Jose Mourinho has opened his second spell at Real Madrid with three wins from three in La Liga, nine points from nine available, and a new personal club benchmark set in just nine days. The latest league win also came with a clean sheet, which is a tidy way to begin any return to the Bernabéu.

Mourinho's opening benchmark

The headline figure is simple: Real Madrid have taken maximum points from their opening three league games and scored 10 goals along the way. That is the sort of start Mourinho has not bettered in his own time at the club, and it leaves him chasing the six-game benchmark set by Xabi Alonso with another three straight wins still needed.

Mourinho himself said the move has already changed part of his club story. As reported by madriduniversal.com, he said: "Mourinho has already rewritten a small part of his Real Madrid history after guiding the club to three wins from their opening three La Liga matches of the 2026/27 season."

The attack has been the most eye-catching part. Madrid's 10 goals in three league matches is their best start at this stage of a La Liga season since 2016-17, and it gives the opening a more convincing shape than a narrow win streak would on its own.

The September stretch

The next few fixtures will tell a lot more about how strong this start really is. Real Betis come on Friday, Inter are at home four days later in the Champions League opener, and Atletico Madrid arrive for the derby on September 20th.

That is a tougher run than the first three league games, and it is the part of the schedule that will test whether Madrid can keep the same tempo against better opposition and more pressure. Real Betis' mixed league form, with L-W-W-L-W in their last five, suggests Friday is the first live examination rather than a routine follow-up.

Inter's own recent competitive record, W-W-D-D-W, makes the European opener harder again. The cleanest takeaway from Madrid's start is not that the season is settled, only that Mourinho has set a high bar before the calendar really tightens in September.

Written by Daniel Hartley with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 2 outlets. How we work →