# A quick-fire hat-trick, a five-star performance and more Bellingham brillance: LaLiga Matchday 3 recap

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Podcast: [La Liga Lowdown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/la-liga-lowdown-4150154)
Published: 2026-08-31T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Check out our Matchday 3 review with Ben Sully (@SullyBen) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee)! Three games into the new campaign, and the early picture is already starting to take shape. Real Madrid remain perfect after another convincing win, while Atlético Madrid finally got their first victory of the season after an impressive first half.  Meanwhile, Levante’s 5-2 demolition of Real Betis and Racing’s 3-2 win vs Elche were some of the highlights of the weekend, with most of the newly promoted sides making encouraging starts. Three matchdays is too soon to draw any definitive conclusions, but there is already plenty to get excited about! As always, thank you for listening to us and remember that you can subscribe to access our bonus podcast and multiple weekly articles over at lllonline.substack.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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