⚽ The Europa League playoffs are today’s main event, featuring teams ranked 9-24 from the league phase. It’s a two-legged knockout format to determine the 8 teams advancing to the Round of 16. The big one tonight is Porto vs Roma, kicking off at 10pm.

On the domestic front: Modern Future will be going head to head with Tala’ea Al Gaish today at 4pm, followed by Enppi and Al Ittihad Alexandria meeting on the pitch at 7pm to wrap up Matchday 13 of the Egyptian Premier League.

Super Saturday is starting early this week, with Matchday 25 of the Premier League kicking off tomorrow night at 10pm with Brighton and Chelsea at the Amex. The Seagulls knocked the Blues out of the FA cup just last weekend, making for a tense match tonight as Chelsea hangs on to fourth place of the EPL, while Brighton sits in tenth.

The Premier League clashes are filling up the Saturday schedule, with seven matches on the docket. Headlining is Manchester City’s playoff against Newcastle at 5pm, with both teams locked on 41 points and a goal difference of 13. The Citizens’ superior goal score of 48 puts them at fifth on the leaderboard, ahead of the Magpies in sixth place.

Second-placed Arsenal are heading to Leicester’s King Power Stadium at 3:30pm to play against the struggling team currently sitting in 18th, while Forest’s match against Fulham is set to kick off at 5pm.

The rest of Saturday’s EPL action:

  • Aston Villa vs. Ipswich Town (5pm)
  • Southampton vs. Bournemouth (5pm)
  • West Ham vs. Brentford (5pm)
  • Crystal Palace vs. Everton (7:30pm)

Over in La Liga, leaders Real Madrid are set to face Osasuna on Saturday at 5:15pm, and Atleti, just a point behind, are hosting Celta Vigo at 7:30pm.

Serie A is serving up a fiery match with Lazio vs. Napoli on Saturday at 7pm, seeing the teams currently sitting in fourth and first place respectively going head to head. Napoli still tops the leaderboard with 55 points despite drawing their last two matches, with Inter now hot on their heels with just one point less.

Other Serie A Saturday features to keep an eye on:

  • Atalanta vs.Cagliari (4pm)
  • Milan vs. Verona (9:45pm)

A Bundesliga blowout: Defending champions Bayer Leverkusen are hosting Bayern Munich on Saturday at 7:30pm as part of Matchweek 22 of the league. Bayern, with the most ever Bundesliga trophies under their belt, are comfortable at the top of the scoreboard with eight points separating them from the second-placed Leverkusen.

Other major European league matches to tune in to this weekend:

  • Girona vs. Getafe — La Liga (Friday, 10pm)
  • Bochum vs. Dortmund — Bundesliga (Saturday, 4:30pm)
  • Monaco vs. Nantes — Ligue 1 (Saturday, 8pm)
  • Villareal vs. Valencia — La Liga (Saturday, 10pm)
  • Toulouse vs. PSG — Ligue 1 (Saturday 10:05pm)
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