Truly, Barcelona has proved they are stronger than Real Madrid this season because the two times they met, Barcelona really humbled Real Madrid but that aside, both teams have equal points regardless that Barcelona has a left over match to play but there is still strong competition among them. I can't disregard Barcelona's resilience and even that of Real Madrid because they had difficult times but they came back stronger and still remains in the title race despite. It is very complex to say who will emerge the title winners among them but Atletico Madrid might be losing out of the race already if they are not careful in their future games. The fight is more between Real Madrid and Barcelona which are the two strongest rivals of the La Liga so i don't expect any surprise from Atletico Madrid since they are not really as consistent as Real and Barcelona.
They actually met 3 times, the first one was the debut opening of the season with the friendly match where I expected Real Madrid to show what Mbape was built up but it turn out they had the most useless beginning of the season and many were expecting Mbape to shake everywhere. Except now they are beginning to improve on their games, I have not really see the picture of Real Madrid beating Barcelona but maybe who knows they can do it the luck way.
The battle now is not about who is going to win if they meet each other, there are some seasons that Real Madrid beat Barcelona and they won Laliga and vice versa. What matter most now is who is going to win the league because as it is now, Barcelona is thicker and strong than Real Madrid but you know you can't swear for a club they can be the same until the end of the season, it's possible for a team to be good now and then go flat later.