Europe 1 with AFP 00:14, February 10, 2023

The 23rd day of the Premier League offers a derby between Liverpool and Everton, both in difficulty, while Bayern Munich prepares Saturday in the Bundesliga against the poorly ranked Bochum for their Champions League clash in Paris.

Usual highlight of the Premier League season, the derby between Liverpool and Everton, which closes the 23rd day Monday at 9 p.m., opposes two teams in difficulty this year, and seems less unbalanced than usual.

Relegated to 11 points from the qualifying places for the Champions League, the Reds (10th) are favorites at home against Everton, 18th and first relegation.

But the performance of the Toffees against Arsenal (1-0 victory) last Saturday, while Liverpool sank in Wolverhampton (3-0), completely reshuffles the cards.

The day begins with another "derby of fear", Chelsea, sad 9th, moving to West Ham, the 17th, Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Among the leading teams, Arsenal is the first on the bridge, Saturday (4:00 p.m.) against Brentford (7th), one of the teams in form at the moment.

The Gunners hope to temporarily increase their lead over Manchester City, who host Aston Villa on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. while on Saturday Tottenham (5th) travel to Leicester (14th) and Newcastle (4th) moves to Bournemouth (19th).

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Spain: Barça aims for the pass of six

FC Barcelona, ​​untouchable in recent weeks, has the opportunity on Sunday evening to take an 11-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of La Liga, in the event of success on the lawn of Villarreal (6th), as part of the 21st day.

The Catalans are on a winning streak of five in a row in the Championship and have had a full week of preparation for this trip, when Real Madrid play the Club World Cup in Morocco.

The people of Madrid, who play the final of the event on Saturday against the Saudis of Al-Hilal, will have to get back into La Liga mode in stride, with the reception of the red lantern Elche on Wednesday (9 p.m.).

In the fight for third place, Real Sociedad and Atlético Madrid play respectively Monday at Espanyol Barcelona and Sunday at Celta Vigo.

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Italy: Naples against the last, Milan with "Ibra"?

Difficult to do more unbalanced on paper: the implacable leader Naples welcomes Sunday (8:45 p.m.) the red lantern, the Cremonese, still without a victory in the Championship.

The opportunity for Victor Osimhen and his teammates to take a step closer to the scudetto.

Behind, the fight for the Champions League (Top 4) is much more open with, as a hot point of the weekend, the direct duel on Saturday evening in Rome between Lazio (4th) and Atalanta Bergamo (5th), separated by a single point.

At San Siro, the tifosi rossoneri will hope for a jump from AC Milan, who remain on four losses including two against Inter, with the hoped-for return to the group of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, finally on his feet after his knee surgery in May last.

The defending champion (6th) welcomes his immediate pursuer, Torino (7th, eight points) on Friday evening.

Juventus (10th) receives for its part Sunday (6 p.m.) Fiorentina (13th), four days before receiving Nantes in the first leg of the Europa League.

A European competition that has become a goal for the Bianconeri after their 15-point penalty, it is now the most direct path, in the event of final success, to find the Champions League.

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Germany: last warm-up lap for Bayern

Leader, Bayern Munich performs a last warm-up round on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m.) against Bochum (15th) before moving to Paris on Tuesday in the Champions League.

Coach Julian Nagelsmann has reunited with some of the players unavailable from last week, including Dayot Upamecano and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

He can especially count on Kingsley Coman, author of a double in Wolfsburg (4-2).

The Munich residents, ten-time reigning German champions, only have a small point ahead of Union Berlin (40 against 39), which passes a major test on Saturday (6:30 p.m.) against RB Leipzig (4th , 36 points), still without Christopher Nkunku, back in training on Tuesday.

Behind Bayern and Union, Dortmund (3rd, 37 points) travels to Bremen on Saturday (3:30 p.m.).

Frankfurt (5th, 35 points) will try to keep pace, still carried by the essential Randal Kolo Muani, on the Cologne lawn on Sunday (5:30 p.m.).