That's right. Barcelona has a litmus test this month. I expect them to arrive at the clásico more or less level with Real Madrid. They are now two points behind and I don't think that in the next two matchdays they will lose their games and Real Madrid will win both, although if they maintain that gap or even lose points to Madrid, they will have the added pressure of arriving at the clásico with a greater need to win and with the disadvantage of playing at Madrid's ground. For the sake of the spectacle I hope they play decently in the games this October.
There are 9 match waiting for Barcelona in October, and this schedule will leave the players really short of rest and physical recovery. So October is sure to be a grueling month for Barcelona and its players. Here's the full schedule in October:
Better left in the bench for Lewandowski and replace by Depay because with second player composition use tonight looks Barcelona easy to defeat Real Mallorca.
There is no Depay in the Barcelona squad against Mallorca, I think Depay is also absent. De Jong is also likely to be out for this match, but I don't know if they both got injured or for some other reason. Here's the Barcelona squad against Mallorca today: