In September Barcelona managed to get only one victory. On the 26th the Catalans hosted Levante and proved to everyone that it is too early to fold with the score of the leader of world football. Already by the 14th minute, the “blue garnet” were in the lead, but Fati scored the decisive goal only in the 92nd minute, which brought the third victory and 12 points. In the last round, Barca lost to Atletico on the road (0:2). Before this game, the Catalan team occupied the ninth line in the standings, where it is unusual to see this team. It should be noted that the team’s last place in the group stage of the Champions League, where Ronald Koeman’s charges lost two opening matches between Bayern and Benfica with the same score 0:3, cannot but worry about the fact that Blaugranas failed. Today Araujo, Braithwaite, Vahe, Dembele and Pedri will not be able to enter the field.
With the arrival of Jose Mourinho and thanks to several quality transfers, Roma have successfully started the season. The Romans started with three victories in a row over Fiorentina (3:1), Salernitana (4:0) and Sassuolo (2:1). However, in the fourth round, rather unexpectedly, the Wolves lost 2:3 away to Verona, having suffered their first defeat of the season. Having beaten Udinese with a score 1:0, Roma approached the derby with Lazio in good shape, but without the leader and captain in the person of Lorenzo Pellegrini. The loss was fatal, Jalorossia lost 2:3 to their worst enemy. In the last round, the Romans dealt with Empoli (2:0) without any problems and retained their fourth place in the table, but Fiorentina is only three points behind. More today’s match predictions can be obtained from the link provided.
