Topics: 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.

Pos.TeamMPWDLGFGAGDPForm
1 Real Madrid 34 27 6 1 74 22 +52 87 WWWWW
2 Girona 34 23 5 6 73 42 +31 74 WWWLW
3 Barcelona 34 22 7 5 70 43 +27 73 LWLWW
4 Atlético Madrid 34 21 4 9 63 39 +24 67 WWLWW
5 Athletic Club 34 17 10 7 55 33 +22 61 WLDDL
6 Real Sociedad 34 14 12 8 48 35 +13 54 WLDDW
7 Real Betis 33 12 13 8 41 39 +2 49 DWWLL
8 Valencia 33 13 8 12 37 38 -1 47 LLWWD
9 Villarreal 33 12 9 12 54 55 -1 45 WWDLW
10 Getafe 34 10 13 11 41 47 -6 43 LWDDL
11 Osasuna 33 11 6 16 37 49 -12 39 LLLWL
12 Deportivo Alavés 33 10 8 15 31 38 -7 38 WWLLL
13 Sevilla 33 9 11 13 42 46 -4 38 DWWWL
14 Las Palmas 34 10 7 17 30 43 -13 37 LLLLL
15 Rayo Vallecano 33 7 13 13 27 42 -15 34 LWDDW
16 Mallorca 34 6 14 14 27 40 -13 32 LDLLD
17 Celta de Vigo 33 7 10 16 37 50 -13 31 LWLDW
18 Cádiz 34 4 14 16 23 49 -26 26 LDLLW
19 Granada 33 4 9 20 36 61 -25 21 WDWLL
20 Almería 33 1 11 21 32 67 -35 14 LLDLW

Champions League (Group Stage)
Europa League (Group Stage)
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.