Barça make it 8 wins from 8 in LaLiga

Eight games. Eight wins. Barça are top of LaLiga on 24 points after beating Getafe 3-0 at home, a result that leaves the leaders with a goal difference of +27 and no dropped points at all.

The margin to second place is two points. Atleti have 22, and Real Betis sit third on 19 with a goal difference of +5. Real Madrid are fourth on 18. Read that again: a side with a goal difference of +11 is not even in the top three.

The attacking numbers are the story. 34 goals in 8 matches is a rate of more than four a game, and only 7 have gone in at the other end. Raphinha has 12 of them, level at the top of the scoring chart with Sergio Camello of Sergio Camello's club and Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid. Lamine Yamal is on 7, which makes two Barça players among the leading scorers.

Home form reads 14 wins from 14 with no draws and no defeats. Away it is 11 wins and 4 losses, which is a strange line for a team that has not lost anywhere in the table. Those four defeats are counted separately and do not touch the league record.

Next up is a trip to Real Betis on Saturday 17 October, matchday 9. Real Betis are the opponent, third in the table, five points back. That is the first real test of the run.

Can anyone slow them down? On this evidence, the question is fair.