Barcelona can also compete for gold medals this year. Sevilla, Betis are not rivals for Barcelona and the Catalans can easily get around them in the standings. Real Madrid is now in decline and losing points. The difference between the teams is large, but not critical.
16points difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid. It is not easy to reduce the gap of these 16 points. However, Barcelona has played 2 matches less than Real Madrid. So even if Barcelona wins the next 2 matches, it will be 10 points behind Real Madrid. Although Real Madrid's performance is bad, they are not sure whether they will lose 10 points in the upcoming matches.