Fortuna Dusseldorf fans

A tale of two cities sees Eurosport's Anthony Jeffers study the fortunes of Eintracht Frankfurt and Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Fortuna Dusseldorf

One of the problem women have with football and men is our obsession with statistics and trivia.

So here goes: "Which is the only club in the top five European Leagues yet to have conceded a goal?"

Struggling? Need a clue? Some would say they are 'fortunate'. Nope? The answer is Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Yes, amazing isn't it. The team who only sneaked into the Bundesliga through the back door after beating Hertha Berlin in the play-off.

They are the first team

Lionel Messi had just scored a 79th minute winner - a rare header - when the loudest songs of the night started. Barcelona had come from 2-1 down at home to Spartak Moscow last week in the Champions League, a game which fans thought would be predictable but proved otherwise until the Argentine's late brace.

That's when most of the Camp Nou crowd started singing - for Catalan independence from Spain. I've watched over 200 Barca games at Camp Nou and have never witnessed anything like it. Fringe groups have sung songs or hung a 20-metre 'Catalonia is not Spain' flag from the second tier during

Marco Verratti has made an immediate impact at PSG

A crowd is gathered in front of the Eiffel Tower. Lines of security guards hold it back while Zlatan Ibrahimovic poses for the cameras at a photo opportunity after the completion of his move from AC Milan to Paris Saint-Germain. A shirt with his name printed on the back is held aloft. A few kick-ups performed.

Everyone is here to see him. Everyone has overlooked the other new signing unveiled that day: Marco Verratti. "Contrary to the other champions who play for Paris Saint-Germain, I am a little unknown here," he admitted.

Outside of Italy, few had heard of Verratti and as such he didn't

Cash-rich Paris St Germain continued their rise up the European Power Rankings by hitting eight goals in two games last week.

They followed up a 4-1 hammering of Dynamo Kiev at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League with a 4-0 win at Bastia in Ligue 1.

Superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic hit three goals in the two games as improving PSG began their European campaign with a flourish and climbed to third in their domestic table after an inauspicious start to the season.

And that has seen them rise four places to 17th in our list of the top European clubs.

With the top five of Barcelona,

At any other time in the last three or four years, the sight of Marseille and Lyon leading the way in Ligue 1 would have seemed less than remarkable, but this season was supposed to be different.

Both clubs are in transition, and with Lille and Montpellier tipped to mount the strongest challenges to the behemoth that is Paris Saint-Germain, the two Olympiques were expected to find themselves scrapping over the leftovers alongside the other also-rans.

Although the season is young, both teams are proving that it is possible to be competitive at the top of the table without spending the

Opta kept a watchful eye across all the games taking place in Europe's biggest leagues this weekend and put together a best XI.

Everton striker Victor Anichebe is the only Premier League player in the side after impressing against Swansea in front of goal.

Internazionale star Wesley Sneijder had 118 touches and made 98 passes despite the Serie A giants' 2-0 home loss to Siena, whose goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo is included after making 11 saves.

And Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller notched a goal and an assist in a win at Schalke that sees them top the Bundesliga.

Jupp Heynckes and Huub Stevens will lock horns on Saturday afternoon as Schalke host Bayern Munich at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, and no one should doubt the scale of the rivalry between the two clubs.

Both sides will be looking to end each other's unbeaten starts to the campaign, and both sets of supporters will arrive at the ground with real optimism ahead of the clash.

Matches between Schalke and Bayern are always guaranteed an electric atmosphere and, despite Champions League matches in midweek, the players will all be ready to give everything for their respective sides.

The

Nuremberg's Japanese midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake runs with the ball during the Bundesliga match against Borussia Moenchengladbach (AFP)

Days after a particularly memorable display from Shinji Kagawa, one thrilled Borussia Dortmund fan insisted on naming his newborn son Shinji. Now there could be a crop of baby Hiroshis and Takashis across Germany.

Japanese players have never been so highly regarded in the Bundesliga.

Last weekend Nuremberg's new signing Hiroshi Kiyotake created two goals and scored a stunning solo effort as Der Club beat Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2. Takashi Inui curled in a lovely effort as Eintracht Frankfurt beat Hamburg by the same score. Hoffenheim were horrible in losing at Freiburg but had one