MATCHDAY: Haaland fit for City; Real Madrid hosts Villarreal
A look at what´s happening in European サッカー on Saturday:
ENGLAND
Manchester City can 伸び（る） ground on first-placed 兵器庫 when it visits last-placed Southampton in one of eight 首相 League matches. Prolific striker Erling Haaland has returned from a groin 傷害 for second-placed City, which is eight points 支援する of 兵器庫 with a game in 手渡す. Two other 最高の，を越す-four teams are in 活動／戦闘: Manchester 部隊d hosts Everton in the 早期に game before Newcastle visits Brentford. Brighton 長，率いるs to Tottenham with a five-game unbeaten run in the league. Brighton is four points 支援する of Tottenham but has played two より小数の games. Frank Lampard returns to the touchline for Chelsea when the Blues visit Wolverhampton. Lampard was 指名するd 管理人 経営者／支配人 after Graham Potter was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d. Bournemouth will play at Leicester with both teams in the relegation zone. Fulham hosts West Ham. Nottingham Forest visits Aston 郊外住宅.
SPAIN
Real Madrid hosts Villarreal in the league, looking to 持つ／拘留する 勢い from a 4-0 大勝する of Barcelona in the Copa del Rey. 追跡するing leader Barcelona by 12 points, Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti may 回転／交替 his squad to 残り／休憩（する） some players for next week's match against Chelsea in the first 脚 of the 支持する／優勝者s League 準々決勝. The 大勝する of Barcelona at the （軍の）野営地，陣営 Nou on Wednesday 許すd Madrid to reach the Copa final for the first time since 2014. Villarreal has won two in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 in the league and can move closer to the 支持する／優勝者s League places with another victory.
ITALY
Manchester 部隊d's Marcus Rashford, 権利, challenges for the ball with Brentford's Aaron Hickey during the English 首相 League サッカー match between Manchester 部隊d and Brentford, at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Second-placed Lazio can take 支配（する）／統制する of a tight 戦う／戦い for the 支持する／優勝者s League qualifying places in Serie A with a 勝利，勝つ over Juventus. Victory would 解除する Lazio six points （疑いを）晴らす of third-placed AC Milan. But Lazio lost at Juventus 3-0 this season and the Bianconeri have won five of their past six matches in all 競争s, 製図／抽選 the other one. Lazio's 資本／首都 競争相手, Roma, and Atalanta can move into the 最高の，を越す four with 勝利，勝つs. They 直面する Torino and Bologna それぞれ. At the other end of the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する, Cremonese visits Sampdoria, which has just two more points. The other 味方する in the relegation zone is Hellas Verona and it hosts Sassuolo. There are seven league matches on Saturday because of the 復活祭 holiday. Fiorentina hosts Spezia and Monza visits Udinese.
GERMANY
Bundesliga 肩書を与える 競争相手s Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both 目的（とする） to bounce 支援する from 排除／予選 in the German Cup this week ahead of games which could play a 重要な 役割 in the race for league 栄誉（を受ける）s. After Freiburg （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Bayern in the cup on Tuesday, Bayern has to play the same 対抗者 again in the league, this time away from home, and will have to do without 今後 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who has a 膝 problem, and 一時停止するd defender Dayot Upamecano. Dortmund showed little fight in a tame cup 出口 to Leipzig and now has a tricky 対抗者 in Union Berlin, which, like Freiburg, is trying to qualify for the 支持する／優勝者s League for the first time in its history. Bayer Leverkusen is on a six-game 勝利，勝つ streak ahead of playing Eintracht Frankfurt. Leipzig plays relegation-脅すd Hertha Berlin, Mainz hosts Werder Bremen and Augsburg takes on Cologne.
FRANCE
League leader Paris Saint-Germain travels to Nice with its 意気込み／士気 low に引き続いて 支援する-to-支援する 敗北・負かすs. PSG coach Christophe Galtier is 長，率いるing 支援する to his former club fighting to save his 職業, with PSG having already 苦しむd eight losses in all 競争s this year. 準備s for the match have been troubled by 星／主役にする striker Kylian Mbappe's 批評 of his own club. The フラン 今後 was disgruntled by the way PSG has been making him the main character of an 宣伝 （選挙などの）運動をする to sell season tickets, and 公然と complained about it. Galtier says he believes the 誤解 between PSG and his player has been 信管を取り除くd. Mbappe 削減（する） short his training 開会／開廷／会期 on Friday because of a hip problem but Galtier says it should not 妨げる him from playing. Nice is on a 14-game unbeaten run. Lille travels to 怒り／怒るs in the other match.
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