LaLiga Power Rankings: August
Once a month, at La Liga Lowdown we will bring to you LaLiga’s alternative standings. There is no secret formula to elaborate this ranking, and it will mostly be based on each team’s current form according to our criteria, and other factors we see fit to include.
As you’d expect, the first one might be similar to the current league standings given it’s based on the first three matchdays of the season.
Real Madrid
After only three games they’re already leading the standings single-handedly, with 9 out of 9 points. They haven’t been outstanding and they were lucky to take home 3 points against Celta de Vigo, but taking into account they lost three key players so early on in the season (Courtois, Militao and Vinicius), they can be proud of themselves. And what about Bellingham? His introduction to Laliga has been out of this world!
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