Not going to lie, I was actually a little surprised to see Atletico Madrid in third position and ahead of Barcelona. Because generally, Atletico Madrid has not been performing very well, especially in recent times. So this definitely looks like an improvement from them. And at the same time, the players have also started to perform better. Things are looking good for Atletico Madrid this season. And I am not going to be very surprised if they are actually able to finish in the second position. But even though I am praising them, I don't think they are going to win the La Liga title.
Yea they are indeed better this season than they were the last two seasons, as I quickly had a look. At the same point in time they had 29 points and 31 points and this season 38 points. That's quite solid, but still they have got 2 draws and 4 losses, which gives them a win rate of 66% of their games while having more losses than draws. In summary they are better than in the last two seasons, but they are still far from the dominant Atletico Madrid they were several seasons ago. Their fierce defense was brutal. You knew when they scored the first goal that the game was literally over.