While Manchester City has entered the English Premier League season as the favorite to repeat as champion, both Chelsea and Liverpool will be looking to dethrone the Citizens and their meeting this weekend will go a long way toward telling us which of them is the bigger threat.
The Blues are riding high after winning the UEFA Champions League, and the recent addition of Romelu Lukaku has Chelsea even more confident of a title charge, but Liverpool will have a say, especially with Virgil Van Dijk back in the fold after a lengthy injury absence.
Chelsea-Liverpool is the top match to watch this weekend, but not the only enticing matchup in England. Manchester City meets Arsenal in a match that could wind up determining Mikel Arteta’s fate as Arsenal manager.
This Weekend could also see Lionel Messi make his Paris Saint-Germain debut, which will make PSG’s clash with Reims a must-see event.
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Here is a rundown of This Weekend’s Soccer on TV and online, and SBI’s picks for the Top 5 Matches to Watch:
This Weekend’s Top 5 Matches to Watch
1. Chelsea vs. Liverpool. Two Premier League title contenders square off in what should be a thriller.
2. Manchester City vs. Arsenal. Could this be Mikel Arteta’s last match, or could the Gunners pull the upset that sparks a turnaround?
3. Wolfsburg vs. RB Leipzig. John Brooks and Tyler Adams square off before joining forces with the USMNT for World Cup qualifying.
4. LAFC vs. LA Galaxy. The LA Derby never disappoints and this one should have plenty of action even without Carlos Vela and Chicharito.
5. Reims vs. PSG. Lionel Messi could make his PSG debut, making this one you can’t miss.
This Weekend’s Soccer on TV
Friday
German Bundesliga
2:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
Spanish La Liga
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Mallorca vs Espanyol
4:15 p.m. – ESPN+ – Valencia vs Deportivo Alavés
Italian Serie A
12:30 p.m. – Paramount+ – Udinese vs Venezia
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Hellas Verona vs Inter
French Ligue 1
3 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Nantes vs Olympique Lyonnais
Major League Soccer
6:30 p.m. – ESPN, fuboTV – Columbus Crew vs FC Cincinnati
7:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – CF Montréal vs Toronto FC
8:40 p.m. – ESPN, fuboTV – Orlando City vs Inter Miami
Liga MX
8 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA – Mazatlán vs Atlético San Luis
10 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA – Puebla vs Querétaro
10:06 p.m. – Fox Sports 1, fuboTV, FOX Deportes – Tijuana vs Monterrey
Ecuadorian Primera A
8 p.m. -fuboTV- Emelec vs Olmedo
English League One
2:45 p.m. -ESPN+- Burton Albion vs Cheltenham Town
Peruvian Primera Division
2:15 p.m. -fuboTV- Melgar vs Sporting Cristal
Spanish Segunda
2 p.m. -ESPN+- Las Palmas vs Huesca
USL Championship
10:30 p.m. -ESPN+- Las Vegas Lights vs LA Galaxy II
NCAA Men’s Soccer
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Howard vs Monmouth
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – East Tennessee State vs Longwood
NCAA Women’s Soccer
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Fairfield vs Harvard
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Buffalo vs Yale
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Pennsylvania vs Temple
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Canisius vs Cornell
6 p.m. – fuboTV, ESPN3 – Columbia vs St. John’s
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Radford vs Wofford
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Loyola vs Princeton
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Chattanooga vs Belmont
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Valparaiso vs Duquesne
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Holy Cross vs Dartmouth
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – West Virginia vs Bucknell
8 p.m. – fuboTV – Lamar vs Alabama
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – KansAS State vs Austin Peay
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Alcorn State vs Se Louisiana
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Texas A&M-cc vs Ut Rio Grande Valley
USL League One
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Toronto II vs Chattanooga Red Wolves
Saturday
English Premier League
7:30 a.m. – Peacock – Manchester City vs Arsenal
10 a.m. – Peacock – Aston Villa vs Brentford
10 a.m. – Peacock – Norwich City vs Leicester City
10 a.m. – Peacock – Newcastle United vs Southampton
10 a.m. – NBCSN, fuboTV – Brighton & Hove Albion vs Everton
10 a.m. – Peacock – West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
12:30 p.m. – NBC, fuboTV – Liverpool vs Chelsea
German Bundesliga
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Köln vs Bochum
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Stuttgart vs Freiburg
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Mainz 05 vs Greuther Fürth
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Arminia Bielefeld vs Eintracht Frankfurt
12:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Bayern Munich vs Hertha BSC
Spanish La Liga
11 a.m. – ESPN+ – Celta de Vigo vs Athletic Club
1:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Elche vs Sevilla
1:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Real Sociedad vs Levante
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Real Betis vs Real Madrid
Italian Serie A
12:30 p.m. – Paramount+ – Lazio vs Spezia
12:30 p.m. – Paramount+ – Atalanta vs Bologna
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Juventus vs Empoli
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Fiorentina vs Torino
French Ligue 1
11 a.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Nice vs Bordeaux
3 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Olympique Marseille vs Saint-Étienne
Major League Soccer
3:30 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA, Univision – Atlanta United vs Nashville SC
6 p.m. – ESPN+, fuboTV – New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire
7 p.m. – FOX Network, fuboTV – Los Angeles FC vs LA Galaxy
7:30 p.m. -ESPN+, fuboTV – New York City vs New England Revolution
8 p.m. – ESPN+, fuboTV – D.C. United vs Philadelphia Union
9 p.m. – ESPN+, fuboTV – Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids
9 p.m. – ESPN+, fuboTV – Houston Dynamo vs Minnesota United
Liga MX
6 p.m. – fuboTV, Telemundo, UNIVERSO – Guadalajara vs Necaxa
8 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA, Univision – Tigres UANL vs Atlas
10 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA, Univision – León vs América
National Women’s Soccer League
8 p.m. – Twitch – Chicago Red Stars vs Kansas City
Brasileirão
4 p.m. – Paramount+ – Sport Recife vs Chapecoense
6 p.m. – Paramount+ – Santos vs Flamengo
8 p.m. – Paramount+ – Grêmio vs Corinthians
8 p.m. – Paramount+ – Palmeiras vs Athletico-PR
Canadian Premier League
4 p.m. -Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV- Forge vs York United
Colombian Primera A
7:05 p.m. – fuboTV – Deportivo Pereira vs Millonarios
9:10 p.m. – fuboTV – Atlético Huila vs Medellín
English Championship
7:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Derby County vs Nottingham Forest
10 a.m. – ESPN+ – Barnsley vs Birmingham City
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Peterborough United vs West Bromwich Albion
French Ligue 2
9 a.m. – fuboTV – Nîmes vs Caen
9 a.m. – fuboTV – Toulouse vs Valenciennes
Liga MX Femenil
1 p.m. – TUDN USA, TUDN – Pumas UNAM vs Querétaro
Dutch Eredivisie
12:45 p.m. – ESPN 2, – Cambuur vs Twente
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – PSV vs Groningen
2 p.m. – ESPN 3, – Go Ahead Eagles vs Sparta Rotterdam
3 p.m. – ESPN 2, – Willem II vs PEC Zwolle
USL Championship
7 p.m. -ESPN+- Indy Eleven vs Real Monarchs
7 p.m. -ESPN+- Hartford Athletic vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds
7:30 p.m. -ESPN+- Birmingham Legion vs Louisville City
7:30 p.m. -ESPN+- Charleston Battery vs Orange County SC
7:30 p.m. -ESPN+- Tampa Bay Rowdies vs Charlotte Independence
8 p.m. -ESPN+- FC Tulsa vs Atlanta United II
8:30 p.m. -ESPN+- Oakland Roots vs Tacoma Defiance
8:30 p.m. -ESPN+- San Antonio vs El Paso Locomotive
9 p.m. -ESPN+- Colorado Springs vs Austin Bold
10:30 p.m. -ESPN+- Phoenix Rising vs New Mexico United
11 p.m. -ESPN+- Sacramento Republic vs San Diego Loyal
NCAA Women’s Soccer
1 p.m. -ESPN+- Winthrop vs Vmi
8 p.m. -fuboTV- Clemson vs Texas A&M
9 p.m. -ESPN+- Usc vs Utah Valley
10 p.m. -ESPN+- Fresno State vs Csu Bakersfield
USL League One
6:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Richmond Kickers vs North Carolina
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Union Omaha vs North Texas
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Tormenta vs Fort Lauderdale
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – Tucson vs Greenville Triumph
Sunday
English Premier League
9 a.m. – NBCSN, fuboTV – Burnley vs Leeds United
9 a.m. – Peacock – Tottenham Hotspur vs Watford
11:30 a.m. – NBCSN, fuboTV – Wolverhampton vs Manchester United
German Bundesliga
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Union Berlin vs Borussia M’gladbach
11:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Wolfsburg vs RB Leipzig
Spanish La Liga
11 a.m. – ESPN+ – Barcelona vs Getafe
1:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Cádiz vs Osasuna
1:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Rayo Vallecano vs Granada
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Atlético Madrid vs Villarreal
Italian Serie A
12:30 p.m. -CBS Sports Network, fuboTV- Genoa vs Napoli
12:30 p.m. -Paramount+- Sassuolo vs Sampdoria
2:45 p.m. -Paramount+- Milan vs Cagliari
2:45 p.m. -Paramount+- Salernitana vs Roma
French Ligue 1
7 a.m. -beIN SPORTS, fuboTV- Troyes vs Monaco
9 a.m. -fuboTV- Clermont vs Metz
9 a.m. -fuboTV- Strasbourg vs Brest
9 a.m. -beIN SPORTS, fuboTV- Angers SCO vs Rennes
11 a.m. -beIN SPORTS, fuboTV- Lille vs Montpellier
2:45 p.m. -beIN SPORTS, fuboTV- Reims vs PSG
Major League Soccer
8:25 p.m. -Fox Sports 1, fuboTV- Austin FC vs FC Dallas
10:08 p.m. -ESPN+- Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake
10:38 p.m. -ESPN, fuboTV- Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers
Liga MX
1 p.m. -fuboTV, TUDN USA, Univision- Toluca vs Pumas UNAM
7 p.m. -Fox Sports 2, fuboTV, FOX Deportes- Santos Laguna vs Juárez
9 p.m. -fuboTV, TUDN USA, UniMás- Cruz Azul vs Pachuca
National Women’s Soccer League
5 p.m. -Paramount+- Washington Spirit vs North Carolina Courage
5:30 p.m. -Paramount+- NJ/NY Gotham FC vs Orlando Pride
7 p.m. -Paramount+- OL Reign vs Portland Thorns
7:30 p.m. -Paramount+- Houston Dash vs Racing Louisville FC
Portuguese Primeira Liga
1 p.m. -fuboTV- Benfica vs Tondela
Argentine Primera División
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Central Córdoba SdE vs Rosario Central
Brasileirão
10 a.m. – Paramount+ – América Mineiro vs Ceará
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Juventude vs São Paulo
5:15 p.m. – Paramount+ – Atlético Goianiense vs Internacional
7:30 p.m. – Paramount+ – RB Bragantino vs Atlético Mineiro
Canadian Premier League
1:30 p.m. -Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV- Atlético Ottawa vs HFX Wanderers
4 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV – Cavalry vs Edmonton
6:30 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV – Pacific vs Valour
Colombian Primera A
5 p.m. – fuboTV – Deportivo Cali vs Junior
7:05 p.m. – fuboTV – Santa Fe vs América de Cali
Ecuadorian Primera A
8 p.m. – fuboTV – Independiente del Valle vs Barcelona
Honduran Liga Nacional
5 p.m. – fuboTV, FOX Deportes – Marathón vs Real España
Dutch Eredivisie
6:15 a.m. – ESPN+ – Utrecht vs Feyenoord
8:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Ajax vs Vitesse
8:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Heracles vs NEC
10:45 a.m. – ESPN+ – Heerenveen vs AZ
Peruvian Primera Division
4:30 p.m. – fuboTV – César Vallejo vs Alianza Lima
Scottish Premiership
7 a.m. -CBS Sports Network, fuboTV- Rangers vs Celtic
Swedish Allsvenskan
9 a.m. -ESPN+- Häcken vs IFK Göteborg
Turkish Super Lig
2:45 p.m. -fuboTV- Giresunspor vs Trabzonspor
USL Championship
5 p.m. -ESPN+- Sporting Kansas City II vs Memphis 901
6 p.m. -ESPN+- OKC Energy vs Rio Grande Valley
6:30 p.m. -ESPN+- Miami FC vs New York RB II
NCAA Men’s Soccer
12 p.m. -ESPN+- Vermont vs Lehigh
1 p.m. -ESPN+- UC Irvine vs Loyola
1 p.m. -ESPN+- Furman vs George Mason
1 p.m. -fuboTV, ESPN3 – Utah Valley vs Niagara
1 p.m. -ESPN+- UC Riverside vs Canisius
2 p.m. -ESPN+- Michigan vs Oakland
2 p.m. -ESPN+- Robert Morris vs Duquesne
4 p.m. -ESPN+- Marist vs Navy
4 p.m. -ESPN+- Creighton vs Saint Louis
4 p.m. -ESPN+- Old Dominion vs American
6 p.m. -ESPN+- Davidson vs Campbell
6 p.m. -ESPN+- North Florida vs Ucf
6 p.m. -fuboTV- UCLA vs San Francisco
6 p.m. -ESPN+- Coastal Carolina vs High Point
6 p.m. – fuboTV- Washington vs Cal State Fullerton
6 p.m. – ESPN+- Western Michigan vs Loyola Chicago
6 p.m. – ESPN+- Long Island University vs Saint Joseph’s
7 p.m. – fuboTV- Bucknell vs Wake Forest
7 p.m. – ESPN+- Gardner-webb vs Unc Greensboro
7 p.m. – ESPN+- Unc Wilmington vs South Florida
9 p.m. – ESPN+- UC San Diego vs Unlv
10 p.m. – ESPN+- Pacific vs Csu Northridge
10 p.m. – ESPN+- Csu Bakersfield vs Grand Canyon
NCAA Women’s Soccer
11 a.m. – ESPN+ – Saint Joseph’s vs Princeton
12 p.m. – ESPN+ – Yale vs Quinnipiac
12 p.m. – ESPN+ – St. Francis vs Niagara
12 p.m. – ESPN+ – Fairleigh Dickinson vs Fordham
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – LSU vs Ucf
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Vcu vs Liberty
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Dayton vs Toledo
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Holy Cross vs Brown
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Binghamton vs Temple
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Bucknell vs Monmouth
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Vermont vs Dartmouth
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Saint Peter’s vs Army
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Anderson vs The Citadel
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Columbia vs Stony Brook
1 p.m. – fuboTV – Colorado vs Florida State
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Davidson vs Georgia State
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Kentucky vs South Florida
1 p.m. – fuboTV, ESPN3- Ut Martin vs Indiana State
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – East Carolina vs High Point
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Valparaiso vs Robert Morris
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Virginia Tech vs Cincinnati
1 p.m. – ESPN App – Eastern Michigan vs Syracuse
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Jacksonville vs Presbyterian
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Purdue Fort Wayne vs Bellarmine
1 p.m. – ESPN App – Saginaw Valley vs Detroit Mercy
1 p.m. – ESPN App – Youngstown State vs Wake Forest
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Georgia Southern vs Charleston Southern
1:30 p.m. – fuboTV – Ohio State vs North Carolina
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Iowa vs Kansas
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Indiana vs Memphis
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Colgate vs La Salle
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Drake vs Iowa State
2 p.m. – ESPN+- Drexel vs Lafayette
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Auburn vs South Alabama
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Marshall vs MoreheAD State
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Ut Rio Grande Valley vs Tcu
2 p.m. – ESPN App – George Washington vs Virginia
2 p.m. – fuboTV, ESPN3- Saint Louis vs Illinois State
2 p.m. – ESPN+- TexAS State vs Stephen F. Austin
2 p.m. – ESPN+- USC Upstate vs Appalachian State
2 p.m. – ESPN+- Alabama A&m vs Jacksonville State
2 p.m. – ESPN+- East Tennessee State vs Unc Asheville
3 p.m. – ESPN+- Siena vs Lehigh
3 p.m. – ESPN+- Albany vs Cornell
3 p.m. – ESPN+- Missouri State vs Tulsa
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Msu Billings vs Montana
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Utah State vs Weber State
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Mount St. Mary’s vs Campbell
3 p.m. – fuboTV- Washington vs Loyola Marymount
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Um KansAS City vs Siu Edwardsville
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Longwood vs Richmond
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Umass vs Boston University
4 p.m. – fuboTV- Stanford vs San Diego State
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Miami vs Austin Peay
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Duquesne vs West Virginia
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Ole Miss vs Arkansas State
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Iona vs Loyola
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Samford vs Kennesaw State
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – College Of Charleston vs Coastal Carolina
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – George Mason vs Pennsylvania
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Chattanooga vs Tennessee Tech
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Western Carolina vs Gardner-webb
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Smu vs Baylor
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Houston Baptist vs Houston
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Wright State vs Oklahoma State
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Central Arkansas vs Little Rock
8:15 p.m. – ESPN+ – Abilene Christian vs TexAS Tech
9 p.m. – fuboTV – UCLA vs Long Beach State
9 p.m. – ESPN+ – CSU Northridge vs UC Irvine
I really wonder about the programming decisions made. This shows ESPN2 showing 2 Dutch League games, but then they exile all sorts of games with better teams in better leagues to ESPN+. CDBSSN has an Italian League game, Genoa vs. Napoli, but no sign of Juventus, Roma, or Venezio except on Paramount +. Also, networks will often show games that seem of little interest to me and ignore games that involve Americans.
How is the East Tennessee State vs Longwood Classico NOT in your Top 5, Ives!? When was the last time we saw so much on the line so early in the season!?
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I’m just happy I now know when the Honduran league is airing.
I actually need to start watching more Central and South American football. I may just pick a team in the major leagues and start following them. It’s already what I do with Europe.