After a hectic few days of European action, there are plenty of huge domestic matches this weekend as teams look to gain valuable momentum ahead of the busy festive period.
16:10 CET – The Premier League is underway for the afternoon! Three early goals see Bournemouth 2-1 ahead away to Wolves in a crazy start to that one, otherwise, it remains 0-0 across the grounds.
15:55 CET – The first shock of the weekend and third winless LaLiga game in a row for Barcelona.
Hansi Flick’s side have been plagued by injury problems but their losses to sides near the bottom of the league will be a concern to Flick. The three points for Las Palmas opens the door for Real Madrid to go top of LaLiga if they win their two games in hand. Does anyone want to win this title?
15:48 CET – It is half-time in Serie A and Como lead Monza 1-0 at the interval in what would be a huge three points for Serie A’s new side against relegation rivals.
15:43 CET – Elsewhere in Germany, the Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen, high off their big win in the Champions League, are ahead through Jeremie Frimpong.
15:40 CET – Over to the Bundesliga and Wolfsburg have made a fast start against third-placed RB Leipzig as they have raced into a 2-0 lead inside the first 10 minutes!
15:35 CET – Despite drawing level through on-fire Raphinha, Barcelona are behind again against Las Palmas as Fabio Silva restores the visitors’ lead!
15:25 CET – Into the final half-hour in Catalonia and it’s Las Palmas who have taken a shock lead against Barcelona thanks to a brilliant strike from Sandro Ramirez.
15:13 CET – We’ve got four matches in the Premier League to look forward to at 16:00 CET this afternoon, including Newcastle’s trip to Crystal Palace.
Follow all the Premier League action here.
14:52 CET – Half-time in LaLiga between Barcelona and Las Palmas and it’s been a cagey opening period in Catalonia.
Hansi Flick’s side have struggled to find any kind of cutting edge in the final third, with perhaps the standout moment of the half coming via Alberto Moleiro’s lovely piece of skill for the visitors.
Follow the second half with Flashscore here.
14:23 CET – There are five matches in the Bundesliga this afternoon kicking off at 15:30 CETincluding Bayer Leverkusen’s trip to Union Berlin and RB Leipzig up against Wolfsburg.
Follow all the action here.
14:00 CET – Today’s action in Italy gets underway with Como hosting Monza at 15:00 CET in what is a huge clash at the bottom of Serie A.
12:55 CET – We’re just over an hour away from the first game of the day between Barcelona and Las Palmas in LaLiga. Here are the lineups for that one, with Lamine Yamal back on the bench for the hosts.
Follow the match from 14:00 CET here.
12:28 CET – The player under the microscope in our latest FlashFocus piece is 17-year-old wonderkid Estevao, who is enjoying a superb season at Palmeiras in Brazil’s Serie A.
Having secured a big-money move to Chelsea in June, the striker is currently top of the scoring charts in Brazil, with his transfer to Stamford Bridge taking effect when he turns 18 next year.
Read the full feature on Estevao here.
11:00 CET – Hello and welcome to this weekend’s Football Tracker on what promises to be a thrilling couple of days!
Today’s action gets started in LaLiga with league leaders Barcelona up against Las Palmas at 14:00 CET.
Following that match, Bayer Leverkusen, AC Milan and Arsenal all take to the field as well as the small matter of Der Klassiker between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at 18:30 CET.
Last but by no means least is the prestigious Copa Libertadores final in South America between Atletico Mineiro and Botafogo at 21:00 CET.
Read more about that game here.
