Barcelona climb to fourth as Inter return to the top ten

Wins over Aston Villa and Atletico Madrid lift Barcelona from eighth to fourth in the GFR club rankings. Inter jump 14 places and Brest gain 86.

Barcelona made the biggest climb of any club that started the week in the top ten. It beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, then won 2-1 at Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Its GFR rating rose 0.97 points to 96.01, and it moved from eighth to fourth in the men's club rankings.

Atletico paid for both of its big games. It lost 2-0 at home to Bayern Munich on Tuesday and 2-1 to Barcelona on Sunday. It dropped 1.16 points to 91.24 and fell from 13th to 20th.

Bayern back to second

Arsenal stays first at 97.87 after a 2-1 win at Slavia Prague and a 1-0 home win over Hull City. Those two wins added 0.14 points.

Bayern gained more. The win in Madrid and a 2-1 win at Mainz lifted it 0.50 points to 96.89, back above PSG. Arsenal's lead over second place shrank from 1.27 points to 0.98. PSG won 6-0 at Villarreal and 1-0 against Troyes and sits third at 96.72, 0.17 behind Bayern.

Five Premier League clubs in the top ten, down from six

Brighton won both its games, 1-0 at Getafe in the Conference League and 2-0 at home to Brentford. Its rating rose 0.42 to 95.81, but Barcelona's jump pushed it from fourth to fifth.

Liverpool lost 3-2 at Fenerbahce on Wednesday. A 3-1 win at Crystal Palace on Sunday won back some of that, but Liverpool still lost 0.52 points over the week and fell from fifth to seventh at 94.76.

Manchester City won 3-2 at RB Leipzig, then lost 3-1 at Nottingham Forest on Saturday. City is ninth at 94.02, down from seventh. Bournemouth passed it, rising one place to eighth at 94.74.

Aston Villa dropped out of the top ten. After the loss in Barcelona it drew 4-4 at Manchester United, lost 1.29 points and fell from tenth to 15th. Tottenham lost 1-0 at Leeds United and fell from 11th to 16th. Chelsea lost 1-0 at Sunderland and dropped ten places to 24th.

Inter's 14-place week

Last week Inter had fallen to 24th after losing the Milan derby. It won 3-0 at Feyenoord on Tuesday and beat Como 2-0 on Sunday. Its rating rose 2.15 points to 92.82, and it is back in the top ten at tenth. Como fell from 15th to 18th.

Nottingham Forest's win over City was worth 2.58 points on its own. Forest moved from 59th to 32nd.

Other large moves:

• Brest won 2-0 at Lorient and 2-0 at home to Lyon. Its 3.82-point gain was the largest of any club now in the top 150, and it rose 86 places to 52nd. Lyon fell 32 places to 70th.
• Fenerbahce followed the Liverpool win with a 5-0 win at Corum FK. It gained 3.17 points and rose 61 places to 55th.
• Manchester United beat Roma 3-2 in the Champions League before the Villa draw. It rose 25 places to 38th (+1.82).
• Everton won 1-0 at Newcastle and 3-1 against Coventry City, rising nine places to 17th (+1.52).
• NEC beat Omonia Nicosia 3-1 and won 3-2 at FC Utrecht. It rose 143 places to 137th (+2.67).
• Feyenoord had the largest drop of any club now in the top 150. It lost 3-0 to Inter and 5-3 at Heerenveen, losing 3.15 points and falling 68 places to 119th.
• Dinamo Zagreb won 2-0 at Sunderland in the Europa League and 3-1 at Varazdin. It rose 90 places to 82nd (+2.51).

A quiet weekend ahead

The GFR schedule has no Premier League, LaLiga or Bundesliga fixtures this coming weekend, so the top of the table should hold until club football resumes. Barcelona's lead over Brighton for fourth is 0.20 points. Bournemouth, in eighth, is 0.02 points behind Liverpool.

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