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Greece – Football League
Stavros Labrakis has taken over as the new head coach for Ergotelis after the team’s mediocre start into the new season, with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats in 4 games. It should be noted that Ergotelis has been playing in the Super League division last season.
Romania – Liga I
Voluntari is hosting Petrolul in the derby game between the 2 teams which currently hold the last 2 positions of the table. Taken together, in their 28 games so far this season, these 2 teams have managed just 1 win, while they had 13 draws and suffered 14 defeats in them.
England – Premier League
Sherwoord, Aston Villa’s head coach, feels a lot of pressure for today’s home against Swansea, considering the fact that his team has is sitting on the second last position of the table with 1 win, 1 draw and 7 defeats in its 9 so far games this season.
Greece – Super League
Stelios Manonas has taken over, even temporarily, from Traianos Dellas as the head coach of AEK Athens after the team’s 4-0 away defeat from Olympiakos in its last game for the league. Today AEK is playing at home against Iraklis, a team that has come up to the Super League division for the first time after being relegated to the lower levels of Greek football due to financial problems.
Spain – Primera Division
Celta and Real are the only 2 undefeated teams this season, with 5 wins and 3 draws in their first 8 games. Real will miss, again, the services of a number of players such as Bale, Rodriguez, Carvahal and Pepe while Modric, Benzema and Ramos are doubtful.
Italy – Serie B
The Umbria derby game between Perugia and Ternana is the highlight of today’s menu from Serie B; it should be noted that both teams have picked up 7 points each from their 8 so far games this season.
Sweden – Allsvenskan
Falkenbergs is playing at home against Djurgarden and if it wins this game it will get itself above the play-out zone. Falkenberg has managed a 6-0 home win against Advitabergs in its last game while Djurgarden, which has nothing to aim for until the end of the season, hasn’t suffered a defeat in its last 3 games.
Belgium – Pro League
Gent is sharing the top of the table with Oostende and as such, today’s game between the 2 teams is the highlight of the day. Gent hasn’t been beaten in its 11 so far games this season while Oostende is coming from a 1-0 away defeat from Club Brugge in its last game.
Norway – Tippeligaen
Tromso is coming from a 3-1 home win against Viking in its last game and together with the fact that the game between Start and Mjondalen ended up in a draw, presents the team with a great opportunity to further distance itself from the relegation zone if it gets the 3 points in its away game against Sarpsborg.
Serbia – Division 1
The game between Crvena and Borac may be considered the derby game at the upper echelons of the table since these 2 teams occupy the first and second position on the table respectively but it should also be noted that there is an 11-point gap between them.
France – Ligue I
Montpellier has picked up a point in its last game for the league against Bordeaux away from home but it has added another 3 players on the already long list of injuries that have been negatively affecting the team’s prospects since the beginning of the season. Today it has a chance to manage its second win in the season against Bastia at home.
Holland – Eredivisie
De Haan has taken over as Heerenveen’s temporary head coach. He is very much loved between the fans of the team and today’s away game against Willem is hoped to be the beginning of a better future for the team which has managed just 1 win in its 9 so far games this season.
England – Championship
The games between Blackburn – Burnley and Fulham – Reading highlight today’s menu in the Championship division. This is a special day for Steve Bruce, Hull’s head coach, since his team is hosting Birmingham, the team which he had been coaching for 6 years.