October 26 – November 1, 2026
Anfield awaits as Arsenal close the weekFootball week ahead
Liverpool v Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday 1 November caps a 20-match week across three leagues. Before it, Lazio's hold on second place in Serie A is tested at Sassuolo on Tuesday.
MATCH PULSE EditorialPublished 9 min read
Twenty matches across Spain, Italy and England fill the week of 26 October to 1 November 2026. Sevilla open round ten of La Liga against Osasuna on Monday and finish the week at Getafe on Sunday, while Lazio visit Sassuolo on Tuesday.
Saturday 31 October carries the weight of the programme: Chelsea v Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, Manchester City v Brighton at the Etihad, Barcelona v Alaves at Camp Nou and a full Premier League card. Sunday 1 November then brings Liverpool v Arsenal at Anfield and Racing Santander v Real Madrid at El Sardinero.
Detailed figures exist only for the Monday and Tuesday matches, and we treat the rest with matching restraint. Where the facts run out, this column says so rather than filling the gap.
La Liga · Monday, October 26
Sevilla v Osasuna: a Monday night with Europe in view
Sevilla open the week sixth in La Liga, on 14 points from nine games and inside a Conference League qualification place, yet their last five tell a harsher story: one win, one draw, three defeats, with 2.6 goals conceded per game. Osasuna sit 12th on 11 points and have shown similar frailty, with one win in five and 2.4 conceded per game. Sevilla are without J. Guridi, Marcao, I. Munoz and M. Sierra; Osasuna miss A. Bonel, R. Del Castillo, J. Herrando and A. Oroz. With both defences leaking, goals look likelier than a stalemate, and the lean is a narrow home edge at Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.
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Serie A · Tuesday, October 27
Sassuolo v Lazio: the runaway form meets a leaky home side
Lazio arrive at the Mapei Stadium on Tuesday second in Serie A with 22 points from eight games, a position inside the Champions League league-stage zone. Their last five read WDWWW, with 2.6 goals scored and one conceded per game. Sassuolo are 14th on 8 points, having won once in five and conceded 2.2 per game. D. Boloca, J. Idzes, I. Kone and F. Leysen are out for the hosts, while A. Furlanetto, A. Gudmundsson, A. Marusic and N. Rovella are missing for Lazio. The model edge sits clearly with the visitors, even with their own absences.
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La Liga · Friday, October 30
Villarreal v Espanyol: La Liga's round 11 begins in Friday light
Round 11 of La Liga begins on Friday 30 October at Estadio de la Ceramica, where Villarreal host Espanyol. The information available for this fixture stops at the date and the venue, with no table positions, form lines or absence lists, so any firm reading of the two sides would be guesswork. What can be said is that the Friday game opens a crowded Spanish weekend, and its result will set a marker for the teams who follow on Saturday and Sunday. A lean waits for team news.
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Premier League · Saturday, October 31
Chelsea v Manchester United: Stamford Bridge hosts the Saturday marquee
Stamford Bridge stages one of the Premier League's most recognisable fixtures in round nine, with Chelsea welcoming Manchester United on Saturday 31 October. No table positions, form figures or absence lists come with this match, so a lean would be decoration rather than analysis. The shape of the game will depend on team news that has yet to arrive, and on how both clubs handle a Saturday programme in which results elsewhere will be landing all afternoon. It is a fixture that carries weight by name alone, and the evidence to go further is missing.
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La Liga · Saturday, October 31
Levante v Atletico Madrid: a Saturday test at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia
Levante entertain Atletico Madrid at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia on Saturday 31 October in round 11 of La Liga. The facts at hand are limited to the fixture, the date and the ground, so there is no table position or form line to weigh. That leaves the simple contrast as the only angle: a home crowd and a home pitch against a visitor who must travel. Without absences or recent results to test that idea, this is a match to watch rather than call, and we offer no lean.
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Premier League · Saturday, October 31
Bournemouth v Leeds: the Vitality Stadium opens a blank page
The Vitality Stadium stages Bournemouth against Leeds on Saturday 31 October, round nine of the Premier League. Nothing in the supplied facts places either club in the table or describes their recent results, and no absences are listed, so the analysis has to stay modest. The match will be one of several parallel stories on the Saturday card, and it is best judged on how the first half hour unfolds rather than on reputation. Until form and team news are in hand, we offer no lean.
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Premier League · Saturday, October 31
Brentford v Nottingham Forest: a Saturday with unanswered questions
Brentford host Nottingham Forest at the Brentford Community Stadium on Saturday 31 October in the ninth round of the Premier League. No table positions, form numbers or injury lists have been supplied, which means there is no honest basis for a prediction beyond noting the fixture and its place in a full Saturday card. What will matter is what both clubs bring once team news is known. For now this stays a match with an open question mark rather than a lean.
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Premier League · Saturday, October 31
Coventry v Sunderland: home ground, little else to go on
The Coventry Building Society Arena is the setting as Coventry face Sunderland on Saturday 31 October, round nine of the Premier League. The brief for this match holds only the date, the competition and the venue; there are no standings, recent results or absentees to draw on. In that vacuum the one tangible factor on the page is home advantage, and even that is a modest one. We keep the lean on hold until more is known about both sides' form and availability.
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Premier League · Saturday, October 31
Hull City v Ipswich: the MKM Stadium waits on team news
Hull City meet Ipswich at the MKM Stadium on Saturday 31 October in round nine of the Premier League. With no table positions, form figures or absence lists in the facts, this preview cannot honestly say who arrives in stronger shape, only that the hosts have the ground and the visitors have the journey. The model would need recent results and team news before it could separate the sides with any confidence. Until then, the match stays unranked and without a lean.
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Premier League · Saturday, October 31
Manchester City v Brighton: the Etihad asks the question
Manchester City welcome Brighton to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday 31 October in round nine of the Premier League. The supplied facts give the date, the competition and the venue, and nothing on standings, recent form or absences, so there is no figure here to lean on. The Etihad offers the hosts the familiar comfort of home, while Brighton arrive to test it. Until team news and recent results are confirmed, we hold back from a lean and wait for the evidence.
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La Liga · Saturday, October 31
Rayo Vallecano v Celta Vigo: Vallecas sets the stage
Rayo Vallecano and Celta Vigo meet at the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas on Saturday 31 October in round 11 of La Liga. No table positions, form lines or absence lists have been provided for the two clubs, so the preview rests on setting alone: a home ground, a visiting side and a Saturday slot in a busy Spanish round. Without recent results to read, any prediction would outrun the evidence, so we leave this one without a lean for now.
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Premier League · Saturday, October 31
Tottenham v Crystal Palace: a Saturday in north London with few clues
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium hosts Tottenham against Crystal Palace on Saturday 31 October, round nine of the Premier League. Standings, recent results and absences are not part of the facts for this fixture, so the preview stays within what is known: the date, the ground and the competition. It is one of several Premier League matches packed into the same Saturday, and each will feed into a table we cannot yet describe. Until form and team news arrive, there is no lean to offer.
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La Liga · Saturday, October 31
Real Betis v Malaga: La Cartuja awaits its Saturday audience
Real Betis entertain Malaga at the Estadio de La Cartuja on Saturday 31 October in round 11 of La Liga. The facts available give no table positions, form figures or absentees, so there is nothing to weigh beyond the fixture itself. La Cartuja is the setting, and the home side's presence there is the only tangible advantage that can be named. Any deeper prediction must wait until recent results and team news are available, and we offer no lean in the meantime.
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Premier League · Saturday, October 31
Aston Villa v Fulham: Villa Park keeps its counsel
Villa Park is the venue on Saturday 31 October as Aston Villa face Fulham in round nine of the Premier League. The match arrives without standings, form lines or absence lists, which leaves the analysis with little more than the setting and the date. What can be said is that a home fixture is, in principle, the more comfortable assignment, and the model will want recent results before it assigns any real edge. We hold the lean until that evidence is available.
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La Liga · Saturday, October 31
Barcelona v Alaves: Camp Nou sets the scene for round 11
Barcelona host Alaves at Camp Nou on Saturday 31 October, round 11 of La Liga. The facts supply the date, the round and the ground, and nothing on table positions, recent results or absences, so the preview cannot weigh the sides against each other. Camp Nou will be the stage, and the hosts' status as the home team is the only concrete advantage on the page. A lean has to wait for form and team news rather than reputation alone.
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La Liga · Sunday, November 1
Getafe v Sevilla: a week of two halves for Sevilla
Sevilla's week closes at the Coliseum on Sunday 1 November, where Getafe await in round 11 of La Liga. The only figures we hold are Sevilla's as they stood before Monday's home game with Osasuna: sixth, 14 points from nine games, and a last five of WLLDL with 2.6 goals conceded per game. Nothing is supplied on Getafe, and Sevilla's availability may have changed by Sunday. That defensive record is the thing to watch, and Monday's result will say much about the state of their week. No lean until both sides' details are known.
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La Liga · Sunday, November 1
Racing Santander v Real Madrid: El Sardinero hosts a Sunday visitor
Real Madrid travel to Estadio El Sardinero on Sunday 1 November to face Racing Santander in round 11 of La Liga. No table positions, form figures or absence lists accompany the fixture, so the preview cannot say how the sides compare on current evidence. The setting is the thing: a Sunday visit to Racing's ground, with the home side hosting a name that carries expectation. Until team news and results are available, we offer no lean and keep this as a match to watch.
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Premier League · Sunday, November 1
Liverpool v Arsenal: Anfield provides the week's final word
Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday 1 November in round nine of the Premier League, the last Premier League match on our list. The facts include no standings, form lines or absences, so the preview will not claim to know what the match decides in the table. Even so, the fixture, the ground and the Sunday slot give it the feel of the week's centrepiece, and what happens at Anfield will be read against everything played on Saturday. A lean waits for team news.
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La Liga · Sunday, November 1
Elche v Valencia: Martínez Valero hosts a Sunday of unknowns
Elche welcome Valencia to the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero on Sunday 1 November in round 11 of La Liga. Nothing in the facts places either club in the table or describes their recent results, and no absentees are listed, so analysis cannot stretch far. The home ground and the Sunday setting are what we can name, and they make for a match to be judged on its opening exchanges rather than on pedigree. We withhold a lean until form and team news are in hand.
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La Liga · Sunday, November 1
Athletic Club v Real Sociedad: San Mamés closes the Spanish round
Athletic Club host Real Sociedad at San Mamés Stadium on Sunday 1 November, one of the Sunday matches that complete round 11 of La Liga. The supplied facts hold no table positions, form lines or absences, so the preview can only point to the date, the ground and the stage that a Sunday at San Mamés provides. The home side's ground is the one tangible edge on the page, and it is a modest one. Team news and recent results would be needed before a lean could be justified.
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By Sunday evening Lazio's second place will have been tested at Sassuolo, Sevilla will have played twice in a week, and the ninth round of the Premier League will have been played out, with Anfield offering the final word. Saturday's crowded card will shape the picture long before that.
MATCH PULSE's AI engines (GPT, Claude and Gemini) publish their analysis of each match on match day, once team news and the latest form are in.
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