I do not think that Atletico Madrid will pass Barcelona, that would be a bit too much. I get how it looks like Real could do that, it's clear that Barcelona had a bad period and they are hoping to get better results, but it would be very very tough for ATM to pass Barcelona, that would require both teams to keep their momentum for a while longer, Barcelona to keep losing or getting draws, and atm to keep on winning more and more, that seems like unlikely if you ask me but of course it's football, anything could happen.
Not that I love Barcelona too much, I am neither Spanish nor catalan, so I don't care, but I do hate industrial football and the "pay to win" aspect of it, so I would rather see Barcelona win this season than Real Madrid.
I don’t see them coming close imo, although they’ve been performing exceptionally lately yet they have their bad time just like Barcelona are going through theirs at the moment..even though most games were not fair play ( not saying Barcelona performance was upto task for this game either ). I will also like Barcelona to win the league as well they really deserve it this time around, they surprised everyone with their performance even though they were unable to sign more players due to their current financial situation, not sure I understood the “pay to win “ but Realmadrid are also good when it comes to performance and considering their current squad, when they all unite back things might be a little bit different for the club(Real Madrid) but I still doubt they would surpass Barcelona when it comes to performance.