International football takes priority this weekend with either friendlies, World Cup Qualifiers or the UEFA Nations League dominating the schedule in the app.
In this article, we’ll preview the best of what’s on offer and give you a little reminder for any key domestic matches still taking place around the world.
? Friday Night
? There’s an easing in period for the action this weekend and with little top flight competitive football on around the world, we do have the consolation of the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers.
Always a mad format to the uninitiated, all the big footballing nations of South America play each other home and away in a league format with the top 4 guaranteed progression to the 2022 World Cup whilst a fifth goes on to an Inter-Continental play-off.
Colombia play Venezuela in the tropical heat of Barranquilla before Brazil kick off their qualification campaign at home to Bolivia in São Paulo.
?? Meanwhile in domestic football, perhaps the biggest game taking place tonight comes in the Polish Super Cup where Legia Warsaw meet old rivals Cracovia.
? Saturday
? In international action, the latest round of the UEFA Nations League kicks off with seven games across the four tiers of competition.
Group 4 of League A is perhaps the most competitive of the all the mini-leagues within this colossal competition – as tomorrow’s fixtures suggest. Germany, who’ve yet to win in the Nations League play away in Ukraine whilst Spain host Switzerland looking to take control of the group table they currently lead.
?? The play-offs in the USL Championship, officially the second level of professional football in the United States begin on Saturday, with 16 teams having progressed to this year’s post-season.
With the usual format tweaked this year, the sides have mostly been playing multiple games against the same opposition in regionalised groups up to this point so this could be the first true test for a few of them.
? Sunday
? Sunday’s main focus will no doubt be the games in the UEFA Nations League, so here’s a selection of just a few of the matches set to take place.
In League A, Group 3 gives us a clash between the current World Champions and European Champions – France vs. Portugal. And in Group 2, England take on Belgium, the side ranked number 1 in the world by FIFA.
Dropping to League B, Ireland meet Wales in an intriguing game at the Aviva Stadium whilst two sides successful in the midweek play-offs for next years’ Euros – Serbia and Hungary play in Group 3.
??????? Away from international football and to England, where a host of the best international female players now find themselves – the Women’s Super League marches on as normal this weekend. And in the pick of the games, Manchester City go to Chelsea for the first league meeting between the sides since the cancellation of the last WSL season. City had led the table at that time only for Chelsea to be awarded the title.
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