Real Madrid 5-2 Osasuna
Real Madrid enjoyed a superb start to their third La Liga game of the season, with Cristiano Ronaldo opening the scoring in the 6th minute. With Osasuna absolutely being overawed by their illustrious opponents, Real Madrid ran riot, with Danilo and Sergio Ramos getting on the scoresheet soon after, with Los Blancos taking a 3 goal lead going into the break.
Pepe made things certain with a pinpoint header from a corner, before Luka Modric made it 5-0 later. Osasuna pulled two goals back through Oriol Riera and David Garcia, with Bonnin Vasquez earning his marching orders with 10 minutes to go.
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15 – Real Madrid equal their best ever run of successive wins in La Liga, with the 1960/61 side first making the record. They are 1 game shy of Barcelona’s overall La Liga record of 16 wins on the trot set in the 2010/11 season.
6 – Cristiano Ronaldo needed only 6 minutes to open his La Liga account this season, scoring from Gareth Bale’s cross with his first touch of the game.
22 – Real Madrid have scored a staggering 22 goals in the last 5 home games against Osasuna, averaging 4.4 goals every game at the Santiago Bernabeu.
365 – This was Cristiano Ronaldo’s 365th goal for Real Madrid in all competitions in 349 matches, at a rate of 1.045 goals every game, with 261 goals in 237 games coming in La Liga.
60 – Sergio Ramos is tied with Gareth Bale in Real Madrid’s all time goal-scorers list, with 60 goals – placing them at 38th position.
85 – Under Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid have scored 85 goals in all competititons.
5 – Real Madrid had five different goalscorers against Osasuna, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Danilo, Sergio Ramos, Pepe and Luka Modric all on the scoresheet.
3 – Three defenders scored for Real Madrid in the same game for the first time in this century.
28 - Sergio Ramos has scored more headed goals than any other current defender in Europe's top five leagues, with John Terry behind him with 27 goals.
Barcelona 1-2 Deportivo Alaves
Barcelona suffered a massive shock defeat at home to Deportivo Alaves. The newly promoted side produced a magnificent defensive performance, with Barcelona struggling to break them down. Deyverson gave the visitors the lead with a shock goal at the near post to take the lead going into the break.
Before the second half even had time to breathe, Jeremy Mathieu equalised for Barcelona from a corner. With Barcelona looking dead cert to win as they piled on the pressure, Alaves silenced the Camp Nou for a second time, with Ibai Gomez’s well taken goal giving Alaves the lead yet again. Even with Leo Messi, Luis Suarez and Andres Iniesta coming on, Barcelona were unable to earn an equaliser, with Alaves cemeting a historic win.
3 – Barcelona have started three different goalkeepers in as many games in La Liga, with Claudio Bravo starting the opener, followed by Marc-Andre Ter Stegen in the 2nd game, with Jasper Cillessen
2 – Jasper Cillesen conceded for Barcelona in only the second shot he faced in his nascent Blaugrana career.
16 – The last time Deportivo Alaves beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou was 16 years ago, when Nan Ribera scored in a 1-0 win in Feb, 2000.
2- Deyverson is the 2nd player to score both against Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga in 2016, after Willian José.
100 – Luis Suarez made his 100th appearance for Barcelona, coming on in the 66th minute. The Uruguayan has scored 88 goals for the Catalans in all competitions.
35.71% – Ibai Gomez has scored 14 goals in La Liga in his entire career, with 5 goals scored against Barcelona or Real Madrid, which is over a third of his goals.
25 – The last 25 goalscorers for for Barcelona in La Liga have all been born outside of Spain.
2010 – The last time a La Liga champion lost at home to a promoted side was six years ago, when Barcelona lost to Hercules.
173 – Javier Mascherano has equaled Michel Reiziger as the player with the most La Liga games for Barcelona without scoring.
