⚽ The Egyptian league is back with round 9 tonight that promises plenty of matches to catch, one of which is Al Masry facing Zamalek at 7pm. Mit Aqaba — which has recently been playing well — is currently 10th in the standings with only three points to their name. Meanwhile, Al Masry (who is in ninth place) is looking for victory and to widen the gap with Mit Aqaba.

Pyramids, the current league leaders, will host Baladiyat Al Mahalla at the same time, but they aim to stay on top of the league, and to also stay far away from runners up, Al Ahly, which has played one game less.

It’s a new night in the Europa League: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise will be hosting Liverpool in the last round of the groups in the league at 7:45pm tonight. Liverpool secured their first place position with 12 points, meanwhile, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is currently in third place, with only five points.

Other matches in the Europa league not to miss tonight:

  • AS Roma vs Sheriff (7:45pm)
  • Brighton vs Marseille (10pm)
  • Ajax vs AEK Athens (10pm)
  • West Ham vs Freiburg (10pm)

Take two — only two decades later…Al Ahly is meeting with Jeddah’s Al Ittihad in the quarter final of the Club World Cup on Friday at 8pm. The African champion was immediately qualified, however, Al Ittihad was able to qualify after winning with three goals against Oakland City, Oceania’s qualifying team. The two teams did play head-to-head back in 2005 where Al Ittihad won with a 1-0 score.

The winner will face the Brazilian Fluminense, champions of South America in the semi-final, this comes while Manchester City awaits the qualifier from the Club de Lyon match against the Urawa Red Diamonds, Asia’s qualifying team, which should kick off at 4:30pm tomorrow.

The Citizens and the Spurs continue to eye the top of the Premier League: Round 7 of the English League starts at 10pm on Friday, with a match between Nottingham Forest facing Tottenham, while Manchester City takes on Crystal Palace at 5pm on Saturday.

Other matches to see in the round:

  • Chelsea vs Sheffield United (5pm, Saturday)
  • Newcastle vs Fulham (5pm, Saturday)
  • Bournemouth vs Luton (5pm, Saturday)
  • Burnley vs Everton (7:30pm, Saturday)

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The Blaugrana is trying to correct its course? Barcelona will be Valencia’s guest at 10pm on Saturday in LaLiga’s round of 17. The Catalonian team occupies fourth place, with 34 points, after it lost the last game to Gerona — widening the gap between them to seven points, and five points between their rival Real Madrid.

A selection of key matches to keep an eye on:

  • Genoa vs Juventus (Serie A, 9:45pm, Friday)
  • Augsburg vs Dortmund (Bundesliga, 4:30pm, Saturday)
  • Athletic Bilbao vs Atlético Madrid (La Liga, 5:15pm, Saturday)
  • Napoli vs Cagliari (Serie A, 7pm, Saturday)
  • Getafe vs Sevilla (La Liga, 7:30 pm, Saturday)
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