La Liga 2026/27, matchday 1: every number from the 10 matches

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28 goals in 10 matches — 2.80 a game, against 2.70 across all 379 matches of 2025/26. 6 home wins, 2 draws, 2 away wins. Results, goals by minute, cards, shots, possession, xG and player ratings — all of it on one page.

Results

Match	HT	xG	Shots	On target	Home poss.
Alaves 3–0 Getafe	0–0	1.83–0.24	18–6	8–2	52%
Sevilla 2–1 Rayo Vallecano	0–1	2.30–2.00	13–6	4–3	49%
Racing Santander 2–2 Villarreal	2–2	2.01–0.87	17–12	3–7	41%
Espanyol 3–0 Levante	0–0	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Dep. A Coruna 1–1 Elche	1–0	0.34–1.41	8–11	3–6	39%
Atl. Madrid 2–0 Malaga	0–0	0.82–0.15	15–5	6–1	53%
Valencia 0–1 Betis	0–0	1.15–0.70	16–15	3–3	42%
Real Madrid 4–1 Real Sociedad	1–1	3.14–0.57	20–10	11–3	51%
Celta Vigo 1–2 Osasuna	1–0	0.13–2.68	4–13	2–5	52%
Barcelona 2–0 Ath Bilbao	1–0	3.90–0.22	22–4	10–0	71%

The heaviest match was Real Madrid 4–1 Real Sociedad with 5 goals. 5 of 10 matches had both clubs scoring, 6 went over 2.5 goals, and 5 clubs failed to score. 10 goals came before half-time and 18 after it; 1 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 2 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 5, the latest in minute 85. 0 of the 8 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 13 yellow cards and 0 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 8 of the 28 goals, so every count in this paragraph is a floor, not a total; the scores and half-time scores above are complete.

Every match, in detail

Alaves 3–0 Getafe 2026-08-15 17:30 UTC · half-time 0–0

Estadio Mendizorrotza

Goals

none

Best rated

9.3 Mariano Díaz Alaves · 1 goal, 2 assists, 2 shots, 3/5 duels
8.9 Nahuel Tenaglia Alaves · 1 goal, 1 shots, 8/14 duels
8.2 Mikel Rodriguez Alaves · 1 goal, 2 shots, 6/8 duels

Alaves · Getafe

1.83	xG	0.24
0.23	xG first half	0.03
18	Shots	6
8	On target	2
11	Shots in the box	3
3	Blocked	2
5	Corners	3
52%	Possession	48%
352	Passes	339
286	Passes completed	267
2	Saves	5
16	Fouls	13
4	Offsides	0
4	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	1

source: full match archive

Sevilla 2–1 Rayo Vallecano 2026-08-15 19:30 UTC · half-time 0–1

Goals

none

Best rated

7.2 Odysseas Vlachodimos Sevilla · 2 saves
7.2 Miguel Sierra Sevilla · 7/15 duels
7.0 Unai López Rayo Vallecano · 9/14 duels

Sevilla · Rayo Vallecano

2.30	xG	2.00
0.23	xG first half	1.65
13	Shots	6
4	On target	3
9	Shots in the box	5
3	Blocked	0
1	Corners	2
49%	Possession	51%
318	Passes	337
232	Passes completed	246
2	Saves	2
18	Fouls	18
1	Offsides	1
4	Yellow cards	4
1	Red cards	0

source: full match archive

Racing Santander 2–2 Villarreal 2026-08-16 15:00 UTC · half-time 2–2

Estadio El Sardinero

Goals

none

Best rated

8.0 Iñigo Vicente Racing Santander · 10/14 duels
8.0 Pape Gueye Villarreal · 1 goal, 1 shots, 3/5 duels
7.9 Nicolas Pépé Villarreal · 1 goal, 2 shots, 7/12 duels

Racing Santander · Villarreal

2.01	xG	0.87
1.37	xG first half	0.31
17	Shots	12
3	On target	7
9	Shots in the box	7
8	Blocked	2
6	Corners	10
41%	Possession	59%
380	Passes	542
314	Passes completed	485
5	Saves	3
14	Fouls	14
1	Offsides	3
2	Yellow cards	4

source: full match archive

Espanyol 3–0 Levante 2026-08-16 17:00 UTC · half-time 0–0

RCDE Stadium

Goals

5' R. Fernandez Jaen Espanyol
40' R. Fernandez Jaen Espanyol assist J. Hernandez

Cards

🟨 37' U. Gonzalez Espanyol

Espanyol · Levante

no match statistics

source: events only

Dep. A Coruna 1–1 Elche 2026-08-17 19:00 UTC · half-time 1–0 · 4-3-3 v 4-3-3

Estadio Municipal de Riazor

Goals

21' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Dep. A Coruna assist Lorenzo Amatucci
76' Marc Aguado Elche assist Gonzalo Villar

Cards

🟨 27' Ximo Navarro Dep. A Coruna
🟨 45+2' Lorenzo Amatucci Dep. A Coruna
🟨 68' Gonzalo Villar Elche
🟨 88' Umaru Konare Tounkara Elche

Best rated

7.9 Marc Aguado Elche · 1 goal, 1 shots, 2/3 duels
7.6 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Dep. A Coruna · 1 goal, 2 shots, 2/5 duels
7.3 Leo Román Dep. A Coruna · 5 saves

Dep. A Coruna · Elche

0.34	xG	1.41
0.11	xG first half	0.75
8	Shots	11
3	On target	6
6	Shots in the box	7
1	Blocked	3
2	Corners	6
39%	Possession	61%
400	Passes	641
327	Passes completed	566
5	Saves	2
17	Fouls	12
2	Offsides	0
2	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Atl. Madrid 2–0 Malaga 2026-08-19 19:00 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-1-4-1 v 4-1-4-1

Metropolitano Stadium

Goals

70' Kang-in Lee Atl. Madrid assist Dávid Hancko
85' Alex Baena Atl. Madrid

Cards

🟨 15' Dávid Hancko Atl. Madrid
🟨 37' Jorge Domínguez Atl. Madrid
🟨 45+4' Carlos Puga Malaga
🟨 80' Juan Cruz Malaga
🟨 88' Ramón Enríquez Malaga

Best rated

8.9 Dávid Hancko Atl. Madrid · 1 assist, 2 shots, 7/8 duels
8.2 Kang-in Lee Atl. Madrid · 1 goal, 2 shots, 4/5 duels
7.9 Alfonso Herrero Malaga · 4 saves

Atl. Madrid · Malaga

0.82	xG	0.15
0.10	xG first half	0.06
15	Shots	5
6	On target	1
8	Shots in the box	4
4	Blocked	2
6	Corners	1
53%	Possession	47%
521	Passes	466
457	Passes completed	394
1	Saves	4
17	Fouls	11
2	Offsides	2
2	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Valencia 0–1 Betis 2026-08-25 19:00 UTC · half-time 0–0

Estadio de Mestalla

Goals

none

Best rated

8.2 Álvaro Valles Betis · 3 saves, 1/1 duels
7.5 Diego Llorente Betis · 3/4 duels
7.3 Javier Guerra Valencia · 4/6 duels

Valencia · Betis

1.15	xG	0.70
0.24	xG first half	0.19
16	Shots	15
3	On target	3
10	Shots in the box	6
8	Blocked	5
8	Corners	2
42%	Possession	58%
370	Passes	538
289	Passes completed	472
2	Saves	3
10	Fouls	11
1	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Real Madrid 4–1 Real Sociedad 2026-08-26 19:00 UTC · half-time 1–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Goals

40' Kylian Mbappé Real Madrid assist Federico Valverde
44' Luka Sučić Real Sociedad

Cards

🟨 10' Álvaro Carreras Real Madrid
🟨 31' Yangel Herrera Real Sociedad
🟨 45+2' Jon Aramburu Real Sociedad

Best rated

10.0 Kylian Mbappé Real Madrid · 3 goals, 7 shots, 1/5 duels
9.0 Jude Bellingham Real Madrid · 2 assists, 9/14 duels
8.2 Álex Remiro Real Sociedad · 7 saves

Real Madrid · Real Sociedad

3.14	xG	0.57
0.69	xG first half	0.33
20	Shots	10
11	On target	3
14	Shots in the box	7
6	Blocked	3
4	Corners	7
51%	Possession	49%
581	Passes	554
531	Passes completed	501
2	Saves	7
10	Fouls	8
1	Offsides	0
3	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Celta Vigo 1–2 Osasuna 2026-08-27 18:30 UTC · half-time 1–0

Goals

none

Best rated

8.0 Sergio Carreira Celta Vigo
7.6 Iago Aspas Celta Vigo · 1 goal, 1 shots, 2/5 duels
7.5 Alejandro Catena Osasuna · 1/2 duels

Celta Vigo · Osasuna

0.13	xG	2.68
0.06	xG first half	0.13
4	Shots	13
2	On target	5
1	Shots in the box	8
1	Blocked	3
5	Corners	3
52%	Possession	48%
561	Passes	524
484	Passes completed	456
2	Saves	1
7	Fouls	16
3	Offsides	4
1	Yellow cards	1
1	Red cards	0

source: full match archive

Barcelona 2–0 Ath Bilbao 2026-08-27 19:00 UTC · half-time 1–0

Camp Nou

Goals

none

Best rated

9.0 Unai Simón Ath Bilbao · 8 saves
7.9 Raphinha Barcelona · 1 goal, 2 shots, 3/8 duels
7.9 Pedri Barcelona · 1 assist, 4/4 duels

Barcelona · Ath Bilbao

3.90	xG	0.22
1.34	xG first half	0.01
22	Shots	4
10	On target	0
18	Shots in the box	2
4	Blocked	0
12	Corners	4
71%	Possession	29%
615	Passes	243
553	Passes completed	176
0	Saves	8
13	Fouls	6
8	Offsides	5
1	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Real Madrid	H	Real Sociedad	4–1	3.14	20	11	14	4	51%	581	2	10	3
Alaves	H	Getafe	3–0	1.83	18	8	11	5	52%	352	2	16	4
Espanyol	H	Levante	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Atl. Madrid	H	Malaga	2–0	0.82	15	6	8	6	53%	521	1	17	2
Barcelona	H	Ath Bilbao	2–0	3.90	22	10	18	12	71%	615	0	13	1
Osasuna	A	Celta Vigo	2–1	2.68	13	5	8	3	48%	524	1	16	1
Sevilla	H	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	2.30	13	4	9	1	49%	318	2	18	4
Betis	A	Valencia	1–0	0.70	15	3	6	2	58%	538	3	11	1
Racing Santander	H	Villarreal	2–2	2.01	17	3	9	6	41%	380	5	14	2
Villarreal	A	Racing Santander	2–2	0.87	12	7	7	10	59%	542	3	14	4
Dep. A Coruna	H	Elche	1–1	0.34	8	3	6	2	39%	400	5	17	2
Elche	A	Dep. A Coruna	1–1	1.41	11	6	7	6	61%	641	2	12	2
Celta Vigo	H	Osasuna	1–2	0.13	4	2	1	5	52%	561	2	7	1
Rayo Vallecano	A	Sevilla	1–2	2.00	6	3	5	2	51%	337	2	18	4
Valencia	H	Betis	0–1	1.15	16	3	10	8	42%	370	2	10	2
Ath Bilbao	A	Barcelona	0–2	0.22	4	0	2	4	29%	243	8	6	2
Malaga	A	Atl. Madrid	0–2	0.15	5	1	4	1	47%	466	4	11	3
Real Sociedad	A	Real Madrid	1–4	0.57	10	3	7	7	49%	554	7	8	3
Getafe	A	Alaves	0–3	0.24	6	2	3	3	48%	339	5	13	3
Levante	A	Espanyol	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0

Barcelona had the most of the ball (71 per cent); Barcelona took the most shots (22).

Goals against xG

xG is the provider's shot-quality model, not ours; we publish it because it is the same measure across every match here. One matchday is far too small to call anyone lucky — this is a record of what happened, not a verdict.

Club	Opponent	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Conceded	xG faced	Saved against xG
Atl. Madrid	Malaga	2	0.82	+1.18	0	0.15	+0.15
Alaves	Getafe	3	1.83	+1.17	0	0.24	+0.24
Villarreal	Racing Santander	2	0.87	+1.13	2	2.01	+0.01
Celta Vigo	Osasuna	1	0.13	+0.87	2	2.68	+0.68
Real Madrid	Real Sociedad	4	3.14	+0.86	1	0.57	-0.43
Dep. A Coruna	Elche	1	0.34	+0.66	1	1.41	+0.41
Real Sociedad	Real Madrid	1	0.57	+0.43	4	3.14	-0.86
Betis	Valencia	1	0.70	+0.30	0	1.15	+1.15
Racing Santander	Villarreal	2	2.01	-0.01	2	0.87	-1.13
Malaga	Atl. Madrid	0	0.15	-0.15	2	0.82	-1.18
Ath Bilbao	Barcelona	0	0.22	-0.22	2	3.90	+1.90
Getafe	Alaves	0	0.24	-0.24	3	1.83	-1.17
Sevilla	Rayo Vallecano	2	2.30	-0.30	1	2.00	+1.00
Elche	Dep. A Coruna	1	1.41	-0.41	1	0.34	-0.66
Osasuna	Celta Vigo	2	2.68	-0.68	1	0.13	-0.87
Rayo Vallecano	Sevilla	1	2.00	-1.00	2	2.30	+0.30
Valencia	Betis	0	1.15	-1.15	1	0.70	-0.30
Barcelona	Ath Bilbao	2	3.90	-1.90	0	0.22	+0.22

Atl. Madrid scored 1.18 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Barcelona scored 1.90 fewer. The last column is the same subtraction at the other end: how many goals a club conceded against the xG of the shots it faced.

One column we removed. The feed also carries a field called “goals prevented”, which looks like a goalkeeping measure. In all 10 matches of this round it is identical for both clubs (Celta Vigo–Osasuna -0.70, Barcelona–Ath Bilbao +1.69, Alaves–Getafe -0.52, and so on), so it cannot be a per-club number and we do not publish it rather than guess at what it means.

Scorers and assists

16 of the 28 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (9 matches) and from the live event feed otherwise, which records fewer of them — so this is a floor, not a count.

Player	Club	Goals	Assists
Kylian Mbappé	Real Madrid	3	0
R. Fernandez Jaen	Espanyol	2	0
Mariano Díaz	Alaves	1	2
Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	1	1
Alex Baena	Atl. Madrid	1	0
Andrés Martín	Racing Santander	1	0
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	1	0
Fermín López	Barcelona	1	0
Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	1	0
Jon Guridi	Sevilla	1	0
Kang-in Lee	Atl. Madrid	1	0
Kike Barja	Osasuna	1	0
Luka Sučić	Real Sociedad	1	0
Marc Aguado	Elche	1	0
Mikel Rodriguez	Alaves	1	0
Nahuel Tenaglia	Alaves	1	0
Nicolas Pépé	Villarreal	1	0
Pablo García	Betis	1	0
Pape Gueye	Villarreal	1	0
Peque Fernández	Sevilla	1	0
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Dep. A Coruna	1	0
Raphinha	Barcelona	1	0
Sergio Martinez	Racing Santander	1	0
Álvaro García	Rayo Vallecano	1	0
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	0	2
Alberto Moleiro	Villarreal	0	1
Dávid Hancko	Atl. Madrid	0	1
Federico Valverde	Real Madrid	0	1
Fran García	Betis	0	1
Georges Mikautadze	Villarreal	0	1
Gonzalo Villar	Elche	0	1
J. Hernandez	Espanyol	0	1
Lorenzo Amatucci	Dep. A Coruna	0	1
Miguel Román	Celta Vigo	0	1
Pedri	Barcelona	0	1
Raúl García de Haro	Osasuna	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 9 matches whose player detail has arrived; 408 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Kylian Mbappé	Real Madrid	10.0	90	3	0	7	3	1/5	0	1	0
Mariano Díaz	Alaves	9.3	33	1	2	2	2	3/5	0	0	0
Unai Simón	Ath Bilbao	9.0	93	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	8
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	9.0	78	0	2	0	4	9/14	2	0	0
Nahuel Tenaglia	Alaves	8.9	90	1	0	1	0	8/14	2	0	0
Dávid Hancko	Atl. Madrid	8.9	90	0	1	2	1	7/8	3	2	0
Mikel Rodriguez	Alaves	8.2	33	1	0	2	2	6/8	3	0	0
Kang-in Lee	Atl. Madrid	8.2	33	1	0	2	1	4/5	3	0	0
Álvaro Valles	Betis	8.2	97	0	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	3
Álex Remiro	Real Sociedad	8.2	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	7
Sergio Carreira	Celta Vigo	8.0	37	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Iñigo Vicente	Racing Santander	8.0	90	0	0	0	1	10/14	3	0	0
Pape Gueye	Villarreal	8.0	90	1	0	1	2	3/5	1	0	0
Raphinha	Barcelona	7.9	63	1	0	2	3	3/8	0	0	0
Pedri	Barcelona	7.9	85	0	1	0	3	4/4	2	0	0
Pau Cubarsí	Barcelona	7.9	93	0	0	1	0	5/7	2	0	0
Nicolas Pépé	Villarreal	7.9	77	1	0	2	0	7/12	1	0	0
Marc Aguado	Elche	7.9	97	1	0	1	1	2/3	0	0	0
Alfonso Herrero	Malaga	7.9	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	4
Pablo Barrios	Atl. Madrid	7.9	90	0	0	0	1	7/10	0	3	0
Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	7.9	84	1	1	3	2	3/8	0	0	0
Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	7.7	93	0	0	5	5	4/10	0	0	0
Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	7.6	52	1	0	1	0	2/5	0	0	0
Fermín López	Barcelona	7.6	93	1	0	3	0	4/8	1	1	0
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Dep. A Coruna	7.6	85	1	0	2	1	2/5	0	1	0

Matchday 1 against the whole of 2025/26

One round is 10 matches and last season was 379. Every difference below is well inside what 10 matches can produce by chance; it is here as a record, not as a trend.

Measure	Matchday 1	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	2.80	2.70	+0.10
Goals in the first half, per match	1.00	1.15	-0.15
Shots per club	11.9	12.5	-0.5
Shots on target per club	4.4	4.3	+0.1
xG per club	1.36	1.35	+0.01
Corners per club	4.8	4.8	+0.0
Passes per club	460	437	+23
Fouls per club	12.8	12.6	+0.3
Yellow cards per club	2.44	2.22	+0.23
Saves per club	3.1	3.0	+0.1
Home wins (share)	0.60	0.49	+0.11
Draws (share)	0.20	0.24	-0.04

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 9 of 10 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 10, player-level detail for 9. Crowds and referees are as published for the 0 matches that carry them . Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 20 of the 28 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; 1 of the 10 matches (Espanyol–Levante) have team figures but no player-level detail yet — the archive feed delivers those a day later, so player ratings below cover 9 matches, not 10; attendance is published for 0 of 10 matches, so there is no average to give.

The rest of the season on the same data: all 20 clubs, their matches and their players · the free season packs.

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