La Liga Week 6 Standings & Table: Barcelona & Real Madrid Surrender First Place to Villarreal

By Damon Salvadore Sep 28 2015, 14:05 PM EDT

Week 6 provided soccer fans with the most stunning set of games in La Liga thus far. Upsets, disappointing draws, and terrible injuries highlighted this week.

The big news of course surrounded Lionel Messi. The Barcelona star forward is expected to miss about two month because of this knee injury. Messi suffered the injury in the third minute of play in a 2-1 victory over Las Palmas at home. Barcelona may have won the game, but this injury is extremely costly.

Suarez scored both goals in that win. Barcelona will take on Sevilla in their next game.

Messi will miss numerous UEFA Champions League games, and he will in fact miss the Nov. 22 El Clasico match against Real Madrid. Now we will really find out just how good Neymar and Luis Suarez without their ace player on the field. Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo is also still out with a calf injury. Bravo is expected to return in early October. With five wins and one draw, Barcelona is in second place.

Fortunately for Real Madrid, they have allowed the fewest goals in the league, just one.

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will play each other in the "Madrid Derby" on Sunday in the biggest game of the season. Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez is still out with a leg injury, and Gareth Bale has not yet returned from his injury. One could argue that Real Madrid and Barcelona are more vulnerable now than ever.