By ADAM TROXTELL
Arsenal will try to avoid becoming the latest FA Cup casualty, with a fourth-round match against League Championship team Brighton on tap on this Soccer Sunday.
A day after four of the top six teams in the English Premier League were knocked out, the Gunners will be wary of their trip to the South Coast. Brighton eliminated Newcastle from last year’s tournament and has won four of its last five games.
The game will take place almost two years to the day the teams last met. Arsenal beat Brighton, 3-2, on Jan. 26, 2013, in another FA Cup fourth round encounter. Theo Walcott scored the winning goal with five minutes left.
In Spain, fourth meets fifth when Valencia hosts Sevilla. Both teams are unbeaten in their last six La Liga games, and Sevilla holds a one-point advantage in the race for a UEFA Champions League spot.
After posting two straight ties, Roma is desperate for a win against Fiorentina to stay alive in the title race. The Romans beat the Viola when the teams last met in August, but a loss now might provide leaders Juventus with an eight-point advantage at the end of the day.
In Mexico, Universidad Guadalajara will hope a home crowd provides an early upper hand on city rivals Chivas Guadalajara. Pumas hosts Toluca in the early game.
If you will be watching today’s action, feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy today’s action (Today’s soccer TV schedule after the jump):
SUNDAY’S SOCCER ON TV
8am- beIN Sports Connect – Evian TG vs. Toulouse
9am – Fox Sports 2 – Bristol City vs. West Ham
9am – beIN Sports en Espanol – Hellas Verona vs. Atalanta
9am – beIN Sports USA – Juventus vs. Chievo Verona
10am – Fox Soccer Plus – Aston Villa vs. AFC Bournemouth
11am – Fox Sports 2 – Brighton vs. Arsenal
11am – beIN Sports USA – Athletic Bilbao vs. Malaga
1pm – beIN Sports en Espanol – Espanyol vs. Almeria
1pm- beIN Sports Connect – Gabon vs. Equatorial Guinea
1pm- beIN Sports Connect – Congo vs. Burkina Faso
1pm – Univision Deportes – Pumas UNAM vs. Toluca
2:45pm – beIN Sports USA – Fiorentina vs. Roma
3pm. – beIN Sports en Espanol – Valencia vs. Sevilla
6pm – Univision Deportes – Universidad Guadalajara vs. Guadalajara
Manu vs Arsenal in the FA cup final?
Are there any other big teams left? West Ham?
Both Man U and Liverpool are still in, but they both face replays to stay. Liverpool away to Bolton and Man U home to Cambridge
Good to know. I hope West Ham does well its always nice to have a small team with a shot. Not that West Ham will be small for much longer.
They are about to get a cheap brand new stadium that seats more than Stamford Bridge.
For those always complaining about football lines on MLS pitches, it looks like there are Rugby lines on the pitch at this Bristol City/West Ham FA Cup match at Ashton Gate.
Don’t get me wrong, I hate them too, but it’s good to know we’re not the only country with this problem.
First world problems.
Rugby hardly has any lines.
rugby union has few lines, but rugby league has just as many lines as football
*former player
If you don’t like the lines move the game to another field.
If you can’t do that then build your own stadium.