When Harry Kane's Bayern Munich travel to RB Leipzig on Saturday, the German champions will look for swift revenge against a side which has already blown them away this season.Leipzig come into the match on a rare streak against the German champions.
Much of the attention so far this season in France has been on crises at Lyon and Marseille, but fine starts for Nice and an unheralded Brest have set up an unlikely top-of-the-table clash this weekend.Yet spending was still limited during the summer, when Nice responded to a disappointing mid-table finish last season by naming little-known Italian Francesco Farioli as coach.
Major League Soccer teams' ability to cope with the demands of new international competitions is under scrutiny after two games on Wednesday highlighted the consequences of a crowded schedule.Quite how the Leagues Cup will fit into that schedule remains to be seen but that tournament, which produced 77 games in less than a month, certainly has impacted this year's winners Miami.
Jose Mourinho's Roma fell to their third Serie A defeat of the season 4-1 at Genoa on Thursday leaving the capital side just above the relegation zone.Aiming for a return to the Champions League next season, Mourinho's side find themselves fighting to remain in the top flight.