Titres: La Liga, Barcelona, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Levante, Lionel Messi
Even Ronaldo's new club, Real Valladolid, is enjoying a better start of the season than Los Blancos after nine games.

Four weeks had gone by since Barcelona's last La Liga win, but Los Blaugranas managed to get away with one crucial win when they beat Sevilla on Saturday. Unfortunately for Ernesto Valverde's team, there were good news and bad news after the conclusion of that game.

The good news were related to their rise to the top of La Liga's charts, topping Espanyol and Deportivo Alavés, who are now second with 17 points each. Sevilla dropped to fourth, while Atlético is now fifth. If you were wondering where Real Madrid sits at, they are ranked seventh right now, one of the lowest spots they've occupied in recent years.

Classmt.ÉquipeJGNPBPBCDiffTBForme
1 Real Madrid 33 26 6 1 71 22 +49 84 GGGGG
2 Barcelona 33 22 7 4 68 39 +29 73 GPGGG
3 Girona 33 22 5 6 69 40 +29 71 GGPGP
4 Atlético Madrid 33 20 4 9 62 39 +23 64 GPGGP
5 Athletic Club 33 16 10 7 53 33 +20 58 PNNPG
6 Real Sociedad 33 13 12 8 46 35 +11 51 PNNGG
7 Real Betis 33 12 13 8 41 39 +2 49 NGGPP
8 Valencia 33 13 8 12 37 38 -1 47 PPGGN
9 Villarreal 33 12 9 12 54 55 -1 45 GGNPG
10 Getafe 33 10 13 10 41 45 -4 43 GNNPG
11 Osasuna 33 11 6 16 37 49 -12 39 PPPGP
12 Deportivo Alavés 33 10 8 15 31 38 -7 38 GGPPP
13 Sevilla 33 9 11 13 42 46 -4 38 NGGGP
14 Las Palmas 33 10 7 16 30 41 -11 37 PPPPP
15 Rayo Vallecano 33 7 13 13 27 42 -15 34 PGNNG
16 Mallorca 33 6 14 13 27 39 -12 32 NPPNG
17 Celta de Vigo 33 7 10 16 37 50 -13 31 PGPNG
18 Cádiz 33 4 14 15 23 46 -23 26 NPPGP
19 Granada 33 4 9 20 36 61 -25 21 GNGPP
20 Almería 33 1 11 21 32 67 -35 14 PPNPG

Ligue des Champions (Phase de poules)
Ligue Europa (Phase de poules)
Promotion - Europa Conference League (Qualification: )
Relegation - LaLiga2

The bad news, of course, had to do with Lionel Messi's injury. "La Pulga" has been ruled out of El Clásico, but the possibility of having him out for a month is real. That nasty fall put some shade on Barcelona's win last Saturday, despite the Argentine being involved in two of Los Blaugranas' four goals.

Real's whopping crisis in front of goal

Yes, the Spanish giants may have ended their goalscoring drought, but they surely need someone to step up and fill Cristiano Ronaldo's shoes. The team set a record for the highest amount of minutes without a goal, and these numbers will give you a hint on why Los Blancos haven't been able to win a single game in the past four weeks.

Pichichi race

Christian Stuani is yet to play this week, which will surely make him eager to increase his lead at the top. With Lionel Messi out for the next few weeks, let's see how many of these players can surpass the Argentine ace.