La Liga Roundup - Facts and stats surrounding El Clásico and Matchday 10

Today is one of the best days for Barcelona fans in history. Not only did they beat their bitter rival with authority, but they will most likely cause the sacking of their coach. Added to that, their top spot in La Liga was never threatened by those behind them, especially since the surprising Deportivo Alavés is now second.

Regarding Real Madrid, Julen Lopetegui's possible sacking is a desperate measure to see their crisis coming to an end. But some of these numbers hint that there are more people to blame rather than pinning everything on their under-fire tactician.

1947 - 2018-19 is the first time Real Madrid haven't had a positive goal difference after 10 La Liga games since the 1947-48 campaign. Average pic.twitter.com/kPKxuz1AKW

— OptaJose (@OptaJose) October 29, 2018

Even if the team's defenders and strikers are not performing as they should, this season is turning out to be quite a nightmare for all fans, who are seeing their woeful years returning fast.

"Real Madrid's 14 points in La Liga are their lowest after ten games since the 2001-02 season (13)"

Los 14 puntos que tiene el Real Madrid son su menor cantidad tras 10 partidos de #LaLiga desde 2001-02 (13) #ElClásico pic.twitter.com/DKu8ekCdnT

— ESPN Datos (@ESPNDatos) October 28, 2018

Sunday's winners can also call themselves tall against their bitter rivals, as they have made a habit out of punishing Los Blancos' mistakes in defense.

5 - The last three La Liga games in which Real Madrid have conceded 5+ goals:

vs. Barcelona (May2009, 2-6)
vs. Barcelona (November 2010, 5-0)
vs. Barcelona (October 2018, 5-1).

Clasico. pic.twitter.com/jZzA0LOjqk

— OptaCan (@OptaCan) October 28, 2018

In fact, Lopetegui's El Clásico debut may have been doomed right from the start. Here's why.

First Clásico results of the last seven Real Madrid managers:

L - Juande Ramos
L - Manuel Pellegrini
L - José Mourinho
L - Carlo Ancelotti
L - Rafael Benítez
W - Zinedine Zidane
L - Julen Lopetegui

Almost like one of them was actually pretty good... pic.twitter.com/73isxonhlQ

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) October 28, 2018

Pichichi race

With Messi out of comission, footballers in La Liga need to step it up to gain some advantage over "La Pulga". Here's how the race to top La Liga's goalscoring charts looks like.

Stuani and Aspas are tied at the top; Suarez moves level with Messi and Silva after his #ElClasico hat-trick

https://t.co/kgrlwMeFwQ pic.twitter.com/1JFaitCIpQ

— LiveSoccerTV.com (@LiveSoccerTV) October 29, 2018

La Liga's standings after 10 games

No one should be surprised by seeing Barcelona at the top, but your jaw may drop if you find out that Real Madrid is closer to the relegation zone than to the top of the Spanish top flight.

Pos.		Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P	Form
1		Real Madrid	32	25	6	1	70	22	+48	81	WWWWW
2		Barcelona	32	21	7	4	64	37	+27	70	LWWWW
3		Girona	32	21	5	6	67	40	+27	68	WLWLW
4		Atlético Madrid	32	19	4	9	59	38	+21	61	LWWLL
5		Athletic Club	32	16	10	6	52	30	+22	58	DDLWW
6		Real Sociedad	32	13	12	7	46	34	+12	51	DDWWW
7		Real Betis	32	12	12	8	40	38	+2	48	WWLLL
8		Valencia	32	13	8	11	35	34	+1	47	LWWDL
9		Villarreal	32	11	9	12	51	55	-4	42	WDLWW
10		Getafe	32	9	13	10	38	44	-6	40	DDLWL
11		Osasuna	32	11	6	15	37	46	-9	39	LLWLL
12		Sevilla	32	9	10	13	41	45	-4	37	WWWLD
13		Las Palmas	32	10	7	15	30	39	-9	37	LLLLL
14		Deportivo Alavés	32	9	8	15	28	38	-10	35	WLLLW
15		Rayo Vallecano	32	7	13	12	27	39	-12	34	WDDWL
16		Mallorca	32	6	13	13	26	38	-12	31	LLDWL
17		Celta de Vigo	32	7	10	15	37	47	-10	31	WLDWL
18		Cádiz	32	4	13	15	22	45	-23	25	LLWLW
19		Granada	32	3	9	20	33	61	-28	18	DWLLL
20		Almería	32	1	11	20	31	64	-33	14	LDLWD