The meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona will always provide a fairly tense match and every coach from the team must have been very aware that it was an opponent that really had to be defeated with their respective best tactics. So I also won't judge both of them as good or bad when playing against other weaker teams this season, because a much more accurate assessment to say is when the two meet in the La Liga match this season because they will definitely use all their abilities to win.
Even though I am a Madrid fan, I will not underestimate Barcelona. And the reason is quite simple, the two teams sometimes have different strategies and goals.
I mean, sometimes a team has its own goals, like Madrid focusing more on chasing the UCL title and Barcelona having the chance to focus on winning the La Liga title. So, when Madrid later fails to win the La Liga title, it doesn't mean that Madrid is worse than Barcelona or vice versa.
But if we're talking about Madrid facing Barcelona, I'm sure Madrid will win.
Currently, both teams are not in a busy period where both teams will always focus on each match. I don't see any different targets from both teams so that the El Clasico match always becomes the focus of everyone's attention. Real Madrid does not want to lose its momentum in La Liga, they always target perfect points to be able to reduce the distance with the top of the standings. So far, Barcelona has also started to improve under Flick's control and they also want to prove their capacity that they are still the best team in La Liga. So I see the strength of the two elite Spanish teams is quite balanced.