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Tough tests for Dortmund and Lille, derby in Croatia.
After the break due to national obligations, the teams return to the pitches for the resumption of their leagues.
Many interesting games are included in the three-day weekend. Today's schedule includes a difficult home obligation for Borussia Dortmund and a theoretically easy away test for Sporting Lisbon. Derby in Croatia, St Etienne are looking for the first points.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND - HEIDENHEIM (21:30)
With the match Borussia Dortmund - Heidenheim the curtain opens the 3rd matchday in Germany.
The hosts are coming off a white draw with Werder Bremen and are optimistic that they will return to winning ways and maintain their unbeaten record at their hot home ground.
However, they will be up against a pretty good team, the pleasant surprise of last season's championship, who have made an impressive start to the new season. The visitors are two for two with six goals for against.
Despite the fact that Heidenheim is 2 for 2, Borussia are the big favourites to win.
Week 5 in the Portuguese league will see leaders and unmistakable Sporting Lisbon at home to Aruka.
Sporting are off to a great start in the league and have sent a message to the other two title contenders that they are unlikely to let the crown go to another team.
The fact that they scored 16 goals, an average of four per game, and conceded just two, shows the quality and balance the champions possess across the board.
At home to Aruka, who have five points out of 15 claimed, Sporting are favourites for another win.
DINAMO ZAGREB-HAJDUK SPLIT (21:00)
Derby includes the 6th matchday in Croatia. Dynamo Zagreb will host Haiduk Split in a match that is expected to gather all the attention from football fans in the Balkan country.
Dynamo are at the top of the table with four wins and a draw, with a goal difference of 13-3, while Haiduk are two points behind with five wins, two draws and a goal difference of 7-4.
As the numbers suggest, the home side are more productive, however defensively there is a balance.
Either way, Dynamo are favourites, but not at a humiliating rate.
SAINT ETIENNE - LOSC LILLE (21:45).
St. Etienne's start to the French league has been abysmal, and they are aiming for their first points against Lille.
The hosts are 0/3 without scoring, while conceding seven goals. The break may have helped with the competitive and psychological uplift, however it is something that will be seen tonight.
They will face Lille, who were beaten by PSG last weekend. The visitors have six points in the first three rounds of the league with a goal difference of 5-3.