This is how the last round ended in Europeโs top seven leagues:
๐ฉ๐ช Heidenheim, Bayern Munich, and RB Leipzig are the teams with a perfect winning start after two rounds of the German Bundesliga, while RB Leipzig ended Leverkusen’s long unbeaten run in domestic football.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester City and Liverpool are the only two teams in the English Premier League with 100% winning rate after three rounds.
๐ช๐ธ Barcelona were the big winners of the round, defeating Valladolid 7-0. Barcelona sits at the top of the league as the only team in Spanish La Liga with a perfect winning record with a 4-point lead in the title race.
๐ฎ๐น Four unbeaten teams are leading the title race in the Italian Serie A, each with 7 points: Juventus, Torino, Udinese, and the reigning champions, Inter Milan. Juventus dropped their first points of the season after a goalless draw with Roma.
๐ซ๐ท Paris Saint-Germain tops the French Ligue 1 table as the only team with a 100% winning record after three rounds. Lens, Marseille, Monaco, and Nantes are also unbeaten but have dropped points along the way.
๐ณ๐ฑ PSV Eindhoven have picked up where they left off last season. They are blasting through the league with comprehensive wins, leading the Dutch Eredivisie standings as the only team with a 100% winning record.
๐ต๐น Sporting CP, Porto, and Famalicao stayed on track with another win to make it 3/3 each. Sporting CP beat Porto to stay on course with their title defense season in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
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There are NINE teams still looking to put a point on the league table:
๐ซ๐ท Angers and Saint-รtienne in the French Ligue 1.
Angers will be looking to earn their first points of the season when they face a Strasbourg side coming off their first defeat (4-3 against Lyon).
๐ฉ๐ช Bochum, Holstein Kiel, and St. Pauli in the German Bundesliga.
Holstein Kiel will host Bayern Munich, while Bochum and St. Pauli will be away against Freiburg and Augsburg, respectively.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Everton and Southampton in the English Premier League.
Everton will be away against Aston Villa, while Southampton will host Manchester United.
๐ต๐น Farense in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Farense will face Porto for a chance to earn their first points. Porto will be looking to bounce back from their defeat to Sporting CP in their last league game.
๐ณ๐ฑ RKC Waalwijk will seek their first points in the Dutch Eredivisie.
RKC Waalwijk will be away against Willem II.
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THE HIGHLIGHTED FIXTURES
SEPTEMBER 13.
๐ฉ๐ช Borussia Dortmund vs. Heidenheim (german bundesliga)
๐ซ๐ท Saint-รtienne vs. Lille (french ligue 1)
๐ต๐น Arouca vs. Sporting CP (portuguese primeira liga)
SEPTEMBER 14.
๐ซ๐ท Paris Saint-Germain vs. Brest (french ligue 1)
๐ฎ๐น Empoli vs. Juventus (italian serie a)
๐ฉ๐ช RB Leipzig vs. Union Berlin (german bundesliga)
๐ฉ๐ช Freiburg vs. Bochum (german bundesliga)
๐ฉ๐ช Holstein Kiel vs. Bayern Munich (german bundesliga)
๐ฉ๐ช Hoffenheim vs. Bayer Leverkusen (german bundesliga)
๐ณ๐ฑ AZ Alkmaar vs. Heerenveen (dutch eredivisie)
๐ณ๐ฑ PSV Eindhoven vs. NEC Nijmegen (dutch eredivisie)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool vs. Nottingham Forest (english premier league)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Southampton vs. Manchester United (english premier league)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Aston Villa vs. Everton (english premier league)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester City vs. Brentford (english premier league)
๐ช๐ธ Real Sociedad vs. Real Madrid (spanish la liga)
SEPTEMBER 15.
๐ณ๐ฑ Willem II vs. RKC Waalwijk (dutch eredivisie)
๐ต๐น Porto vs. Farense (portuguese primeira liga)
๐ซ๐ท Strasbourg vs. Angers (french ligue 1)
๐ฉ๐ช Augsburg vs. St. Pauli (german bundesliga)
๐ช๐ธ Girona vs. Barcelona (spanish la liga)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tottenham Hotspur vs. Arsenal (english premier league)
SEPTEMBER 16.
Games from Serie A, and a game from La Liga and Primeira Liga spill into Monday.
๐ฎ๐น Parma vs. Udinese (italian serie a)
๐ฎ๐น Lazio vs. Hellas Verona (italian serie a)
๐ช๐ธ Rayo Vallencao vs. Osasuna (spanish la liga)
๐ต๐น Estrela da Amadora vs. Boavista (portuguese primeira liga)
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๐ณ๐ฑ AZ Alkmaar is two points off the top of the Eredivisie table, and they are the only side in the league that hasnโt conceded a goal after four rounds. Up next for them is a home fixture against a Heerenveen side coming off their first win of the season.
๐ณ๐ฑ PSV Eindhoven is matching their pace from last season, with four wins from four. They will be aiming for win number five at home against NEC Nijmegen.
๐ซ๐ท Saint-รtienne will also be looking for their first league goal of the season in Ligue 1 when they host Lille for the opening match of the fourth round of the Ligue 1 season.
๐ซ๐ท Paris Saint-Germain will look to make it four league wins from four when they host a Brest side coming off their first win of the season, having beaten newly-promoted Saint-รtienne.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester City and Liverpool are the only clubs in the Premier League with a perfect winning start. Next up for Manchester City is a home game against Brentford.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool is the only Premier League side yet to concede a goal. They are coming off a convincing 3-0 away win against Manchester United and will look to follow it up with a win at home against an unbeaten Nottingham Forest.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Itโs a North London derby! Tottenham, coming off their first defeat of the season (2-1 at Newcastle), will host an unbeaten Arsenal, who just dropped their first points in a draw with Brighton.
๐ฉ๐ช Heidenheim is one of three teams in the Bundesliga with a 100% winning start to their season after two rounds (Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig being the other two). Heidenheim is also one of the two teams that have yet to concede a league goal, with Borussia Dortmund being the other. Heidenheim will be in Dortmund, facing a Borussia Dortmund side that is coming off a goalless draw against Werder Bremen. Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig will look to take advantage of the result from the โBorussia Dortmund vs. Heidenheimโ fixture. Bayern Munich are away against newly-promoted Holstein Kiel, who are still searching for their first league point of the season, while RB Leipzig hosts an unbeaten Union Berlin.
๐ฉ๐ช Bayer Leverkusen will be looking to bounce back from their first league defeat since the end of the 2022/23 season with a result against Hoffenheim.
๐ฉ๐ช Bochum and St. Pauli will both be playing their next Bundesliga fixture as visitors. Bochum will be away against Freiburg, while St. Pauli will be away against Augsburg. Even if a win isnโt likely, both teams will be hoping to score their first league goal of the season.
๐ฎ๐น Juventus is the only Italian Serie A team that hasnโt conceded a goal so far. They will be away against an Empoli side that is also unbeaten.
๐ต๐น Sporting CP is also keeping pace with their last season, boasting four wins from four. They will be aiming for their fifth victory away against Arouca.
๐ช๐ธ It’s a Catalan derby! Barcelona will be away against Girona, a team that completed a league double over them with 4-2 wins last season. An unbeaten Barcelona, coming off four wins in four, will look to make it five in a row.
๐ช๐ธ Real Madrid remains unbeaten but is still searching for their first away win of the season. Their next match is an away fixture against Real Sociedad.
