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Barclays Premier League:

The competition for the Barclays Premier League crown will heat up this weekend as Arsenal take on Roberto Martinez’ Wigan side on Saturday. League leaders Manchester United’s game against Birmingham at Old Trafford will also take place at the same time as that of the Gunners’. Saturday will also feature Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United play Newcastle United and Aston Villa respectively.

All the Premier League teams with the exclusion of Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion will have Sunday off as a round of midweek fixtures follow. The early hours of Tuesday morning will witness Chelsea face Bolton Wanderers away from home, while Wednesday features United playing their second game in 3 days as they face their rearranged fixture at Bloomfield Road against Blackpool.

Wednesday will also witness a relegation scrap between Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic, while Thursday’s lone fixture is Liverpool’s trip to Craven Cottage to face Mark Hughes’ Fulham side.

Fixtures:
January 22^nd, 2011 Wolves – Liverpool (6.10 P.M) (ESPN)
January 22^nd, 2011 Manchester United - Birmingham City (8.25 P.M) (ESPN)
January 22^nd, 2011 Arsenal – Wigan Athletic (8.25 P.M) (Star Sports)
January 22^nd, 2011 Aston Villa – Manchester City (10.55 P.M) (ESPN)
January 24^th, 2011 Bolton Wanderers – Chelsea (1.25 A.M) (ESPN)
January 25^th, 2011 Manchester United – Birmingham (1.00 A.M) (ESPN)

La Liga:

Spanish Champions Barcelona play Racing Santander at home during the early hours of Saturday, while second place Real Madrid play Mallorca the following day. 3^rd place Villareal play midtable Real Sociedad on Sunday as well, while Valencia play Malaga at the Mestalla.

*Selected fixtures will be broadcast on Ten Action Plus

Serie A and Bundesliga:

The Italian League features some important games this weekend as AC Milan play Cesena, while Inter Milan play away at Udinese. Saturday will witness a mammoth fixture as Sampdoria plays Juventus. On Sunday, Napoli play Bari while Lazio play Bologna and Roma host Cagliari. In the German Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund play Stuttgart at home while Bayern Munich and Hannover play Lautern and and Schalke respectively. 3^rd place Mainz also have a home game as they play Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen travel to Borussia Monchengladback.

Fixtures:
22^nd January, 2011 Hamburg – Eintracht Frankfurt (1 A.M) (Neo Sports)
22^nd January, 2011 Borussia Dortmund – Stuttgart (8.00 P.M) (Neo Sports)
23^rd January, 2011 FC Koln – Werder Bremen (12.00 A.M) Neo Sports)
23^rd January, 2011 Fiorentina – Lecce (7.25 P.M) (Ten Sports)
23^rd January, 2011 Sampdoria – Juventus (7.30 P.M) (Neo Sports)
24^th January, 2011 AC Milan – Cesena (1 A.M) (Neo Sports)
24^th January, 2011 Udinese – Inter Milan (1 A.M) (Ten Sports)
24^th January, 2011 Borussia Monchengladbach – Bayer Leverkusen (9 P.M) (Neo Sports)