After emerging from opposite sides of 4-0 results last weekend, Tottenham and Manchester City will meet on Saturday to headline this weekend’s action.
City will be looking to bounce back from a crushing defeat at the hands of Everton in its last fixture, while Spurs hope to keep pace with Chelsea atop the table. The two sides met earlier this season at White Hart Lane, with Tottenham picking up a 2-0 victory.
Chelsea, who is seven points ahead of Spurs at the moment, will host Hull City on Sunday. Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United will deal with Swansea City, Stoke City and Burnley, respectively.
In Spain, Real Madrid attempts to bounce back from a two-game skid with a home match against Málaga. Should Los Blancos suffer yet another defeat, Sevilla and Barcelona have chances to leapfrog with wins against Osasuna and Eibar, respectively.
The Italian Serie A will see four of its top five teams facing off against each other as Juventus hosts Lazio while Napoli visits San Siro to take on AC Milan. Also on the weekend’s ledger include the Africa Cup of Nations and Copa Centroamericana.
Here is a rundown of all the soccer action on TV this weekend:
FRIDAY
SPANISH LA LIGA
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Las Palmas vs. Deportivo La Coruña
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
2:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Freiburg vs. Bayern Munich
FRENCH LIGUE 1
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bastia vs. Nice
MEXICAN LIGA MX
10 p.m. — Azteca America — Veracruz vs. Atlas
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Ivory Coast vs. Congo
2 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Morocco vs. Togo
COPA CENTROAMERICANA
4 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Nicaragua vs. Belize
6:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Honduras vs. Costa Rica
9 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Panama vs. El Salvador
SATURDAY
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
7:30 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra/NBC Universo NOW/Telemundo Deportes en Vivo — Liverpool vs. Swansea City
10 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Stoke City vs. Manchester United
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Bournemouth vs. Watford
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Crystal Palace vs. Everton
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Middlesbrough vs. West Ham United
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — West Bromwich Albion vs. Sunderland
12:30 p.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra/NBC Universo/NBC Universo NOW/Telemundo Deportes en Vivo — Manchester City vs. Tottenham
SPANISH LA LIGA
7 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Espanyol vs. Granada
10:15 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Madrid vs. Málaga
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Deportivo Alavés vs. Leganés
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Villarreal vs. Valencia
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Werder Bremen vs. Borussia Dortmund
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — FC Augsburg vs. Hoffenheim
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — VfL Wolfsburg vs. Hamburg
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Schalke 04 vs. FC Ingolstadt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Darmstadt 98 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — RB Leipzig vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
ITALIAN SERIE A
Noon — beIN Sports Connect — Chievo Verona vs. Fiorentina
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — AC Milan vs. Napoli
FRENCH LIGUE 1
11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Nantes vs. Paris Saint-Germain
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bordeaux vs. Toulouse
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Caen vs. Nancy
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Guingamp vs. Stade Rennes
MEXICAN LIGA MX
6 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Cruz Azul vs. Monterrey
8 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — Tigres UANL vs. Club América
8 p.m. — Azteca America — Morelia vs. Santos Laguna
8:06 p.m. — Galavision/Univision NOW — Club León vs. Pumas UNAM
10 p.m. — ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN — Necaxa vs. Pachuca
10:06 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — Guadalajara vs. Tijuana
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
7:30 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Queens Park Rangers vs. Fulham
10 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Newcastle United vs. Rotherham United
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Barnsley vs. Leeds United
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Ghana vs. Mali
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Egypt vs. Uganda
PORTUGUESE PRIMEIRA LIGA
11 a.m. — Univision Deportes — FC Porto vs. Rio Ave
1:15 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Marítimo vs. Sporting CP
SUNDAY
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
7 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Southampton vs. Leicester City
9:15 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra/NBC Universo/NBC Universo NOW/Telemundo Deportes en Vivo — Arsenal vs. Burnley
11:30 a.m. — NBCSN/Telemundo/NBC Sports Live Extra/Telemundo Deportes en Vivo — Chelsea vs. Hull City
SPANISH LA LIGA
6 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Osasuna vs. Sevilla
10:15 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Athletic Bilbao vs. Atlético Madrid
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Betis vs. Sporting Gijón
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Sociedad vs. Celta de Vigo
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Eibar vs. Barcelona
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayer Leverkusen vs. Hertha Berlin
11:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Mainz 05 vs. Cologne
ITALIAN SERIE A
6:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Juventus vs. Lazio
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Genoa vs. Crotone
9 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Palermo vs. Inter Milan
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Pescara vs. Sassuolo
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bologna vs. Torino
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Empoli vs. Udinese
Noon — beIN Sports Connect — Atalanta vs. Sampdoria
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — AS Roma vs. Cagliari
FRENCH LIGUE 1
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — AS Monaco vs. Lorient
11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Saint-Étienne vs. Angers
3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Lyon vs. Marseille
MEXICAN LIGA MX
1 p.m. — Univision/Univision NOW — Toluca vs. Chiapas
7 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Puebla vs. Querétaro
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Cameroon vs. Gabon
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Guinea-Bissau vs. Burkina Faso
COPA CENTROAMERICANA
11 a.m. — Univision Deportes — Belize vs. Honduras
1:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — El Salvador vs. Nicaragua
4 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Panama vs. Costa Rica
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FRIENDLY
3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — France vs. South Africa
Hyndman had an assist and yedlin with 2 assist
Rooney sets the club record with an absolute stunner free kick. Inch perfect strike…… wow
Dortmund’s dembele might have the lowest soccer IQ I have ever seen. If u want an attacking play to die then pass to dembele on the counter…..
He’s a real peak and valley guy, when he is good he is really really good, when he’s bad he’s really bad. I think he is more steady when he is on the wing, but he seems to be playing more centrally of late. I didn’t see the match, Soccerway indicated a change in formation to a 4-4-2, but they aren’t always accurate on match day, did they use their normal 4-1-4-1 or did they change without Auba?
Johnny,
Too bad people are not going to split those hairs,….he didn’t even make it to the January transfer window. Bottom line is that his 85 days in charge were an abysmal failure and frankly,…an embarrassment.
My comment was a reply to DLOA’s about Dembele, not your comment about Bradley.
@johnny
think he meant to respond to my comment above.
@briank
of course most people aren’t going to “split those hairs” (by which you mean looking at all the facts, i guess); it’s much easier to just go one way or the other and cherry-pick the facts that back up one’s argument.
and yes, he didn’t make it to the transfer window; as i said before, bob’s defense was that they guaranteed him at least until the transfer window, meaning he wasn’t really expected to do much without some additions.
my point was that you can’t really call his time “an abysmal failure” (to be fair, i think he could’ve done better than he did) without considering how other (realistic) managers might have fared with the same club: guidolin had 4 points in 7 games, bradley had 8 points in 12 games, clement had 3 points in 3 games before the new acquisitions (his one win coming against palace, a team bradley had beaten).
and assuming the “embarrassment” you refer to is because we’re americans, i agree: the american owners are an embarrassment. if they were going to totally ignore the club members when appointing a new manager, they should at least have the balls to stick with their man until he can bring in some players, *especially* if that’s what they agreed to. if anything makes us look bad, it’s them.
Peaks and valleys only mean he should get less playing time imo. His peaks are all personal dribbling. His valleys always involve him not seeing his teammates or finding the right pass or even the timing of said pass. He just doesn’t get it yet. Kinda like what I used to see in Terrence Boyd, skill and confidence without the IQ. Boyd has learned it by now and seems to be polishing nicely. Dembele has time but geez it’s frustrating to watch him mess up 3 on 2 counters etc.
Pulisic had a solid B+ game tho. Could have had a nice header goal, a couple other good moments and very few mistakes. Still could use some more of the weight room but that will come
I forgot to answer ur question lol. Dembele came in and was lcm in a 4141. But rues was lm and would slash in so it kinda resembled a 442 depending on the moment of attack. Schurrle was the fwd (made a terribly selfish play as well where pulisic was wide open on the right side for a good shot– stars have that luxury tho lol)
I understood when they moved Dembele inside because they had a lot of injuries to their CMs, but I think he plays better when he is outside because he eventually ends up at the touchline and has to give it up.
Swansea defeats Liverpool 3:2. This result is a pretty damning indictment of Brad Bobbley’s time at Swansea. Oh well.
bob’s argument was always that he was guaranteed the winter transfer window to strengthen the side. swansea had two winter signings in their starting XI today, and it’s not like they’d been doing that great since clement arrived, so i don’t think this one game is confirmation of anything.
i only saw the end of today’s game, but the one improvement i did see in swansea is how well they bunkered to preserve the win, which bob refused to do—kind of ironic, considering how most u.s. fans think of him).
It’s pretty early to suggest as much. No doubt this was a great result for Swansea but they only had 3 shots on goal which they fortunately converted, other than that it wasn’t a pretty game by any standard. If they can get results or a few ties in the next 3 fixtures then I think we can say that Swansea is headed in the right direction