Sunday’s Derbies

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Now we have three thrilling derbies to look ahead to on Sunday the twenty third of April and we start with the El Otro Clásico between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

This match, relying on outcomes elsewhere, may present a possibility for Barcelona to win the title in-front of their very own followers however Atletico Madrid are closing in on second place following what was a disappointing begin to the season.

Barcelona took all 3 factors within the first La Liga sport on the Estádio Cívitas Metropolitano however Atletico Madrid are a unique proposition now. Within the earlier 6 conferences between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in La Liga, there have been 2 wins for every crew and a couple of attracts.

Nonetheless, Atletico Madrid battle to win video games when enjoying on the Camp Nou and have didn’t win a match of their 13 most up-to-date makes an attempt within the league. One factor we should always anticipate to see is targets and of their previous 41 matches in all competitions, a mean of two.7 targets have been scored.

The title is already within the bag for Barcelona whatever the end result on this sport however Xavi might be eager for his crew to point out they’re clearly the most effective in Spain by beating the crew in third place.

Shifting to the Netherlands and have we one of many greatest video games of the season as PSV Eindhoven and Ajax meet in De Topper. Each groups are chasing Feyenoord who’re high of the desk and have a distant hope of catching them to problem for the title.

It’s value noting solely the highest two groups qualify for the Champions League, so ending second is vastly vital and that makes De Topper a large fixture. By way of the Eredivisie, it’s PSV who maintain the benefit with 54 victories in comparison with the 52 wins for Ajax.

PSV have additionally had the higher of Ajax in latest matches, beating them on the Johan Cruyff Enviornment within the league plus recording victories within the KNVB Cup and the Johan Cruyff Protect.

There might be an enthusiastic crowd on the Philips Stadion and this fixture is getting near the rivalry between Ajax and Feyenoord.

Travelling to France and our third derby on Sunday is between Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique Marseille. Often known as the Choc des Olympiques, Marseille are nonetheless in with a shout of profitable the title this season whereas Lyon try to recuperate from a poor begin to the season to complete within the Europa Convention League qualifying place.

Trying particularly at Ligue 1, Lyon have the superior head-to-head file going into this match having received 36 occasions in comparison with the 29 victories of Marseille. Neither crew have been dominant in latest conferences, with Marseille profitable 1-0 on the Stade Velodrome early this season however every crew has 2 victories from the final 6 fixtures together with 2 attracts.

Nonetheless, it’s value noting Marseille have struggled because the away crew in Ligue 1 they usually have didn’t win any of their 12 most up-to-date journeys to Lyon within the league.