🍿 Got your popcorn? The 5️⃣ must-watch matches this weekend
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The major leagues return after the break with a handful of must-watch matches. Barça without Raphinha, City with off-field controversy hanging over them, and Real Madrid back in action, among others.
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We take a look.
🇪🇸 Barça-Getafe: the leaders return without Raphinha
Barça head into this crucial October with 21 points out of a possible 21 in the bag, but without Raphinha.
Flick has confirmed he will play neither against Getafe nor against Galatasaray. Getafe ended their poor run against Málaga but have not beaten the Catalans in their last five league meetings.
🇪🇸 Real Madrid-Villarreal: Mbappé and 10 others
Madrid are fourth with 15 points and come into this match after losing 2-1 away to Atlético.
Mourinho has backed Mbappé ahead of the game and confirmed he will play tomorrow after recovering from his injury. The question is whether Valverde will make the squad. A resurgent Villarreal (but without Buchanan) visit a Madrid side that won their last two meetings, 3-1 at home and 2-0 at La Cerámica.
🏴 Liverpool-Manchester City: off-field controversy looms
City come into this match having won all five games before the break, but there is only one talking point there: guilty on 114 of the 115 charges.
Haaland has asked fans to spread love and weather the storm together. They face a Liverpool side sitting seventh with nine points, inconsistent but capable of capitalising on their opponents' distractions.
🏴 Arsenal-Leeds: the champions need a response
Arsenal come into this game bruised after a 3-0 defeat at Brighton, with a chance to get back on track as reigning champions.
The opposition offers encouragement: they beat Leeds 5-0 at the Emirates and 4-0 at Elland Road in their last two meetings.
🇮🇹 Como-Roma: Cesc and Gasperini, round two
Their last meeting, won 1-0 by Roma, featured on-field scuffles and a clash between the coaches. La Gazzetta dello Sport is billing this as a goal fest between Gasperini's and Cesc's attack-minded sides.
For Roma, Wesley and Malen took part in some of the squad's training and are expected to be available.
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