Overview

• Real Madrid beat newly promoted Real Oviedo 3-0, with Kylian Mbappé scoring twice and Vinícius Júnior adding a stoppage-time goal.
• The victory put Madrid on six points from two matches, level with Villarreal and Barcelona, and they host Mallorca next at the Bernabéu.
• Xabi Alonso left Vinícius and Trent Alexander-Arnold on the bench, started Rodrygo and 18-year-old Franco Mastantuono, and restored Dani Carvajal at right back.
• Mbappé has three goals in two league appearances, while Vinícius came on to set up Mbappé’s second before scoring himself.
• Transfer moves remain in play, with reports that Dani Ceballos is close to joining Marseille and that Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konaté is a defensive target.