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German Bundesliga begins on Friday with the match of the leaders Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich nicknamed "Die Bayern" will play away to Borussia Monchengladbach, who stand at third place, at Borussia-Park at 21:30 CET. French winger Franck Ribery and Spanish central midfielder Javi Martinez may miss the match against Gladbach because of their injuries.
Meanwhile Borussia Dortmund will host Augsburg at Signal Iduna Park on Saturday. The match in Dortmund kicks off at 16:30 CET. One of the starting eleven's regular, Serbian centre-back Neven Subotic cannot play for this match due to his cruciate ligament rupture injury. In addition runners-up Bayer Leverkusen will meet Freiburg away on Saturday - the match in Freiburg's home ground kicks off at 16:30 CET.
In matchday 21 of Italian Serie A, Juventus who have lead in the league table will encounter Lazio in Rome at Olimpico Stadium on Saturday, the match kicks off at 21:45 CET. In Juve there's no suspended or injured players but in Lazio there are many. While Brazilian attacking midfielder Ederson, Ivorian right-back Abdoluay Konko, Uruguayan midfielder Alvaro Gonzalez and his fellow citizen Emiliano Alfaro and Romanian left-back Stefan Radu have been suffering from injuries, Bosnian left midfielder Senad Lulic and Nigerian midfielder Ogenyi Onazi are suspended for this match.
Runners-up Roma will play away to Verona on Sunday, the match kicks off at 13:30 CET. In the Roma team there's no suspended or injured players. Elsewhere, Napoli who are now in third place in the league table host Chievo in Naples on Saturday at 19:00 CET. In Napoli, in addition to injured right back Giandomenico Mesto, Swiss international Valon Behrami is not able to play for this match owing to his toe injury.
Inter host Catania at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, the match on Sunday kicks off at 16:00 CET. In Milanese club Inter Romanian centre-back Cristian Chivu is injured.
In matchday 21 of Spanish La Liga current leaders Barcelona will meet Malaga in their home ground Camp Nou on Sunday, Injured Brazilian forward Neymar cannot play for Barcelona this weekend. Runners-up Atletico Madrid will play away to Rayo Vallecano on the same day. In Atletico there's no suspended or injured players. Third placed Real Madrid will host Granada at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. In Real Madrid only German midfielder Sami Khedira is unable to play for this match due to his cruciate ligament rupture injury.
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