Today on LiveScore: Excitement builds for title showdown

Excitement is building for Manchester City’s Premier League title showdown with Liverpool, the marquee fixture of a bumper weekend of football.

We have Joleon Lescott’s exclusive column as well as a host of previews to get you in the mood.

Lescott’s column

Just one point separates City and Liverpool ahead of their blockbuster encounter at the Etihad on Sunday.

Ex-Citizens defender Lescott thinks that while it may not be the title decider it is being billed as, his old club stretching their lead to four points with a win would be hugely significant.

He is also on hand to provide his prediction for all 10 games in Matchday 32.

Premier League action

There are plenty of important games in both the race for the top four and the battle to survive relegation across the next three days too.

Fourth-placed Tottenham head to Aston Villa, while Arsenal will look to get back on track following defeat at Crystal Palace when they host Brighton.

Two huge clashes at the bottom see Watford take on Leeds and Burnley head to Norwich.

European previews

The Serie A title race continues to be one of the most tightly contested in Europe with just three points separating AC Milan, Napoli and Inter Milan at the top.

Leaders Milan are at Torino this weekend, while the Partenopei will look to keep up the pressure by beating Fiorentina and Inter welcome Verona to the San Siro.

Real Madrid look to have their 35th LaLiga title all but wrapped up but the battle to finish second will go down to the wire with Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla level on points.

Sevilla kick off the weekend at home to Granada tonight before Atleti and Barca head to Mallorca and Levante respectively across the weekend.

A 10th straight Bundesliga title is nearly in Bayern Munich’s hands but they come up against an Augsburg side who have already beaten the reigning champions this season.

Elsewhere, the battle for fourth is still on as current occupiers RB Leipzig host sixth-placed Hoffenheim and Freiburg head to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Before you go

Reports suggest Villarreal’s midweek hero Arnaut Danjuma is being lined up by both Manchester United and Liverpool.

Today’s transfer round-up brings you the latest on that potential move and plenty more.

LiveScore Daily is on hand to provide you all of Friday’s football headlines ahead of what is sure to be a dramatic weekend.

And as The Masters and Aintree festival continue, stay tuned on the site for all of the breaking news across the world of sport.