La Liga’s 2026-27 season is developing into a three-team race at the top, and Matchday 11 did little to separate the leading sides from each other. Barcelona scored six goals, Real Madrid scored three, and Atletico Madrid kept their own pace to leave the table looking as tight as it has been all season.
Barcelona 6-1 Alavés
This was Barcelona at their most dominant. Six goals at the Camp Nou is a statement, even against an Alavés side that came to the ground without serious expectations of a result. The emphatic nature of the win, combined with the ease with which Barcelona moved the ball and created chances, served as a reminder that whatever difficulties they face in the Champions League, domestically they remain the team to beat.
The result leaves Barcelona on 30 points from 11 games, three ahead of Atletico Madrid in second place.
Racing Santander 0-3 Real Madrid
Real Madrid went to Racing Santander and won comfortably, three clean goals in an away fixture that confirmed the form they have been building over the past few weeks. The result keeps Madrid within three points of Barcelona with a game in hand to come and maintains the pressure on the leaders.
A team three points off the top after eleven games, with the quality of squad that Madrid can call on when everyone is fit, is not a team to be written off in a title race that has seven months still to run.
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Levante
Diego Simeone’s side made it straightforward against Levante, two goals, clean sheet, three points. Atletico are second on 28 points, two behind Barcelona. Their defensive structure remains as reliable as it has been in any recent Simeone season, and the attacking options he has available give them more variety than they have sometimes carried in the past.
The gap at the top is small enough that any dropped points by Barcelona in the coming weeks would bring Atletico back into direct contention.
The Rest of Matchday 11
Rayo Vallecano beat Celta Vigo 3-0, a result that keeps Rayo in a strong position in the table and suggests Celta are struggling to find consistency. Real Betis beat Malaga 2-1 in a match that keeps both clubs in the mid-table range, while Malaga’s difficulties continue. They sit last in the division on five points with a goal difference of minus thirteen.
Getafe beat Sevilla 3-1. For Sevilla, the defeat continues a difficult early season that has not reflected the investment and expectations going in. Getafe’s win was a performance that suited the way they play, pressing hard and punishing opponents on the counter.
Espanyol beat Villarreal 1-0 on the Friday night. Athletic Bilbao beat Real Sociedad 2-1 in the Basque derby, a result that matters for both clubs’ European ambitions. Valencia beat Elche 1-0.
The Table After Matchday 11
Barcelona lead on 30 points. Atletico Madrid second on 28. Real Madrid third on 27. The gap from first to third is three points. The title race is active, all three clubs are in form, and the question of who blinks first over the next few weeks will shape how the season develops.
At the bottom, Malaga are in serious trouble. Five points and a goal difference of minus thirteen after eleven games is a position that historically leads to relegation rather than a turnaround.
Sources: NigFooty