The FA Cup has taken centre-stage in England this weekend but the battle for supremacy goes on across the European leagues.
Here are the top five games on Sunday.
Inter Milan v Palermo (2pm)
Inter will be hoping their rivals and Serie A leaders AC Milan slip up on Saturday evening when they travel to face Catania as they bid to make up more ground on them in the race for the Scudetto (Inter 11/4 Serie A Outright).
Leonardo’s side have won four league games on the bounce to move to fourth in Serie A and are nine points behind AC with a game in hand.
New striker Giampaolo Pazzini could start if he overcomes an ankle injury, while Inter will be without Sunderland-bound Sulley Muntari. Cristian Chivu, Dejan Stankovic and Ivan Cordoba will all serve one-match bans while Julio Cesar, Milito and Wesley Sneijder are all injured.
Palermo will be no pushovers having moved up to seventh in the table with a 1-0 win against Brescia, but Inter should have too much at the San Siro.
Prediction: Inter To Win 2-1 @ 7/1
Osasuna v Real Madrid (6pm)
Jose Mourinho’s men could be seven points behind Spanish Primera Liga leaders Barcelona by the time this game gets underway should the Catalan giants see off Hercules on Saturday evening.
Madrid have struggled of late after drawing at lowly Almeria and scraping past Mallorca 1-0 on home soil last weekend. Therefore a win at struggling Osasuna could be imperative on Sunday evening.
Karim Benzema (9/2 2 Or More Goals) will look to make it as difficult as possible for new signing Emmanuel Adebayor to secure a regular starting place after he joined from Manchester City this week.
Osasuna are just a point clear of the bottom three at the time of typing and could do with some points for survival purposes.
However, with the heat well and truly on Real Madrid, surely they must win this one.
Prediction: Real To Win 2-0 @ 5/1
Espanyol v Villarreal (8pm)
These two sides have enjoyed successful La Liga seasons in their own right as they head into this match at the Cornella well placed in fifth and third position respectively.
Espanyol have been hit by the sale of full-back Didac Vila to AC Milan, while central defender Victor Ruiz joined Napoli earlier this week.
How this will impact on the home team remains to be seen given that they have won all but one of their home games so far this term.
Villarreal (21/20 La Liga W/O Barcelona & Real Madrid) have won their last two fixtures and will be brimming with confidence going into this one.
Prediction: Draw @ 12/5
Monaco v Marseille (8pm)
Defending champions Marseille (12/5 French Ligue 1 Outright) travel to the Stade Louis II boosted by their first win in six to see off Bordeaux last time out. This put them in fifth position and six points behind current leaders Lille.
On paper, it looks a banker away-win given that Monaco are struggling in second-bottom position with just three wins from their 20 Ligue 1 games this season.
However, the hosts will hope Mahamadou Diarra’s arrival from Real Madrid and the loan signing of Gregory Lacombe from Montpellier will start to pay off immediately.
Prediction: 1-1 Draw @ 5/1
Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Monchengladbach (4.30pm)
The action in Germany’s Bundesliga on Sunday centres around the battle to avoid relegation as bottom club Borussia Monchengladbach travel to mid-table Frankfurt aiming to stay in touch with the teams immediately above them.
The game takes on extra significance as Michael Fink could make his Borussia debut against his former club after arriving at the Bundesliga strugglers from Turkish side Besiktas.
And he will be desperately hoping to get his career with the basement boys off to a flying start on his old stamping ground.
Borussia’s problems have been at home this season, where they have yet to register a win, while they have picked up maximum points three times on the road.
Frankfurt have lost four at home so it would not be a surprise if an away win popped up in this fixture.
Prediction: Draw/B Monchengladbach @ 15/2
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