Good afternoon, everyone! Considering the overwhelming response to the first DFO EPL Tipping pool (21 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.
Before I begin, I want to give credit for all the hot lady soccer fan pictures to the Fútbol Babes Twitter account. Those folks do the Lord’s Work and deserve a follow from you.
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EPL Tipping Pool Standings
| Place | Tipper | Round Tips | Round Margin | Total Tips | Total Margin |
| 1 | Balls | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Game Time Decision | 6 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 3 | King Hippo | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | Son Of Spam | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 5 | Reverend Mayhem | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3` |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | |
| 7 | Fronkenshteen | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| 8 | Yeah Right | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | Mr. Ayo | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | BFC | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 11 | Litre_cola | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
| 12 | Sharkbait | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
| 13 | KBS52 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 14 | Don T | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 15 | nomonkeyfun | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| 16 | Blaxxabath | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 17 | Horatio | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 18 | Wakezilla | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 19 | Spur | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 20 | Maestro | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 21 | Herodotus | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
I find it funny/ironic that the guy that disparages the EPL is at the top of the pool. I’m sure that won’t last, though. Good job to Game Time Decision, King Hippo, and Reverend Mayhem, who got top scores this week! Also kudos to Don T and Herodotus that got the margin exactly right.
If you want to join the pool, there is still plenty of time as we’ve only just completed Round 2 out of 38. 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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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 world’s fútbol leagues in one place.
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In the US, NBC holds the rights to the EPL, 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):
Friday, August 22, 2019
12:00 Noon – Aston Villa v Everton
Saturday, August 24, 2019
4:30 AM – Norwich City v Chelsea
7:00 AM – Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton
7:00 AM – Manchester United v Crystal Palace
7:00 AM – Sheffield United v Leicester City
7:00 AM – Watford v West Ham United
9:30 AM – Liverpool v Arsenal
Sunday, August 25, 2019
6:00 AM – AFC Bournemouth v Manchester City
8:30 AM – Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
8:30 AM – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley
Monday, August 19, 2019
No game scheduled
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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 23, 2019
11:00 AM – Granada v Sevilla
1:00 PM – Levante v Villarreal
Saturday, August 24, 2019
8:00 AM – Osasuna v Éibar
10:00 AM – Real Madrid v Real Valladolid
11:00 AM – Celta de Vigo v Valencia
12:00 Noon – Getafe v Athletic Bilbao
Sunday, August 25, 2019
8:00 AM – Deportivo Alavés v Espanyol
8:00 AM – Mallorca v Real Sociedad
10:00 AM – Leganés v Atlético Madrid
12:00 Noon – Barcelona v Real Betis
Monday, August 26, 2019
No game scheduled
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Liga MX games are aired in the United States on TUDN, and the varied Univision networks. Fox Sports Deportes also has selected games (all times Pacific and home teams always listed first):
Friday, August 23, 2019
5:00 PM – Veracruz v Atlético San Luis
7:00 PM – Morelia v Pumas UNAM
7:00 PM – Santos Laguna v Monterrey
Saturday, August 24, 2019
3:00 PM – Querétaro v León
5:00 PM – Pachuca v Atlas
5:00 PM – Cruz Azul v Puebla
7:00 PM – Tigres UANL v América
Sunday, August 25, 2019
10:00 AM – Toluca v Tijuana
3:00 PM – Guadalajara v Necaxa
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In the United States, Fox Sports has the rights to the Bundesliga, so you can find games on the Fox Sports networks. Here is the weekend schedule (you know the drill..):
Friday, August 23, 2019
11:30 AM – Köln v Borussia Dortmund
Saturday, August 24, 2019
6:30 AM – Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen
6:30 AM – Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayer Leverkusen
6:30 AM – Mainz 05 v Borussia Mönchengladbach
6:30 AM – Augsburg v Union Berlin
6:30 AM – Paderborn v Freiburg
9:30 AM – Schalke 04 v Bayern München
Sunday, August 25, 2019
6:30 AM – RB Leipzig v Eintracht Frankfurt
9:00 AM – Hertha BSC v Wolfsburg
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BeIn Sports is the rights-holder for Ligue 1. Luckily, BeIn Sports has like 8 channels through their BeIn Sports Connect app, so you can see most of the games live:
Friday, August 23, 2019
No game scheduled
Saturday, August 24, 2019
11:00 AM – Amiens SC v Nantes
11:00 AM – Dijon v Bordeaux
11:00 AM – Angers SCO v Metz
11:00 AM – Brest v Reims
Sunday, August 25, 2019
6:00 AM – Monaco v Nîmes
8:00 AM – Strasbourg v Rennes
11:00 AM – PSG v Toulouse
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
11:00 AM – Montpellier v Lyon
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
10:00 AM – Lille v Saint Étienne
12:00 Noon – Nice v Olympique Marseille
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ESPN has the rights to Serie A, which start this weekend! All games are available on the ESPN+ package:
Friday, August 23, 2019
No game scheduled
Saturday, August 24, 2019
9:00 AM – Parma v Juventus
11:45 AM – Fiorentina v Napoli
Sunday, August 25, 2019
9:00 AM – Udinese v Milan
11:45 AM – Cagliari v Brescia
11:45 AM – Hellas Verona v Bologna
11:45 AM – Roma v Genoa
11:45 AM – Sampdoria v Lazio
11:45 AM – SPAL v Atalanta
11:45 AM – Torino v Sassuolo
Monday, August 26, 2019
11:45 AM – Inter v Lecce
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As I like to say on the AFL Beat:
DON’T FORGET TO PUT THE FOOTY TIPS IN!
Enjoy the weekend!
(99/69)
percentage points out of first! And damn it, I thought I had Chelski/Lester as a draw. Kept going back and forth, was too lazy to double check where I landed.
I just read the latest Donks injury report.
Artist’s conception:
Do I have to do anything more, or is just the tip enough?
Just the tip is never enough. Don’t trust anyone who tries to tell you differently.
This brings the term “butthurt” to a very practical level.