Any time giants like Bayern Munich and Barcelona clash, the world will be watching.
Each side has a couple of talking points that make Tuesday’s matchup the headliner of this week’s viewing options in UEFA Champions League play, beneath the obvious storyline of Robert Lewandowski’s first go at the side where he became a superstar.
Bayern has dropped points to inferior opponents in the last three Bundesliga matches, including Saturday’s 2-2 tie with Bochum. That said, last week’s Champions League-opening win against Inter Milan cemented the German champions as the favorites in a stacked group.
Barcelona has a five-game unbeaten streak, outscoring opponents 14-1 to open the La Liga campaign, with Lewandowski fitting right in since his arrival from Munich in the summer.
The soccer world is still piecing together Chelsea’s shocking dismissal of Thomas Tuchel, and newcomer Graham Potter could be jettisoned into his debut in the Blues’ Wednesday UCL tie with Red Bull Salzburg.
For the first time since July 23, New York City FC returns to Yankee Stadium on Wednesday in a high-stakes matchup with Atlas for the fourth edition of the Campeones Cup, which MLS has taken in the last two meetings.
Last week’s U.S. Open Cup win was a glorious moment for Orlando City, but the Lions found themselves on the wrong end of a 5-1 rout by the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. Can they quickly regroup against Atlanta United on Wednesday?
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Here is a look at This Week’s Top 5 Matches to Watch, as well as a full rundown of This Week’s Soccer on TV and Online:
This Week’s Top 5 Matches to Watch
- Bayern Munich vs Barcelona – A big statement could be made by Barcelona.
- Chelsea vs Salzburg – All eyes are on Chelsea, which can not afford a second group stage loss.
- New York City FC vs Atlas – MLS sides have swept the last two Campeones Cups. Can NYCFC keep the streak alive?
- Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund – Erling Haaland faces off against his former club and potentially goes against close friend and former attack partner Gio Reyna.
- Orlando City SC vs Atlanta United – The USOC hangover needs to end now, against Orlando’s biggest rival.
This Week’s Soccer on TV and Online
Monday
Spanish La Liga
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Almería vs Osasuna
Italian Serie A
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Empoli vs Roma
Argentine Primera División
4 p.m. – Paramount+ – Sarmiento vs Independiente
French Ligue 2
2:45 p.m. – fuboTV – Metz vs Guingamp
Liga MX Femenil
8 p.m. – fuboTV, FOX Deportes – Santos Laguna vs Tijuana
10 p.m. – fuboTV, FOX Deportes – Monterrey vs Atlas
Spanish Segunda
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Eibar vs Granada
Turkish Super Lig
12 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Beşiktaş vs İstanbul Başakşehir
2 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Adana Demirspor vs Trabzonspor
NCAA Men’s Soccer
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Loyola Maryland vs Fordham
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – St. Bonaventure vs Cleveland St.
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Columbia vs St. John’s (NY)
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Northern Ky. vs Xavier
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – UC Irvine vs Saint Mary’s (CA)
Tuesday
UEFA Champions League
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Viktoria Plzeň vs Inter Milan
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Sporting CP vs Tottenham Hotspur
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Liverpool vs Ajax
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Rangers vs Napoli
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Porto vs Club Brugge
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Bayer Leverkusen vs Atlético Madrid
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Bayern Munich vs Barcelona
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Olympique Marseille vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Major League Soccer
7:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – CF Montréal vs Chicago Fire
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Inter Miami vs Columbus Crew
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Minnesota United vs Los Angeles FC
8:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Houston Dynamo vs New England Revolution
8:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Sporting Kansas City vs D.C. United
Liga MX
10:05 p.m. – fuboTV, UNIVERSO – Guadalajara vs Tigres UANL
English Championship
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Preston North End vs Burnley
CONCACAF League
10 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA – Alajuelense vs Alianza
NCAA Men’s Soccer
3 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn vs Lafayette
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Dartmouth vs Massachusetts
5 p.m. Wright St. vs Duquesne
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Longwood vs Navy
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Milwaukee vs Western Ill.
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Furman vs Elon
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Akron vs Ohio St.
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Georgia St. vs USC Upstate
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Loyola Chicago vs IUPUI
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Cornell vs Vermont
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Dayton vs Eastern Ill.
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Wofford vs Presbyterian
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Liberty vs Davidson
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Old Dominion vs William & Mary
8 p.m. – fuboTV – NC State vs James Madison
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – UAB vs Clemson
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – SMU vs UNC Greensboro
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – SIUE vs Saint Louis
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – California Baptist vs CSU Bakersfield
10:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Grand Canyon vs Oakland
NCAA Women’s Soccer
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – The Citadel vs Charleston So.
Wednesday
UEFA Champions League
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN USA – Milan vs Dinamo Zagreb
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Shakhtar Donetsk vs Celtic
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Chelsea vs Salzburg
3 p.m. – Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN USA – Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – København vs Sevilla
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Juventus vs Benfica
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Maccabi Haifa vs PSG
Major League Soccer
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Orlando City SC vs Atlanta United
9:15 p.m. – ESPN+ – Austin FC vs Real Salt Lake
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – Colorado Rapids vs San Jose Earthquakes
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – Vancouver Whitecaps vs LA Galaxy
Campeones Cup
7:20 p.m. – ESPN2, fuboTV, TUDN USA – New York City vs Atlas
Liga MX
10:05 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA, Univision – América vs Santos Laguna
10:05 p.m. – Fox Sports 2, fuboTV, FOX Deportes – Juárez vs Pachuca
National Women’s Soccer League
7 p.m. – Paramount+ – North Carolina Courage vs Angel City
8 p.m. – Paramount+ – Chicago Red Stars vs Kansas City Current
Argentine Primera División
1 p.m. – Paramount+ – Aldosivi vs Newell’s Old Boys
3:30 p.m. – Paramount+ – Colón vs San Lorenzo
6 p.m. – Paramount+ – River Plate vs Banfield
8:30 p.m. – Paramount+ – Lanús vs Boca Juniors
Australian Cup
5:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Oakleigh Cannons vs Macarthur
English Championship
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Reading vs Sunderland
USL Championship
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Birmingham Legion vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds
8 p.m. – ESPN+, ESPNPlay Caribbean – Union Omaha vs Richmond Kickers
Uruguayan Primera Division
7 p.m. – fuboTV – Nacional vs Boston River
MLS Next Pro
3:30 p.m. – MLS Next Pro – FC Cincinnati II vs New York City II
7 p.m. – MLS Next Pro – Toronto II vs Inter Miami II
8 p.m. – MLS Next Pro – Portland Timbers II vs Whitecaps II
NCAA Men’s Soccer
3 p.m. LIU vs Manhattan
3 p.m. Bryant vs Stonehill College
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Quinnipiac vs Sacred Heart
4 p.m. Villanova vs NJIT
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Holy Cross vs Hartford
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Radford vs VMI
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Bucknell vs Saint Francis (PA)
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Campbell vs VCU
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Brown vs UMass Lowell
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Purdue Fort Wayne vs Western Mich.
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Fairfield vs Rhode Island
7 p.m. Butler vs Indiana
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – UC Davis vs San Jose St.
8 p.m. Omaha vs Creighton
NCAA Women’s Soccer
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – UNC Asheville vs Mount St. Mary’s
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Iona vs Army West Point
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Vermont vs Dartmouth
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Binghamton vs Cornell
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Colgate vs Villanova
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – NJIT vs Monmouth
USL League One
Thursday
UEFA Europa League
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Real Sociedad vs Omonia Nicosia
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Sheriff vs Manchester United
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Midtjylland vs Lazio
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Feyenoord vs Sturm Graz
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Olympiakos Piraeus vs Freiburg
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Qarabağ vs Nantes
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Trabzonspor vs Crvena Zvezda
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Monaco vs Ferencváros
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Arsenal vs PSV
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Bodø / Glimt vs Zürich
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Dynamo Kyiv vs AEK Larnaca
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Rennes vs Fenerbahçe
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Real Betis vs Ludogorets
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Roma vs HJK
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Union Saint-Gilloise vs Malmö FF
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Sporting Braga vs Union Berlin
UEFA Europa Conference League
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Apollon vs Dnipro-1
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – AZ vs Vaduz
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Djurgården vs Molde
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Gent vs Shamrock Rovers
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Slavia Praha vs Ballkani
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – CFR Cluj vs Sivasspor
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Žalgiris vs Basel
12:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Pyunik vs Slovan Bratislava
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Rīgas FS vs Hearts
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – İstanbul Başakşehir vs Fiorentina
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – FCSB vs Anderlecht
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Silkeborg vs West Ham United
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Lech Poznań vs Austria Wien
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Hapoel Be’er Sheva vs Villarreal
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Partizan vs Nice
3 p.m. – Paramount+ – Köln vs Slovácko
Argentine Primera División
6 p.m. – Paramount+ – Rosario Central vs Estudiantes
6 p.m. – Paramount+ – Defensa y Justicia vs Argentinos Juniors
8:30 p.m. – Paramount+ – Atlético Tucumán vs Talleres Córdoba
8:30 p.m. – Paramount+ – Gimnasia La Plata vs Arsenal
CONCACAF League
8 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA – Herediano vs Real España
10:15 p.m. – fuboTV, TUDN USA – Olimpia vs Diriangén
Uruguayan Primera Division
2:30 p.m. – fuboTV – Liverpool vs Peñarol
NCAA Men’s Soccer
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – UC San Diego vs San Diego
NCAA Women’s Soccer
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Robert Morris vs Green Bay
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – George Washington vs George Mason
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Eastern Ky. vs North Ala.
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Wright St. vs Milwaukee
5:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Oakland vs Youngstown St.
6 p.m. – fuboTV – NC State vs High Point
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – ETSU vs Oklahoma
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Liberty vs Stetson
7 p.m. – fuboTV – Clemson vs Notre Dame
7 p.m. – fuboTV – Alabama vs South Carolina
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Iowa St. vs Omaha
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Campbell vs UNCW
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Detroit Mercy vs Northern Ky.
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Davidson vs Dayton
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – VCU vs Massachusetts
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Brown vs Providence
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Saint Joseph’s vs Richmond
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – St. Bonaventure vs Fordham
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – App State vs Radford
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – La Salle vs Saint Louis
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Fla. Atlantic vs Kansas
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Tennessee Tech vs Samford
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Duquesne vs Rhode Island
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – North Texas vs Charlotte
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Kansas St. vs Colorado St.
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Memphis vs UCF
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Houston vs South Fla.
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Tulsa vs Temple
9 p.m. – ESPN+ – Long Beach St. vs Pepperdine
9 p.m. – ESPN+ – Weber St. vs Gonzaga
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – Cal Poly vs UC Santa Barbara
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – CSU Bakersfield vs CSUN