On Tue Oct 4th, in week 3, Inter will host Barcelona in a meeting of these two Champions League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Inter is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Udinese. Nicolò Barella scored the first goal for Inter in the 5th minute, but Milan Škriniar got the equalizer for Udinese on an own goal in the 22nd minute But luckily in the 84th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Jaka Bijol. Inter is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Barcelona recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Elche. Robert Lewandowski struck first for Barcelona in the 34th minute, then Memphis Depay added another in the 41st minute In the end, Elche couldn’t muster any offence and Barcelona ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Barcelona should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Barcelona took the match by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 72000 dissapointed spectators. Clément Lenglet scored the first goal for Barcelona in the 23rd minute, but Romelu Lukaku got the equalizer for Inter in the 44th minute.
Robert Lewandowski has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored seven goals for Barcelona. For Inter, their top scorers are Marcelo Brozović and Edin Džeko, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.