Brad Friedel and Aston Villa is in the race for the valuable fourth-place spot in the English Premier League and will look to move a step closer to it when the Villans take on Tottenham in the best of the rest of Saturday's matchday schedule.
Friedel and Villa will look to try and stop a red-hot Tottenham attack as both teams look to keep pace with Liverpool, which posted three points with its win vs. Everton.
Jozy Altidore will look to keep his recent good form going as Hull faces Manchester City. Carlos Bocanegra and Renne take on first-place Bordeaux in another top match.
If you will be watching today's matches, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Today's schedule is after the jump):
TODAY'S SOCCER ON TV
10am– Setanta USA- Manchester United vs. Portsmouth
10am– FSC/FSE- Hull City vs. Manchester City
Noon– ESPN Deportes/ESPN360.com- Valencia vs. Real Valladolid
Noon– RAI/ESPN360.com- Palermo vs. Parma
12:15pm– Setanta USA- Doncaster vs. Reading
12:30pm– GolTV- Nuremberg vs. Stuttgart
12:30pm– FSC/FSE- Tottenham vs. Aston Villa
12:45pm– ESPN360.com- PSV vs. ADO Den Haag
2pm– ESPN Deportes/ESPN360.com- Barcelona vs. Getafe
2:40pm– FSC/FSE/RAI/ESPN360- Livorno vs. Juventus
3pm– Setanta USA- Rennes vs. Bordeaux
4pm– GolTV- Real Madrid vs. Espanyol
5pm– FSC/FSE- Palermo vs. Parma (Delayed)
5pm– Setanta USA- Burnley vs. West Ham (Delayed)
6pm– ESPN Deportes/Azteca America- Cruz Azul vs. Santos Laguna
6pm– GolTV- Deportivo Cali vs. Millonarios
7pm– FSC- Sunderland vs. Wigan
8pm– Telefutura- Pachuca vs. San Luis
8pm– Telemundo- Tigres vs. UNAM Pumas
8pm– GolTV_ Cucuta vs. Deportivo Perreira
8:30pm– Setanta USA- Bolton vs. Fulham
9:45pm– Telemund- Atlas vs. Club America
2am– FSC- Sydney FC vs. Perth Glory
haha yeah maybe. I didn’t mean to make it sound like the team should revolve around Landon, but that he should give him a role where he’s able to take on more. 2009 showed us that he’s ready to take on more and part of the reason for him going to Everton is to see how much more he could take on while still getting into match fitness for MLS and the World Cup.
Where are the Jozy altidore’s goal highlights!!! where is the ives special on the goal! I need feed. I need feed.
Spurs and Villa playing a hell of a match right now
Maybe Moyes can let him coach too.
The game turn bad for the Everton when Afro got hurt
Jim Brown, OJ all the great running backs looked tired and then wham.
I’m really confused about FSC HD…I get the channel through Dish Network and am currently watching Tottenham vs Villa and it claims to be in HD. Watching it, I highly suspect it is actually HD quality as it seems no different than the Hull match, and far below the quality of ESPN2HD’s liverpool match this morning. FSC HD seems more like a sham to me…
Anyone else share my thoughts/feelings regarding FSC HD?
So this may have been discussed before but where is the HD? I’m on Time Warner in BK. Got it dialed into 124. Should this be the HD channel? Hep me!
to be honest donovan had a great game and howard had a mistake but the english commentators were going down on the two acting like they dont deserve to be on the field with the other players. Frankly the two may have been two old idiots.
Excited about Jozy getting his first and building good performances for Hull. I was pretty skeptical him playing the second forward role with Venegoor, but he seems to be combining well with the Dutchman. So long as his work rate stays high his place in the starting lineup shouldn’t suffer too many question marks.
As far as Donovan vs Liverpool goes, he seemed to be doing pretty well in the first half, finding the game and delivering telling passes and crosses, which led to some of Everton’s better buildups and chances. It all kind of went down hill when Fellaini had to come off and I think that just sort of epitomizes his importance to the squad. With no one to spray the ball around from deep and start moves for the Toffees, all the offensive opportunities came simply from Liverpool sitting so deep in their own half. If anything comes of this match for Everton, it’s that the suspension of Pienaar and injury of Fellaini will force Moyes’ team into a slightly different shape, and therefore, possibly, Donovan in a new position. I’d like to see this
—————————–Saha———————
———————–Cahill————————-
—–Donovan—————————Bilyletdinov—
——————Arteta—–Osman——————–
Baines—————————————–Neville
——————Distin—–Heitinga—————–
————————Howard————————
Moyes needs to learn that Donovan has to play a position where he’s able to fill a multitude of roles. He’s not a winger, he’s not a striker, he’s not an attacking midfielder. He’s the best of all three and playing at left midfield gives him the option to be all three. He’s able to move down the flank with his ability to dribble at players with both feet, he’s able to cut inside to find the game, create, combine, or take a shot. The more touches Donovan gets, the better he gets throughout the game, and the better Everton plays. He’s just that good, if Moyes would simply let him be.
SLU
Just watched the jozy goal again. Looks like his teammates really like this kid.
Somebody clearly didn’t see the game… Completely unbiased spectator here, and I hate to tell ya, Josh, Landon WAS the best Everton player today.
ESPN shows that Edu and Beasley did not dress again. Franco did not list them as injured.
http://theoriginalwinger.com/2010-02-06-hull-city-vs-manchester-city-highlights-premiership
JOZY SCORES AND HULL BEAT MAN CITY! YES!
“Don’t think Zaki is going to replace Josy. They bring very different skills to the field. Folks on this blog need to relax.”
You’re the first one to bring up talks of replacement today?!?! There is a reason Jozy is getting regular starts.
highlights on the jozy goal?
And Fulham earn a point away.
WOW! Great game Jozy! And against a top team…
congrats Jozy, rounding into excellent form. The way we know you can do it against world class opposition!
Good win for Hull. The defense held tight at the end. Hull is out of the bottom three for now.
Jozy! Man of the Match for sure!
…..Hull brings down the rich kid…..
I call it ULD for Ultra-Low Def
4 minutes extra time? Really?
Don’t think Zaki is going to replace Josy. They bring very different skills to the field. Folks on this blog need to relax. They have the best of times and all they can do is complain about small stuff. Who would have dreamed that we would have had a 20-year old starting in the EPL. Where was McBride when he was 20?
Hold on Hull
Anyone got a highlight of the Jozy goal?
Oh my…Hull’s keeper got extremely luck that misplay didn’t end in disaster.
can we get an update here? How is he hurt?
Zaki plays a distinctly different style from Jozy.
lols. you caught me.
Hull is doing very little on attack at this point. I guess they are going to try to keep the midfield clogged up, look for occasional counters, and hope for the best against City’s attack from this point forward.
Another reason to dislike Zaki..looks like Cuah Blanc
Kenny Cooper on in the 58th minute. Good for him.
If Jozy is hurt it makes sense. Otherwise, I want to see who is going to press City’s defense from Hull. Even when Jozy wasn’t on the ball, he was creating all sorts of havoc in City’s defense.
No way Hull holds on for 3 pts. They will be lucky to get 1 pt.
i was about to go nuts when i saw jozy being pulled….but since he is hurt it makes sense.
Um, why?
jozy “yet to play a full 90” altidore… good goal though.
and Jozy is off, great game
I thoroughly enjoy doing this ever Saturday/Sunday morning.
That was a mess on that corner. Let’s see how Hull can handle an energized City.
COME ON MAN!!! HULL need a defender.
darn
It was a dive.
I could only do that in FIFA 10
Wow! Great strike by Boateng. City can’t get over their heels. Hull is all over ’em.
i love the knee slide celebrations…