SPAIN
The only good result near the top of the Primera Division standings this week belonged to Real Madrid, who defeated last-place Recreativo 1-0. Barcelona managed only a draw with Getafe and Sevilla and Valencia drew with each other. That is not even to mention the embarrassing 0-3 loss that Villarreal suffered at the hands of Real Valladolid.
Coming up, the match of the weekend will take place in Sevilla, where Barcelona will come to visit as it begins the tough part of its schedule, after taking on many of the minnows in La Liga. Whether Barcelona can hold on or Sevilla can make a run, we’ll begin to learn this weekend.
Tables:
1. Barcelona (9-2-1) 29 +28
2. Real Madrid (8-2-2) 26 +12
3. Villarreal (7-4-1) 25 +7
4. Valencia (7-3-2) 24 +13
5. Sevilla (7-3-2) 24 +10
6. Atletico (5-3-4) 18 +6
7. Deportivo (5-3-4) 18 -1
8. Real Betis (5-2-5) 17 3
9. Valladolid (5-1-6) 16 -4
10. Racing San. (4-3-5) 15 -1
11. Malaga (4-3-5) 15 -4
12. Almeria (4-3-5) 15 -6
13. Sporting G (5-0-7) 15 -7
14. Getafe (3-5-4) 14 -4
15. Mallorca (3-4-5) 13 -5
16. Espanyol (3-3-6) 12 -8
17. Numancia (3-2-7) 11 -10
18. Athletico (2-3-7) 9 -10
19. Osasuna (1-5-6) 8 -6
20. Recreativo (1-4-7) 7 -13
Current Matches:
Villarreal 0-3 Valladolid
(Sesma 24, 44, Sanchez 45)
Real Madrid 1-0 Recreativo de Huelva
(Sneijder 39)
Sevilla 0-0 Valencia
Sporting Gijon 1-2 Real Betis
(Castro 26; Monzon 52, Ermana 59)
Real Mallorca 2-2 Malaga
(Josemi 18, Webo 66; Barrios 14 (og), Baha 24)
Osasuna 3-1 Almeria
(Pandiani 14, Pellerano 71 (og), Valdozc 90; Negredo 7 (p))
Racing de Santander 3-0 Espanyol
(Marcano 10, Serrano 26, Jonathan 58)
Numancia 1-1 Atletico de Madrid
(Bakero 90 (p); Forlan 34)
Barcelona 1-1 Getafe
(Keita 72; Manu 19)
Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 Athletic de Bilbao
(Castro 20, Fernandez 44 (p), Guardado 90; Agnaba 73)
Upcoming Matches:
Real Madrid at Getafe
Barcelona at Sevilla
Sporting Gijon at Espanyol
Deportivo La Coruna at Almeria
Osasuna at Malaga
Real Mallorca at Valladolid
Villarreal at Recreativo de Huelva
Real Betis at Valencia
Racing de Santander at Atletico de Madrid
GERMANY
This past weekend was a high-scoring weekend in the Bundesliga with eight of nine matches having at least three goals. With a 3-1 victory in Cologne, TSG Hoffenheim maintained its position at the top spot of the League. Leverkusen slipped, losing 1-2 to Arminia Bielefeld, but managed to hold on to second place by virtue of goal differential. Bayern Munich restarted its charge towards the top spot of the Bundesliga with a 4-1 victory over last-place Energie Cottbus.
The top match of the upcoming weekend will take place on Saturday, when Bayern Munich will host Bayer Leverkusen in a battle of the clubs that are currently tied for second place in the Bundesliga.
Table:
1. Hoffenheim (10-1-3) 31 +17
2. Leverkusen (9-1-4) 28 +15
3. Bay. Munich (8-4-2) 28 +12
4. Her. Berlin (8-3-3) 27 +3
5. Hamburger (8-2-4) 26 0
6. B. Dortmund (6-6-2) 24 +7
7. Schalke 04 (6-5-3) 23 +9
8. Wolfsburg (6-4-4) 22 +10
9. W. Bremen (5-5-4) 20 +6
10. Cologne (6-1-7) 19 -5
11. Stuttgart (5-3-6) 18 -2
12. E. Frankfurt (4-4-6) 16 -4
13. Hannover 96 (3-4-7) 13 -12
14. A. Bielefeld (2-6-6) 13 -12
15. M’Gladbach (3-2-9) 11 -12
16. VfL Bochum (1-7-6) 10 -6
17. Karlsruher (3-1-10) 10 -13
18. En. Cottbus (2-3-9 9 -16
Recent Matches
Karlsruher 0-1 Borussia Dortmund
(Zidan 25)
Bayern Munich 4-1 Energie Cottbus
(Ribery 29, Demichelis 38, Klose 54, Toni 59; Skela 25)
Schalke 04 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
(Hall 17, 45, Farfan 23 (p); Friend 30)
Wolfsburg 4-0 VfB Stuttgart
(Gafite 51, 76, Dzeko 79, 85; Lanig 17)
Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 Hannover 96
(Lyberopoulos 26, 86, Russ 40, Fenin 90)
VfL Bochum 2-3 Hertha Berlin
(Sestak 51, Mieciel 74; Rafael 25, Kacar 33, Santos 39)
Arminia Bielefeld 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
(Wichniarek 53, Halfar 69; Helmes 78)
Cologne 1-3 TSG Hoffenheim
(Petit 78; Ba 32, Ibisevic 67, 88)
Hamburger 2-1 Werder Bremen
(Guerrero 6, Olic 74; Refas 24)
Upcoming Matches:
Cologne at Hertha Berlin
Karlsruher at Hannover 96
Arminia Bielefeld at TSG Hoffenheim
Bayern Munich at Bayer Leverkusen
Energie Cottbus at Borussia Monchengladbach
Eintracht Frankfurt at Werder Bremen
Wolfsburg at Borussia Dortmund
Hamburger at VfL Bochum
Schalke 04 at VfB Stuttgart
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