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Good afternoon, everyone! Considering the overwhelming response to the first DFO EPL Tipping pool (18 members and counting!), we decided to create a new weekly post to remind you to put the EPL tips in, tell you who is winning, and to give you the weekend’s fútbol schedule so that you could plan your weekend activities accordingly. Without further ado, let’s begin:
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EPL Tipping Pool Standings
| Place | Tipper | Round Tips | Round Margin | Total Tips | Total Margin |
| 1 | Joliet Jake Delhomme | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | SonOfSpam | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Balls | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | King Hippo | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Game Time Decision | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Fronkenshteen | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | KBS52 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Reverend Mayhem | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | Horatio | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Mr. Ayo | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Yeah Right | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Litre_cola | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Sharkbait | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | nomonkeyfun | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | Don T | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | Spur | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 17 | Blaxxabath | 4 | 13 | 4 | 13 |
| 18 | Herodotus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Big congratulations to Joliet Jake Delhomme, who stormed out of the gates with a solid 8 tips out of 10 and a 0 goal margin!
If you want to join the pool, there is still plenty of time as we’ve only just begun Round 1. It’s free to play and all you have to do is create an account with ESPN Australia. It’s a different ESPN from here, so your normal ESPN login will not work: https://www.footytips.com.au/competitions/?ff=settings&competitionId=573249
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EPL Weekend Schedule
I’m being told that Canadian viewers only need to sign up for DAZN and they can get all the coverage of all the fútbol leagues in one place. In the US, NBC holds the rights, so you’ll be able to see games on their networks and the NBC Sports Gold package. Here are the games on tap this weekend (all times Pacific and home teams always listed first):
Saturday, August 17, 2019
4:30 AM – Arsenal v Burnley
7:00 AM – Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth
7:00 AM – Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United
7:00 AM – Everton v Watford
7:00 AM – Norwich City v Newcastle United
7:00 AM – Southampton v Liverpool
9:30 AM – Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
Sunday, August 18, 2019
6:00 AM – Sheffield United v Crystal Palace
8:30 AM – Chelsea v Leicester City
Monday, August 19, 2019
12:00 Noon – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United
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For those of you that like your fútbol with a little more latin flair, La Liga kicks off this weekend with Round 1! In the US and Canada, BeIn Sports is the rights-holder for La Liga, so you can find all the games there. Here is this week’s schedule (all times Pacific and home teams always listed first):
Friday, August 16, 2019
12:00 Noon – Athletic Club v Barcelona
Saturday, August 17, 2019
8:00 AM – Celta de Vigo v Real Madrid
10:00 AM – Valencia v Real Sociedad
11:00 AM – Mallorca v Éibar
12:00 Noon – Leganés v Osasuna
12:00 Noon – Villarreal v Granada
Sunday, August 18, 2019
8:00 AM – Deportivo Alavés v Levante
10:00 AM – Espanyol v Sevilla
12:00 Noon – Real Betis v Real Valladolid
12:00 Noon – Atlético Madrid v Getafe
Monday, August 19, 2019
No game scheduled
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For those of you that like your games with even MORE Latin flair, here is the schedule for Liga MX (all times Pacific and home teams always listed first):
Friday, August 16, 2019
5:00 PM – Puebla v Pachuca
7:00 PM – Atlas v Cruz Azul
Saturday, August 17, 2019
3:00 PM – Atlético San Luis v Tigres UANL
5:00 PM – León v Guadalajara
7:00 PM – América v Morelia
7:00 PM – Monterrey v Toluca
Sunday, August 18, 2019
10:00 AM – Pumas UNAM v Veracruz
3:00 PM – Necaxa v Santos Laguna
5:00 PM – Juárez v Querétaro
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For those of you that like your fútbol with a Teutonic edge, the Bundesliga also begins this weekend! In the United States, Fox Sports has the rights, so you can find games on the Fox Sports networks. Here is the weekend schedule (you know the drill..):
Friday, August 16, 2019
11:30 AM – Bayern München v Hertha BSC
Saturday, August 17, 2019
6:30 AM – Borussia Dortmund v Augsburg
6:30 AM – Bayer Leverkusen v Paderborn
6:30 AM – Wolfsburg v Köln
6:30 AM – Werder Bremen v Fortuna Düsseldorf
6:30 AM – Freiburg v Mainz 05
9:30 AM – Borussia Mönchengladbach v Schalke 04
Sunday, August 18, 2019
6:30 AM – Eintracht Frankfurt v Hoffenheim
9:00 AM – Union Berlin v RB Leipzig
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Finally, for those of you that prefer crêpes in the morning, Ligue 1 continues with Round 2. BeIn Sports is the rights-holder. Luckily, BeIn Sports has like 8 channels through their BeIn Sports Connect app, so you can see most of the games live:
Friday, August 16, 2019
11:45 AM – Olympique Lyonnais v Angers SCO
Saturday, August 17, 2019
8:30 AM – Nantes v Olympique Marseille
11:00 AM – Metz v Monaco
11:00 AM – Toulouse v Dijon
11:00 AM – Nîmes v Nice
11:00 AM – Amiens SC v Lille
11:00 AM – Bordeaux v Montpellier
Sunday, August 18, 2019
6:00 AM – Saint-Etienne v Brest
8:00 AM – Reims v Strasbourg
12:00 Noon – Rennes v PSG
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For those of you that are curious, yes we will be covering Serie A in this post, but they don’t begin until next weekend.
As I like to say on the AFL Beat:
DON’T FORGET TO PUT THE FOOTY TIPS IN!
Enjoy the weekend!
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Wait just a second…. I’m getting someone in my ear telling me that this post is also supposed to serve as the Open Thread tonight!
Alrighty then!
What’s on the TV?
IT’S THE BLAX BOWL!!
Live on ESPN at 5:00 PM Pacific, it’s the Las Vegas Raiders against the Arizona Cardinals!
I don’t think I need to go any further, do I? Blax Future vs. Blax Past. WHO YA GOT?!?
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