Previews

Sunday afternoon at the Allianz Arena pits the runaway Bundesliga leaders against a Stuttgart side still harbouring ambitions of finishing in the top four. Bayern are in imperious form and closing in on the title; Stuttgart arrive knowing a win would do nothing to dent Bayern’s lead but everything for …

Sunday evening at the Etihad Stadium delivers the title clash the Premier League has been building towards. Arsenal arrive as leaders on 70 points; Manchester City sit second on 64, with a game in hand. Six points separate them. A City win closes the gap to three and hands them …

The Merseyside derby returns on Sunday afternoon, and for once the form guide does not paint Liverpool as the runaway favourites. Everton head into this fixture in decent shape, while their city rivals arrive having endured a difficult few weeks across two competitions. At Hill Dickinson Stadium, the stakes are …

Saturday evening in Seville brings one of the most prestigious fixtures in Spanish football — the Copa del Rey final. Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad meet at the neutral Estadio La Cartuja, with both sides harbouring cup glory as a primary objective, but arriving off markedly different runs of form. …

Saturday night at Stamford Bridge delivers one of English football’s most storied fixtures, but neither side arrives in the kind of form that justifies much optimism. Chelsea have been poor in recent weeks and are bleeding Premier League momentum at a point in the season where every game has real …

Saturday’s late kick-off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium could scarcely pit two sides in more different circumstances. Spurs are 18th, deep in the relegation zone, haemorrhaging games and running out of time to save their top-flight status. Brighton arrive in north London in ninth place, having put together one of the …

Internazionale host Cagliari at San Siro on Friday evening in a Serie A fixture that could not be more different in terms of what is at stake for each side. The Nerazzurri sit nine points clear at the top of the table on 75 points, with the title increasingly within …

St. Pauli host FC Cologne at the Millerntor-Stadion on Friday evening in a Bundesliga fixture that carries significant weight at the wrong end of the table. The hosts are staring down the relegation playoff spot in 16th with 25 points — three behind 15th-placed Werder Bremen — and need wins …

Fiorentina host Crystal Palace at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Thursday night for the second leg of this Conference League quarter-final, facing one of the steepest climbs possible in European knockout football. The Eagles head to Florence carrying a commanding 3-0 advantage from the first leg, meaning the Viola must …

Nottingham Forest host FC Porto at The City Ground on Thursday night for the second leg of this Europa League quarter-final, with the tie perfectly poised at 1-1 on aggregate following last week’s draw in Portugal. There is no aggregate advantage for either side — whoever wins in Nottingham goes …