This is a bumper issue this week because of 3 mad head to heads happening within the space of 24h...here's introducing to you the star attractions for this week

Celtic Park,Glasgow and Pittodrie,Aberdeen

(Celtic vs Rangers) vs (Aberdeen vs Hearts)

It's time for the old firm rumble AGAIN(considering they had the misfortune to go head to head last week).whatever the case both teams need to get their act right before Hearts continue to an 'unassailable' lead.the Jambos meanwhile have their own problems to solve,having to go to Aberdeen 1 day later and mindful that the Dons would gift their lead to Celtic in event of anything other than a win,and city rivals Hibs may be looking over their heads

Unfortunately though,the Gers and the Dons are also in desperate situations of their own.4th and 7th respectively,both have been unimpressive.particularly by rangers' high quality service,and it doesn't look any better for the Gers having French defenders Oliver Bernard and Julien Rodriguez out(latest news) and bogged down by champs league(drawing against Artmedia twice is a very bad move,and they have only a win against Porto to account for).Adding to the injury list are Buffel,Novo and Nieto,though Gavin Rae and Hemdani is available after a long time out

Celtic though are hitting a good patch of form,and fans didn't even need to mind going out against Artmedia that 27/07 night because Rangers are more important.in fact there aren't any major injury concerns,

Prediction:1-0 to Celtic,or 2-1 if Rangers score.I don't think the draw probability is high,but if I have to put any draw results,1-1 or 2-2.it's one hell of a powder keg.Hearts might as well deal with Aberdeen (and Celtic should they draw) once and for all so I'm putting 2-1 to Hearts

Madrid(1am singapore time)

(Real Madrid vs Barcelona) vs (Getafe vs Osasuna) vs (Sevilla vs Betis)

It's time to rumble again.of course the WC playoffs might have taken a toll on the Spanairds such as Raul and Puyol,but theoretically Barcelona has the upper hand.having Etoo,Ronaldino and co to whack Getafe 2 weeks back means that trouble is really brewing in Madrid,and the Uruguayans in Madrid(Barca counting their lucky stars now) having jet lag to worry too(so Luxemburgo would most likely stick with Robinho)

What about Getafe?they are also a bunch of off form desperadoes.now they have to look for a win to make sure they don't get humiliated.unfortunately though Osasuna might make it 4 in a row,discounting their not so impressive away form.down in the rainy south,there's the Sevillan storm to complement el Clasico.With Betis grossly off form at the moment and missing everyone but Joaquin,and their city rivals bobbing up and down,everyone's desperate for a win to go to Europe(at least for Sevilla)

Prediction:many pundits would put a Barcelona win.if i'm swayed(I'm a Madridista) I'd go for a 2-1 Barca with a 1-1 draw at half time.given that illegal Asian bookies would put flat ball(while SPools would grudgingly give Madrid a 1.5goal headstart),Madrid should lose by 1 goal(that still means winning on 1/2 goal tix and maybe total goals).If not 1-1 or maybe Madrid 1-0(ht 0-0)will do.the most important thing is to get the upper hand fast.As for Osasuna,they will be sitting comfortably at the top for a few more weeks,so a result doesn't quite matter.that doesn't mean there's no predictions,but rather a 1-1 draw will do.Sevilla might as well win 2-1 or don't even draw at all

Lokomotiv Moscow vs Spartak Moscow

while CSKA are opening the champagne and Dinamo are launching another inquest,the other 2 Moscovites are now in a tussle over that Champs League slot that will see them join CSKA.Spartak has an easier mission since drawing will do just fine.Loko will have to win,to salvage a season that looked rosy until they started cocking out against rapid Vienna during August.a look at the injury list will show to an extent why Spartak looks even better

(Sychev(knee)+Francisco Lima(on leave)+Loskov(LTE)) vs (Pavlyuchenko)

Prediction:I'll check the Spartak site on Sunday and hope that Spartak win 2-1 or 1-0.that Cavenaghi guy will get one of the goals.whoo!

oh ya here's the bread and butter stuff

Arsenil-Wigan-Wigan 1-0 and it's so likely
Charlton-Man U-Keane-Less Man U wins 2-1
Chelsea-Newcastle-another rampage at 2-0(actually that's not a thrashing) or 3-1
Liverpool-Portsmouth-2-1 or 1-0
Man C-Blackburn-1-1
Sunderland-Villa-Villa chalks up a rare win
WBA-Everton-Everton win 1-0

Spurs-West Ham-Spurs will come out as the better of the two
Boro-Fulham-Boro draw

Birmingham-Bolton-Bolton 1-0

Marseille-Nantes-we might be tempted to put Nantes 1-0,but better stick with 2-1
Monaco-St Etienne-1-0
Strasbourg-Nice-a win is Nice-ly put there
Nancy-Le Mans-1-1
Ajaccio-Sochaux-2-1 to Ajaccio
Auxerre-Lille-1-1 again or 1-0 to Lille
Lens-Metz-2 goals at least
Lyon-Troyes-2-0 is the most likely score

Rennes-Toulouse-I miss Stade Toulousain again.maybe not,though,because here's a draw
Bordeaux-PSG-2-1 to PSG or 1-1 at most

Cologne-Schalke-Schalke should win comfortably by 1 goal,but 2 goals is not so likely
Gladbach-Leverkusen-1-1
Kaiserslautern-Nuremburg-1-1
Dortmund-Hertha-2-1 or 2-2
Mainz-Frankfurt-0-0?erm no.3-1
Arminia-Bayern-still rolling.2 now
Bremen-Wolfsburg-1-1 or Bremen 2-1

Hamburg-Duisburg-2-1 or 2-0
Stuttgart-Hanover-1-0

Roma-Juventus-2-1 to Juve or maybe for the ABJs 1-1
Udinese-Messina-1-0

Chievo-Ascoli-Chievo back in their good old days.2-1
Fiorentina-Milan-Toni will still score,but unlike the last few matches,the Viola will lose provided Shevchenko plays and scores one
Sampdoria-Lazio-2-1 to Samp
Treviso-Palermo-Palermo finds this easy meat
Lecce-Siena-1-1 or 0-0
Livorno-Empoli-0-0 or 2-2
Reggina-Cagliari-2-1 or 1-1
Inter-Parma-1-0

Villareal-Zaragoza-2-1

Espanyol-Mallorca-Espanyol should be safe after this,for now
Athletic-Alaves-after the battle of the desperadoes,i don't think any of them will climb out the relegation zone
Malaga-Sociedad-1-0
Cadiz-Valencia-Valencia win again
Celta-Atletico-1-1 or Atletico 2-1 or Celta 1-0.see who scores first
Racing-Deportivo-Depor 1-0