5️⃣ spicy fixtures you must watch this weekend 🌶 | OneFootball

The football season really is approaching the business end now as we take a look at the must-watch fixtures this weekend.

Arsenal v Chelsea

Spice rating: Mild

Two teams who find themselves neck-and-neck at the top of their league but meet in a cup competition will be a common theme amongst this week’s selections.

Chelsea lead Arsenal by a point at the top of the FA Women’s Super League going into the final games of the season in what is shaping up to be a fascinating title race, but this weekend a place at Wembley will be on the mind.

The two can’t be separated at the top of the league but we will have a winner at the end of Sunday afternoon.

Emma Hayes’ side have the upper hand in this fixture in recent seasons, having only lost one of their last nine meetings with the Gunners.

But this is the cup, and anything can happen …

Gladbach v Köln

Spice rating: Medium

One of the most heated derbies in German football, anyone?

The Rhineland derby is the headline act from the Bundesliga this weekend and Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Köln meet for the 94th time.

It will be the first time the two sides have meet in front of a full house at BORUSSIA-PARK since before the COVID pandemic broke out, with nearly 60,000 spectators baying for blood at the gate.

With the visitors still harbouring European qualification ambitions, there’s a lot riding on this one.

Get the popcorn out …

Ten Hag to give Ajax leaving gift?

Spice rating: Hot

PSV and Ajax take a break from their neck-and-neck fight for the Eredivisie title to face off against each other in the KNVB Cup final.

Erik ten Hag is reportedly set to be announced as the new Manchester United manager following the conclusion of this game, and he will be looking to end his five-year reign in Amsterdam with the double.

His side are four points clear at the top with five games to go and have come out victorious in the two league fixtures between the sides this season.

PSV will have to deal with a change of face in the dugout themselves this summer with Roger Schmidt set to join Benfica in the summer.

The German is on the cusp of a surprise treble, with his team still in the shout domestically and in the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.

Who will lift the big shiny thing come the end of Sunday and earn themselves a huge boost in the title race at the same time?

Le Classique takes centre stage in France

Spice rating: Fire

This fixture might not have any say on the destination of the Ligue 1 title – PSG are 12 points ahead of second placed Marseille with seven games to go.

But that doesn’t mean that the two sets of players won’t be up for this.

Le Classique brings together the biggest rivalry in France, there will be animosity dripping from the pore of every person in Le Parc des Princes on Sunday night and we are here for it.

Expect flares outside the stadium, flare-ups on the pitch and a crescendo of noise in Paris.

Marseille will be looking for a first win over their nearest rivals since 2020.

Derbies dominate Scottish Cup semis

Spice rating: Insane

What a weekend we have in store for us in Scotland.

The draw gods have treated us to two absolute belters for the Scottish Cup semis as not only do we have the Edinburgh derby to look forward to, but there’s also the small fact of the Glasgow derby as well.

Hampden Park will play host to two of the fiercest rivalries in European football as two teams look to book their place in the final.

Blood and thunder will be in abundance, there will be heavy challenges thrown in everywhere and we can promise you one thing: the TV camera will be rocking all over the place when a goal goes in.

What have we done to deserve this?