The highlighted fixtures for this coming weekend – The WeekendBangers.

Borussia Dortmund’s stay in the top four will depend on a win at Hoffenheim.

Arsenal and Everton meet at Goodison Park with both teams looking for a result that won’t dampen their morale.
Mikel Arteta(ex-Everton and ex-Arsenal player) will be in the dugout as Arsenal’s manager when they take on Everton on Saturday.

Freiburg must cut the gap between them and Schalke to a point, or risk falling from lower down the league standings at the end of the round.

December 20, 2019
Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund (English Premier League)

December 21, 2019
Everton vs Arsenal (English Premier League)
Bayern Munich vs Wolfsburg (German Bundesliga)
RB Leipzig vs Augsburg (German Bundesliga)
Schalke vs Freiburg (German Bundesliga)
Newcastle vs Crystal Palace (English Premier League)
Barcelona vs Alaves (Spanish La Liga)
Inter Milan vs Genoa (Italian Serie A)
Hertha Berlin vs Borussia Monchengladbach (German Bundesliga)
Manchester City vs Leicester (English Premier League)
Liverpool vs Flamengo (FIFA Club World Cup)
Monaco vs Lille (French Ligue 1)
Reims vs Lyon (French Ligue 1)
Rennes vs Bordeaux (French Ligue 1)

December 22, 2019
Tottenham vs Chelsea (English Premier League)
Atalanta vs AC Milan (Italian Serie A)
Juventus vs Lazio (Supercoppa Italiana)
Sassuolo vs Napoli (Italian Serie A)
Real Madrid vs Athletic Club (Spanish La Liga)

Bayern Munich vs Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich is chasing the top two teams in the current Bundesliga standings.
History will suggest that playing Wolfsburg is an opportunity for Bayern to seal a (big) win and put some pressure on the teams in the title race.

Chasing Liverpool.
While Liverpool is away playing for the Club World Cup title, Manchester City and Leicester will go head-to-head.
Manchester City will need a win to pull a point behind 2nd place Leicester City.

Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham will get a visit from Chelsea.
Tottenham will leap above Chelsea in the Premier League standings with a win in this match.
Does Frank Lampard know enough about his former manager to outsmart him?

Teams needing a win to stay top of the league standings/ensure no team has more points than they do.

RB Leipzig‘s stay at the top of the league can only be guaranteed with a home win against Augsburg.
Barcelona‘s stay at the top of the league can only be guaranteed with a win against Alaves.
Inter Milan‘s stay at the top of the league can only be guaranteed with a win against Genoa.
Borussia Monchengladbach must pick up three points on the road against Hertha Berlin to ensure no team has more points in the league than they do.
To ensure that no team has more points than they do in the Spanish La Liga, Real Madrid will need to collect three points against Athletic Club.

Will Napoli go 9 matches without a win in Serie A?
Asking for a win away at Sassuolo isn’t easy, but this is what Napoli needs to bring an end to a streak of 8 league matches without a win.

Cup Finals
2019 FIFA Club World Cup Final
A UEFA vs CONMEBOL final at the FIFA World Cup.
Liverpool vs Flamengo.

2019 Supercoppa Italiana Final
Lazio handed Juventus their only defeat under Mauricio Sarri’s management.
Can Lazio do it again in the Supercoppa Italiana final, or is Juventus picking up another title?