All times are Eastern Standard on Saturday; Eastern Daylight on Sunday. Home teams are listed first. Listing live games only.
England:
The action is given over to the FA Cup this weekend. Without further ado, here’s the schedule:
Saturday, 7:40 a.m., Birmingham hosts Bolton Wanderers at St. Andrew’s Stadium on Fox Soccer Plus.
Arguably the match of the weekend has Manchester United facing off against Arsenal at Old Trafford at 12 noon on Saturday on Fox Soccer Channel. Both teams are missing key players due to injury: Nani, Rio Ferdinand, Anderson and Park Ji-Sung are all out for Manchester United and Cesc Fabregas, Alex Song and Theo Walcott are all out for the Gunners? Can Arsenal finally go through or will the Red Devils keep marching forward?
Stoke City meets West Ham United at the Britannia Stadium at 10 a.m. on Sunday on Fox Soccer Plus.
Manchester City hosts Reading at the City of Manchester Stadium at 12:30 on Fox Soccer Channel.
Italian Serie A:
Seventeenth place Cesena (LLDWW) meets eighth place Juventus (WWLLL) at Dino Minuzzi Stadium at 2:30 on Saturday on Fox Soccer Channel.
First place AC Milan (DWWWW) hosts twentieth place Bari (LDLDL) at the San Siro Stadium at 7:30 on Sunday Fox Soccer Plus.
The game of the weekend is the Rome Derby pitting sixth place AS Roma (LLLDW) against fourth place Lazio (DWWLW) at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday at 10 a.m. on Fox Soccer Channel.
Fifteenth place Parma (DLDDD) squares off against third place Napoli (WWWLD) at 3:30 at Stadio Ennio Tardini on Sunday on Fox Soccer Channel.
Spanish Liga Primera:
Nineteenth place Almería (LDLDW) faces off against seventh place Atlético Madrid (LWDDW) at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos at 12 noon on Saturday on Gol TV.
Second place Real Madrid (WWDWW) hosts eighteenth place Hércules (WLDLL) at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday at 3 on ESPN Deportes.
Sixth place Espanyol (LLWLL) meets thirteenth place Deportivo La Coruña (WDDDW) at Estadi Cornellà-El Prat on Sunday at 12 noon on ESPN Deportes.
Fourth place Villarreal (LDDWL) squares off against sixteenth place Sporting Gijon (DDDLW) at El Madrigal on Sunday at 2 on Gol TV.
Eighth place Sevilla (LWDWL) hosts first place Barcelona (DWWWW) at the Sánchez Pizjuan Stadium on Sunday at 4 on Gol TV.
German Bundesliga:
Fifth place Bayern Munich (LWWLL) hosts seventh place Hamburg SV (WLWDL) at the Allianz Arena on Saturday at 9:30 on ESPN Deportes.
Fourth place Mainz (DLLWW) hosts second place Bayer Leverkusen (LWWDW) at the Stadion am Bruchweg on Sundayat 10:30 on Gol TV.
French Ligue 1:
Ninth place Sochaux (LLWDW) meets fourth place Lyon (DWWDW) at the Stade Auguste Bonal on Saturday at 1 on Fox Soccer Plus.
Fifth place Paris St. Germain (LDWWL) faces sixth place (LDWDL) at Parc des Princes on Sunday at 4 on Fox Soccer Plus.
And a bonus:
Dutch Eredivisie:
Eighteenth place Willem II (LDLWL) hosts third place Ajax (WDWDW) at Willem II Stadium on Sunday at 9:30 on ESPN II.
Steeplejack
Thanks for the updates. This reminds me to check the TV when I get out of bed (typically early, no matter how late I go to bed–ahem, like tonight). I don’t get Fox Soccer Plus, but I do get “regular” Fox Soccer Channel and ESPN. Looks like some good matches this weekend.
Karl Marx
The action is given over to the FA Cup this weekend.
The workers control the means of production? The struggle of the urban proletariat?
Birmingham hosts Bolton Wanderers
Aw shit…
piratedan
my apologies for an OT post, but I thought this was worth posting:
http://cdn.other98.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/walker-final.jpg
h/t to the other98.com folks
vanya
There are also additional games on ESPN3 – which is online. In addition to some crossover with ESPN Deportes they have:
Werder Bremen vs. Monchengladbach at 12 30 pm ET.
Zaragoza v. Valencia at 4 pm.
Blue Neponset
Does anyone with a cable hookup actually have Fox Soccer Plus?
Go City!!!
I would love to see a City v. United FA Cup match so I am going to try and root for the soul-less bastards at United today.
mellowjohn
wales v. ireland and italy v. france today, and england v. scotland for the calcutta cup tomorrow.
burnspbesq
@Blue Neponset:
“Does anyone with a cable hookup actually have Fox Soccer Plus?”
Yup. Watching Derby – Swansea right now. Derby has a shock early lead, courtesy of the most embarrassing own goal you are likely to ever see.
burnspbesq
If you want to see a wild crowd, look in on the PSG match. PSG has two competing groups of ultras who make Oakland Raider fans look heavily sedated by comparison.
Randinho
@Blue Neponset: I do as well.
Randinho
@vanya: Thanks. The penetration into markets for ESPN3 is still pretty limited, so I’m still focused on the television offerings.
Pooh
Nice win for us today, considering we started 5 fullbacks and Darron Gibson.
Bill Murray
@Randinho: is there any outside of colleges, which all have free acess.
Also, I think Fox Soccer TV is pretty much like ESPN 3 with the Fox Soccer Plus programming