With Premier League fixtures dominating the weekday slate more of the same will likely happen this weekend.
With the title race heating up, Tottenham will look to close the gap with Chelsea but it won’t be an easy road. While only four points separate the two teams, the gap could easily shift this weekend. Tottenham will be playing in a critical North London Derby this weekend hoping to extend their historic winning streak in the league to nine games. While both teams are trending in different directions, the NLD promises to bring the best performances out of Tottenham and Arsenal. Chelsea will be taking on Everton at Goodison in what is likely their most difficult match remaining in the season.
In Serie A, Roma and Lazio will clash in the Derby della Capitale. This derby comes at a critical time as Roma hold a four-point lead over Napoli to avoid the play-in round of the Champions League next year. Roma wants to avoid a second year missing out on the group stage so winning this derby is a must. Lazio will surely want to play spoilers to their local rivals so even though it is the early match on Sunday, it’s worth setting the alarm clock for.
Dortmund take on Cologne in a match with huge implications in Germany. Dortmund currently holds a one point lead over Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga but a win can go a long way to putting Hertha Berlin in the rearview mirror. Anthony Modeste and Cologne are always a good bet to pull a shocker so Dortmund will need to be on high alert in this one. It has the makings of an open entertaining match to headline Saturday’s slate of games.
Here’s what the weekend’s action will look like:
FRIDAY
LA LIGA
2:45 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect/Facebook.com – Villarreal CF vs. Sporting Gijon
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
2:30 p.m. – Fox Sports 2 – Bayer Leverkusen vs. FC Schalke 04
LIGUE 1
2:45 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Angers FC vs. Olympique Lyonnais
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
2:45 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Cardiff City vs. Newcastle United
MLS
7:30 p.m. – MLS Live/TSN4/TSN5 – Toronto FC vs. Houston Dynamo
CONCACAF U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP
6:30 p.m. – YouTube – Canada U-17 vs. Suriname U-17
9 p.m. – YouTube – Costa Rica U-17 vs. Cuba U-17
SATURDAY
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
10 a.m. – NBCSN – Southampton vs. Hull City
10 a.m. – NBC Sports Live – Stoke City vs. West Ham United
10 a.m. – CNBC – Sunderland vs. Bournemouth
10 a.m. – NBC Sports Live – West Brom Albion vs. Leicester City
12:30 p.m. – NBC – Crystal Palace vs. Burnley
LA LIGA
7 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Real Sociedad vs. Granada
10:15 a.m. – beIN Sports – Real Madrid vs. Valencia
12:30 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Las Palmas vs. Athletico Madrid
2:45 p.m. – beIN Sports – Espanyol vs. Barcelona
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. – Fox Sports 2 – Borussia Dortmund vs. Cologne
9:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer 2Go – RB Leipzig vs. Ingolstadt FC
9:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer 2Go – Mainz 05 vs. Borussia Monchengladbach
9:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer 2Go – Werder Bremen vs. Hertha Berlin
9:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer 2Go – Darmstadt 98 vs. Freiburg
12:30 p.m. – Fox – Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich
SERIE A
2:45 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Torino vs. Sampdoria
LIGUE 1
11 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Monaco vs. Toulouse
2 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Montpellier vs. Lille
2 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Bastia vs. Rennes
2 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Nantes vs. Lorient
2 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Guingamp vs. Saint Etienne
2 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Metz vs. Nancy
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
10 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Blackburn Rovers vs. Aston Villa
12:30 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Bristol City
LIGA MX
6 p.m. – ESPN Deportes/Univision Deportes – Chiapas vs. Santos Laguna
8 p.m. – Univision – Guadalajara vs. Leon
10 p.m. – Univision – America vs. Atlas
MLS
3 p.m. – MLS Live/CTV/TSN2 – Montreal Impact vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
4 p.m. – UniMas/MLS Live/Facebook.com – Orlando City SC vs. Colorado Rapids
7:30 p.m. – MLS Live – Colombus Crew vs. NYCFC
7:30 p.m. – MSG/CSN Chicago – NY Red Bulls vs. Chicago Fire
8 p.m. – MLS Live – FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers
8 p.m. – MLS Live – Minnesota United vs. San Jose Earthquakes
8:30 p.m. – MLS Live – Sporting KS vs. Real Salt Lake
10 p.m. – MLS Live – Seattle Sounders vs. New England Revolution
10:30 p.m. – MLS Live – LA Galaxy vs. Philadelphia Union
NASL
7 p.m. – beIN Sports – Jacksonville Armada vs. Indy Eleven
7:30 p.m. – ESPN3 – Puerto Rico FC vs. North Carolina FC
7:30 p.m. – ESPN3 – Miami FC vs. FC Edmonton
10 p.m. – MSG Plus – San Fransico vs. NY Cosmos
CONCACAF U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP
11:25 p.m. – YouTube – U.S. U-17 vs. El Salvador U-17
1:50 p.m. – YouTube – Jamaica U-17 vs. Mexico U-17
SUNDAY
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
7 a.m. – CNBC – Manchester United vs. Swansea City
9 a.m. – CNBC – Everton vs. Chelsea
9 a.m. – NBC Sports Live – Middlesbrough vs. Manchester City
11:30 a.m. – NBCSN/Telemundo – Spurs vs. Arsenal
LA LIGA
6 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Osauna vs. Deportivo
10:15 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Real Betis vs. Deportivo Alaves
12:30 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Eibar vs. Leganes
2:45 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Celta Vigo vs. Athletic Bilbao
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. – Fox Sports 1 – Augsburg vs. Hamburg
11:30 a.m. – Fox Sports 2 – Hoffenheim vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
SERIE A
6:30 a.m. – beIN Sports – Roma vs. Lazio
9 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Crotone vs. AC Milan
9 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Genoa vs. Chievo
9 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Palermo vs. Fiortina
9 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Cagliari vs. Pescara
9 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Empoli vs. Sassulo
9 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Bologna vs. Udinese
2:45 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Inter vs. Napoli
LIGUE 1
9 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Caen vs. Marseille
11 a.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Dijon vs. Bordeaux
3 p.m. – beIN Sports Connect – Nice vs. PSG
LIGA MX
1 p.m – Univision – Toluca vs. Queretaro
7 p.m. – Univision Deportes – Puebla vs. Necaxa
MLS
3 p.m. – FS1/MLS Live/Fox Deportes – Atlanta United vs. DC United
Us Soccer lists the match on Saturday as a 6:00PM start time.