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This Weekend: Everything you need to know in 5 minutes

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Another action-packed week has flown by and after the drama of the Champions League and the madness of the Europa League, its back to the bread and butter of domestic football for the top European sides. And elsewhere, the weekend has it all – season openers, Cup finals, big derbies and last day title deciders.

Here’s our preview of the best FotMob has to offer. ⬇️

? Friday Night

??????? Wolves vs. Crystal Palace is tonight’s offering in the Premier League, two sides with identical W3, D1, L2 records so far this season so we should see an evenly matched contest.

In the Championship, runaway leaders Reading are in action at Coventry City. The home side have struggled to find their feet following promotion whilst Reading are one of just two sides in the whole English Football League yet to lose a game.

?? Arguably the biggest match of the weekend in German football takes place later today, in the 2. Bundesliga. The usually fierce derby between Hamburg and St. Pauli will of course take place behind closed doors but even without their away supporters, St. Pauli will be hoping to upset their cross-city rivals’ 100% start to the campaign.

Elsewhere across Europe’s big leagues, the Bundesliga gives us Stuttgart’s trip to struggling Schalke and La Liga provides Eibar vs. Cádiz, who are seemingly capable of beating anyone on their day.

? Saturday

?? Speaking of Madrid, they feature in a strong looking La Liga line-up tomorrow, with all four of the country’s Champions League representatives in action.

Madrid host Huesca looking to improve on their midweek showing whilst Sevilla travel to the Basque Country to face Athletic, Atléti go to Osasuna and Barcelona, currently languishing down in 12th are on the road at Alavés.

??????? There are just three games in the Premier League on Saturday, but they do involve a few big names. Manchester City feature in the early kick-off at Sheffield United before the later meetings between Chelsea and Burnley, and Liverpool’s home game against an improving West Ham side.

?? The big guns are also out in the Bundesliga with last season’s top three finishers all already up there again in the table. Current leaders, RB Leipzig need to get over their hammering in the Champions League (not least for coach Nagelmann’s jacket) as they go to Gladbach. The champions, Bayern are at FC Köln whilst Borussia Dortmund face Arminia Bielefeld, who are back in the top flight after an absence of 11 years.

??????? In Scotland, with the two Edinburgh sides now separated following Heart’s contentious relegation to the Championship, it’s taken the Scottish FA Cup Semi-Final draw to bring us a derby game this season. Hearts will battle Hibernian with the winners going on to face either Celtic or Aberdeen (playing Sunday) in the Final.

?? Competitive domestic football – cancelled in the country since March finally returns to Argentina this weekend with the start of the Copa de la Liga Professional. Designed as an interim tournament for the top flight teams and regionalised for the group stages, perhaps the biggest of the opening games sees Boca Juniors taking on another Buenos Aires side, Lanús.

? Sunday

??????? Four of the top seven in the Premier League (going into the weekend) play on Sunday plus there’s the small matter of Manchester United vs. Arsenal.

? Also in England, The Women’s FA Cup Final sees underdogs Everton taking on Arsenal – the most successful side in the history of the competition.

?? In Serie A, unbeaten league leaders Milan travel to Udinese whilst Andrea Pirlo’s underperforming Juventus are at Spezia and Napoli play Sassuolo – currently the league’s most prolific scorers.

?? The post-season Final in the USL Championship, one of our favourite ‘minor’ leagues in world football takes place in Florida. Despite their relative size and dominance in the Western Conference, Phoenix Rising are looking for their first Championship against hosts, Tampa Bay Rowdies – who upset traditional winners, Louisville City in the Eastern Conference Final last weekend.

?? The K League season reaches its conclusion with the title still technically on the line. The country’s dominant side, Jeonbuk are 3 points clear after they beat nearest rivals Ulsan last time out but should they slip up against Daegu, Ulsan could sneak it with a win of their own versus Gwangju.

?? And finally, we have the rearranged and then delayed second leg of the CAF Champions League Semi-Final between Zamalek and Raja Casablanca. The Egyptian giants are defending a 1-0 lead from the first leg and should they progress – they will face their Cairo rivals Al Alhy in the Final.

If you want to follow any of the games mentioned above, click on the relevant link and tap the bell icon to receive all the key match updates.

Or join us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to discuss all the important football going on this weekend!

This Weekend: Everything you need to know in 5 minutes

Another action-packed week has flown by and after the drama of the Champions League and the madness of the Europa League, its back to the bread and butter of domestic football for the top European sides. And elsewhere, the weekend has it all – season openers, Cup finals, big derbies and last day title deciders.

Here’s our preview of the best FotMob has to offer. ⬇️

? Friday Night

??????? Wolves vs. Crystal Palace is tonight’s offering in the Premier League, two sides with identical W3, D1, L2 records so far this season so we should see an evenly matched contest.

In the Championship, runaway leaders Reading are in action at Coventry City. The home side have struggled to find their feet following promotion whilst Reading are one of just two sides in the whole English Football League yet to lose a game.

?? Arguably the biggest match of the weekend in German football takes place later today, in the 2. Bundesliga. The usually fierce derby between Hamburg and St. Pauli will of course take place behind closed doors but even without their away supporters, St. Pauli will be hoping to upset their cross-city rivals’ 100% start to the campaign.

Elsewhere across Europe’s big leagues, the Bundesliga gives us Stuttgart’s trip to struggling Schalke and La Liga provides Eibar vs. Cádiz, who are seemingly capable of beating anyone on their day.

? Saturday

?? Speaking of Madrid, they feature in a strong looking La Liga line-up tomorrow, with all four of the country’s Champions League representatives in action.

Madrid host Huesca looking to improve on their midweek showing whilst Sevilla travel to the Basque Country to face Athletic, Atléti go to Osasuna and Barcelona, currently languishing down in 12th are on the road at Alavés.

??????? There are just three games in the Premier League on Saturday, but they do involve a few big names. Manchester City feature in the early kick-off at Sheffield United before the later meetings between Chelsea and Burnley, and Liverpool’s home game against an improving West Ham side.

?? The big guns are also out in the Bundesliga with last season’s top three finishers all already up there again in the table. Current leaders, RB Leipzig need to get over their hammering in the Champions League (not least for coach Nagelmann’s jacket) as they go to Gladbach. The champions, Bayern are at FC Köln whilst Borussia Dortmund face Arminia Bielefeld, who are back in the top flight after an absence of 11 years.

??????? In Scotland, with the two Edinburgh sides now separated following Heart’s contentious relegation to the Championship, it’s taken the Scottish FA Cup Semi-Final draw to bring us a derby game this season. Hearts will battle Hibernian with the winners going on to face either Celtic or Aberdeen (playing Sunday) in the Final.

?? Competitive domestic football – cancelled in the country since March finally returns to Argentina this weekend with the start of the Copa de la Liga Professional. Designed as an interim tournament for the top flight teams and regionalised for the group stages, perhaps the biggest of the opening games sees Boca Juniors taking on another Buenos Aires side, Lanús.

? Sunday

??????? Four of the top seven in the Premier League (going into the weekend) play on Sunday plus there’s the small matter of Manchester United vs. Arsenal.

? Also in England, The Women’s FA Cup Final sees underdogs Everton taking on Arsenal – the most successful side in the history of the competition.

?? In Serie A, unbeaten league leaders Milan travel to Udinese whilst Andrea Pirlo’s underperforming Juventus are at Spezia and Napoli play Sassuolo – currently the league’s most prolific scorers.

?? The post-season Final in the USL Championship, one of our favourite ‘minor’ leagues in world football takes place in Florida. Despite their relative size and dominance in the Western Conference, Phoenix Rising are looking for their first Championship against hosts, Tampa Bay Rowdies – who upset traditional winners, Louisville City in the Eastern Conference Final last weekend.

?? The K League season reaches its conclusion with the title still technically on the line. The country’s dominant side, Jeonbuk are 3 points clear after they beat nearest rivals Ulsan last time out but should they slip up against Daegu, Ulsan could sneak it with a win of their own versus Gwangju.

?? And finally, we have the rearranged and then delayed second leg of the CAF Champions League Semi-Final between Zamalek and Raja Casablanca. The Egyptian giants are defending a 1-0 lead from the first leg and should they progress – they will face their Cairo rivals Al Alhy in the Final.

If you want to follow any of the games mentioned above, click on the relevant link and tap the bell icon to receive all the key match updates.

Or join us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to discuss all the important football going on this weekend!