Jude Bellingham scored his 14th goal of the season as Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga with a 3-0 victory at lowly Cadiz.
He now has the most goals by any Real Madrid player in their first 15 games.
The previous record of 13 was jointly held by Cristiano Ronaldo, Alfredo di Stefano and Pruden.
England midfielder Bellingham has 11 goals in 12 La Liga games and three in the Champions League since joining from Borussia Dortmund in the summer.
Real went into the game two points behind Girona and took an early lead through Brazil forward Rodrygo.
The 22-year-old then doubled Real’s lead midway through the second half.
Bellingham, 20, then continued his remarkable start to life in Madrid by firing home to seal Real’s third straight win.
The Birmingham City youth product had a hand in the first goal, playing it wide to Rodrygo, who appeared to have run into a dead end inside the penalty area but managed to maintain possession and fire into the top corner.
Real lost forward Vinicius Jr to injury during the international break but fellow Brazilian Rodrygo has now scored in three straight games for Real for the first time since joining from Santos in 2019.
Luka Modric drilled a low strike against the foot of the post in the second half and moments later helped the ball on to Rodrygo, who cut inside before firing inside the far post.
Rodrygo then laid off to Bellingham in the left channel and the in-form Englishman fired a fine left-footed strike across goal and into the bottom corner.
Line-ups
Cádiz
Formation 5-4-1
- 1LedesmaSubstituted forGilat 79′minutes
- 2ZaldúaSubstituted forOcampoat 79′minutes
- 5ChustSubstituted forAlejoat 66′minutesBooked at 67mins
- 3Jiménez Jarque
- 15HernándezBooked at 71mins
- 33Pires Silva
- 27NavarroSubstituted forMachísat 57′minutes
- 8FernándezBooked at 70mins
- 4Alcaraz
- 16RamosSubstituted forGómezat 66′minutes
- 21Martí
Substitutes
- 6Martín
- 7Sobrino
- 9Negredo
- 10Ocampo
- 11Alejo
- 13Gil
- 14Mbaye
- 18Machís
- 19Guardiola
- 20Carcelén
- 22Meré
- 25Gómez
Real Madrid
Formation 4-2-2-2
- 13Lunin
- 2CarvajalSubstituted forGarcíaat 88′minutes
- 22RüdigerBooked at 84mins
- 6Nacho
- 23MendyBooked at 32mins
- 15ValverdeBooked at 3minsSubstituted forPazat 88′minutes
- 8Kroos
- 10ModricSubstituted forCeballosat 70′minutes
- 5BellinghamSubstituted forVázquezat 78′minutes
- 14Joselu
- 11RodrygoSubstituted forGarcíaat 78′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Alaba
- 17Vázquez
- 19Ceballos
- 20García
- 21Díaz
- 26Piñeiro
- 28Martín
- 30González
- 32Paz
- 33García
- Referee:
- Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
- Attendance:
- 20,325
Live Text
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Match ends, Cadiz 0, Real Madrid 3.
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Second Half ends, Cadiz 0, Real Madrid 3.
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Attempt saved. Brian Ocampo (Cadiz) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darwin Machís.
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Attempt blocked. Brian Ocampo (Cadiz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fali.
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Foul by Joselu (Real Madrid).
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Rubén Alcaraz (Cadiz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
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Brian Ocampo (Cadiz) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Gonzalo García (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Maxi Gómez (Cadiz).
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Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Roger Martí (Cadiz).
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Substitution, Real Madrid. Fran García replaces Dani Carvajal.
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Substitution, Real Madrid. Nico Paz replaces Federico Valverde.
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Attempt missed. Fali (Cadiz) header from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Brian Ocampo with a cross following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid).
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Álex Fernández (Cadiz) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt blocked. Joselu (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
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Attempt blocked. Maxi Gómez (Cadiz) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
