La Liga 3rd round preview | Huang Qian s eight consecutive wins to make a record, Barcelona s away win streak is tested

As soon as the 2025/26 La Liga season has reached the third round, the teams have gradually revealed the competitive situation at the beginning of the season - there are both Villarreal's strong leadership in the cross-season "eight consecutive victories", as well as Sevilla, Girona who has lost a row of losses and Atletico Madrid, who has a poor start; there are signs of Real Madrid and Barcelona continuing their traditional dominance, as well as Alaves and Oviedo and other teams who have strong resilience at home.

Elche vs Levante

As the first focus game in the third round, the showdown between Elche and Levante is filled with a sharp contrast between "home advantage" and "away curse". Judging from historical confrontations, Elche has only won 2 home games against Levante in the last 10 times, but both of these wins come from La Liga; while Levante is deeply involved in the "violent circle" of away games against Elche - the team has drawn 3 and lost 3 in 6 away games in La Liga history. At the player level, Elche's Rafa Mir recently got rid of the "goal drought" and scored 2 goals in the last three league rounds, while Levante's José Luis Morales has formed "exclusive restraint" against Elche - he has scored 3 goals in the previous four La Liga matches. The key to this game may fall in whether Elche can continue his unbeaten resilience and whether Levante can break the "psychological shackle" of his away game.

Valencia vs Getafe

August 30 03:30

Valencia has remained unbeaten against Getafe in the last three times (2 wins and 1 draw), only one game away from its longest unbeaten since 2016 (4 games). Getafe won all the first two rounds to tie the best start in the team's history, and Liso became the first player in team history to score goals in the first two rounds of La Liga.

Alaves vs Atletico Madrid

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Alaves won 2 and tied 1 at home against Atletico Madrid in the last three home games; Atletico Madrid scored zero goals in the last three away games, which is one of the longest away ball droughts against a single opponent during Simeone's coaching period.

Atletico Madrid has 1 draw and 1 loss in the first two rounds. If it fails again, it will tie the record of the first three rounds of the 2009/10 season; Alaves has won 3 wins and 2 draws in the last 5 home games, showing the "change of victory and draws".

Real Madrid vs Real Mallorca

August 31 03:30

Real Madrid and Mallorca are a game between "home dominance" and "away surprise". Real Madrid has won all the home games against Marcallo in the last 9 times in La Liga, averaging 3 goals per game.

At the beginning of the season, Real Madrid showed its "offensive organization" advantage - it has completed 22 "building offenses" this season, the most of La Liga, and both of them were cleaned up in the first two rounds. Coach Xavi Alonso became the eighth coach in the team history to score clean up in two rounds (joining famous coaches such as Mourinho and Benitez), and the offensive and defensive system has begun to show results.

Player level, Real Madrid's Veniceus participated in 5 goals (3 goals and 2 assists) in 9 games against Mallorca, with 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 home games, with a clear advantage in position; Mallorca's Mohica is a "passing expert". Since the 2024/25 season, only less than Areso (175) and Miguel Gutierrez (153), crossing from the wing may become the key to breaking the situation.

Celta vs Villarreal

August 31 23:00

Celta has won 2 wins and 2 draws at home against Villarreal in the last 4 times, ending the record of losing goals against him in the previous 17 games; Villarreal has won all the last 8 rounds, only one game away from the longest winning streak in the team's history (9 games), and the most 7 goals this season are La Liga. Aspas has participated in 3 goals against Villarreal in the last two times (the team has won all); Parejo has 10 goals against Celta in 23 games, making him the only opponent to score double goals.

Vallecano vs Barcelona

September 1st 03:30

Vallecano's match with Barcelona is a challenge to "home blocking" against "away winning streak". Barcelona needs to face "the fluctuations against Vallecano away" - 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in the past four away games in La Liga, a significant decline from the dominance of the previous six wins.

At the same time, Barcelona's "strong away game" cannot be ignored - it has won all away games in the past 9 La Liga, tying the second longest away game record in Koeman's coaching period in 2021.

Player level, Yamal has made 28 assists in various competitions since 2024, only less than Salah (29 times), and is full of creativity on the wing; Vallecano's Alvaro Garcia has 9 games against Barcelona, ​​tied for the most career-long match against Mallorca, and has the ability to make a local breakthrough.