⚽ Local and international leagues are finally back after being on break. Don’t get excited just yet — there are no matches scheduled for today. But you have a weekend full of Egyptian and European league games to look forward to.
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In the Nile League: The third round of the Egyptian League starts tomorrow and lasts until Sunday. Pyramids and Al-Ahly Bank will kick the round off at 5pm on Friday, followed by Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahly at 8pm. Zamalek will be hosting Al Masry at 8pm the following day.
In the Premier League: On Saturday at 2:30pm, Leicester City will be walking onto the pitch at Stamford Bridge Stadium to face off against Chelsea in the opening of the twelfth round of the English Premier League. The whistle will sound on Arsenal and Nottingham Forest’s match at 5pm the same day. The most anticipated match of the round, between Manchester City and Tottenham, will take place that same night at 7:30pm.
The other Round 12 matches will kick off at 5pm on Saturday:
- Fulham vs. Wolves.
- Everton vs. Brentford.
- Bournemouth vs. Brighton.
- Aston Villa vs. Palace.
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In La Liga: Barcelona will be meeting Celta Vigo on their pitch at 10pm on Saturday for Round 14 of the Spanish league. Despite losing the last round to Sociedad, the Blaugrana are still in the lead with 33 points, six points ahead of Real Madrid, who sit in second place and have one less match under their belt.
In Serie A: AC Milan will be hosting Juventus in San Siro at 7pm on Saturday to kick off the thirteenth round of the Calcio. Juve are sixth on the leaderboard with 24 points, with just 2 points needed to bridge the gap with Napoli, which sits at the top. The Rossoneri are one place behind at 7th with 18 points, but have played one match less than their opponents.
Keep your eyes peeled for these matches during the weekend:
- Bayern vs. Augsburg — Bundesliga (Friday, 9:30pm).
- Paris Saint-Germain vs. Toulouse — Ligue 1 (Friday, 10pm).
- Verona vs. Inter Milan — Serie A (Saturday, 4pm).
- Leverkusen vs. Heidenheim — Bundesliga (Saturday, 4:30pm).
- Dortmund vs. Freiburg — Bundesliga (Saturday, 4:30pm).
- Atletico Madrid vs. Alaves — La Liga (Saturday, 5:15pm).
- Frankfurt vs. Werder Bremen — Bundesliga (Saturday, 7:30pm).