It won’t be easy for them as both of them play away against formations capable of giving them a new scare: the ‘Citizens’ visit Brighton (8th) of Paraguayan Julio Enciso and the ‘Villains’ have a highly demanding commitment in the leader’s field Liverpool (1st).
* Great goal from Enciso. In Brighton, the historic goal that Julio Enciso scored against City on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at the Amex Stadium, where the duel will be played today, is still fresh in their memory. That goal secured Europa League qualification for Brighton & Hove Albion for the first time in the club’s history.
Been: England continues to bother Guardiola
* Negative split. City comes into this match after losing 4-1 in the Champions League against Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday. A week ago they lost 2-1 against Bournemouth, losing their undefeated record and the lead in the Premier League, just days after being eliminated from the English League Cup by Tottenham (2-1).
* London Derby. Another team that is in a delicate moment is Arsenal (5th), current runner-up and who in the last three league games have added just one point. In the Champions League, they also lost (1-0) in their visit to Inter Milan. The ‘Gunners’ also have a difficult test to pass this weekend, in their case in the form of a London derby at Chelsea’s field (4th), tomorrow Sunday to bring the curtain down on the day.
* Paraguayan duel. The Nottingham of Ramon Sosasurprising third in the table, will host Newcastle tomorrow Miguel Almiron in a promising match between two teams with intentions of qualifying for European competitions.
* Program. Today: 12:00 West Ham-Everton (ESPN); 12:00 Brentford – Bournemouth; 12:00 Crystal Palace – Fulham; 12:00 Wolverhampton – Southampton; 14:30 Brighton – Manchester City (ESPN); 17:00 Liverpool – Aston Villa (ESPN).
Domingo: 11:00 Nottingham -Newcastle (ESPN); 11:00 Manchester United – Leicester; 11:00 Tottenham-Ipswich; 13:30 Chelsea-Arsenal (ESPN).
* Positions: Liverpool 25, Man. City 23, Nottingham 19, Chelsea 18, Arsenal 18, Aston Villa 18, Tottenham 16, Brighton 16, Fulham 15, Bournemouth 15, Newcastle 15.
Real Sociedad – Osasuna
Real Madrid will try to end their crisis today against Osasuna, on matchday 13 of the League, after the tough defeats against Barcelona (4-0) and Milan (3-1), so as not to definitively fall behind the Barça team, leader with nine points ahead of the whites. Barça will visit Real Sociedad tomorrow.
* The Getafe of the Paraguayan defender Omar Alderete It receives Girona today with the obligation to add three points to escape the relegation zone.
The 13th day started yesterday:
* Rayo Vallecano 1-Las Palmas 3. Goals: 6′ Fábio Silva, 62′ Aridane Hernández, against, 67′ Manuel Fuster (LP); 90+3′ Scott McKenna, against (RV). Ast: 12,978.
Hoy: 10:00 Real Madrid – Osasuna (Directv); 12:15 Villarreal – Alavés (ESPN2); 17:00 Getafe – Girona.
Domingo: 10:00 Betis – Celta; 12:15 Mallorca – Atlético Madrid (ESPN2); 14:30 Leganés – Seville; 14:50 Valladolid – Athletic Bilbao; 17:00 Real Sociedad – Barcelona (ESPN2).
Postponed: Espanyol-Valencia (due to flooding in the Valencia region).
* Positions: Barcelona 33, Real Madrid 24, Atl. Madrid 23, Villarreal 21, Osasuna 21, Athletic 19, Betis 19, Mallorca 18, Rayo 16, Celta 16.
Today, Juventus-Torino derby
Turin will experience an all-sports weekend with the start of the ATP Tennis Finals on Sunday, but since yesterday it has been beating to the beat of the “Derby della Mole” that Juventus and Paraguayan team Torino will cheer on today. Antonio Sanabria for the 12th round of the Italian soccer championship.
The clash between the “Vecchia Signora” of the Italian-Brazilian Thiago Motta and the “maroon” of Paolo Vanoli attracts attention on a day in which the leader Napoli will visit his second team Inter on Sunday at San Siro.
Program for the 12th day:
* Genoa 1-As 1. Goals: 17′ Lucas Da Cunha (C); 90+2′ Alessandro Vogliacco (G).
* Lecce 1-Empoli 1. Goals: 33′ Pietro Pellegri (E); 77′ Santiago Pierotti (L).
Hoy: 11:00 Venice – Parma (ESPN4); 2.00pm Cagliari-Milan; 4.45pm Juventus-Turin (ESPN2).
Domingo: 08:30 Atalanta-Udinese (ESPN); 11:00 Rome-Bolonia; 11:00 Fiorentina-Verona; 2.00pm Monza-Lazio (ESPN3); 4.45pm Inter-Napoli (ESPN).
* Positions: Napoli 25, Inter 24, Atalanta 22, Fiorentina 22, Lazio 22, Juventus 21, Milan 17, Udinese 16, Bolonia 15, Empoli 15, Turin 14, Rome 13.
Freiburg misses a penalty and draws
Danish goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow saved a point for Union Berlin by saving a penalty during the 0-0 draw at home against Freiburg, which thus missed the chance to go third in the Bundesliga table at the start of matchday 10. The leader Bayern Munich visits St Pauli today (15th).
* Union Berlin 0-Freiburg 0. Incident: 22′ Vincenzo Grifo (F) missed a penalty. Ast: 20,000.
Hoy: 11:30 St Pauli – Bayern (ESPN5); 11:30 Majorca – Borussia Dortmund; 11:30 Werder Bremen – Kiel; 11:30 Bochum – Bayer Leverkusen; 14:30 Leipzig – Borussia Mönchengladbach (ESPN2).
Domingo: 11:30 Augsburg – Hoffenheim; 13:30 Stuttgart – Eintracht Frankfurt; 15:30 Heidenheim – Wolfsburg.
* Positions: Bayern 23, Leipzig 20, Eintracht 17, Freiburg 17, Leverkusen 16, Dortmund 16, Unión Berlin 16, Stuttgart 13, Bor. Mönchengladbach 13, Werder Bremen 12 .
