At the end of the summer Barcelona received a serious blow. They failed to renew the contract with Lionel Messi and the Argentine moved to PSG. In addition, Ronald Koeman’s team was left without Antoine Griezmann. The Frenchman returned to Atletico. At the same time, in the starting rounds, the “blue-garnet” showed themselves quite solidly. Memphis Depay became the new leader, who has already scored two goals in the championship. In the first round, Barcelona rather easily beat Real Sociedad, beating the rival with a score of 4:2 at home. It was much more difficult in the second round. Athletic resisted at home and opened the scoring, but a powerful and accurate shot from Memphis Depay brought one point. In the last match, Barcelona were stronger than Getafe. A 2:1 victory allowed them to get to seventh place in the table.
Benfica frankly failed last season. Despite the powerful strengthening, the team of Jorge Jesus was able to finish only third, losing to the champion Sporting as much as nine points. At the same time, the mentor managed to retain his position and go through a difficult path with the team in the Champions League group. Spartak did not give any problems to Benfica in qualifying. Two wins with the same 2:0 score sent the team to the next round. With PSV it was much more difficult for the Eagles. A difficult 2:1 victory at home allowed Benfica to play on hold in the return match. And the plan worked. A goalless draw in Eindhoven made it possible to break into the group. In the Portuguese championship, after five rounds, Benfica lead the table with 15 points out of a possible 15, being ahead of the second Porto by four points. More regularity of tips prediction can be obtained from the link provided.
