Lots of absences: Salernitana will miss the services of 4 important players from tonight’s away game against Crotone, the first game of the 6th day of Serie B. It is worth mentioning that both teams together have a 15-14 goals’ aggregate in a total of 10 games this season.
Burnley will make Rotherham suffer: Rotherham needs to overcome the critical situation created by the fact that Evans, the team’s ex head coach, has been fired but it will have a touch call tonight against Burnley which has only been beaten once in its last 8 games.
At the other end: Lille has suffered a defeat in its last game at home against Nantes, the 4th consecutive game without a win. Montpellier is not faring any better as it has picked up only 4 points in 8 games. As such, tonight’s game is one between 2 teams at the other, ‘wrong’, end of the table.
Darmstadt’s run: Darmstadt, a newbie in this season’s Budesliga, has suffered only 1 defeat in 7 games, sitting 1 point above Mainz, on the league table. Darmstadt has had more draws that any other team in the league (4) and Mainz has none.
Setubal vs Estoril: Estoril has suffered only 2 defeats (from Benfica and Porto) in 6 games this season, managing 4 wins in the rest. Setubal hasn’t managed a win in its last 4 games, conceding at least 1 goal per game in all of them.
Celta is the favourite: Celta is perhaps the most positive surprise so far in this season’s Primera Division evident from the fact that it is still undefeated in 6 games, including an impressive 4-1 home win against Barcelona. Tonight it is hosting Getafe which has suffered 3 defeats in 3 away games.