Sassuolo’s band of African stars will look to return their team to winning form when they open the fifth round of the 2018/19 Serie A season with a home clash against Empoli on Friday night.

Europe’s elite club competition, the UEFA Champions League, returns to our screens this week with some hotly anticipated first-round matches to look forward to. 

The 2018/19 Premier League will resume with a full round of fixtures running from Saturday to Monday and featuring a heavyweight battle between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.

The top four teams currently in Spain’s La Liga all face tough away tests this weekend as domestic top-flight football returns following the first international break of the season

Iceland will square off with Belgium in the UEFA Nations League match in Reykjavik on Tuesday, September 11. 
 

Italy will square off with Poland in the UEFA Nations League match in Bologna on Friday, September 7. 

The fourth round of matches for the 2018/19 Premier League season will be played on the weekend of September 1-2, with the key match seeing Liverpool take on Leicester City away from home

Six of this season’s current top 10 go head-to-head in Matchday 3 in the EPL as the early season push for places intensifies.

Defending Spanish league champions FC Barcelona will begin their quest to recapture the title in May.
 

Manchester City smashed through record after record when they won the Premier League title last season, but will they be able to defend it?