Madrid Derby: Will Griezmann enter the sector earlier than 60 minutes?

With England nonetheless in a state of mourning after the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II, three matches have been postponed. The largest of them is Chelsea vs Liverpool and Manchester United’s dwelling recreation towards Leeds. Brighton & Hove Albion’s fixture towards Crystal Palace is the opposite match that won’t happen.

With the blockbuster encounters lacking this week from the EPL, eyes will flip in the direction of leagues just like the Serie A and the La Liga which have mouthwatering clashes lined up for the followers. Here’s a few of the matches which you do not need to overlook this weekend:

Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid (Monday, 12.30 AM)

The large one from La Liga this weekend is the derby between desk toppers Los Blancos and archrivals Rojiblancos on Monday evening. Atletico will purpose to finish Real’s excellent begin to the season and with Karim Benzema reportedly lacking in motion with an harm, they’ll have one much less factor to fret about. On the opposite hand, Atletico themselves might be with out their important shot stopper Jan Oblak who can also be on the injured checklist. Another factor which might be fascinating to see on this match is that if Diego Simeone lets ahead Antoine Griezmann come within the recreation earlier than 60 minutes. The France participant is caught in an unenviable place on account of a dispute between Barcelona and Atletico with the latter asking Simeone to restrict the minutes Griezmann performs in an try to keep away from having to pay the previous 40 million euros stipulated in his mortgage contract if he performed greater than half the obtainable minutes. Even with the dearth of great gametime, Griezmann has scored 3 instances in his 7 appearances and in a simply world, would begin forward of an off form Joao Felix within the beginning lineup. The nicely oiled Real Madrid machine might be licking their chops to have a go at this Atletico lineup, restricted by accidents and disputes, which has left them languishing within the seventh place.

Goal, ardour and Red & White feeling 😍

🔙 #AtletiRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/Zblv0AqeUv

— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) September 15, 2022

Milan vs Napoli (Monday, 12.15 AM)

From the trials and tribulations of 1 French striker in Spain, we come to Italy the place one other French ahead will characterize Milan’s main hope of their conflict towards desk toppers Napoli. Olivier Giroud, who has been on a tear since serving to Milan win their first Serie A title in 11 years, would be the attacking focus of the aspect. The Rossoneri will miss their season’s prime objective scorer Rafael Leao, who’s suspended and legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic. They may even be with out the companies of Alessandro Florenzi, Ante Rebic and Divock Origi. With each golf equipment having 14 factors, Milan will want an outright victory towards the Naples membership to leapfrog them and clinch prime spot. Napoli, like Milan, are undefeated this season and might be buoyed by their latest Champions League drubbings of Liverpool and Rangers. After dropping a bunch of key first workforce gamers within the switch window, the Gli Azzurri have unearthed diamonds like Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Giovanni Simeone and Giacomo Raspadori who’re main the cost for them. However, their star participant Victor Osimhen will nonetheless be lacking on account of harm.

Leaving nothing to likelihood forward of #MilanNapoli 👊 #SempreMilan @play_eFootball pic.twitter.com/dKuzn9CTfS

— AC Milan (@acmilan) September 16, 2022

Tottenham vs Leicester City (Saturday, 10 PM)

In the latest previous, this recreation could be an honest mid desk conflict however this season, the gulf between the 2 sides is humongous. Tottenham are third within the desk whereas Leicester are on the fag finish of it, having misplaced 5 out of 6 matches. But Tottenham are well-known for dropping the plot in a short time, like they did towards Sporting within the Champions League, conceding 2 targets after the ninetieth minute resulting in defeat. Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers is aware of that and you may guess something that he’ll look to this fixture as one which begins an uptick in Leicester in addition to his personal fortunes. Tottenham, in the meantime, have been on a 7-game profitable streak at dwelling and it received’t be straightforward for Leicester to interrupt down a aspect which defeated them twice final season. One factor that is perhaps worrying for Conte is that they should face a well-rested Leicester aspect whereas the Lilywhites had a grueling journey to Portugal within the midweek. The gameplay towards Sporting was not flattering, with Spurs failing to create any clear lower probabilities within the attacking third. Conte might be hoping for a a lot better efficiency towards a down on their luck Leicester City who shipped 5 targets to Brighton of their final match.

Two large video games towards the Foxes this weekend 💪 pic.twitter.com/QJ8hLW8AAG

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 16, 2022

Notable mentions

Manchester City vs Wolves (Saturday, 5 PM)

Brentford vs Arsenal (Sunday, 4.30 PM)

Roma vs Atalanta (Saturday, 9.30 PM)

Villareal vs Sevilla (Saturday, 7.45 PM)