After a successful preseason concluded with a 3–0 victory over Schalke, Real Madrid’s 2026–27 campaign gets underway at Espanyol on Saturday evening.
The new La Liga season is already a week old, but the league‘s top dogs were granted the opening weekend off due to their heavy World Cup contingents. Madrid and Barcelona are poised to do battle at the summit once again this term, with the former aiming to close an eight-point gap on the champions.
