⚽ A heated weekend of football kicks off in Spain. Tonight, Barcelona will visit Real Oviedo in the finale of the sixth round of La Liga at 10:30pm. Barça trails league leaders Real Madrid by five points, needing a victory to close the gap and hoping their rivals stumble on Saturday.
A Madrid derby: Atlético Madrid will face Real Madrid on Saturday at 5:15pm as part of the seventh round of the league. Atlético has managed just two victories and nine points since the season started, while Los Blancos have dominated with a perfect record, earning 18 points.
Key Europa League matches we’re following tonight:
- Aston Villa vs. Bologna
- Utrecht vs. Lyon
- Salzburg vs. Porto
- Stuttgart vs. Celta Vigo
We’re in for another Premier Saturday this week, with seven thrilling matchups from the sixth round of the English League:
- Manchester United (11th place) vs. Brentford (17th) — 2:30pm;
- Chelsea (6th) vs. Brighton (14th) — 5pm;
- Manchester City (9th) vs. Burnley — 5pm;
- Liverpool (1st) vs. Crystal Palace (5th) — 5pm;
- Tottenham (3rd) vs. Wolverhampton (20th) — 5pm.
Other fixtures to flip through:
- Leeds (12th) vs. Bournemouth (4th) — 5pm;
- Forest (15th) vs. Sunderland (7th) — 7:30pm.
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Europe’s major leagues are giving us many matchups to follow this weekend:
- Bayern Munich vs. Werder Bremen (Friday — 9:30pm);
- Strasbourg vs. Marseille (Friday — 9:45pm);
- Mainz vs. Borussia Dortmund (Saturday — 4:30pm);
- St. Pauli vs. Leverkusen (Saturday — 4:30pm);
- Lorient vs. Monaco (Saturday — 6pm);
- Juventus vs. Atalanta (Saturday — 7pm);
- Cagliari vs. Inter Milan (Saturday — 9:45pm);
- Paris Saint-Germain vs. Auxerre (Saturday — 10:05pm).
Ninth round Egyptian Premier League matches on Saturday:
- Arab Contractors vs. Ismailia Electricity (5pm);
- Zed vs. Haras El Hodood (5pm);
- Al Masry vs. Petrojet (8pm);
- Pyramids vs. Tala’ea El Gaish (8pm).