Real Madrid and a red-hot Kylian Mbappé host Barcelona on Sunday aiming to hit back at their rivals after losing all four clasicos last season.

Antonio Conte is looking to whip his players into shape like a "tiger tamer" for Napoli's Serie A match against his former team Inter Milan on Saturday.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk revealed he led a players-only meeting at the start of the week after a run of four straight losses.

Nottingham Forest hosts Porto in the Europa League later on Thursday, just two days after Sean Dyche became the club's third manager of the season.

Struggling Forest is hoping for its first win in the competition. It only earned a point in the previous two games in the English team's return to Europe after an absence of almost three decades.

Paris Saint-Germain scored seven, Barcelona hit six and Erling Haaland struck his 24th goal of the season on an action-packed night in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Another goal for Erling Haaland. Another midfield injury for Pep Guardiola.

Driven by Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid will be looking to continue its perfect start in the Champions League when it hosts struggling Juventus on Wednesday.

Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain plays Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The French giant has made a 100% start to the competition this season and has Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembélé available again after injury.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois criticized Spanish league president Javier Tebas on Tuesday over the decision to play a regular-season game in Miami in December.

Courtois also complained about the league's decision to censor protests against the upcoming Villarreal-Barcelona game that he says alters the fairness of the competition.

Maccabi Tel Aviv has announced it will decline any tickets offered for a Europa League game against Aston Villa next month regardless of growing calls for the English city of Birmingham to reverse a ban imposed on the Israeli club's fans.

West Midlands Police last week deemed the Nov. 6 match at Villa Park to be high risk and cited violence and hate crimes that took place when Maccabi Tel Aviv played at Ajax in Amsterdam last season.