By MICHAEL PENG
Through three league games, both Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain share the commonalities of picking up all nine points while not conceding a goal. This weekend, both clubs will try to keep that trend going when they go up against Watford and Monaco, respectively.
In Spain, both Atlético Madrid and Barcelona are looking to build upon their success of picking up 1-0 victories in their league openers last week. Although Atlético will have a tougher task at hand when it visits reigning UEFA Europa League champion Sevilla, while Barcelona will play hosts to Málaga. Real Madrid, on the other hand, will hope to have a better outing against Real Betis on Saturday after it was held to a 0-0 draw with Sporting Gijón last week.
Moving northwest into the Bundesliga, a couple of Americans abroad will have some work cut out for them as Aron Johannsson and Werder Bremen will take on Borussia Moenchengladbach, while John Brooks and Hertha Berlin will visit Signal Iduna Park to face Borussia Dortmund.
Domestically, it is rivalry week in MLS, with clubs like LA Galaxy, New York Red Bulls and Seattle Sounders going up against San Jose Earthquakes, D.C. United and Portland Timbers, respectively.
Here is a rundown of all the weekend’s soccer action on TV:
FRIDAY
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA — Guingamp vs. Olmpique Marseille
2:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Soccer 2Go — Vfl Wolfsburg vs. Schalke 04
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español — Villarreal vs. Espanyol
8:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Veracruz vs. Monterrey
10:30 p.m. — Azteca America — Santos Laguna vs. Pumas UNAM
11 p.m. — MLS Live/Univision Deportes — San Jose Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy
SATURDAY
7:05 a.m. — beIN Sports USA — Derby County vs. Leeds United
7:45 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Newcastle United vs. Arsenal
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer 2Go — Stuttgart vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Augsburg vs. Ingolstadt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go/Fox Deportes — Cologne vs. Hamburg
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Mainz 05 vs. Hannover 96
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Darmstadt 98 vs. Hoffenheim
10 a.m. — USA Network/NBC Sports Live Extra – Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — AFC Bournemouth vs. Leicester City
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Aston Villa vs. Sunderland
10 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Manchester City vs. Watford
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Stoke City vs. West Brom
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Liverpool vs. West Ham
10 a.m. – beIN Sports USA — Ipswich Town vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
Noon — beIN Sports USA — Bologna vs. Sassuolo
12:30 p.m. — NBC/Telemundo/NBC Sports Live Extra — Tottenham vs. Everton
12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayern Munich vs. Bayer Leverkusen
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español — Real Sociedad vs. Sporting Gijón
1:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Porto vs. Estoril
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español — Barcelona vs. Málaga
4 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Toronto FC vs. Montreal Impact
4 p.m. — DirectTV/YES Network/Fox Sports Go/MLS Live — New York City FC vs. Columbus Crew
4 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Celta de Vigo vs. Rayo Vallecano
4:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español — Real Madrid vs. Real Betis
6 p.m. — Univision Deportes/Univision — Cruz Azul vs. Club América
7 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Philadelphia Union vs. New England
7 p.m. — WatchESPN/ESPN3 — Ottawa Fury vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies
7:30 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Orlando City vs. Chicago Fire
7:30 p.m. — WatchESPN/ESPN3 — Atlanta Silverbacks vs. Edmonton
7:30 p.m. — WatchESPN/ESPN3 — Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Indy Eleven
7:30 p.m. — WatchESPN/ESPN3 — Jacksonville Armada vs. San Antonio Scorpions
8 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Tigres UANL vs. Querétaro
9 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Houston Dynamo vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
9 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake
9 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City
9:06 p.m. — Telemundo — Pachuca vs. Atlas
9:30 p.m. — Azteca America — Morelia vs. Tijuana
SUNDAY
8 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Saint-Étienne vs. Bastia
8:30 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Southampton vs. Norwich City
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Borussia Dortmund vs. Hertha Berlin
10:45 a.m. — Univision Deportes — PSV vs. Feyenoord
11 a.m. — NBCSN/Telemundo/NBC Sports Live Extra — Swansea City vs. Manchester United
11:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Werder Bremen vs. Borussia Moenchengladbach
Noon — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Roma vs. Juventus
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Eibar vs. Athletic Bilbao
1 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes — Toluca vs. León
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Sevilla vs. Atlético Madrid
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Valencia vs. Deportivo La Coruña
3 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — AS Monaco vs. PSG
4 p.m. — WatchESPN/ESPN3/One World Sports — New York Cosmos vs. Carolina RailHawks
4:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español — Las Palmas vs. Levante
4:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Getafe vs. Granada
5 p.m. — ESPN/ESPN Deportes — Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers
6:30 p.m. — UniMás/Univision Deportes — Chivas Guadalajara vs. Chiapas
7 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Soccer 2Go — New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United
8:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go — Portland Thorns vs. Washington Spirit
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