What to watch this weekend

What to watch this weekend

(AP):

ENGLAND

Manchester City look to end a 15-year wait for victory at Anfield when the champions visit Liverpool in a meeting of the top two teams in the Premier League tomorrow.

The sides are tied on 19 points after winning six of their seven games this season.

City lost at Anfield twice last season: 4-3 in the Premier League to end its 22-match unbeaten start, and 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals en route to getting eliminated. City manager Pep Guardiola has struggled in matches against Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp, winning only one of their six meetings while working in England.

Chelsea, the other unbeaten team heading into the eighth round of matches, visit Southampton tomorrow.

Manchester United, in 10th place, look for a first win in five matches across all competitions when they host Newcastle today.

SPAIN

Winless in three LaLiga matches and with their defence faltering, first-place Barcelona visit a Valencia side tomorrow, that held Manchester United to a goalless draw in the Champions League in midweek.

Barcelona have conceded seven goals in four games, including two in Wednesday's win at Tottenham in the Champions League. Valencia ended a seven-match winless streak last weekend.

Real Madrid, behind Barcelona on goal difference, visit sixth-place Alaves today still reeling from a Champions League loss at CSKA Moscow on Tuesday. That made it three straight games without scoring for Madrid, after a home draw against Atletico Madrid and a 3-0 loss at Sevilla.

Alaves have yet to lose at home and have been one of the early surprises in Spain.

Third-place Sevilla, one point behind Madrid and Barcelona, host struggling Celta Vigo tomorrow. Sevilla have outscored their opponents 17-4 in their last four matches, and forward Andre Silva is the league's leading scorer with seven goals.

GERMANY

Bayern Munich bid to end a three-game run without a win in a home match against Borussia Moenchengladbach today.

Bayern lost the league lead last weekend to Borussia Dortmund, which faces Augsburg also today. Augsburg was the side that ended Bayern's seven-game winning start to the season.

Third-place Hertha Berlin visit Mainz today, when Schalke will look for another win at Fortuna Duesseldorf after ending their five-game losing start last weekend.

Bayer Leverkusen visit Freiburg tomorrow, when Leipzig host promoted Nuremberg.

FRANCE

Given how sloppy Lyon's defending has been at times this season, a trip to free-scoring Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) tomorrow is hardly what the club needs.

Lyon's weakness at the back was exposed in the Champions League on Tuesday, when they fell 2-0 behind at home to Shakhtar Donetsk before rallying to draw 2-2.

A 6-1 rout of Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League took PSG's tally of goals to 35 in 10 games overall. Neymar has 10 goals in his last eight games.

Victory against Lyon will set a new French record of nine straight league wins.

All is going well for PSG's new coach, Thomas Tuchel, but the pressure is mounting on Monaco's Leonardo Jardim, who needs a home win against Rennes tomorrow with his side languishing in 18th place and star striker Radamel Falcao out of sorts.

Second-place Lille the season's surprise package after almost being relegated last season host fourth-place Saint-Etienne today.

ITALY

Juventus can extend their perfect start at Udinese, while second-place Napoli host Sassuolo looking to build on its Champions League victory over Liverpool in midweek.

On a weekend without any standout matches, Roma visit Empoli, AC Milan host Chievo Verona and Inter Milan visit Spal in the eighth round of fixtures.

In a game featuring two sides that have shown flair in the early weeks, third-place Fiorentina visit seventh-place Lazio.

Krzysztof Piatek, who leads the league charts with eight goals, will look for more as Genoa hosts Parma.