Just a few weeks into the start of the strongest European leagues, after this weekend, due to the national team break, football games will again briefly disappear from football stadiums and television screens of viewers. However, before the week-long break, all teams will play a match, promising intriguing and exciting matches for the fans of these leagues. Eurofootball.com invites you to familiarize yourself with the schedule of the upcoming weekend's top 5 European leagues and highlights the most interesting matches of this weekend.
Most interesting weekend matches:
"Paris Saint-Germain" - "St Etienne"
August 25th (Friday) 21:45.
The best attack of the French league against the best defense of "Ligue 1". Two teams that have not lost points yet will face each other on Friday evening.
"Paris Saint-Germain" shook the transfer market in the summer and acquired Neymar from the "Barcelona" team for a record amount of 222 million euros. Neymar did not need time to adapt to the French team - in just two matches, the forward directly contributed to 7 goals scored by the team and at least for now, justifies the hopes placed on him.
The successful start of the visitors in these championships was somewhat unexpected. Beating the team that won bronze last year, "Nice," in the first round, the players of "St Etienne" did not promise to stop and celebrated victories in the remaining two rounds. Although the appointed team coach Oscar Garcia was more praised for his contribution to the club's attack during his two years at "Red Bull Salzburg," winning all possible titles in Austria, the coach is proving this season that he can successfully balance the team for defensive work as well.
Will "St Etienne" continue their "dry" streak or will PSG's attacking potential sweep away another opponent, we will see on Friday evening.
"Roma" - "Inter"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:45.
On Saturday in Italy, two ambitious teams will face each other. "Roma," who finished second in "Serie A" last season, will host "Inter," who wants to return to the top teams of the country after a few unsuccessful seasons.
The attention in Saturday's match will be focused on the new "Inter" coach Luciano Spalletti. After coaching almost 300 matches for "Roma," this coach worked with the rivals already last season and was one of the most important figures in the excellent season. Immediately after the season, L. Spalletti decided to leave the team and just after 10 days joined "Inter," with whom he will try to repeat the results achieved in the Italian capital.
If "Inter" with a new coach also acquired several newcomers, with whom they tried to strengthen the defense, then "Roma" parted ways with three players who played important roles in the club last season: Leandro Peredes, Antonio Rudiger, and Mohamed Salah, who were all sold to other clubs. Instead of these players, 11 newcomers joined the team, most of whom play in the defensive line.
Despite different summers, both "Inter" and "Roma" started the Italian championship season successfully, and only about victory these clubs will think in the next match. Whether L. Spalletti will be able to leave the familiar "Olimpico di Roma" stadium with his head held high, or whether the new "Roma" coach Eusebio Di Francesco will smile after the match, we will find out after these teams' confrontation on Saturday.
"Liverpool" - "Arsenal"
August 27th (Sunday) 18:00.
The well-acquainted "Liverpool" and "Arsenal" teams will once again test their strengths this Sunday, in the 223rd match between these clubs in history.
Although historically these teams have achieved very similar numbers of victories in their matches ("Liverpool" - 85, "Arsenal" - 78), in recent years, the advantage in these encounters has been with the players of "Liverpool." Last season, having defeated their opponents twice, the "Reds" last lost to the "Gunners" in April 2015.
The start of the season can be boasted by Jurgen Klopp's students. If in the first round they failed to keep the lead against "Watford" even after added time and the team lost their first points, then in the match against "Crystal Palace" they did not make mistakes and won by 1:0. Moreover, "Liverpool" twice defeated "Hoffenheim" club in the last two weeks and reached the group stage of the Champions League.
Meanwhile, the start of the season of the "Arsenal" team should not satisfy neither the fans of the team nor the team's coach Arsène Wenger. In the first match of the season, the London team, trailing "Leicester City" for a long time, managed to break through and extended the dramatic victory, but the joy in the "Gunners" camp ended the next week. A 0:1 failure against "Stoke City" on the road raised questions about the team's ability and prospects to compete for top positions in the Premier League. There remains hope for Arsenal coach A. Wenger that the return of Laurent Koscielny and Alexis Sanchez to the team will add quality to both defense and attacking the opponents' goal.
In the last two matches between these teams in the Premier League, viewers saw as many as 11 goals, so eagerly awaiting Sunday's clash, they are already predicting another productive and unpredictable encounter. No matter how this match ends, it can be assured that this duel will not leave anyone indifferent, not only the fans of these teams but also all viewers who have decided to watch this match.
All European Top 5 league matches this weekend:
Premier League:
August 26th (Saturday) 14:30 "Bournemouth" - "Manchester City"
August 26th (Saturday) 17:00 "Crystal Palace" - "Swansea"
August 26th (Saturday) 17:00 "Huddersfield" - "Southampton"
August 26th (Saturday) 17:00 "Newcastle United" - "West Ham United"
August 26th (Saturday) 17:00 "Watford" - "Brighton"
August 26th (Saturday) 19:30 "Manchester United" - "Leicester City"
August 27th (Sunday) 15:30 "Chelsea" - "Everton"
August 27th (Sunday) 15:30 "West Bromwich Albion" - "Stoke City"
August 27th (Sunday) 18:00 "Liverpool" - "Arsenal"
August 27th (Sunday) 18:00 "Tottenham Hotspur" - "Burnley"
La Liga:
August 25th (Friday) 21:15 "Real Sociedad" - "Villarreal"
August 25th (Friday) 23:00 "Real Betis" - "Celta Vigo"
August 26th (Saturday) 19:15 "Alaves" - "Barcelona"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:15 "Girona" - "Malaga"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:15 "Levante" - "Deportivo"
August 26th (Saturday) 23:15 "Las Palmas" - "Atletico"
August 27th (Sunday) 19:15 "Eibar" - "Athletic"
August 27th (Sunday) 19:15 "Espanyol" - "Leganes"
August 27th (Sunday) 21:15 "Getafe" - "Sevilla"
August 27th (Sunday) 23:15 "Real Madrid" - "Valencia"
Bundesliga:
August 25th (Friday) 21:30 "Koln" - "Hamburger"
August 26th (Saturday) 16:30 "Bayer" - "Hoffenheim"
August 26th (Saturday) 16:30 "Eintracht" - "Wolfsburg"
August 26th (Saturday) 16:30 "Augsburg" - "Gladbach"
August 26th (Saturday) 16:30 "Werder" - "Bayern"
August 26th (Saturday) 16:30 "Stuttgart" - "Mainz"
August 26th (Saturday) 19:30 "Borussia" - "Hertha"
August 27th (Sunday) 16:30 "RB Leipzig" - "Freiburg"
August 27th (Sunday) 19:00 "Hannover" - "Schalke"
Serie A:
August 26th (Saturday) 19:00 "Benevento" - "Bologna"
August 26th (Saturday) 19:00 "Genoa" - "Juventus"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:45 "Roma" - "Inter"
August 27th (Sunday) 19:00 "Torino" - "Sassuolo"
August 27th (Sunday) 21:45 "Milan" - "Cagliari"
August 27th (Sunday) 21:45 "Chievo" - "Lazio"
August 27th (Sunday) 21:45 "Crotone" - "Verona"
August 27th (Sunday) 21:45 "Fiorentina" - "Sampdoria"
August 27th (Sunday) 21:45 "Napoli" - "Atalanta"
August 27th (Sunday) 21:45 "Spal" - "Udinese"
Ligue 1:
August 25th (Friday) 21:45 "Paris Saint-Germain" - "St Etienne"
August 26th (Saturday) 18:15 "Nantes" - "Lyon"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:00 "Amiens" - "Nice"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:00 "Bordeaux" - "Troyes"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:00 "Caen" - "Metz"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:00 "Dijon" - "Montpellier"
August 26th (Saturday) 21:00 "Toulouse" - "Rennes"
August 27th (Sunday) 16:00 "Guingamp" - "Strasbourg"
August 27th (Sunday) 18:00 "Angers" - "Lille"
August 27th (Sunday) 22:00 "Monaco" - "Marseille"
