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Roma won 2–0 away at Torino with goals from Malen and Pisilli to remain level on points with Inter at the Serie A summit, both teams on four victories from their opening four matches. The squad returned to training at Trigoria this morning ahead of Saturday's meeting at the Stadio Olimpico against Inter, who sit joint-top with a perfect record. Lorenzo Pellegrini is available after recovering from injury and is in contention to make his seasonal debut. Inter's preparations have been hampered by injury setbacks. Midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu will miss Saturday's fixture after suffering a muscular strain of the right adductor, with Inter confirming: "Hakan Calhanoglu underwent instrumental examinations this morning which revealed a muscle strain of the right adductor. His condition will be assessed in the coming days." Defender John Stones, who departed yesterday during his competitive debut with injury, is also a doubt; his status will be monitored day by day until the match. John Galantic made his first appearance at a Lega Serie A assembly as Roma's new chief executive, sitting in on discussions regarding international broadcasting rights. The gathering featured presentations from league chief executive Luigi De Siervo and JP Morgan adviser on investment fund interest and proposals. Galantic told reporters on the sidelines: "It was a first meeting, all good." No clear consensus has emerged among clubs, who have yet to examine the specific financial proposals in detail. Former Roma striker Roberto Pruzzo praised the team's performance against Torino on Radio Radio: "I liked Roma: in the first half-hour it found solutions, exploited opponents' errors. Malen is too decisive and too dangerous, Dybala showed he is in good condition." Analyst Stefano Carina added: "Roma seems to me to have something more even compared to rivals, even Inter, who seem to have some injury problems, especially in defence. Roma instead seems well set, alongside Como. Inter don't have their attackers anywhere else in Italy: Lautaro didn't play yesterday and nobody noticed, but they have problems that Roma and Como don't have."

Inter won 5–3 against Udinese in the fourth Serie A round at San Siro, but the victory was overshadowed by injury setbacks for head coach Cristian Chivu. Hakan Çalhanoğlu underwent instrumental examinations on the morning of 15 September at the Humanitas Clinical Institute in Rozzano, which revealed a muscular strain to the right adductor. The club statement said: "His condition will be evaluated in the coming days." John Stones, making his first Inter start, also departed late in the first half with a muscular problem. Both players' availability for the big match against Roma on Saturday 19 September at 18:30 at Stadio Olimpico is in serious doubt. Their conditions will be assessed day by day ahead of the fixture.

John Stones sustained a muscle problem during Inter's match and was substituted shortly after the hour mark in his first start for the club. The former Manchester City defender left the field under his own power, but his condition will be assessed ahead of Saturday evening's big match against Roma. Inter manager Christian Chivu faces uncertainty in defence as Stones recovers from the injury. The midfielder Calhanoglu is also in doubt, having suffered an adductor strain during the same fixture.