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ENGLAND

It's win or bust for Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League this weekend.

If Chelsea fails to beat Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the Champions League is virtually out of reach with only two more games. Chelsea is in fifth place and six points behind third-place Liverpool, which has one more game remaining.

At the other end of the standings, last-place West Brom will be relegated if it doesn't win at home against Tottenham on Saturday. Even a victory is unlikely to keep West Brom in the top flight because it is five points from safety with two games left.

Fourth-place Tottenham, meanwhile, would guarantee Champions League qualificat­ion if it beats West Brom and Chelsea fails to beat Liverpool.

Stoke, which is next to last, could also be relegated this weekend if doesn't win at home against Crystal Palace and fourth-to-last Swansea wins at Bournemout­h.

Records are the only thing on the minds of Manchester City's players when the champions host Huddersfie­ld. A win would leave City with more victories (31) and more points (96) than any team in a Premier League season, while two goals are needed for the most in a Premier League season. City currently has 102 goals.

SPAIN

Barcelona and Real Madrid meet in the last "clasico" of the season on Sunday with very little to play for in the Spanish league.

Barcelona has already won the title, while Madrid has secured a Champions League spot.

Madrid is still in the fight for second place — it trails city rival Atletico Madrid by four points with a game in hand — but its mind might already be on the Champions League final against Liverpool.

Barcelona also has won the Copa del Rey but has no other trophies to play for.

Atletico, which hosts Espanyol on Sunday, is trying to guarantee its best league finish since winning the title in 2013-14.

Fourth-place Valencia, winless in four matches, needs a draw at sixth-place Villarreal to secure the final Champions League spot. Real Betis, which plays at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, is the only other team with a chance to make it to the Champions League.

GERMANY

Four teams are playing for their Bundesliga survival in the next-tolast round on Saturday.

Hamburger SV needs to win at Eintracht Frankfurt and hope that Wolfsburg loses at Leipzig to move into the relegation playoff place ahead of the final weekend. Hamburg is two points behind Wolfsburg.

Neither Mainz nor Freiburg is safe yet, either. Both are three points above Wolfsburg and also have away games. Mainz faces Borussia Dortmund and Freiburg plays Borussia Moenchengl­adbach.

Dortmund is looking to seal its Champions League place, while 'Gladbach needs points to keep alive its hopes of Europa League qualificat­ion.

Schalke can secure second place with a win in Augsburg, if Dortmund drops points.

Hoffenheim will hope to consolidat­e fourth place with a win at Stuttgart, while Bayer Leverkusen could take advantage of any slipups with a victory at Werder Bremen.

ITALY

Juventus can clinch a record-extending seventh straight Serie A title this weekend.

Victory at home against Bologna on Saturday would see Juventus move seven points clear of Napoli and leave the southern club needing to win or draw against Torino on Sunday to keep the title race going with two matches remaining.

Tomorrow 14:30 Andria-Virtus Francavill­a 14:30 Casertana-Matera 14:30 Catania-Rende 14:30 Cosenza-Trapani 14:30 Fondi-Bisceglie 14:30 Monopoli-Lecce 14:30 Paganese-Catanzaro 14:30Reggina 1914-Juve Stabia 14:30 Siracusa-Sicula Leonzio

GERMANY

Bundesliga

Today 15:30 Augsburg-Schalke 15:30 B. Monchengla­dbach-Freiburg 15:30 Dortmund-Mainz 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt-Hamburger SV 15:30 FC Koln-Bayern Munich 15:30 Hannover-Hertha Berlin 15:30 RB Leipzig-Wolfsburg 15:30 Stuttgart-Hoffenheim 15:30 Werder Bremen-BayerLever­kusen

La Liga

Yesterday Sevilla-Real Sociedad ........................1-0 Today 13:00 Girona-Eibar 16:15 Ath Bilbao-Betis 18:30 Celta Vigo-Dep. La Coruna 20:45 Villarreal-Valencia Tomorrow 12:00 Malaga-Alaves 16:15 Atl. Madrid-Espanyol 18:30 Las Palmas-Getafe 20:45 Barcelona-Real Madrid Monday 21:00 Leganes-Levante Premiershi­p

Yesterday Partick Thistle-Ross County ..............1-1 Dundee Utd-Dunfermlin­e .................2-1 Today 16:00 Aberdeen-Hibernian 16:00 Rangers-Kilmarnock 13:30 Dundee FC-Hamilton 16:00 Motherwell-St Johnstone Tomorrow 13:15 Hearts-Celtic

SPAIN

Championsh­ip

Today 16:00 Dumbarton-Arbroath 16:00 Raith-Alloa

League One

Today 16:00 Peterhead-Stirling 16:00 Queen's Park-Stenhousem­uir

League Two

Today 16:00 Cove Rangers-Cowdenbeat­h

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