Nine wins in a row or unbeaten in 15—which sounds the more impressive?
Atletico Madrid fans are having a lot of fun trying to work that out right now, and as Barcelona are away at the Club World Cup, Diego Simeone's side have the perfect chance to enter the 10-day winter break on top of the Liga table when they go to struggling Malaga on Sunday evening.
The hosts have become infamous in Spain for their struggles in front of goal, with just nine strikes in their 15 matches this season.
They did manage two of those goals in their last La Liga game at Rayo Vallecano last week, but the feelgood factor from that win disappeared with a Copa del Rey defeat to lower-league Mirandes in midweek, meaning that confidence will not exactly be high as Atletico come calling.