Euro League previews!

Chat Soccer takes a look at the series of interesting matches that will be played across Europe this weekend.

At Anfield,Liverpool will host Arsenal in the early kick-off,Aaron Ramsey is expected to miss this clash, while Glen Johnson,Daniel Agger and Steven Gerrard are major doubts for the Reds. The Carling Cup and mid-week International friendlies are affecting the newly crowned Carling Cup holders. At the White Hart Lane, Spurs will host Manchester United on Sunday afternoon. Tottenham suffered a 5-2 away loss to Arsenal last weekend. At the Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion will welcome 5th placed Chelsea.
League leaders Manchester City will be at the Etihad Stadium when they play against Bolton Wanderers that were bashed 3-0 by Chelsea last weekend. On Sunday 6th placed Neecastle United will meet Sunderland at the Sport Direct Arena.

 In the Spanish Primera Liga, Real Madrid will continue their prusuit of their first league crown in four years when they host Catalan-based Espanyol in a match that will be played a day after FC Barcelona would have played against Sporting Gijon at the Camp Nou. The Madrid match will be played at 20:30 GMT on Sunday. The Mourinho led team are currently 10 points ahead of Barcelona at the top of the table. Sevilla will welcome Atletico Madrid in an explosive encounter that will be coming up on Saturday night. Valencia were beaten at home 2-1 by Sevilla last weekend. The third placed team, Valencia will play away to Grananda.

The Serie A campaign continues this weekend as League leaders,AC Milan will play against Palermo in the first  match of Saturday. Second placed Juventus will host Chievo Verona. The Turin side got a last minute draw at the San Siro last weekend to maintain their unbeaten run in the league. SS Napoli  will keep a date with Parma in an away game, the Naples based club are still celebrating their 1-0 victory over Internazionale.
In another big match, their will be a local derby in Rome, the match is between AS Roma and SS lazio. These two clubs are fierce rivals and any meeting between the two capital clubs is always very tense.
Inter Milan will be at home to welcome Catania. Claudio Ranieri might be sacked if Inter lose again. In Florence, Fiorentina will host Cesena.

In the German Bundesliga,Bayer Leverkusen will host Bayern Munich in the star match of the weekend while Borussia Dortmund will host Mainz. Hamburg will meet Vfb Stuttgart, while Hertha Berlin will host Werder Bremen.
Two games will be played on Sunday as Borussia Monchengladbach will be hosted by FC Nurnberg while TSG Hoffenheim will be at home to welcome FC koln. German International, Lucas Podolski is expected to be on the starting line up  for the visitors.

In France, League leaders,Montpellier will play away against Dijon FC. The table toppers, upsurged PSG last weekend with a 1-0 victory over Girondis Bordeaux while PSG played out a 4-4 drwa against Olympique Lyonnais in an eight goal thriller. AS Nancy will welcome Lyon while Bordueax will take on OGC Nice. At the Stade de France, Olympique du Marseille will host Toulouse FC. On Sunday, PSG will host Ajaccio at 16:00 GMT. Awin for PSG coupled with a draw between Dijon and Montpellier will be enough for Carlo Ancelotti's men to get back to the top of the Ligue 1 standings.

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