Barcelona 11 points clear, closing

Barcelona beat Getafe 2-0 on Saturday and opened an 11-point lead over Real Madrid with five La Liga matches left. (fcbarcelona.com) (laliga.com) Fermín López scored in the 45th minute at the Coliseum, and Marcus Rashford added the second in the 74th after coming off the bench. (fcbarcelona.com) (espn.com) The result ended Barcelona’s run of five league visits without a win at Getafe and pushed the club to 85 points from 33 matches. Real Madrid are second on 74. (fcbarcelona.com) (espn.com) The gap matters because only 15 points remain available. Barcelona need five more points from their last five league games to make the title mathematically certain. (fcbarcelona.com) (espn.com) Barcelona’s next league match is away to Osasuna on May 2. After that comes El Clásico against Real Madrid on May 10 at 21:00 peninsular Spain time. (fcbarcelona.com) La Liga fixed the return Clásico for Matchday 35 when the 2025-26 schedule was released in July 2025, with the second meeting assigned to Barcelona’s home ground. (laliga.com) (fcbarcelona.com) Real Madrid dropped points before Barcelona played, drawing 1-1 at Real Betis on April 24. Barcelona then turned that opening into the biggest lead in this title race. (laliga.com) (sports.yahoo.com) If Barcelona beat Osasuna, they could arrive at El Clásico needing only a draw or a win, depending on Real Madrid’s result that weekend. The math has shifted hard in Barça’s favor. (fcbarcelona.com) (espn.com) For now, the decisive fact is simple: Barcelona left Getafe with three points, an 11-point cushion, and the title within one more short push. (fcbarcelona.com)