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Barclays Premier League:

Although the Merseyside Derby on Sunday is likely to pick up most of the weekend’s headlines, Saturday evening will see Blackburn Rovers travel to Stamford Bridge to play the Champions Chelsea while Manchester City will host Wolverhampton Wanderers. Both home teams require all 3 points to keep pace with runaway leaders Manchester United and will be firm favourites to do so.

Arsenal are also in action on Saturday as they face Avram Grant’s West Ham United at Upton Park. Elsewhere on Saturday, relegation scraps abound as Wigan spar against Mark Hughes’ Fulham at the DW Stadium while West Bromwich Albion play Blackpool.

Apart from the much-anticipated game against Liverpool and Everton on Sunday, Manchester United will face a tough inquisition as they face Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham Hotspur. The Tyne-Wear derby and midlands derby are also lined up on Sunday as Sunderland face Newcastle United whilst Birmingham City face Aston Villa at St. Andrews.

Fixtures:
15^th January, 2011 Manchester City – Wolves (8.25 P.M) (Star Sports)
15^th January, 2011 Chelsea – Blackburn Rovers (8.25 P.M) (ESPN)
15^th January, 2011 West Ham United – Arsenal (10.55 P.M) (ESPN)
16^th January, 2011 Sunderland – Newcastle (5.25 P.M) (Star Sports)
16^th January, 2011 Birmingham City – Aston Villa (5.25 P.M) (ESPN)
16^th January, 2011 Liverpool – Everton (7.30 P.M) (ESPN)
16^th January, 2011 Tottenham Hotspur – Manchester United (ESPN)

La Liga:

In Spain, Spanish Champions Barcelona travel to Malaga on Monday while Real Madrid could provisionally occupy the top of the table if they beat Almeria away from home on Sunday. Meanwhile, the pretenders to the Spanish title Villareal and Espanyol face games against Osasuna and Sevilla respectively.

Serie A and German Bundesliga:

League leaders AC Milan are in action on Sunday as they face a weak Lecce side. Elsewhere, Roma play away at Cessna while second place Napoli host Fiorentina on Saturday. Champions Inter Milan and Juventus both have home games this week as they play Bologna and Bari respectively. In Germany, Bayern Leverkusen face a stern test as they face league leaders Borussia Dortmund in the early hours of Saturday. Bayern Munich are also in action as they face Steve McLaren’s Wolfsburg while Schalke play Hamburg at home.

Fixtures:
15^th January, 2011 Bayern Leverkusen – Borussia Dortmund (1 A.M) (Neo Sports)
15^th January, 2011 VFL Wolfsburg – Bayern Munich (8 P.M) (Neo Sports)
16^th January, 2011 Inter Milan – Bologna (1.10 A.M) (Ten Sports)
16^th January, 2011 Lazio – Sampdoria (7.30 P.M) (Neo Sports)
17^th January, 2011 Lecce – AC Milan (1.00 A.M) (Neo Sports)

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