Wounded Barcelona have a point to prove, and Marseille will seek to keep the heat up on Paris St Germain as top domestic football returns after the international break.
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Marseille vs Le Havre
Marseille To Win @ 3/10
Marseille are the form team in Ligue 1 with four successive wins, leaving them second, a point behind PSG.
They also boast the joint-best defensive record with five goals conceded, and their tally of 15 scored is second only to Monaco, and likely to improve with struggling Le Havre now in the firing line.
Le Havre are 14th with only one win in seven games, although they have drawn their last three. More of a concern will be the fact that they have suffered nine successive league defeats to OM, including 5-1 at the Velodrome last season.
RB Leipzig vs Hamburg
RB Leipzig To Beat Hamburg With Over 3.5 Goals @ 6/4
With Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund facing each other, third-placed Leipzig will hope to steal a march on their would-be title rivals against promoted Hamburg.
Leipzig’s only dropped points this term have come at the hands of the top two, thrashed 6-0 by Bayern in their Bundesliga opener before being held 1-1 by Dortmund last time out, and they will fancy their chances this weekend.
Hamburg have had a mixed start to life back in the top flight, losing 5-0 at Bayern and 2-0 at local rivals St Pauli, but otherwise adapting reasonably well, and they beat Mainz 4-0 in their most recent fixture to climb to ninth.
Atalanta vs Lazio
Atalanta To Beat Lazio 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 @ 9/2
Atalanta are sixth in Serie A and one of only two unbeaten sides, along with Juventus, but not being able to hold on to leads has cost Ivan Juric’s team points and momentum.
They have drawn four of their six league games 1-1 after taking the lead in three of them, and those extra six points would see them top of the table.
Lazio, who won 1-0 at Atalanta last season, are 13th following a topsy-turvy run which has brought big wins over Verona and Genoa but also three defeats - including to bitter rivals Roma - and a 3-3 draw.
Barcelona vs Girona
Barcelona To Beat Girona With Over 3.5 Goals @ 20/23
Barcelona are still waiting for the green light to return to the Nou Camp, and their frustrations will have been exacerbated by back-to-back defeats to Paris St Germain and Sevilla.
The shock 4-1 loss in Seville saw Hansi Flick’s men replaced by Real Madrid at the top of LaLiga, and they will look to take out their ire on Catalan neighbours Girona.
Girona have had a tough start and currently lie 18th with six points, although five of those have come in their last three games, so confidence should be on the rise.
Goals could also be on the cards, with Barca having beaten Girona 4-1 home and away last season, while Girona were 4-2 victors in both games in 2023-24.
Heracles vs Feyenoord
Feyenoord HT/FT Against Heracles @20/21
Bottom hosts top in the Netherlands, and Feyenoord will expect to continue their flying form at Heracles.
The Rotterdam outfit have 22 points from a possible 24, leaving them three clear of PSV and a further three above Ajax in third, and they should be celebrating another success at the Asito Stadium.
Heracles have almost exactly the opposite record of Feyenoord after losing seven of their eight games and are three points adrift at the foot of the table - a dire situation that looks unlikely to improve this weekend.
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