Madrid, Aug. 28 -- The third round of games in La Liga gets underway on Friday night with Racing Santander at home to Elche while Alaves is at home to Villarreal.
Racing plays its second home game on its return to the elite after a narrow defeat to Getafe last weekend, while Elche needs to bounce back after a 5-0 defeat at home to Barcelona and bothsides are looking for their first win of the season.
Alaves has had a positive start to the season with striker Mariano Diaz scoring in both of the team's opening two games to repay the faith of coach Quique Sanchez Flores.
The team from Vitoria faces a Villarreal side that is playing its third match on the road, with Inigo Perez starting his reign with a 2-2 draw in Santander and the same sco...