5️⃣ spicy fixtures you must watch this weekend 🌶

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·29 Agustus 2025

5️⃣ spicy fixtures you must watch this weekend 🌶

The fixtures you must watch this weekend, including some huge clashes in the Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premiership.

Here are our five must-watch games.

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5️⃣ spicy fixtures you must watch this weekend 🌶

Leicester City vs Birmingham City

Friday’s offering from the Championship is a cracker as Leicester City take on big-spending Birmingham.

The Foxes have made a solid start to their campaign and sit just a point outside the play-off places after three games. Birmingham, backed by summer signings including Kyogo Furhashi, Demarai Gray and Tommy Doyle, are two places above and unbeaten.

Friday Night Football against The Foxes. ✨ Come aaaaan, Blues.
– Jumat, 29 Agustus 2025

Will home advantage help Leicester, against a team who were two divisions below last term but have grand ambitions. This will be an early test of both side’s promotion hopes.

Spice rating: Mild 🌶

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Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona

Barcelona have made a perfect start to their La Liga title defence, with successive wins to start the season. The Catalans travel to Rayo Vallecano this weekend to face opposition that pushed them hard last season.

Though Barcelona won both meetings, Hansi Flick’s side required a Robert Lewandowski penalty to earn a narrow 1-0 win at home, while Dani Olmo’s late goal secured a come-from-behind win in the away fixture. An early season test for the holders.

Spice rating: Medium 🌶🌶

Leeds United vs Newcastle United

Two one-club cities. Two fanatical fanbases. Leeds United meet Newcastle United this weekend in a fascinating tie at Elland Road.

Both sides suffered defeats last time out, with Leeds given a reality check at Arsenal, and Newcastle losing late on in a ding-dong clash with Liverpool. Each will be out to atone for those results.

Spice rating: Hot 🌶🌶🌶

Rangers vs Celtic

Could Celtic put the final nail in Russel Martin’s coffin at Rangers? The new head coach is already under huge pressure after a nightmare start to the season. Three successive draws have already left Rangers six points from the summit, while a humiliating European exit ended in 9-1 aggregate defeat to Club Brugge in midweek.

Celtic also crashed out of the Champions League to minnows FC Kairat, in a poor week for Scottish football. All eyes will be on an Old Firm clash with no shortage of narrative.

Spice rating: Fire 🌶 🌶 🌶 🌶

Liverpool vs Arsenal

Last season’s top two in the Premier League meet in an early season showdown at Anfield. Both sides have made perfect starts to the season but each enter the contest with question marks.

Liverpool have snatched late wins over Bournemouth and Newcastle and have been uncharacteristically open at the back, while Arsenal are yet to concede but will be missing Bukayo Saka on Merseyside.

The Gunners are unbeaten against ‘Big Six’ opposition in 11 games since the start of last season, but have not won at Anfield in league action since 2012.