Domestic Leagues

WEEKEND BANGERS – Club Football makes a return after the International break.

 

BANGERS – Fixtures

The highlighted fixtures for the coming weekend.

Some players are coming back from their World Cup qualifiers and friendly matches to continue the domestic title race. Ambitions might be different depending on the team they play for but winning is the universal goal.

Highlighted Fixtures:

October 15, 2021
PSG vs Angers (French Ligue 1)

October 16, 2021
Brentford vs Chelsea (English Premier League)
Lazio vs Inter Milan (Italian Serie A)
Lyon vs Monaco (French Ligue 1)
Clermont Foot vs Lille (French Ligue 1)

October 17, 2021
Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga)
Juventus vs Roma (Italian Serie A)
Real Madrid vs Athletic Club (Spanish La Liga)
Barcelona vs Valencia (Spanish La Liga)

 

SPANISH LA LIGA

A three-way tie at the top of Spanish La Liga standings.
Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Real Sociedad will need a win from this round to guarantee that no team has more points than they do.
Real Madrid is home against Athletic Club, Atletico Madrid is away against Granada, while Real Sociedad plays as host to Mallorca.

Sevilla is against Celta Vigo for the points to close in on the three-way tie at the top of the league.
Barcelona will be planning on using a win at home to avoid falling into the lower half of the league standings. Barcelona plays Valencia. The two teams are even on points but Barcelona has a game in hand.

‘LEVANTE VS GETAFE’ WHO IS GETTING THEIR FIRST WIN.
Getafe and Levante remain without a victory. The two teams will play against each other to change that.
Levante has the better record and the home advantage.

 

ROUND 9 FIXTURES

Real Sociedad vs Mallorca
Rayo Vallecano vs Elche
Celta Vigo vs Sevilla
Levante vs Getafe
Villarreal vs Osasuna
Granada vs Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid vs Athletic Club
Barcelona vs Valencia
Alaves vs Real Betis
Espanyol vs Cadiz

 

ITALIAN SERIE A

Napoli will be risking their 100% winning start to the season when they host Torino. There is 13 points between the two teams. Should Napoli make it 8 wins out of 8, they will keep their place at the top of the league and open a 16 point gap on Torino.

AC MILAN
An unbeaten AC Milan will host Hellas Verona. AC Milan will take a win here and hope Napoli drops points.

INTER MILAN REMAINS IN THE MIX TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE.
Inter Milan is four points from the top spot but remains unbeaten.
Inter Milan’s unbeaten run in the league will be on the chopping block in Rome against Lazio. There isn’t enough room for Inter Milan to drop any more points in such a competitive title race.

CAGLIARI SEARCH FOR WIN NO. 1.
Cagliari is the only team left on zero wins. Next up for them is Sampdoria; with one win to their name.

JUVENTUS SLOW BUT STEADY CLIMB.
Juventus is 10 points from the top of the league. There is a lot of work to be done in order to get to their expected position in the league. Next up for Juventus is a battle at home against Roma.

WILL ATALANTA FENDS OF EMPOLI?
Atalanta will be hoping to bounce back from their defeat in the last round [against AC Milan] with a win at Empoli. Only two points separate the two teams.

ROUND 8 FIXTURES

Spezia vs Salernitana
Lazio vs Inter Milan
AC Milan vs Hellas Verona
Cagliari vs Sampdoria
Empoli vs Atalanta
Genoa vs Sassuolo
Udinese vs Bologna
Napoli vs Torino
Juventus vs Roma
Venezia vs Fiorentina

 

 

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

BATTLE FOR THE POLE POSITION.
Can Leverkusen do enough to stop Bayern Munich? Can they make Bayern lose consecutively in the Bundesliga?

Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen are tied in points at the top of the German Bundesliga standings after seven rounds. Fortunately for them, they will get the opportunity to separate themselves when they face each other this round.
Leverkusen will host Bayern Munich for points that will put them in pole position. Bayern Munich will be going into this fixture to make up for the points they dropped in their defeat against Frankfurt in the last round. Bayern usually reacts well to pressure. They will open up a lead with this win.

 

A PERFECT TIME FOR DORTMUND TO WIN.
Borussia Dortmund will be hoping to use a home win against Mainz to take full advantage of the Leverkusen vs Bayern fixture.

A PERFECT TIME FOR FREIBURG TO WIN.
Freiburg will have the same objectives as Dortmund when they play host an RB Leipzig side that is working their way back to the position they’ve become accustomed to in recent years.

WILL WOLFSBURG STOP THE DOWNWARD SLIDE?
After starting their season with four wins, Wolfsburg has gone their recent three games without gaining the maximum points.
They are away to Union Berlin with only a point lead.
Should Union Berlin make it three wins in a row by picking up a victory from this tie, they will move above Wolfsburg in the standings

STILL WINLESS
Arminia Bielefeld and Greuther Furth are the two teams without a win. Both teams are facing teams the are currently their neighbors at the bottom end of the league table. They will both play teams that are directly above them in position.
Bottom-tabled Greuther Furth will host Bochum, while Arminia Bielefeld takes on Augsburg.

ROUND 8 FIXTURES

Hoffenheim vs FC Koln
Dortmund vs Mainz
Frankfurt vs Hertha Berlin
Freiburg vs RB Leipzig
Greuther Furth vs Bochum
Union Berlin vs Wolfsburg
Monchengladbach vs Stuttgart
Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich
Augsburg vs Arminia Bielefeld

 

 

FRENCH LIGUE 1

PSG LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK WITH ANGERS
Paris St. Germain has a six points lead in the Ligne 1 title race. They will need a win against Angers to bounce back from the points dropped after their first league defeat of the season; a 2-0 defeat at Rennes in the last round.
Angers are eight points behind PSG and have also suffered just a defeat this season.

LENS and Co.
Lens keeps the second place in the title race if they can get a win against Montpellier. A slip by Lens will allow Angers and a Nice side with a game in hand.
Nice will go against Troyes for the points to keep their outstanding game an advantage.

WILL MARSEILLE WINLESS ROUND CONTINUE?
Marseille is three league games without a win. Their last two games have ended in defeat so they cant allow a third straight defeat and can’t afford a fourth game in a row without a league win when they face a Lorient side that is on a 6- game unbeaten run.

MONACO AT LYON
Monaco on a three-game winning run will go to Lyon in search of an extension to their streak. Monaco and Lyon are separated by a point. Monaco on 14 points and Lyon on 13 points.

REIGNING CHAMPIONS (LILLE) GETTING THEIR GROOVE BACK?
Kille’s title defense season is picking up the right momentum.
They are going against newly-promoted Clermont Foot in the search for their fourth win in a row.

THE WINLESS IN LIGUE 1
Brest and Saint-Etienne are still in need of a win. Brest will be host to Reims, while Saint-Etienne will be in Strasbourg.

ROUND 10 FIXTURES

Paris St. Germain vs Angers
Clermont Foot vs Lille
Lyon vs Monaco
Troyes vs Nice
Bordeaux vs Nantes
Brest vs Reims
Metz vs Rennes
Strasbourg vs Saint-Etienne
Montpellier vs Lense
Marseille vs Lorient

 

 

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

CAN CHELSEA SURVIVE THE BRENTFORD TEST?
Chelsea’s narrow lead at the top of the Premier League is guaranteed to exist for another round if they can get a win against newly-promoted Brentford.

Brentford has survived the test against teams that were expected to beat them. [including Liverpool]. Their only defeat of the season has been against Brighton.

CAN LIVERPOOL SURVIVE THE WATFORD TEST?
Liverpool is the only unbeaten team left in the league. They go against Watford for the result that will keep them unbeaten and maybe force their way to the top if Brentford can do them a favor.

The last time the two teams played ended a 3-0 win for Watford in a season that Liverpool ended up as league champions while Watford ended up relegated.

THE FOURTEEN POINTERS
The Manchester clubs are on equal points [14]. Manchester City host Burnley, while Manchester United visit Leicester.
Everton and Brighton are also on 14 points with the Manchester clubs. Everton will host West Ham, while Brighton will face a Norwich City side that is still searching for their first win of the season since promotion. Norwich City has six defeats in seven matches played.

Rebuilding …
Tottenham will need a win at Newcastle to rebuild another streak after ending a losing streak in the league. Newcastle is still without a win but their rebuilding is coming.

 

ROUND 8 FIXTURES

Watford vs Liverpool
Aston Villa vs Wolves
Leicester City vs Manchester United
Manchester City vs Burnley
Norwich vs Brighton
Southampton vs Leeds
Brentford vs Chelsea
Everton vs West Ham
Newcastle vs Tottenham
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

 

 

 

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