I made a post with actual numbers. There's no numbers here, just vibes and feelings.
Real Madrid had 84 points last season and 87 the previous one, they're projected to finish right in between those two numbers this season. They finished 1st in their CL group with 5 more points than last season. They are doing poorly in the R16, the same as in two of the previous three seasons. By this point last season they'd crashed out of the Supercup and the Cup; this season they crashed out of the Cup but won the Supercup.
There are't 8 teams in La Liga with less goals than games played.
There are 4: Cadiz, Alaves, Mallorca, and Getafe. There are three teams, Real Sociedad, Osasuna, and Levante, which have the same amount of goals as games played. The thing is, I can just look at the same data for
last season. And what I find is that, last season, at matchday 25,
8 teams in La Liga had scored less goals than played games.
By your own standards La Liga was as bad last season.