With the first international break of the season looming, teams across Europe will be looking to end the first phase of the campaign on a high and there are plenty of huge clashes taking place across the continent this weekend.
A top-two clash between Lille and PSG is the highlight in France, while Juventus are taking on Roma in Italy and Saturday’s match between Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig is arguably the most exciting fixture across any of the leagues.
All three clashes feature in our European treble for the weekend.
- BAYER LEVERKUSEN TO BEAT RB LEIPZIG
- JUVENTUS TO BEAT ROMA
- PSG TO BEAT LILLE
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Bayer Leverkusen vs RB Leipzig
The German champions picked up exactly where they left off in their opening league game of the campaign, in more than one way too.
Not only did Leverkusen, who went unbeaten in the Bundesliga last term, take all three points against Borussia Monchengladbach, they did so in dramatic fashion as Florian Wirtz slotted home the rebound of his missed penalty to secure the win in the 11th minute of added time.
The masters of the late late show demonstrated the fight which made them so impermeable last term, which is bad news for RB Leipzig, who were beaten 3-2 by Leverkusen in both league meetings last term.
Leipzig were unimpressive in their opening 1-0 home win over Bochum, who were nearly relegated last season, and a trip to the BayArena, where Leverkusen have won 10 of their last 12 matches, is likely to yield zero points.
BAYER LEVERKUSEN TO BEAT RB LEIPZIG
Roma vs Juventus
Thiago Motta, who led Bologna to a Champions League spot last term, has wasted no time in getting his ideas across to his new Juventus players, with the Old Lady now top of the pile in Italy following two wins to nil.
A clash with Roma would ordinarily represent a step up in class of opposition from Como and Lecce, but Daniele De Rossi’s men have endured a woeful start to the campaign, taking just one point from matches against Cagliari and Empoli - two sides who survived the drop by just a solitary point last term.
Roma have won only one of their last 15 visits to the Juventus Stadium, losing 13 times in that run and failing to score in 10 of those defeats, suggesting a trip to the league leaders is unlikely to help the Wolves in their hunt for a first win of the campaign.
JUVENTUS TO BEAT ROMA
Lille vs Paris St-Germain
Despite losing Kylian Mbappe, Paris St-Germain look as dangerous as ever and have flown to the Ligue 1 summit in no time after scoring 10 goals and conceding just one while winning their first two games of the season.
Lille are hot on their heels in second after also enjoying a perfect start, but one winning record has to give and it seems likely it will be Sunday's hosts who find themselves on the losing side at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
The Parisians are unbeaten in six meetings with Les Dogues, winning five times in a run which includes 7-1 and 5-1 thrashings and have been ruthless going forwards this season, suggesting that record should remain intact as they take three points in Lille.
PSG TO BEAT LILLE
