The two leading clubs are clearly the favorites in this match.
The Barcelona squad is missing Lewandowski but they won't have too much trouble as it seems their young players are still quite strong but this could also be a stumbling block for them.
On the other hand for Madrid now they have to stick around and 3 points is a good thing for them to do in this game. 2 points is not a difficult thing to chase and don't let them slip up at this time because this can be quite troublesome for them if Barcelona manages to add points.
For Real Madrid this should be a good chance to get a winning point because against Valladollid, with a point difference of only 2 points from first place, there is a possibility that Real Madrid will take first place from Barcelona, but I am sure that Barcelona will not lose to the enemy Espanyol according to them it will also be easy to beat so that there will be a very tight struggle for position.
Both have same possibility. I meant real madrid will be going up if barcelona will not able to win against espanyol. Real madrid needs to win the next match caused by real madrid must not lose any points again. Public were seeing the matches from barcelona and real madrid as easy matches. I have expected full points to be earned by both and there would be no choice for real madrid other than staying at the second place and waiting for barcelona to lose some points.