SPOTLIGHT

Sun 1 Mar S10 V2

M1 Espanyol v Atlético Madrid: The other Barcelona-Madrid clash! Espanyol are bottom of the table, while Atletico are fifth and need to win to keep up hopes of Champions League football next season.

M2 FC Luzern v FC Basel: Luzern have won five of their previous six fixtures. Basel are third in the Swiss title race, five points off the leaders.

M3 Elche v Numancia: These two Spanish second division sides drew 1-1 in their past two meetings.

M4 Sparta Rotterdam v FC Emmen: Sparta are one point above Emmen in the Dutch league. Emmen have won their last two clashes with a 5-1 goal aggregate.

M5 Girondins Bordeaux v Nice: Bordeaux lost a seven-goal thriller at leaders PSG last weekend. Nice have had only one loss in their past five outings.

M6 Cagliari v Roma: Cagliari’s win drought is now at 11 games since early December. Three losses in their last four games have seen Roma slip down to fifth in Serie A.

M7 FC Copenhagen v AB Aalborg: Copenhagen are unbeaten in 18 successive home games against Aalborg, winning 15 of them. That record stretches back 13 years.

M8 Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt: Werder Bremen are second from bottom in the Bundesliga after three successive defeats. Frankfurt drew 2-2 on their last visit to Bremen.

M9 Sporting Charleroi v Standard Liège: Both clubs have 48 points from 27 games as the regular season in Belgium comes to a close and they head into the playoffs.

M10 Mallorca v Getafe: Relegation-threatened Mallorca have been held at home on the last two visits by Getafe, who are in fifth place in the La Liga standings.