5️⃣ spicy fixtures you must watch this weekend 🌶

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·20 Maret 2026

5️⃣ spicy fixtures you must watch this weekend 🌶

There’s the Carabao Cup final, Madrid Derby and a Tyne-Wear blockbuster in our top games to watch this weekend.

Five spicy fixtures you must watch this weekend:

Ipswich Town vs Millwall

The Championship promotion race looks set to go down to the wire and there’s a potentially decisive clash at Portman Road on Saturday lunchtime.

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Third hosts fourth, with the two teams level on points in the table. The winners could climb above Middlesbrough and into the automatic promotion places, while the losers will suffer a damaging blow to their hopes of finishing in the top two.

Kick-off: 12:30pm, Saturday 21st March

Where to watch: You can watch the game live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football, and ITV1.

Spice Rating: Mild

Feyenoord vs Ajax

Dutch football’s De Klassieker returns to the calendar this weekend as rivalries resume in Rotterdam.

Feyenoord and Ajax have been left in PSV’s wake in the title race, but both are embroiled in a multi-team tussle for second, and Champions League qualification. Feyenoord hold that position heading into the weekend in a high-stakes showdown.

Kick-off: 1:30pm, Sunday 22nd March

Where to watch: The Feyenoord v Ajax game will be shown live on Premier Player and TrillerTV+.

Spice Rating: Medium

Newcastle vs Sunderland

The North East expects an electric atmosphere as Newcastle face Sunderland in the first Premier League Tyne-Wear Derby at St James’ Park for a decade.

Sunderland have had the better in league meetings between the teams, with an unbeaten run that stretches all the way back to 2011. That incudes a 1-0 win in the reverse fixture that saw Newcastle record signing Nick Woltemade score an own goal.

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Eddie Howe will demand a huge response from Newcastle, after a seven-goal thumping at Barcelona in midweek.

Kick-off: 12:00pm, Sunday 22nd March

Where to watch: Newcastle United v Sunderland will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.

Spice Rating: Hot

Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid

Madrid will pause this weekend when Real and Atletico go head-to-head in La Liga. It’s a massive game for the home side, who trail Barcelona by four points in the title race and can ill-afford another slip.

Both teams progressed into the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, and Atletico will be keen to end their arch-rival’s title hopes at the Bernabeu. It’s a derby dust-up with plenty on the line.

Kick-off: 8pm, Sunday 22nd March

Where to watch: Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid will be shown live on Premier Sports 1.

Spice Rating: Fire

Arsenal vs Manchester City

The first silverware of the season is on the line as Arsenal meet Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final.

Arsenal’s pursuit of an unprecedented quadruple remains alive and the first leg of a historic four-peat could be achieved at Wembley this weekend. The Gunners have the chance to end a six-year trophy drought against a familiar foe, as Pep Guardiola’s City side stand in their path.

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The Citizens crashed out of Europe in midweek and have fallen off the pace in the Premier League, but have the know-how to get over the line here.

Kick-off: 4:30pm, Sunday 22nd March

Where to watch: Arsenal v Manchester City will be shown live on ITV1, STV, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, Sky One, ITVX and STV.

Spice Rating: Insane

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