Early kick off is Stoke vee City. The latter are coming back from Romania midweek to immediately travel out to a venue they generally struggle at. Hughes' Stoke have distinguished themselves by looking utterly unarsed against peers and really turning it on against the bigger clubs. Not really anti-bants, this is Guardiola's first big test. Feisty derby to take place in Championship at same time.

Five not particularly appealing fixtures in the Prem follow, then Leicester Arsenal. North East derby on Sunday? Kind of? Do they really care? Who knows.

What foreign footie are you pretending to watch this weekend?