OT: Soccer Saturday Open Thread

Submitted by itsbigcat on

Better late than never!

 

Today’s Schedule:

 

English Premier League

10:00am                     Chelsea v Swansea – NBCSports

10:00am                      Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough – NBCLiveExtra

10:00am                      Everton v Sunderland – NBCLiveExtra

10:00am                      Hull City v Burnley – NBCLiveExtra

10:00am                      West Brom v Bournemouth – NBCLiveExtra

12:30pm                      Watford v West Ham – NBCSports

 

La Liga

7:00am                     Alaves v Valencia - BeinConnect

10:15am                   Real Betis v Sevilla - BeinConnect

12:30pm                   Leganes v Coruna - BeinConnect

2:45pm                     Eibar v Malaga - BeinConnect

 

Ligue 1

10:00am                  Guingamp v Monaco - BeinConnect

2:00pm                     Nancy v Toulouse - BeinConnect

2:00pm                     Lille v Bourdeaux - BeinConnect

2:00pm                     Angers v Bastia - BeinConnect

2:00pm                     Rennes v Lorient - BeinConnect           

 

Bundesliga

9:30am                     Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV – FS2

9:30am                     Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05 – FS2GO

9:30am                     Darmstadt 98 v Augsburg – FS2GO

9:30am                     Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund – Fox Soccer Plus

9:30am                     RB Leipzig v Koln – FS2GO

12:30pm                   Hertha BSC v Eintracht Frankfurt – FS2

 

Serie A

12:00pm                   Napoli v Atalanta – BeinSports

2:45pm                     Juventus v Empoli - BeinSports

 

Notes

 

*Games Featuring major clubs are in bold.

*If you don’t see a league or team listed that you want to follow and discuss, let me know and I’ll add it (within reason). I’m not going out of my way to make sure Scunthorpe or Drogheda United are covered here.

*I have heard the voice of the people. Time has shifted to your beloved Eastern Time Zone. I am a benevolent God.  

 

 

Enjoy, cheers, and Go Blue!

 

 

mzdmv

February 25th, 2017 at 11:31 AM ^

Probably the only Ligue 1 follower here but none of these games are good today. Monaco should run rampant over Guingamp and Lille/Bordeaux would have been good a few years ago before both teams imploded.



Just looking forward to Le Classique tomorrow. PSG-Marseille. That'll be a fantastic one

snarling wolverine

February 25th, 2017 at 2:25 PM ^

I am also a Ligue 1 enthusiast, actually.  Excellent race this year between Monaco/PSG/Nice.  

Le Classique should be interesting.  PSG is rounding into form in 2017 (although their most recent match was so-so) but OM usually raises its game for this one, and the Vélodrome can get incredibly loud now that it has a roof over it.  

OM has a great fanbase.  I was in southern France a couple of years ago and their jerseys were everywhere, even in cities with other L1 clubs like Toulouse and Montpellier.  I hope they can return to prominence under McCourt's ownership.

 

mzdmv

February 25th, 2017 at 6:52 PM ^

OM has a great fanbase and are one of the most successful and historic clubs in the country, but, similar to the thoughts of every other Parisian, Marseille is a shithole. Both city and club. That new stadium is beautiful though, I saw the outside of it a couple years ago when I was down there. Looks great on TV too. 

PSG is coming off the Barca thrashing and should be running full steam ahead. OM's stars are not 100% but that won't matter. It'll be a crazy one.

I have always liked Nice though, nice to see them doing well and that is a great town. 

Wolverine In Iowa

February 25th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^

They lost a top-quality guy in N'golo Kante, a midfielder, to Chelsea, and it appears he was crucial to the team's success.  Throw in the fact that Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, two key players last year, are performing well below what they did in the championship season.  Plus, LCFC's defense is not good, and they need a better keeper.  It really was a magical run last year.