Arsenal may have put up a couple of subpar performances in the Capital One Cup and the UEFA Champions League as of late, but a string of five consecutive victories within English Premier League competition has the Gunners tied atop the table with Manchester City heading into this weekend.
If Arsene Wenger’s club wants to keep pace with the top, however, it has to get past a tough task in fifth-place Tottenham on Sunday at home. The Spurs have not been beaten in 10 straight EPL matches, as their top striker Harry Kane is slowly rounding into form as well.
For other European soccer followers, Real Madrid-Sevilla, Barcelona-Villarreal and Roma-Lazio provide some of the more enticing fixtures throughout the weekend.
Meanwhile in Chile, the FIFA U-17 World Cup will wrap up on Sunday as Mali and Nigeria are set to battle it out for the title of the best youth players in the world.
As for stateside action, playoff competitions continue to heat up as the NASL will determine the two participants in The Championship while MLS will narrow its title contenders down to four with the second leg of the conference semifinals.
Here is a full rundown of this weekend’s Soccer on TV:
FRIDAY
SPANISH LA LIGA
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Las Palmas vs. Real Sociedad
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
2:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Hannover 96 vs. Hertha Berlin
FRENCH LIGUE 1
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Angers vs. Rennes
MEXICAN LIGA MX
8:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Veracruz vs. Tigres UANL
10:30 p.m. — Azteca America — Santos Laguna vs. Morelia
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Nottingham Forest vs. Derby County
ENGLISH FA CUP
2:55 p.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Salford City vs. Notts County
NCAA MEN
2 p.m. — ESPN3 — Belmont vs. Detroit
7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Oakland vs. Wright State
8 p.m. — ESPN3 — Green Bay vs. Valparaiso
NCAA WOMEN
3:30 p.m. — Big Ten Network — Rutgers vs. Ohio State
5 p.m. — ESPN3 — Monmouth Town vs. Siena
5 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Oregon State vs. Oregon
5:30 p.m. — ESPN3 — Clemson vs. Virginia
6 p.m. — Big Ten Network — Penn State vs. Michigan
8 p.m. — ESPN3 — North Carolina vs. Florida State
8 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Arizona vs. Arizona State
8 p.m. — ESPN3 — Manhattan vs. Rider
SATURDAY
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
SUNDAY
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
8:30 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Aston Villa vs. Manchester City
11 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace
11 a.m. — NBCSN/Telemundo/NBC Sports Live Extra — Arsenal vs. Tottenham
FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP
2 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — Belgium vs. Mexico (Third Place)
5 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — Mali vs. Nigeria (Final)
SPANISH LA LIGA
6 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Athletic Bilbao vs. Espanyol
10 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Barcelona vs. Villarreal
12:15 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Atlético Madrid vs. Sporting Gijón
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Sevilla vs. Real Madrid
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go/Fox Deportes — Borussia Dortmund vs. Schalke 04
11:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go/Fox Deportes — Augsburg vs. Werder Bremen
FRENCH LIGUE 1
11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Marseille vs. Nice
3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bordeaux vs. AS Monaco
3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Lyon vs. Saint-Étienne
ITALIAN SERIE A
6:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Torino vs. Inter
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Empoli vs. Juventus
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Frosinone vs. Genoa
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Palermo vs. Chievo Verona
9 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — AS Roma vs. Lazio
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Sassuolo vs. Carpi
Noon — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Napoli vs. Udinese
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Sampdoria vs. Fiorentina
MEXICAN LIGA MX
1 p.m. — Univision Deportes/Univision — Pumas UNAM vs. Querétaro
6 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Puebla vs. Tijuana
ENGLISH FA CUP
7 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Didcot Town vs. Exeter City
9 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Brackley Town vs. Newport County
9 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Aldershot Town vs. Bradford City
9 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Maidstone United vs. Yeovil Town
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
10:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Ross County vs. Celtic
SWISS SUPER LEAGUE
10 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Basel vs. Grasshopper
MLS
3 p.m. — ESPN/ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN/MLS Live — New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United
5 p.m. — ESPN/ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN/MLS Live — Columbus Crew vs. Montreal Impact
7:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go/MLS Live — FC Dallas vs. Seattle Sounders
10 p.m. — ESPN/ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN/Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go/MLS Live — Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Portland Timbers
NASL
3 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN/NASL Live — Ottawa Fury vs. Minnesota United
NCAA MEN
1 p.m. — ESPN3 — Virginia vs. Notre Dame
1 p.m. — ESPN3 — Boston College vs. Clemson