Temas: La Liga, Barcelona, Celta de Vigo, Athletic Club, Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos
Despite rescuing only one point at Camp Nou, Los Blaugranas had the last laugh after Real Madrid's draw and Valencia's loss.

If you needed more proof about Barcelona's chances of winning La Liga, their lucky weekend in the domestic top flight will give you an idea on how close they are.

The current league leaders weren't able to beat Celta at home, with one more controversial decision by the game's ref. That didn't matter, because Real Madrid failed to cut short their lead after their draw against Athletic.

To give Ernesto Valverde's side more reasons to smile, Valencia saw their unbeaten streak coming to an end against Getafe, leaving Los Culés with a five-point lead in the Spanish top flight.

Pos.EquipoPJGEPGFGCDIFPRacha
1 Real Madrid 32 25 6 1 70 22 +48 81 GGGGG
2 Barcelona 32 21 7 4 64 37 +27 70 PGGGG
3 Girona 32 21 5 6 67 40 +27 68 GPGPG
4 Atlético Madrid 32 19 4 9 59 38 +21 61 PGGPP
5 Athletic Club 32 16 10 6 52 30 +22 58 EEPGG
6 Real Sociedad 32 13 12 7 46 34 +12 51 EEGGG
7 Real Betis 32 12 12 8 40 38 +2 48 GGPPP
8 Valencia 32 13 8 11 35 34 +1 47 PGGEP
9 Villarreal 32 11 9 12 51 55 -4 42 GEPGG
10 Getafe 32 9 13 10 38 44 -6 40 EEPGP
11 Osasuna 32 11 6 15 37 46 -9 39 PPGPP
12 Sevilla 32 9 10 13 41 45 -4 37 GGGPE
13 Las Palmas 32 10 7 15 30 39 -9 37 PPPPP
14 Deportivo Alavés 32 9 8 15 28 38 -10 35 GPPPG
15 Rayo Vallecano 32 7 13 12 27 39 -12 34 GEEGP
16 Mallorca 32 6 13 13 26 38 -12 31 PPEGP
17 Celta de Vigo 32 7 10 15 37 47 -10 31 GPEGP
18 Cádiz 32 4 13 15 22 45 -23 25 PPGPG
19 Granada 32 3 9 20 33 61 -28 18 EGPPP
20 Almería 32 1 11 20 31 64 -33 14 PEPGE

Champions League, Fase de Grupos
Europa League, Fase de Grupos
Promotion - Europa Conference League (Qualification: )
Relegation - LaLiga2

This weekend also saw Lionel Messi reaching an interesting milestone with Los Blaugranas, following his first-half goal against Celta.

But why do we feel that Real's chances of re-validatig their La Liga title are slim? Have a look at these numbers.