CREATE TABLE table_203_442 (id DECIMAL, "#" DECIMAL, "date" TEXT, "venue" TEXT, "opponent" TEXT, "score" TEXT, "result" TEXT, "competition" TEXT)

how many friendly competitions occurred before september ?
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_203_442 WHERE "date" < 9 AND "competition" = 'friendly'
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "table_203_442" WHERE "competition" = 'friendly' AND "date" < 9