La Liga

In a crucial La Liga match, FC Barcelona are looking to catch Sevilla in the standings. Barcelona have improved their form recently, and are unbeaten in ...

At the other end of the table, Spezia hosts Venezia in a relegation battle. Atlético hosts Alavés seeking a sixth consecutive victory in the domestic competition before heading to Manchester City. Villarreal visits bottom side Levante to warm up for its home game against Bayern Munich. Mallorca also visits Getafe needing a win to escape the relegation battle and pull level on points with the hosts.Lazio will be looking to boost its bid for a European spot when it hosts Sassuolo in Serie A. Seventh-placed Lazio is two points behind Atalanta and Roma, which it lost to in the capital derby before the international break. The country’s two most popular clubs face off at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard with Saint-Etienne looking for points at home in its fight against relegation and Marseille looking for a victory that would cement its second place behind leader Paris Saint-Germain. Following a pitiful start to the season, Saint-Etienne has been inspired by the hiring in December of coach Pascal Dupraz. It has lost just one of its past eight matches to climb into the relegation playoff place. Now it seeks a win to maintain its comfortable lead of La Liga before it prepares for next week’s Champions League clash at Chelsea. League top scorer Karim Benzema missed the match against Barcelona with a left-leg injury. Some of the blame for Italy’s failure to make the World Cup has been placed on forward Ciro Immobile but the Lazio captain has four goals in his past six matches for his club. Chelsea hosts Brentford in a west London derby with the Blues looking to solidify their hold on a Champions League spot. Both are in action against potential Champions League qualifiers: Bayern visits fifth-placed Freiburg before Dortmund hosts fourth-placed Leipzig. If Freiburg does Dortmund a favor in the early game, Marco Rose’s team can return it later as both Freiburg and Leipzig are level on points. With nine matches left, Marseille has just a one-point lead over third-placed Rennes and has no room for error in its bid to seal direct qualification for next season’s Champions League. Saint-Etienne — which has 10 league titles to its name, one more than Marseille — dominated French soccer during the 1960s and ‘70s, with the Mediterranean club becoming one of its strongest rivals after regaining a spot in the top-flight in 1966.Real Madrid visits Celta Vigo without coach Carlo Ancelotti after he tested positive for COVID-19. Madrid has had two weeks to stew over its humbling 4-0 loss at home to Barcelona before the international break. Liverpool hosts relegation-threatened Watford in the first of seven matches on the day. Norwich is at Brighton, and Wolverhampton hosts Aston Villa. The final match of the day is at Old Trafford, where Manchester United hosts Leicester. United center back Harry Maguire was in the news this week when he was booed by some England fans in a friendly at Wembley Stadium.Six points separate Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich and second-placed Borussia Dortmund with seven rounds remaining. APIn a crucial La Liga match, FC Barcelona are looking to catch Sevilla in the standings. Sevilla: Live stream, start time, how to watch 2022 La LigaBarcelona players celebrate end of a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022.