Chelsea has endured a forgettable season, but a midweek victory in UEFA Champions League has the Blues thinking about a turnaround, and if Jose Mourinho’s side is really going to put a halt to its run of bad results, a win against Stoke City today is a must.
Chelsea visits the Britannia today sitting in 15th place in the English Premier League, one spot behind behind the Potters. With three losses in four league matches, Chelsea absolutely must win on the road today to revive any hopes of climbing back into the top four. For Stoke City, today offers an opportunity to jump closer to the top half of the table, and U.S. international Geoff Cameron will be hoping to make his return from a recent thigh injury.
In Germany, reigning champion Bayern Munich will put its perfect record on the line against VfB Stuttgart, while Fabian Johnson and Borussia Moenchengladbach clashes with Alfredo Morales and FC Ingolstadt.
Back here in the states, the NASL playoffs kick off in New York, where the Cosmos take on the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in a match that could be the last one of the storied career of Spanish legend Raul.
If you will be watching today’s action, please feel free to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action
(Here is today’s Soccer TV schedule):
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
7:45 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — AFC Bournemouth vs. Newcastle United
10 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Manchester United vs. West Bromwich Albion
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — West Ham United vs. Everton
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Leicester City vs. Watford
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Sunderland vs. Southampton
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Norwich City vs. Swansea City
2:30 p.m. — NBC/NBC Sports Live Extra — Stoke City vs. Chelsea
SPANISH LA LIGA
10 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Celta de Vigo vs. Valencia
12:15 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Levante vs. Deportivo La Coruña
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Eibar vs. Getafe
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Rayo Vallecano vs. Granada
4:05 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Málaga vs. Real Betis
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayern Munich vs. VfB Stuttgart
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go/Fox Deportes — Bayer Leverkusen vs. Cologne
9;30 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. FC Ingolstadt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Hoffenheim vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Mainz 05 vs. VfL Wolfsburg
12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Darmstadt 98 vs. Hamburg SV
ITALIAN SERIE A
Noon — beIN Sports Connect — Hellas Verona vs. Bologna
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Milan vs. Atalanta
FRENCH LIGUE 1
11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Paris Saint-Germain vs. Toulouse
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Lorient vs. Troyes
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Lille vs. Bastia
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Caen vs. Guingamp
MEXICAN LIGA MX
6 p.m. — Univision Deportes/Univision — Cruz Azul vs. Toluca
8 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Monterrey vs. Club América
9 p.m. — NBC Universo/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — Pachuca vs. León
9:30 p.m. — Azteca America — Atlas vs. Chiapas
10 p.m. — ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN — Dorados vs. Guadalajara
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
7:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Huddersfield vs. Leeds United
10 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Cardiff City vs. Reading
ENGLISH FA CUP
10 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Altrincham vs. Barnsley
NASL
2 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN/One World Sports — New York Cosmos vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers
NCAA MEN
7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Georgia State vs. Georgia Southern
7 p.m. — SEC Network + — Florida International vs. Kentucky
7 p.m. — SEC Network + — Coastal Carolina vs. South Carolina
I’m glad you stick up for your man and hold that grudge against Sunderland.
I just fight the good fight for reality n logic’s sake. Every time I see someone call jozys tfc season a “bad season” I laugh. How a 13 goal season is bad i don’t know. Someone in another board said “he’s doing just as bad as he was at Sunderland”…. Like really? Lol
At least he didnt get any reds from the bench while at Sunderland.
Btw:
SUNDERLAND……L…..O……L……….
Chelsea……..lol
Any word on u23 roster for the Brazil camp
Yedlin saves a backpost goal then gets kicked in the head… yikes
Ouch. I’m relieved that it wasn’t a sub-worthy injury. Thanks for the updates.
no prob, it’s my job. i was hired by USSF to cover all things SAFC 3 years ago; still awaiting another assignment. i think they’ve forgotten about me, i feel like I’m withering away……
L…..O…….L
Soccer isn’t for sissies. I once went to kick a ball and two other gjys running in opposite directions arrived at the same time as the ball and my upraised leg. I still can’t figure out how my leg wasn’t broken in two. That was almost 50 years ago, but still remember it clearly. Just shook it off and kept playing.
30′ in Yedlin with his usual decent showing. he’s had a couple clearances, a run or two forward, and lost his man defensively once maybe twice, also has given away the ball a couple times. he has obtained possession in the back then sent a long balls up to the sole striker (fletcher) who has generally lost the ball up top because he has no one to flick it to …… (sound familiar?……..a bunkering 4231?…. striker starving for service, etc…)
yedlin just with a nice toe trap from a 40yard lobbed pass.
I never win headers so no….it doesnt sound familiar
Bobby Shou Wood with a goal today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7df40i30I4&feature=youtu.be
highlights of the match
a “Wondo Special”
Danke! He assisted on that second goal too, right?
Chicharito with another goal. His eighth in the last six games.
If he’s on the field he scores goals. Lots of them.