I think that maintaining performance is not enough, but must increase it, we know that Barcelona and Madrid always have a good improvement on their journey, so the task of Michel to remain in the standings is to continue to improve the performance and strength of the squad.
Of course, maintaining performance alone is not enough to continue leading the standings.
Improved performance is expected so that Girona doesn't always lose against the top teams that currently dominate La Liga, but I know that is a super difficult thing at the moment. Girona's current squad is still not bothered by injuries other than Toni Villa.
Of course this has been a plus for Girona in their plans to maintain their progress in La Liga, but when two or three of their main players are injured then I think performance will suffer. Right now I am curious about how they will face Bilbao this week, if Girona wins then this will clearly be a danger sign for any team who will meet them in the next match.
The experience of Head to Head of Bilbao vs Girona is fairly equivalent from the two teams, but for this week's match Girona is statistically more favored to get a victory against Bilbao later.
So far, Girona players are still fairly complete even though Toni Villa is injured, and I think the chance of injury that will be experienced by Girona is very small, while other big teams have greater opportunities for players to experience injury because they follow the UCL which is fairly competitive and all teams Those who compete there will mobilize all its resources in order to get the perfect results that have the risk of many players who are exhausted and injured.
For this week's match I think Girona can still win the match against Bilbao, but I doubt it because the ball is round and anything can happen on the field that might not be like my expectations, for sure you are right that when Girona can win against Bilbao it becomes a big warning for the big team of La Liga.