The Rafa Benitez era begins this weekend for Chelsea against the top team in the Premier League at the moment as the Blues take on Manchester City in the weekend’s marquee match-up.
There is a ton of soccer on tap for the coming holiday weekend, but few matches carry more intrigue than Chelsea-Man City, what with Benitez managing his first match since taking over for fired Chelsea boss Roberto DiMatteo.
In Italy, AC Milan has enjoyed a recent surge and will look to knock off a Juventus side that has shown cracks in their once unbeatable facade in recent weeks.
Here is a rundown of the holiday weekend’s offerings of Soccer on TV:
This Weekend’s Soccer on TV
FRIDAY
2:45pm- Univision Deportes- Saint-Etienne vs. Valenciennes
3:30pm- beIN Sport en Espanol- Real Sociedad vs. Osasuna
6pm- beIN Sport- Real Sociedad vs. Osasuna (Tape Delay)
1:30am- Fox Soccer Channel- Melbourne Heart vs. Newcastle Jets
SATURDAY
7:40am- Fox Soccer Plus- Motherwell vs. Heart of Midlothian
8:55am- beIN Sport- Saint-Etienne vs. Valenciennes
9:30am- GolTV- Bayern Munich vs. Hannover 96
10am- Fox Soccer Channel- Manchester United vs. Queens Park Rangers
10am- Fox Soccer Plus- Stoke City vs. Fulham
10am- beIN Sport en Espanol- Rayo Vallecano vs. Mallorca
10am- FoxSoccer2Go.com- Wigan vs. Reading
10am- FoxSoccer2Go.com- Everton vs. Norwich City
10am- FoxSoccer2Go.com- St. Mirren vs. Dundee
11am- beIN Sport- Univision Deportes- Paris St. Germain vs. Troyes
11:30am- GolTV- Mainz vs. Borussia Dortmund
Noon- beIN Sport en Espanol- Valladolid vs. Granada
12:30pm- Fox Soccer Channel- Aston Villa vs. Arsenal
12:55pm- beIN Sport- Wolves vs. Nottingham Forest
2pm- beIN Sport en Espanol- Malaga vs. Valencia
2pm- Univision Deportes- Nancy vs. Ajaccio
2:30pm- Fox Soccer Channel- Everton vs. Norwich City (Tape Delay)
3pm- Telemundo- Santa Fe vs. Newell’s Old Boys
3pm- GolTV- Independiente vs. River Plate
3:30pm- ESPN3.com- Benfica vs. Olhanense
3:55pm- beIN Sport- Real Betis vs. Real Madrid
4:30pm- Fox Soccer Channel- Wigan vs. Reading (Tape Delay)
6pm- beIN Sport- Malaga vs. Valencia (Tape Delay)
6pm- beIN Sport Espanol- Palermo vs. Catania (Tape Delay)
SUNDAY
6:30am- ESPN Deportes- Roda vs. Ajax
8am- Univision Deportes- Montpellier vs. Bordeaux
8:30am- ESPN2/ESPN3.com- Swansea vs. Liverpool
8:30am- No TV- AZ Alkmaar vs. Feyenoord
9am- beIN Sport- Pescara vs. Roma
9am- beIN Sport Espanol- Torino vs. Fiorentina
9:30am- GolTV- Freiburg vs. Stuttgart
10am- FoxSoccer2Go.com- Southampton vs. Newcastle
11am- Fox Soccer Channel- Chelsea vs. Manchester City
11am- Fox Soccer Plus- Tottenham vs. West Ham United
11am- beIN Sport- Toulouse vs. Lyon
11am- beIN Sport Espanol- Athletic Bilbao vs. Deportivo La Coruna
11am- ESPN Deportes- PSV Eindhoven vs. Vitesse Arnhem (Tape Delay)
11:30am- GolTV- Hoffenheim vs. Bayer Leverkusen
1pm- Univision- Toluca vs. Club America (Mexican League playoff semifinals)
1pm- Fox Soccer Plus- Southampton vs. Newcastle (Tape Delay)
1pm- beIN Sport- Torino vs. Fiorentina
1pm- beIN Sport Espanol- Atletico Madrid vs. Sevilla
2pm- ESPN Deportes- FC Twente vs. Zwolle
2pm- GolTV- Ponte Preta vs. Sao Paulo
2:40pm- beIN Sport- AC Milan vs. Juventus
3pm- beIN Sport Espanol- Levante vs. Barcelona
5pm- beIN Sport- Levante vs. Barcelona (Tape Delay)
7pm- Univision Deportes- Club Tijuana vs. Leon (Mexican League Playoff semifinals)
8:30pm- beIN Sport- Marseille vs. Lille (Tape Delay)