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DStv, GOtv Thrill Fans with LIVE Serie A and LaLiga Matches

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The eighth round of matches in the Italian top flight season of 2018/19 opens tonight when Torino, who are likely to feature Ola Aina and Nicholas N’Koulou in defence, host Raman Chisbah’s Frosinone at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. Saturday’s action kicks off at the Sardegna Arena with Cagliari at home to Orji Okonkwo’s Bologna (who are chasing a third win from their last four Serie A matches), before moving on to the Dacia Arena where William Troost-Ekong and Seko Fofana’s Udinese will welcome Juventus for an 5 pm.

The Old Lady boast a 100 percent record thus far and will be targeting an eighth straight win to ensure they head into the upcoming internatio­nal break safe in the knowledge that they have laid the perfect platform for the defence of their championsh­ip.

Franck Kessie’s Milan will look to keep up their form when they host Chievo at the San Siro in one of three afternoon matches on Sunday (the others being Atalanta v Sampdoria and Lazio v Fiorentina) before Napoli play host to Sassuolo at Stadio San Paolo.

And the African theme is set to continue into the last match of the weekend, as goalkeeper Alfred Gomis turns out between the posts for SPAL in their home clash with Kwadwo Asamoah and Keita Balde’s Internazio­nale. The Nerazzurri are fresh from three straight wins in Serie A and looking to underline their credential­s as challenger­s to Juventus and Napoli.

Fans are in for front row fiery La Liga action as Valencia and log leaders Barcelona battle it out, while Mubaraka Wakaso’s Deportivo Alaves will test themselves against Real Madrid.

The weekend’s action begins at San Mames when Athletic Bilbao look to break a five-game winless streak in the league when they host a Real Sociedad side which has lost three of their last five outings.

Alaves host Real Madrid in what promises to be a thrilling clash on Saturday.

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