Barcelona continued where they left off last season with a 3-0 win over Racing Santander – David Villa on the scoresheet (how many times are we going to say that this season?).

Real Madrid failed to get off to a winning start, they were held to a 0-0 draw at Mallorca.

Other matches saw Real Sociedad beat Villareal 1-0 and Espanyol beat Getafe 3-0. Deportivo could only manage a 0-0 draw against Real Zaragoza and Osasuna also played out a no score draw against Almeria.