Whether you’re looking for a tasty looking tie to watch in one of Europe’s top leagues or fancy following something more obscure, we’re here every Friday, selecting the best games FotMob has to offer over the weekend.
? Friday Night
??????? On what looks like a busy evening around Europe’s top leagues, there’s even a Premier League game to enjoy as the ever entertaining Leeds United go to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Only four teams have scored more than the Yorkshire club this season, and only one side has conceded as many so either way, you should be guaranteed some goals.
?? In La Liga, Real Betis have a similarly poor defensive record – in fact, they have the worst in the division yet currently sit 7th in the table. So again, tonight’s home tie with Getafe promises goalmouth action!
?? Elsewhere, there are two games in Serie A; Spezia, who beat Milan last weekend go to Fiorentina and there’s a six pointer as Cagliari, who sit in the relegation zone host Torino, the team just above them.
?? And in France, where the table is getting very congested – Lyon travel to Brest. A win will take them top on goal difference, at least until Lille play on Sunday, when PSG, fresh from their heroics at Camp Nou also feature with a game against Monaco – the side currently trying to make the Ligue 1 title race a four-way battle.
? Saturday
??????? Tomorrow, the weekend’s derby day theme really kicks in – not least in the Premier League where Everton take a stroll across Stanley Park to face Liverpool. Now, the Toffees may not have won at their neighbours since 1999 – one of the more famous aspects of what is seen as something of a one-sided rivalry but surely this season they stand a chance!? Just three points separate the two going into this one.
Amongst the other games tomorrow – Chelsea, unbeaten under Thomas Tuchel face Southampton and there’s another six pointer as Fulham and Sheffield United meet at Craven Cottage.
?? One of the Bundesliga’s biggest derbies also takes place on Saturday – the Revierderby between Schalke 04 and arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund. The home side’s difficulties this season have been well documented (they have just one win to their name) but where there’s hope, there’s a way. And that hope will be that the Dortmund side who’ve been struggling in the league over recent weeks is the side that turns up – and not the Dortmund side who really turned up to win at Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Leaders Bayern München also have a big game as they visit in-form Eintracht Frankfurt. Sitting 10 points back but third in the table, Frankfurt are unbeaten in 10 league games and in André Silva, they boast arguably the league’s most in-from striker. He has 9 goals in his last 8 games, a record even better than Robert Lewandowski, who has only scored 7 over the same period!
?? Back to La Liga and it’ll be a case of Déjà vu for leaders Atlético Madrid. They face Levante at home, just 4 days after playing them away in what was a rearranged game from earlier in the season. That one finished 1-1, so Atleti won’t want to drop points again. Especially with Madrid also in action at Valladolid.
? Sunday
?? In terms of world football, it doesn’t get much bigger than the Derby della Madonnina. But this meeting between Milan and Inter has extra significance, especially just a few weeks after that clash between Romelu Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimović. And especially because, for the first time in a while – the two Milan clubs are directly competitors for the title, separated by just a point at the top.
??????? The Premier League fixtures for Sunday look pretty good as well, with all four games having some impact on proceedings at the business end of the table. The headliner is perhaps Manchester City’s away game at Arsenal and the latest meeting between Pep Guardiola and apprentice, Mikel Arteta.
But there’s also the heated London Derby between West Ham and Spurs, Leicester’s trip to Villa and the day ends with Manchester United against Newcastle United at Old Trafford. Where the question will be, can anyone stop Bruno Fernandes?
?? Lastly, we wanted to point you in the direction of the potential title decider in Brazil’s Serie A. In the penultimate round of games, leaders Internacional go to last season’s defending champions Flamengo, the only side who can stop them from winning what would be their first title since way back in 1979.
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