Basically La Liga is about Real Madrid and Barcelona so ya, whoever is at the top of the La Liga standings at the moment will not guarantee they will win the title. But ya, considering that Real Madrid good results so far this season have been due to Bellingham impressive performance, so when Bellingham is injured and also Vinicius is injured, perhaps Real Madrid will be slow to return to the top of the La Liga standings. Moreover, at the same time it also seems like Barcelona is not in its best trend at this moment. With these factors, at least other teams will be able to take advantage of it, as is what happened to Girona at this moment.
Short, concise and clear enough to be understood. That is the factor that makes Girona sit at the top of the standings currently, they are lucky in terms of the situation and condition of the team, such as zero injuries to players. Meanwhile, teams like Madrid and Barcelona have some of their important players in the treatment room, plus many of their players have been called up to strengthen their respective countries, so it will make them tired with a busy schedule and one or two of their players are injured.
Atletico should be a dark horse in a situation like this, I saw Simeone previous squad as very promising after successfully beating Real Madrid. However, in reality, ATM also temporarily has to admit that Girona is more consistent in La Liga than them. In fact, Girona advantage is due to the lack of match schedules, this is also part of their luck.
However, I think the competition for the top four in the standings will continue to change, the four clubs will continue to overtake each other to be at the top, and indeed we are not yet used to Girona who has currently managed to beat Madrid, Barcelona and ATM in matters of collecting the number of points.