Álvaro Carreras is enjoying a fantastic start to his first season at Real Madrid. Solid in defence and looking dangerous when marauding forward, the madridista fullback tops the list of players with the most ball recoveries in LaLiga. With a total of 74 in the 11 games so far, he edges out Luis Milla (71), Pedri (64) and Antonio Blanco (63).

Carreras has played almost every minute of every game so far (982 of 990), and is also among the top-ranked players for passes made (694). He also got his madridista goalscoring account off the mark last time out, with a thunderous left-footed effort against Valencia.