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
??????? Europe’s big five once again provide us with some early action to start the weekend. And from the Premier League we get the fixture between two of the divisions more unpredictable sides; Fulham and Leeds United.
?? In Germany, we’ll see how struggling Armenia hold up against second placed RB Leipzig. The Red Bull side sit six points clear of Wolfsburg below them but four points down on leaders Bayern so a win on the road would keep their slim hopes of a first ever Bundesliga title alive for a while longer.
?? To wrap up proceedings elsewhere – Real Betis host Levante in La Liga and Serie A offers up relegation-threatened Parma and their game against Genoa. And in Ligue 1, Niko Kovač’s Monaco will be looking for a win at Saint Etienne that would take them within a point of the two sides directly above them – Lyon and PSG as they look to make the title battle a four-horse race.
? Saturday
??????? Just one game to tell you about in the Premier League tomorrow and that’s a relegation six-pointer; Brighton vs. Newcastle. The gap in the schedule is because it’s FA Cup weekend, a competition where we’ve reached the quarter-finals stage.
Two of the four games take place on Saturday with Bournemouth, the last remaining team from outside the top flight playing regional rivals Southampton and Pep Guardiola’s quadruple chasing City go to Everton.
?? The Bundesliga looks a little busier, with five fixtures due to take place. Bayern, fresh from their safe passage through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League feature against Stuttgart. Third placed Wolfsburg are at Werder Bremen and Dortmund are also on the road, at FC Köln.
? And just because everybody loves a game with a bit of edge, here’s a selection of three derby, or national level rivalries taking place tomorrow:
?? Banfield play Lanús in Argentina’s Clásico del Sur, a battle between two suburbs south of Buenos Aires.
??????? Swansea City clash with Cardiff City as the two biggest Welsh sides fight for position in the EFL Championship.
?? And the A League provides ‘the Big Blue’ between Sydney and Melbourne Victory. The name stems from the clubs representing Australia’s largest two cities both wearing blue with their respective state colours also including the colour and in Australian English, blue can be used to describe a fight!
? Sunday
?? Going back to that exciting title race in Ligue 1, PSG and Lyon – the two sides locked together level on points behind Lille in the table go head-to-head. You could bill this game as the first of two successive title deciders for PSG as straight after they deal with the challenge of Lyon, they go on to face Lille in next weekend’s round of games.
??????? The FA Cup continues on Sunday with two all-Premier League affairs – Europa League quarter-finalists Manchester United take on Leicester City whilst Chelsea go up against Sheffield United, who are one of only two sides to have scored against the Londoners since Thomas Tuchel took over back in January.
Not to be outdone, England’s two other representatives in Europa League Thursday both play in the Premier League. Arsenal make the short trip east to face West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur will need to pick themselves up after the shock of defeat in Zagreb with a game at Aston Villa.
?? In Spain, the top two are in action with Atlético Madrid hosting Deportivo Alavés and Barcelona facing a tough trip to Real Sociedad. Barça may have slipped to third by the time the game is played, what with Real Madrid playing on Saturday but you can rest assured that if either Madrid club slip up, the Catalans will be looking to capitalise.
?? As is tradition, Sunday is the busy day in Serie A – especially with the news that league leaders Inter have postponed their Saturday fixture with Sassuolo due to positive coronavirus tests in their camp. Their nearest rivals, Milan face Fiorentina and Juventus will be in action against Filippo Inzaghi’s Benevento.
The game of the day though, comes slightly further down the table as 5th plays 6th – Napoli vs. Roma.
? And trialing our rivalries section once more – Sunday offers these big games:
?? The Soweto Derby takes place in the South African Premier League, with Kaizer Chiefs hosting Orlando Pirates. The Chiefs are well off the pace in the league, whilst the Pirates sit five points behind current leaders Mamelodi Sundowns.
?? Africa’s biggest club derby does however take place elsewhere on Sunday, with Wydad and Raja going at it in Casablanca. We’re only 10 games in to the new season in Morocco but these two are locked together at the top of the table, with Raja unbeaten so far.
??????? Celtic may have already conceded the Scottish title to Rangers but that probably only intensifies the rivalry going in to Sunday’s game between the two Glasgow giants, with Celtic looking to restore some pride on their own ground.
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