On Saturday and Sunday in the strongest European leagues - interesting matches. In England, eternal rivals from the cities of Liverpool and Manchester will test their strength, "AC Milan" and "Fiorentina" will compete in "Serie A", in Spain - "Barcelona" and "Athletic Bilbao" teams.
"Premier" league: "Liverpool" - "Manchester United" (January 17, 16.05) - the "Red Devils" won six out of the last eight matches against the hosts at "Anfield" stadium, and in the last four matches in Liverpool suffered only one defeat (2 wins, 1 draw) - only "Liverpool" and "Everton" have received red cards in the history of the "Premier" league (20 times), losing to the teams coached by J. Klopp and L. Van Gaal (16 times) - J.Mata - the nightmare of the "Reds". In the last several matches against the main rivals, the Spaniard scored three goals and made 4 assists - only the matches between "Liverpool" and "Tottenham" saw more penalties awarded (19) than the matches between representatives of Manchester and Liverpool (18) - Klopp has unfinished business with "Man Utd" coach L. Van Gaal. It was Van Gaal's "Bayern" team that defeated "Borussia" 5:1 in 2009, which was Klopp's biggest failure in Dortmund - "Liverpool" feels a complex against "Man Utd" playing in front of their own fans - they have suffered 11 defeats in the league's history, making them the least favorite opponent - guest striker Wayne Rooney will try to score in four consecutive matches, something he hasn't done since March 2012
"Serie A": "AC Milan" - "Fiorentina" (January 17, 21.45) - recently "AC Milan" has been struggling to play against "The Viola". they have only managed one win in the last 10 matches (4 draws, 5 losses) - in the last 4 home matches against each other, "AC Milan" has only scored one point - at "San Siro" stadium, "Fiorentina" has not conceded more than one goal since March 2006 - "Red and Black" fans remember the December 2004 match when their favorites triumphed with a 6:0 victory. It was the worst result for "Fiorentina" in the last 20 years - in the last 3 seasons, "AC Milan" failed to score in three matches. Two of these unsuccessful matches were against the Florence club - "Fiorentina" has scored goals in 26 consecutive league matches. This is a team record (a total of 55 goals)
"La Liga": "Barcelona" - "Athletic Bilbao" (January 17, 21.30) - "Barcelona" will try to extend their winning streak (11) against Bilbao at "Camp Nou" stadium. This is a record achievement in the history of both clubs. - in Spain, "Barcelona" shows a solid defense - in the last 9 league matches, they have kept a clean sheet 7 times - Luis Enrique's players ignite a real firework for their opponents in front of their own fans - in the last 17 league matches they have scored at least one goal (average of 3.29 goals) - coach Ernesto Valverde has only won two out of 15 "La Liga" matches against the Catalans (7 draws, 6 losses) - this season, "Athletic" Achilles' heel - goals conceded from outside the penalty area (6, the most in the league)
