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
??????? You know we love a derby so there’s no better place to start than err… Derby where Wayne Rooney’s side take on local rivals Nottingham Forest. Both sides might be in the midst of an indifferent season – Derby sit in 18th, with Forest two points above them but surely they’ll both raise their game for the big one?
?? The form side in the Bundesliga – Eintracht Frankfurt go to Werder Bremen looking to extend their run of five consecutive wins, a run that included that 2-1 victory over Bayern last weekend. Another three points tonight would take them 3rd in the table just four points behind the reigning champions.
?? And in Spain, Levante meet Athletic Club in a warm-up for what is surely a much more important fixture between the same sides coming up on Wednesday. This game is their second meeting of the season in La Liga whilst next week, they play again in the return leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final. That tie stands at 1-1 as Levante look to reach what would be their first major final – albeit they still claim a cup won during the dark days of the Spanish Civil War.
? Saturday
?? Staying in Spain, it’s a massive weekend for the sides at the top of La Liga as including Monday’s meeting between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, all of the current top six play another side in the top six. Tomorrow, it’s Sevilla vs. Barcelona, with Barcelona having just leapfrogged Sevilla into third following their midweek win over Elche.
??????? Perhaps the key fixture in the Premier League also comes on Saturday as Manchester City face Champions League challenging West Ham United. There’s a sentence it still feels a little strange to write.
?? In the Bundesliga, there’s a chance for Bayern to get back to winning ways against FC Köln. That will be especially important as RB Leipzig are waiting in the wings to take over at the top of the table, should the Bavarians suffer another unlikely slip-up. Leipzig host Gladbach in the day’s headline match in Germany.
?? Now, it’s probably too early to call this – particularly because of FC Porto and Benfica’s monopoly on the Primeira but the meeting between Porto and runaway leaders Sporting could define the season in Portugal. Win and Sporting will extend their lead, over Porto to 13 points as they look to become the first side to wrestle the title away from the big two since they themselves last triumphed 19 years ago.
? And there’s good news for fans of Asian football this weekend as both the J League and K League return to the app with the advent of the new seasons in Japan and South Korea respectively.
? Sunday
??????? There’s a Premier League bonanza on Sunday, with five top flight games on offer. Chelsea vs. Manchester United is the obvious stand-out but there’s something for everyone in the other games as well.
?? After last weekend’s emphatic derby win that saw Inter overtake Milan at the top of the table in Italy, Sunday will see them looking to consolidate their position with a win over Genoa. For their part, Milan probably have the bigger game as they go to fourth placed Roma.
?? The Eredivisie gives us something to look forward to with De Topper, the rivalry between PSV Eindhoven and Ajax set to be top of the agenda on Sunday afternoon. As you may imagine, these two giants of Dutch football sit 2nd and 1st in the table, with Ajax having the potential to open up a nine point gap with a victory in this one.
??????? In Scotland, Sunday sees the League Cup Final played at Hampden Park. Two of the countries less familiar sides are competing for the honours – Livingston, who did win this competition back in 2004 and St. Johnstone who’s only major honour to date came in the Scottish FA Cup as recently as 2014.
?? The schedule for the football season in Brazil is mad at the best of times but during the pandemic, that’s increasingly been the case. The overrunning league championship only ended on Thursday night and a lot of the State Championships – usually played ahead of the next league season are now underway. And for Grêmio and Palmeiras, there’s also the added pressure of the two-legged 2020 Copa do Brasil Final – the first leg of which is being held in Porto Alegre on Sunday evening.
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