The five major European leagues will return to action this weekend following an international break which is dreaded by football fans across the globe.
The weekend starts with thrills from arguably the best league in the world, the English premier league, the Spanish la Liga, the German Bundesliga, the French Ligue 1 and the Italian Serie A.
Liverpool continue their hundred percent run to the start of the EPL as they seek to end a thirty-year league trophy drought. The current European champions face Newcastle on Saturday 14th September in an early 11:30 am encounter. Manchester City also faces Norwich away from home as they seek to retain the premier league trophy for three straight seasons.
In the Spanish la Liga, defending champions Barcelona will host Valencia as they hope to earn a second win in four games. Barcelona have been without their talisman Lionel Messi as he picked up a calf injury on the eve of the new campaign. Barcelona will rely on the return of striker Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann to get them the maximum three points they need in their title defense. Real Madrid also welcome Levante at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, the 13 times European champions will be without major signing Eden Hazard who is currently injured.
Juventus face Fiorentina on Saturday at 1 pm in the Italian Serie A and hope to stay on winning ways with the help of Cristiano Ronaldo who is in a fine form of scoring.
Paris Saint Germain will host Strasbourg at 3:30 on Saturday as they hope to defend their league title. New signing Mauro Icardi will be looking forward to get his debut and hopefully start scoring. Neymar Jr also returns from injury to boost the PSG squad ahead of their Saturday encounter.
Below are the various fixtures in Europe’s top five leagues
English Premier League
Saturday 14 September 2019
Liverpool vs Newcastle
Brighton vs Burnley
Man Utd. vs Leicester
Sheff Utd. vs Southampton
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton vs Chelsea
Norwich vs Man City
Sunday 15 September 2019
Bournemouth vs Everton
Watford vs Arsenal
Monday 16 September 2019
Aston Villa vs West Ham
La Liga
Friday 13 September 2019
Mallorca vs Athletic Club
Saturday 14 September 2019
Real Madrid vs Levante
Leganés vs Villarreal
Real Sociedad vs Atlético
Barcelona vs Valencia
Sunday 15 September 2019
Eibar vs Espanyol
Alavés vs Sevilla
Celta vigo vs Granada
Valladolid vs Osasuna
Betis vs Getafe
Italy Seria A
Saturday 14 September 2019
Fiorentina vs Juventus
Napoli vs Sampdoria
Inter vs Udinese
Sunday 15 September 2018
Genoa vs Atlanta
Brescia vs Bologna
Parma vs Cagliari
SPAL vs Lazio
Roma vs Sassuolo
Verona vs Milan
Monday 16 September 2019
Torino vs Lecce
French Ligue 1
Friday 13 September 2019
Lille vs Angers
Amiens vs Lyon
Saturday 14 September 2019
PSG vs Strasbourg
Dijon vs Nîmes
Montpellier vs Nice
Brest vs Rennes
Bordeaux vs Metz
Sunday 15 September 2019
Nantes vs Reims
Saint-Étienne vs Toulouse
Monaco vs Marseille
Bundesliga
Friday 13 September 2019
Düsseldorf vs Wolfsburg
Saturday 14 September 2019
Dortmund vs Leverkusen
Mainz O5 vs Hertha BSC
Augsburg vs Frankfurt
Köln vs M’gladbach
Union Berlin vs Bremen
Leipzig vs Bayern Munich
Sunday 15 September 2019
Hoffenheim vs Freiburg
Paderborn vs Schalke 04
STORY BY: OFORI EMMANUEL.
