For two teams that were once at the heart of the title contention this season, staying in the top four is now the primary goal.
With both Liverpool and Arsenal reeling in league play, the two sides will meet at Anfield on Saturday, battling to hold on to a potential UEFA Champions League spot.
For the hosts, they are coming off a shocking 3-1 defeat to a Leicester City squad that had just undergone a managerial change, while the Gunners have lost two of their previous three Premier League matches. Fans will hope for more of the same from the two sides’ earlier meeting this season, where they combined for seven goals with Liverpool emerging with a 4-3 victory.
For second-place Tottenham, they will attempt to close the distance with Chelsea when they take on Everton at White Hart Lane. Leicester City, meanwhile, will try to build off last week’s success when they host Hull.
Over in Spain, Real Madrid will travel to Eibar after falling off as La Liga leaders for the first time in months. Though they still have game in hand over rest of the league, Los Blancos can ill-afford another poor result this weekend. New first-place owners, Barcelona, on the other hand, will host Celta Vigo after losing, 4-3, to them earlier in the season.
Another enticing match in Europe will pit Italian Serie A’s second-place team, AS Roma, against third-place Napoli at Stadio Olimpico. The hosts will go for the double after picking up a 3-1 win in their first meeting this season.
Stateside, the 2017 MLS season begins on Friday with the Portland Timbers taking on newcomers, Minnesota United, while the U.S. Women’s National Team will continue its 2017 SheBelievesCup campaign.
Here is a rundown of all the soccer action on TV this weekend:
FRIDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
9:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Portland Timbers vs. Minnesota United
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
2:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — FC Augsburg vs. RB Leipzig
SPANISH LA LIGA
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Betis vs. Real Sociedad
FRENCH LIGUE 1
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bordeaux vs. Lyon
MEXICAN LIGA MX
10 p.m. — Azteca America — Tijuana vs. Pachuca
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Birmingham City vs. Leeds United
CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
6:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — United States vs. El Salvador
9 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Panama vs. Costa Rica
COPA SUDAMERICANA
7:45 p.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Deportes Tolima vs. Bolívar
SATURDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
2 p.m. — CSN Chicago/MLS Live — Columbus Crew vs. Chicago Fire
4 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW/MLS Live — LA Galaxy vs. FC Dallas
4:30 p.m. — KMYU Utah/MLS Live — Real Salt Lake vs. Toronto FC
6 p.m. — Altitude Sports/MLS Live — Colorado Rapids vs. New England Revolution
7 p.m. — Fox Sports Midwest/MLS Live — D.C. United vs. Sporting Kansas City
8:30 p.m. — KUBE/MLS Live — Houston Dynamo vs. Seattle Sounders
10 p.m. — CSN Bay Area/MLS Live — San Jose Earthquakes vs. Montreal Impact
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
7:30 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Manchester United vs. Bournemouth
10 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Leicester City vs. Hull City
10 a.m. — NBC/NBC Sports Live Extra — West Bromwich Albion vs. Crystal Palace
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Stoke City vs. Middlesbrough
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Swansea City vs. Burnley
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Watford vs. Southampton
12:30 p.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Liverpool vs. Arsenal
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayer Leverkusen
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Cologne vs. Bayern Munich
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Mainz vs. VfL Wolfsburg
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Werder Bremen vs. Darmstadt 98
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Hoffenheim vs. FC Ingolstadt
12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Schalke 04
SPANISH LA LIGA
7 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Leganés vs. Granada
10:15 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Eibar vs. Real Madrid
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Villarreal vs. Espanyol
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Barcelona vs. Celta Vigo
ITALIAN SERIE A
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — AS Roma vs. Napoli
Noon — beIN Sports Connect — Sampdoria vs. Pescara
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — AC Milan vs. Chievo Verona
FRENCH LIGUE 1
11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Paris Saint-Germain vs. Nancy
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Montpellier vs. Guingamp
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bastia vs. Saint-Étienne
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Dijon vs. Nice
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Caen vs. Angers
2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Metz vs. Stade Rennes
MEXICAN LIGA MX
6 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Cruz Azul vs. Chiapas
8 p.m. — Azteca America — Morelia vs. Veracruz
8 p.m. — Galavision/Univision NOW — Monterrey vs. Querétaro
8:06 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — Club León vs. Club América
10 p.m. — ESPN Deportes — Necaxa vs. Atlas
10:06 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — Guadalajara vs. Toluca
SHEBELIEVES CUP
5 p.m. — Fox/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — United States vs. England
AFRICA U-20 CUP OF NATIONS
8 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Zambia vs. Egypt
8 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Guinea vs. Mali
SUNDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
5 p.m. — ESPN/ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN — Orlando City SC vs. New York City FC
7:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Atlanta United vs. New York Red Bulls
9:30 p.m. — MLS Live — Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Philadelphia Union
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
8:30 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Tottenham vs. Everton
11 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra/Telemundo — Sunderland vs. Manchester City
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Freiburg
11:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Hamburg SV vs. Hertha Berlin
SPANISH LA LIGA
6 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Sporting Gijón vs. Deportivo La Coruña
10:15 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Atlético Madrid vs. Valencia
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Las Palmas vs. Osasuna
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Athletic Bilbao vs. Málaga
ITALIAN SERIE A
6:30 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Atalanta vs. Fiorentina
9 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Udinese vs. Juventus
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Empoli vs. Genoa
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Cagliari vs. Inter Milan
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Torino vs. Palermo
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Crotone vs. Sassuolo
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bologna vs. Lazio
FRENCH LIGUE 1
9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Lorient vs. Marseille
11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Toulouse vs. Lille
3 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — AS Monaco vs. Nantes
MEXICAN LIGA MX
1 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes/Univision NOW — Pumas UNAM vs. Santos Laguna
7 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Puebla vs. Tigres UANL
AFRICA U-20 CUP OF NATIONS
8 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Senegal vs. Cameroon
8 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Sudan vs. South Africa
It’s not TV unless you have a smart tv, but CONCACAF had streamed each of the US U-20 matches on their Facebook page. I just went there and they didn’t list anything yet, but I think it will be on at either 5 or 5:30 pm EST.
ASN says the game starts at 6:30 pm.
http://americansoccernow.com/articles/asn-morning-read-it-s-mls-season