Athletic Bilbao continued their solid form in LaLiga (LL) openers despite being held to a frustrating 0-0 draw with RCD Mallorca. The result, albeit unsatisfying, extended Los Leones' record in the first game of the season to only a solitary defeat across the last six campaigns. Hoping to…

Atlético Madrid secured a fourth successive opening day LaLiga (LL) victory with a convincing 3-0 win over Getafe, extending their unbeaten H2H run to 22 games in the process. Two of LL’s more experienced heads in the dugout went head-to-head here, but it was Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid side…

Dušan Vlahović scored a brace as Juventus started their Serie A campaign in perfect fashion, strolling to a 3-0 win over Sassuolo at the Allianz Stadium. Despite being clear favourites, Juventus failed to land a shot inside the opening 20 minutes, and were also left feeling grateful that Grégoire…

SSC Napoli responded to an early Kevin Lasagna goal against the run of play with five of their own, recording a thumping 5-2 victory over Hellas Verona to put down the gauntlet for an improvement on last year's third-placed finish in Serie A. After a summer which saw the departure of key players…

Liverpool’s record of winning their opening Premier League game at Anfield in each of the past nine seasons came to an end as the 10-man Reds were held in a feisty 1-1 draw to Crystal Palace. The Eagles will undoubtedly have headed to Anfield with some trepidation, given their 10 consecutive…

Picking up from where they left off, with last season’s European and domestic triumphs, Real Madrid started the new campaign as winners as they came from behind to defeat newly promoted side UD Almería 2-1 away from home, extending their winning streak at the Estadio Mediterráneo to three games.…

Ten-man Valencia opened their campaign with a 1-0 victory over Girona to ensure Gennaro Gattuso became the eighth of Valencia’s last ten managers to avoid a league defeat in their first game in charge. After a disappointing campaign in which they finished in ninth place, Valencia once again…

Bayern Munich maintained their 100% winning start to a campaign that could deliver their 11th consecutive Bundesliga title, comfortably defeating Wolfsburg 2-0 at the Allianz Arena. In the process, Jamal Musiala became the youngest German player to reach 14 league goals, aged just 19 years and 169…

A stunning leveller from Pierre Lees-Melou saw Stade Brestois snatch a point from Olympique de Marseille at Stade Francis-Le Blé, following Nuno Tavares’ first-half opener, showing much resilience to deny the visitors a first H2H away clean sheet since 2010. Aiming to win three successive Ligue 1…

Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea were denied victory late on in an entertaining 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. In the process, Spurs ended a run of three visits to Stamford Bridge without a goal. Chasing a fifth consecutive PL victory for the first time in almost four years, Spurs came into the game in high…