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With the first five in the Bundesliga table separated by just two points, it’s shaping up to be a cracking title battle in the German top-flight, and Bayern Munich will be desperately seeking three points from their visit to the Mercedes-Benz Arena to face Stuttgart this afternoon, which they will need in order to remain at the summit of the table. Jupp Heynckes’ men have been red-hot this season, but their defeat at the hands of last season’s title winners…

On the easy list since early last month, Wesley Sneijder is set to miss Inter Milan’s Serie A clash this evening with Fiorentina, a big blow for club coach Claudio Ranieri who has called on his charges to ‘be more positive’. And more positive they need to be: the deposed Italian champions are languishing towards the foot of the table going into this game, lying in sixteenth place. Ranieri will know that he is on borrowed time. The Nerazzurri hierarchy have…

Chelsea's results have picked up recently but the true test of how much they have improved recently comes on Monday night when runaway league leaders Man City come to town. This time last season it was Chelsea who were topping the Premiership with no one predicting their downfall and they will need a similar sort of downfall for Man City who go into this match ten points above Chelsea. Man City must overcome the disappointment of crashing out of the Champions League during…

Stoke seem to have overcome their recent blip with some favourable results from their last few games and they will need to be in top form on Saturday afternoon if they are to get something from the extremely in form Tottenham, who have gone from early season top four outsiders to very much title contenders in many peoples' eyes. Stoke is never an easy place to go but Spurs have enjoyed their trips to the Britannia Stadium under Harry Redknapp, picking up three points…

Two of the slowest starters this season meet at the Hawthornes on Saturday afternoon when Wigan travel to the Midlands in a game they really need to get a point from if they are to have any chance of getting off the bottom of the league before Christmas. West Brom will be pretty happy to keep picking up a win every few games, a system that puts them five points and four places above the relegation zone currently. West Brom look likely to pair Shane Long and Peter Odemwingie…

Both of these sides have arguably overachieved a little this season, Newcastle recently lost their unbeaten start to the season but they are still sitting very pretty in sixth place just two places away from fourth place whilst Norwich, many pundits' tips for relegation, are in eleventh place just two points away from being in eighth place currently. Things can change drastically in the second half of the season, especially with the Premiership as close as it is, so these…

Middlesbrough went through the first ten games of the season unbeaten, winning five. Since then in the following nine they have recorded another five wins, but have suffered 3 defeats. Only one of those have come at the Riverside however, when West Ham came at the end of last month. On Saturday they face a Brighton side who are struggling for form after a golden period under Gus Poyet in the early weeks of the season when vying for top spot with fellow promoted side…

Both of these teams come into this match on the back of a loss but in very different circumstances, Arsenal were beaten 3-1 by Olympiakos in the Champions League when fielding a second string team whilst Everton were beaten 1-0 at home against slightly out of form Stoke last weekend. Both teams look to be falling slightly short of their pre season targets so a win in this match will be a big result for whichever side get ahead. Arsenal have largely been in very strong form in …

Liverpool suffered yet another setback last week in a game many would have predicted they would win and a lack of goals in recent games will have Kenny Dalglish worried after spending almost £60 million on strikers last January. Liverpool are now five points off the top four. QPR made a bright start to the season but that form seems to have levelled off a little but Neil Warnock should have money to spend once again in January and it seems likely he will dip into the…

Predictably, Barcelona are priced up at extremely prohibitive odds – 1.30 is the best offer in town with 888sport.com and Ladbrokes – for their encounter with BATE Borisov at the Camp Nou tonight, despite the distinct possibility of Pep Guardiola fielding an under-strength side. Indeed, the Blaugrana have already sailed through to the knockout stages, unsurprisingly, and the Catalan giants have much bigger fish to fry with arch enemies Real Madrid to do battle with …