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Belgian Pro League leaders Genk goes up against third-place Royal Antwerp on Sunday, with 15 points separating the pair in the standings.

Genk have won four of their last five matches, having beaten Zulte Waregem 1-0, Westerlo 3-2 and RFC Seraing before drawing 1-1 with Eupen and defeating Gent 3-2 last time out as Joseph Paintsil, Yira Sor and Tolu Arokodare all got on the scoresheet, cancelling out goals from Hyunseok Hong and Laurent Depoitre.

Royal Antwerp will be hoping to improve their recent form, having drawn their last two matches 0-0 against Club Brugge and Anderlecht. Prior to this, Mark van Bommel’s men had thrashed Standard Liege and KV Oostende 4-1 and 3-0 after a 2-0 loss to Union Saint-Gilloise.

Runaway league leaders Napoli faces bottom-of-the-table Cremonese at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

When these two sides met in the Coppa Italia, Cremonese managed to pull off a shock victory on penalties after a 2-2 draw.

Prior to their loss to Cremonese, Napoli thrashed Juventus 5-1 and have since gone on to record 2-0, 2-1 and 3-0 victories over Salernitana, AS Roma and Spezia, seeing Luciano Spaletti’s men extend their gap at the top to 13 points.

Cremonese’s Coppa Italia shocks didn’t stop with their win over Napoli, having also beaten AS Roma 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico. In terms of league form, they have drawn 1-1 with Bologna and lost 2-1 and 2-0 to both Inter Milan and Lecce in their last three Serie A matches.

On Sunday, fifth in the table Eintracht Frankfurt travels to 11th place Koln, with the visitors only five points off top of the table Bayern Munich.

Koln’s results have been a mixed bag of late, having drawn their last three matches 0-0 to both RB Leipzig and Schalke after impressively holding Bayern Munich to a 1-1 draw at the Allianz Arena. Prior to this, Koln had thrashed Werder Bremen 7-1 after a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Hertha Berlin.

Frankfurt’s results are less erratic, having beaten Schalke 3-0 before back-to-back 1-1 draws with Freiburg and Bayern Munich. Since then, the 2022 Europa League winners have defeated Hertha Berlin 3-0 and Darmstadt 4-2 with Randal Kolo Muani (2), Rafael Borre and Daichi Kamada all getting on the scoresheet.

Lyon versus Lens sees ninth face third in Ligue 1, however, the recent form guide wouldn’t suggest that this is the case.

The hosts have won four of their last five matches following their recent penalty shootout win over Lille in the Coupe de France after a 2-2 draw. Prior to this, Lyon had defeated Troyes 3-1, drawn 0-0 with Brest, while also managing victories over Ajaccio (2-0) and Chambery (3-0).

Lens also scraped through in the Coupe de France as they beat Lorient 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The away side hadn’t on any of their last three matches heading into that tie, following 1-1 draws with Brest and Troyes on either side of a 1-0 loss to Nice. Prior to this, they had defeated Brest 3-1 in the French Cup.

The final game on this list sees the Roses rivalry take place as fierce rivals Leeds United goes up against Manchester United at Elland Road.

These two sides met on Wednesday night at Old Trafford and produced a thrilling 2-2 draw as Leeds raced to a shock 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Wilfried Gnonto and Raphael Varane (own goal) before Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho both struck to level the score.

Prior to this result, Leeds had lost 1-0 at Nottingham Forest after beating Accrington Stanley and Cardiff City 3-1 and 5-2 on either side of a 0-0 home draw with Brentford.

United had won all of their last four matches heading into their 2-2 draw with Leeds, having beaten Nottingham Forest 3-0 and 2-0, as well as Reading 3-1 and Crystal Palace 2-1.

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