5️⃣ spicy fixtures you must watch this weekend 🌶 | OneFootball

Der Klassiker, two of the heavyweights of Italian football locking horns and one of the most fiercest derbies in Germany.

These are the biggest games outside of the Premier League to look forward to this weekend.

Hamburg v Kaiserslautern

The last time these two sleeping giants of German football met in 2012, this was a Bundesliga fixture.

But the two clubs have dropped like a stone since then and find themselves in the second tier, although Kaiserslautern will be more happier about that fact than HSV.

Their fifth attempt at making a return to the top flight is going well so far, they have a three-point lead at the top after winning eight out of their first 10 fixtures, but the Red Devils look to be acclimatising to being back in the 2.Bundesliga for the first time since 2018 having experienced defeat just once so far.

This one could go either way between two clubs steeped in European football history.

Spice rating: Mild

Sevilla v Athletic Club

Sevilla sacked Julen Lopetegui after the 4-1 Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund and replaced him with a familiar new face in Jorge Sampaoli.

The Argentine had relative success during his first spell in charge of the club in 2016 guiding them to the top four, but he might well have his work cut out to achieve a similar feat this time round with Sevilla currently languishing fourth from the bottom.

But there is one thing that the 62-year-old brings with him: fireworks. Whether that may be by the attacking football his teams tend to play or the potential for a fall-out, which we saw with him at Marseille at the start of this season.

The Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán will be bouncing for this one, now to just get past an Athletic Club side that have won five of their first seven games.

Spice rating: Medium

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Köln

This one is going to be tasty.

Borussia Mönchengladbach and Köln HATE each other, and hatred is what makes a derby what it is.

Daniel Farke’s side had started the season brightly but were left licking their wounds after an astonishing 5-1 defeat to newly-promoted Werder Bremen last weekend, and their recent record in the Rhein-derby does not make for a pleasant record.

Die Fohlen have lost the last three meetings between the pair, including 4-1 and 3-1 losses last season.

Perhaps its fair to say neither side’s season has truly got going just yet, but there’s nothing like a derby win to remedy that.

Spice rating: Hot

Milan v Juventus

To the oldest game still played in Italy with the first clash between these two sides coming in 1901.

Juventus have had the best of most of those previous meetings but the tables have turned on a 180-degree angle nowadays.

Milan are the champions and are showing all the signs of being able to challenge for the crown again, while Juve’s start to the campaign has been nothing short of disastrous.

A 1-0 defeat to Monza before the international break looked likely to spell the end of Massimiliano Allegri but he is still alive and kicking, and has overseen wins in Serie A and the Champions League since then.

Another win for the Old Lady on Saturday would move them to within a point of Milan, and throw fuel to the fire of the redemption arc.

Spice rating: Fire

Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich

This one needs no introduction.

German football’s big two meet and for now, the Bundesliga title is still to play for.

Dortmund haven’t beaten Bayern since 2018, losing the last seven fixtures but is there just the slightest glimmer of hope for Edin Terzić’s side going into this one?

The champions been firing on all cylinders so far this season, and the pressure was on boss Julian Nagelsmann after a 1-0 defeat to Augsburg rounded off a run of four games without a win.

Dortmund haven’t taken full advantage of Bayern’s stuttering start and the teams go into Saturday on the same amount of points (15).

A home victory will make the rest of the Bundesliga sit up and take notice, but will Bayern do what they always do – and beat Borussia Dortmund?

Spice rating: Insane