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Sunderland and Manchester United are in desperate need of three points after a disappointing start to the season for both teams. Sunderland is still chasing the first win in the league this season and Manchester United is now in a series of three consecutive games without a win.
Definitely Sevilla and Freiburg are favorites for the first two places in Group H of the Europa League. Sevilla started excellently their performance in the tournament with an away win in the first round, while Freiburg conceded a frustrating draw, as the team was two goals in front of Slovan Liberec.
The favorites in Group D of the Champions League face each other in round 2 of the Champions League. Manchester City and Bayern Munich have already met in the group phase of the tournament in season 2011/2012, as they exchanged a 2:0 home wins. At this meeting, Manuel Pellegrini will seek a first win over his colleague Pep Guardiola.
Two teams, which are in perfect form are about to face each other in the second round of the Champions League. At the moment Arsenal and Napoli dominate in their domestic leagues and they occupy respectively the first place in the Premier League and the second place in Serie A. Also, both teams started with wins this year's Champions League tournament.
The man who probably feels the greatest pressure for this meeting is Martin Jol. Fulham manager suffers serious criticism in recent times and the victory in this match seems a must for the hosts. The team of Fulham, who was considered to be strong at home in recent years, now has only one win points from their last 6 matches at own audience.
After the surprising loss in the first round of Aston Villa the team of Arsenal showed great football and after 4 consecutive wins they are already ranked first in the standings. For Swansea the season did not start that well, with two losses, but lately they greatly improved their game.
This London derby puts under a serious pressure the managers of both teams. Tottenham and Chelsea definitely have big ambitions and any direct confrontation between them can be crucial. Chelsea have a good balance of meetings against Tottenham, especially in the Premier League for the past 13 years, where the blues have 16 wins against only 3 of his rival.
Inter and Fiorentina have started the season quite well and currently have an equal total of points and are unbeaten in the league. Certainly, these are two teams, that will fight for the top positions in Serie A, making this a very intriguing meeting.
There is quite curious belief for the derby of Rome, that prevails the team, which is in a weaker form. Before this encounter, it can clearly be distinguished, which team is in better condition.
Just in the fifth round of the Premier League we will have the opportunity to watch the Manchester derby. Both teams are once again among the main contenders for the title, and even so early in the season, the outcome of this match will influence the battle for the first place.
This week, one of the most exciting clashes in the German Bundesliga is certainly between the teams of Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich. Furthermore, this is the first serious test in the Bundesliga to the new manager of Bayern Pep Guardiola. He has already received much criticism, especially after the surprising draw in the match against Freiburg. In this meeting nothing but the win is an option for Guardiola and his team.
In a match of round 6 of the Premier League, Newcastle faces a team, that has never defeated. The start of the season was not very good for both teams, as they performed rather poorly. Newcastle, however, managed 2 consecutive wins in the last 2 rounds of the league and it seems that this meeting provides a good opportunity for the "magpies" to break the series without a win against Hull.
In view of Eintracht Braunschweig`s performance so far this season, it seems that this team will struggle to stay in the Bundesliga. Every point will be highly valuable to Braunschweig, as the first won point this season came last weekend in a 1-1 draw against Nuremberg.
Valencia will try to start their campaign in the Europa League with three points at home against the dangerous team of Swansea.
In Group F of the Champions League are the teams of Napoli, Borussia Dormund, Arsenal and Olympique Marseille. This is definitely one of the most exciting groups in the tournament and each point will be of high importance for determining the first two teams. This clash will be extremely intriguing, as Napoli and Borussia are in excellent form and currently both teams have recorded only victories in their domestic leagues.
The battle between the teams of Galatasaray and Real Madrid continues this season of the Champions League. In the last edition of the tournament the whites managed to overcome this opponent in the quarterfinals. However, the team lost its visit to Turkey with 3-2 and it is expected that Real will again be put under serious pressure from players like Drogba, Sneijder and Eboue.
The debut of David Moyes in the Champions League as manager of Manchester United will definitely not be easy. Overall, the German teams are on the rise and this is proved by the last tournament final between Borussia Dormund and Bayern Munich.
FK Ural - Dynamo Moscow 16/09/2013 14:00 GMT
- In the team of Dinamo (Moscow), there are 4 injured players, who will miss this meeting.
- Recently, Dynamo (Moscow) performs quite hesitantly, as the team has recorded three consecutive draws.
- FC Ural has a lot of problems in defense and for this season the team has only one match without conceding a goal.
- Dynamo Moscow
The team of Aston Villa had probably the most difficult start of the season with away games against Arsenal and Chelsea and a home match against Liverpool. Of these 3 meetings Villa managed a valuable success, but lost the other two. Newcastle on the other, hand performs quite hesitantly, scoring only 1 goal, which brought the team's single win of the season.
This game will definitely be a serious challenge for the players of Jose Mourinho. Everton is one of the strongest hosts in the Premier League, as in the last 6 matches in front of own audience, the team has not even conceded a goal. On the other hand, Chelsea are unbeaten in 31 of their last 34 games against the Toffees and it can be concluded, that this will be a fairly competitive clash.
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