It's back to domestic league action for Europe's big clubs this weekend after their excursions in the continental cup competitions.
The big match in the English Premier League is a title clash between Newcastle and Arsenal at St James Park tomorrow.
The match will be a tasty appetiser to next weekend's FA Cup quarter-final between the two in-form sides, also at St James Park.
Liverpool will be hoping to shrug off their habit of dropping points in stalemate encounters when they travel to Craven Cottage to meet money bags Fulham and their expensive array of French talent.
An intriguing match up at Portman Road sees Ipswich and Southampton, two sides coached by wily Scotsmen, meet in a relegation battle of wits.
Ipswich will want to return to their Christmas form when they won six out of seven matches, a streak that was stopped in its tracks by rampaging Manchester United's 6-0 thrashing.