It will soon be another weekend of exciting football across Europe as teams get back to contention for their 2016/17 campaign in the leagues.

The English Premier league will undoubtedly be booming with excitement as any slip from the league leaders would change the length of league standings.

In the Spanish La Liga, the gap between the utmost effective six teams is merely three points as the standard two horse race has been thrown into more competition this term.

The 2 biggest clubs in the Italian Serie A have a romantic date this weekend while they renew their rivalry once the defending Champions happen to be the San Siro.

Listed here are the very best four matches for the weekend

1. Manchester City vs Southampton

Pep Guardiola's side have now been wobbly since Celtic ended their 10 match winning run in every competitions which followed with the defeat to Tottenham, the draw to Everton and the recent 0 – 4 thumping in the hands of Barcelona have brought the billionaire club back to earth.

The crisis in the team have taken another turn following criticisms about axing star man Sergio Aguero from the squad in the Champions League and Claudio Bravo's unstable form in goal. A slip at the Etihad to the Saints will compound the woes of the Spanish coach.

2. Chelsea vs Manchester United

Two teams with pedigree come neck to neck once the Blues square facing the Red Devils at Stamford Bridge and it will be Antonio Conte's first ending up in Jose Mourinho.

The intriguing part with this encounter may be the return of the Special One to where he became popular while the fans are awaiting the coach that won their hearts with trophies.

3. Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao

Despite scoring 10 goals within their last two matches Cristiano Ronaldo just was able to score one out of them and this will be a something coach Zinedine Zidane will worry about.

Los Blancos might be highly favoured to win the match but every Real Madrid fan can't wait for Ronaldo to get back in his scoring form for Los Merengues.
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