We've hardly had 5 months of league action and teams such as Atlético and Sevilla, amongst others, are very far behind Barca and Madrid.
Both sides are on 43 points and are now 8 points above their closest challengers. Los Blancos beat Sevilla 2-1, with Casemiro scoring a stellar double.
With regards to Barca, Setién started his Barca tenure with a 1-0 win against Granada thanks to Messi's goal.
These wins helped both sides go further in front of Atlético, who lost away to Eibar. Atleti, still hurt because of the Sper Cup final, surprisingly lost 2-0.
It was good for Simeone's side that Sevilla never got a positive result at the Bernabéu, as they are both level on 35 points. On the other hand, Getafe are dangerously close to Atlético after winning 3-0 away to Leganés: they are 2 points behind.
With regards to Real Sociedad and Valencia, both of them lost to Betis (3-0) and Mallorca (4-1) respectively to stay level on 31 points.
That is the situation up to 7th spot and the gap that Madrid and Barcelona have opened up can be clearly observed. Real Madrid have gone 11 matches without tasting defeat in the league, while Barca have gone 9 without losing. La Liga is now a one on one.