December 22, 2017
Arsenal vs Liverpool
December 23, 2017
Juventus vs Roma
Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Arsenal vs Liverpool (English Premier League)
A point keeps Liverpool above Arsenal in the league standings. A point is what keeps Arsenal out of a champions league qualifying position in the league.
Arsenal will be looking for a home victory to leap over Liverpool in the league standings while making it a consecutive home victories since losing to Manchester United.
Liverpool is coming into the fixture with the league top-scored and a very attacking set of players on their side. The objective for the away side it to extend the point-gap between the two sides, or maintain the gap at the very least.
Juventus vs Roma (Italian Serie A)
Despite playing a game fewer than the teams above them, Roma is just four points from the top of the league. An improbable away victory will put Roma in a position where they can be projected as the league leaders.
Playing at home always favors Juventus, and being a point away from the position to defend their league title should be the needed incentive to come out of this fixture on the right end of the score.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona (Spanish La Liga)
El Clasico
This is usually a title decider in the Spanish La Liga.
The biggest event in Spanish football and in recent times the biggest rivalry in football.
FC Barcelona will travel to Madrid to take on title holders Real Madrid.
Real Madrid dominated Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup between these two sides at the start of the season, but after 18 league matches, FC Barcelona is coming to this fixture an undefeated and on top of the league table with an 11-point gap between them and 4th placed Real Madrid.
Madrid has a game in hand, but that won’t be of any real use if they fail to get a victory at home in this fixture. Barcelona could settle for a draw, but that has never been the Barcelona way of doing things.
