to 2029, and a full-back who has now won the title in four of Europe’s five biggest leagues. Barcelona’s fifth signing of...
Aug 20, 2026
Lee Kang-in’s first Atletico goal broke Malaga, 70 minutes into their return to La Liga
Malaga’s first top-flight match since 2018 was goalless until the 70th minute, when Atletico’s summer signing from PSG scored on his debut. Alex Baena...
Aug 19, 2026
Malaga are back in La Liga after eight years, and they open at Atletico Madrid
Eight years after finishing bottom of the table, Malaga return to the Spanish top flight. They begin at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, against an Atlet...
Aug 18, 2026
Aubameyang scored Deportivo’s first La Liga goal in eight years, and Elche still took a point from Riazor
Deportivo de La Coruna came back to La Liga after eight years away and led through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Marc Aguado’s header in the 76th minute...
Aug 17, 2026
Rodri is going to Barcelona for 76.5 million euros, with a year left on his City deal
Manchester City accepted Barcelona’s third bid over the weekend, 60 million up front and 16.5 million in add-ons, for the midfielder who won them the...
Aug 17, 2026
Racing led 2-0 on their return to La Liga, and Villarreal wiped it out in a minute
Racing Santander were two goals up on their first day back in the Spanish top flight since 2012. Villarreal took it all back either side of half-time,...
Aug 16, 2026
Sevilla win it in the 97th minute with ten men, and La Liga’s first night had two red cards
Sevilla came from behind to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 with a stoppage-time penalty and a man short, while Alaves broke ten-man Getafe late at Mendizorro...