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This Weekend’s Soccer on TV

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After chasing Monaco for the better part of the season, Paris Saint-Germain has a chance to catch up with the Ligue 1 leaders this weekend when they square off at Parc des Princes.

PSG, who has been riding on the fine form of Edinson Cavani, will have to find a way to outscore the high-octane offense of Monaco, which leads Ligue 1 with 64 goals through 21 matches.

The two sides first met in August of 2016, with Monaco picking up a 3-1 win a home to give PSG its first loss of the season.

In the U.K., English FA Cup action resumes with fourth-round action. Notable clubs like Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal will take on Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brentford, Wycombe Wanderers and Southampton, respectively. Defending champions Manchester United, meanwhile, will host Wigan Athletic.

Elsewhere, first-place Juventus will visit Sassuolo in Italian Serie A fixture, while second-place AS Roma travels to face Sampdoria. The German Bundesliga, on the other hand, will feature a clash between two top-three clubs in RB Leipzig and Hoffenheim.

On the international front, the Africa Cup of Nations will see its quarterfinals take place, while the U.S. Men’s National Team will play its first match under head coach Bruce Arena’s second stint on Sunday against Serbia.

Here is a rundown of all the soccer action on TV this weekend:

FRIDAY

SPANISH LA LIGA

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Osasuna vs. Málaga

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

2:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Schalke 04 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt

ENGLISH FA CUP

2:55 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Derby County vs. Leicester City

FRENCH LIGUE 1

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Marseille vs. Montpellier

COPA LIBERTADORES

5:15 p.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Wanderers vs. Universitario

7:15 p.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Independiente del Valle vs. Deportivo Municipal

7:45 p.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Deportivo Táchira vs. Deportivo Capiatá

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

2:45 p.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Aberdeen vs. Dundee

SATURDAY

ENGLISH FA CUP

7:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Liverpool vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers

10 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Chelsea vs. Brentford

10 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Tottenham vs. Wycombe Wanderers

10 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Lincoln City vs. Brighton & Hove Albion

12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go —Southampton vs. Arsenal

SPANISH LA LIGA

7 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Villarreal vs. Granada

10:15 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Deportivo Alavés vs. Atlético Madrid

12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Eibar vs. Deportivo La Coruña

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Leganés vs. Celta de Vigo

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Werder Bremen vs. Bayern Munich

9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — VfL Wolfsburg vs. FC Augsburg

9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — FC Ingolstadt vs. Hamburg SV

9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Darmstadt 98 vs. Cologne

9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — RB Leipzig vs. Hoffenheim

12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayer Leverkusen vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach

ITALIAN SERIE A

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Cagliari vs. Bologna

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Fiorentina vs. Genoa

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Lazio vs. Chievo Verona

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Inter Milan vs. Pescara

FRENCH LIGUE 1

11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Lyon vs. Lille

2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Nancy vs. Bordeaux

2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Lorient vs. Dijon

2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bastia vs. Caen

2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Angers vs. Metz

2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Stade Rennes vs. Nantes

PORTUGUESE PRIMEIRA LIGA

1:15 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Estoril vs. FC Porto

3:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Sporting CP vs. Paços de Ferreira

MEXICAN LIGA MX

6 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Querétaro vs. Guadalajara

8 p.m. — Azteca America — Atlas vs. Morelia

8 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — Monterrey vs. Club León

8:06 p.m. — NBC Universo/NBC Universo NOW/Telemundo Deportes en Vivo — Pachuca vs. Toluca

10 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — Club América vs. Veracruz

ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

10 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Reading vs. Cardiff City

AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS

11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Burkina Faso vs. Tunisia (quarterfinals)

2 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Senegal vs. Cameroon (quarterfinals)

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

7:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Motherwell vs. Rangers

SUNDAY

ENGLISH FA CUP

7 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go — Millwall vs. Watford

9 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Sutton United vs. Leeds United

11 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Manchester United vs. Wigan Athletic

SPANISH LA LIGA

6 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Betis vs. Barcelona

10:15 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Espanyol vs. Sevilla

12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Athletic Bilbao vs. Sporting Gijón

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Madrid vs. Real Sociedad

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Freiburg vs. Hertha Berlin

11:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Mainz 05 vs. Borussia Dortmund

ITALIAN SERIE A

6:30 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Torino vs. Atalanta

9 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Sassuolo vs. Juventus

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Crotone vs. Empoli

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Udinese vs. AC Milan

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Sampdoria vs. AS Roma

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Napoli vs. Palermo

FRENCH LIGUE 1

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Nice vs. Guingamp

11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Toulouse vs. Saint-Étienne

3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Paris Saint-Germain vs. AS Monaco

MEXICAN LIGA MX

1 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — Pumas UNAM vs. Necaxa

6 p.m. — ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN — Chiapas vs. Tigres UANL

7 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Santos Laguna vs. Puebla

AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS

11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Congo vs. Ghana (quarterfinals)

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

8 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Celtic vs. Heart of Midlothian

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

4 p.m. — UniMás/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — United States vs. Serbia

Comments

  1. Mario Rodriguez whose transfer to Dresden and loan to Sonnenhof went unnoticed this week started and scored a goal, Joe Gyau came off the bench for the final 11 minutes. Nice to see two young Americans on the same squad even if its in the 3.Liga.

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  2. Fox missed a big opportunity to put the Bundesliga on Big Fox for Saturday. They finally have a day where they control both the EPL and GB and have the chance to over-promote the property they have the most control over, and they relegate it to FoxSoccer2Go & FS2. Way to go Fox.

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    • Many of their programming decisions seem foolish to me. Maybe I’m missing something, but are there a lot of German Americans who follow certain teams here, or are most of the viewers like most of the people here at SBI? I suspect most of the SBI readers follow the Bundesliga because we want to see US players play who are on Bundesliga teams. Yet, often we will see a game with one or even two Americans shunted aside for coverage of a game between 2 other teams which may be bigger in Germany. I think they should feature games with American players when they broadcast here, but maybe they know something I don’t.

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    • I’m guessing they paid a decent amount of money for the rights to the FA Cup and therefore are focusing their coverage there. Probably had in the agreement the number of matches each round that they will broadcast on their platforms. Not sure there is enough interest in soccer for Fox to carry it on all three channels, Fox, Foxsports 1 &2 at least not an early round FA and matchday 20 or so in the Bundesliga.

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