Football Tracker: Liverpool host Chelsea in early kick-off, Elche facing Alaves

General view inside Anfield
General view inside AnfieldKATE MCSHANE / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP

With just a few weeks left in the domestic season, it is crunch time across the top European leagues. With crucial matches in title races and relegation battles across the continent, this is not a weekend you will want to miss and you can follow all the major stories with us here.

Saturday's headlines:

• In the early Premier League clash, Liverpool will hope to close in on UCL qualification at home to a Chelsea side whose season has unravelled. Later in the day, Manchester City will attempt to put pressure on title rivals Arsenal at home to Brentford

• Elsewhere in Europe, there are crucial games in the race for Champions League football and the headline clash comes from the Bundesliga as fourth-placed Bayer Leverkusen travel to fifth-placed Stuttgart, with the two sides currently level on points 

• Finally, it is a big day at the bottom of the table across Europe too, and one of the stories of the season comes from LaLiga and Sevilla, who sit just one point above the drop ahead of their clash against Espanyol this afternoon

Saturday's Premier League fixtures:

Liverpool vs Chelsea - 13:30 CET

Brighton vs Wolves - 16:00 CET

Fulham vs Bournemouth - 16:00 CET

Sunderland vs Manchester United - 16:00 CET

Manchester City vs Brentford - 18:30 CET

Saturday's key European fixtures:

Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen - 15:30 CET

Sevilla vs Espanyol - 16:15 CET

Lazio vs Inter Milan - 18:00 CET

Wolfsburg vs Bayern Munich - 18:30 CET

Atletico Madrid vs Celta Vigo - 18:30 CET

Lecce vs Juventus - 20:45 CET

Key updates to keep you informed:

09:30 CET - Before we turn our attention to today’s action, let’s recap some of the key talking points from last night’s matches.

Starting in Ligue 1, Nantes’ 14-year stay in the top flight came to an end after the Canaries fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat at title-chasing Lens.

Lens vs Nantes match stats
Lens vs Nantes match statsOpta by StatsPerform

Over in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund sealed a second-place finish thanks to a topsy-turvy 3-2 win against European-chasing Eintracht Frankfurt.

Levante boosted their hopes of survival in LaLiga after a thrilling 3-2 victory over Osasuna, while Torino came from behind to battle past Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A.

Finally, the Championship play-offs got underway, with Hull City and Millwall drawing the first leg of their semi-final 0-0.