Arsenal To Test Strength This Weekend
By Tanko Bauka
Arsenal FC will put their title credentials to the test this weekend in the week 5 encounter against the defending champion, Manchester City, as they travel to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday to lock horns with the high-flying Pep Guardiola boys.
Manchester City will be going into the encounter knowing fully that securing all three points at stake will extend the gap between them and Arsenal to 5 points, as they are currently two points ahead of their visitor.
West Ham and Chelsea will slug it out in a local derby at the Olympic stadium in West London in the early kickoff on Saturday while Liverpool will seek to put behind them their disappointing result against Nottingham Forest as they host AFC Bournemouth to bounce back, so also Tottenham Hotspur as they welcome Brentford after last weekend defeat suffered against their arch-rival Arsenal in the London derby.
Manchester United will travel to Vitality Stadium to face one of their last season’s nightmares, Crystal Palace, as they continue to rebuild.
Elsewhere in Europe, San Siro would light up as Inter Milan take on their rival AC Milan in a match that divides the Italians into two, a derby like no other derby in Italy that brings out the politics in the Mafias.
Another cracker to look forward to is the Juventus vs Napoli match as well as Roma vs Udinese.
In Spain, Real Madrid will continue their catch-up game as they host Espanyol to reduce the gap between them and Barcelona to one, while Barcelona, with a one hundred per cent record going into week 6, travels to Villarreal seeking to extend their lead at the top of the league.
Fixtures across EuropeB
Barclays Premier League
Saturday
West Ham vs Chelsea
Aston Villa vs Wolves
Fulham vs Newcastle
Leicester vs Everton
Liverpool vs AFC Bournemouth
Southampton vs Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Crystal Palace vs Manchester United
Sunday
Brighton vs Nothingham Forest
Machester City vs Arsenal
Spanish LA Liga
Friday
Deportivo Alaves vs Sevilla
Saturday
Real Valladolid vs Real Sociadad
Osasuna vs Las Palmas
Valencia vs Girona
Real Madrid vs Espanyol
Sunday
Gatafe vs Laganes
Athletic Bilbao vs Celta Vigo
Villarreal vs Barcelona
Rayo Vallacano vs Athletico Madrid
Italian Serie A
Friday
Cagliari vs Empoli
Hellas Verona vs Torino
Saturday
Venezia vs Genoa
Juventus vs Napoli
Lacce vs Parma
Sunday
Fiorentina vs Lazio
AC Monza vs Bologna
Roma vs Udinese
Inter Milan vs AC Milan
German Bundesliga
Friday
Augsburg vs Mainz 05
Saturday
Heidenheim vs SC Freiburg
Werder Bremen vs Bayern Munich
Union Berlin vs Hoffenheim
VFL Bochum vs Holstein Kiel
Frankfurt vs Monchenglabach
Sunday
Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg
Stuttgart vs Dortmund
FC Pauli vs RB Leipzig
Champions league results
Juventus 3- PSV 1
Young Boys 0- Aston Villa 3
AC Milan 1- Liverpool 3
Bayern Munich 9- Dinamo Zagreb 2
Real Madrid 3- Stuttgart 1
Sporting CP 2- Lille 0
Bologna 0- Shakhar Donetsk 0
Sparta Praha 3- Salzburg 0
Celtic 5- Slovan Bratislava 1
Club Brugge 0- Dortmund 3
Manchester City 0- Inter Milan 0
PSG 1- Girona 0
Feyenoord 0- Leverkusen 4
Crvena Zvezda 1- Benfica 2
Atlectico Madrid 2 – RB Leipzig 1
Monaco 2- Barcelona 1
Atalanta 0- Arsenal 0
Stade Bretois 2- Sturm Graz 1
