The best action to follow this weekend
Saturday
??????? As usual, the Premier League provides plenty to look forward to today with six fixtures scheduled to take place. The first of them pits Manchester United against Everton, two sides who have started the season in an identical fashion with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Later, Chelsea face Southampton, one of the five sides in the division yet to win a game and in-form Brighton welcome a rapidly improving Arsenal to the Amex.
There’s also two big games coming up in the Women’s Super League but we’ll let our friends Two Girls Talk Balls preview those ones:
‘The WSL gameweek starts with the two teams shaping up to be this year’s title rivals, Chelsea and Arsenal.
Emma Hayes’ Chelsea face a tough Brighton squad who’ve only conceded one goal in three league outings.
Whilst Arsenal face the only other WSL team to be undefeated in the League and Cup so far this season, Aston Villa.’
?? In the first of a string of big derby games coming up this weekend, Juventus go to Torino.
As you can probably guess, Juventus have rather dominated this fixture in recent times and they are unbeaten in 14 meetings (11 wins, 3 draws) against their Turin city rivals.
Staying in Serie A, defending champions Inter are also on the road as they visit Sassuolo.
?? On paper, the biggest game of the day comes in La Liga where Atlético Madrid entertain Barcelona.
This would be a massive match at any point in the season but with the new lows coming thick and fast for Ronald Koeman’s side, plus the threat that recent headline departees Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suárez pose now that they play for Atleti, this one has more than a little spice about it.
?? And in the Bundesliga, take note of the fixtures involving the sides who currently sit third and fourth in the table. Wolfsburg (3rd) are at home to Gladbach whilst Borussia Dortmund (4th) face struggling Augsburg.
Sunday
?? The Superclásico, perhaps the greatest club rivalry of them all tops our agenda for tomorrow as River Plate host Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires. The game, rather conveniently falls on the weekend that fans have been allowed back in to the stadiums in Argentina so this edition of the derby should provide its usual spectacle.
Looking at the season so far, River have had by far the better time of it but don’t discount Boca – particularly if omens from the reserve team fixture played between the two yesterday afternoon are anything to go by. The Xeneizes won that one 3-0.
?? In France too, there is a clash between big local rivals in the Rhône-Alpes region – Saint-Etienne and Lyon, a game often referred to as quite simply, Le Derby.
Elsewhere, PSG will look to carry on where they left off against Man City in the week when they visit Rennes. And Lionel Messi, having relinquished the burden that was scoring his first PSG goal should now be free to show us what he can really do in Ligue 1.
??????? All three of England’s Europa League representatives are in action tomorrow – Leicester City at Crystal Palace, Spurs at home to Villa and also in London, West Ham hosting Brentford.
But undoubtably the most anticipated game of the day will be the battle between the last two league champions and at time of writing, top two in the division, Liverpool vs. Manchester City.
?? There’s also a good curtain closer to the weekend in Serie A with second placed Milan looking to maintain their unbeaten start to the season at Atalanta.
Earlier in the day, Napoli go to Fiorentina. The Neapolitans boast a 100% record and sit top of the league after six rounds so we’ll have to see what response they have to that shock Europa League defeat at home to Spartak Moscow on Thursday night.
?? Lastly, in Spain the three sides that lead the way all play tomorrow. Real Madrid visit Espanyol in Barcelona, a dry run perhaps before the real Clásico when they return to play Barcelona later this month.
Real Sociedad, unbeaten in their last eight go to Getafe who are without a point so far this season. And Sevilla will fancy their chances against another winless side, Granada.
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