We are back! After a week off to deal with International games and friendlies, the real games are back for all the European leagues. As you know, this is your 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 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 2 | Game Time Decision | 6 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 3 | Son Of Spam | 6 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 4 | Mr. Ayo | 8 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 5 | Reverend Mayhem | 5 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 6 | |
| 7 | Spur | 6 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| 8 | Fronkenshteen | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 |
| 9 | nomonkeyfun | 7 | 1 | 19 | 8 |
| 10 | KBS52 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| 11 | Yeah Right | 5 | 1 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | King Hippo | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
| 13 | bk109 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| 14 | Litre_cola | 5 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| 15 | Wakezilla | 6 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
| 16 | BFC | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | Sharkbait | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 |
| 18 | Horatio | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| 19 | Blax | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 20 | Maestro | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
| 21 | Herodotus | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 |
| 22 | Don T | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
Nothing has changed since last week. I just put the table up to remind everyone where we all stand.
If you want to join the pool, there is still plenty of time as we’ve only just completed Round 4 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, September 13, 2019
No game scheduled
Saturday, September 14, 2019
4:30 AM – Liverpool v Newcastle United
7:00 AM – Brighton and Hove Albion v Burnley
7:00 AM – Manchester United v Leicester City
7:00 AM – Sheffield United v Southampton
7:00 AM – Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace
7:00 AM – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea
9:30 AM – Norwich City v Manchester City
Sunday, September 15, 2019
6:00 AM – AFC Bournemouth v Everton
8:30 AM – Watford v Arsenal
Monday, September 16, 2019
12 Noon – Aston Villa v West Ham United
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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, September 13, 2019
12 Noon – Mallorca v Athletic Bilbao
Saturday, September 14, 2019
4:00 AM – Real Madrid v Levante
7:00 AM – Leganés v Villarreal
9:30 AM – Real Sociedad v Atlético Madrid
12:00 Noon – Barcelona v Valencia
Sunday, September 15, 2019
3:00 AM – Éibar v Espanyol
5:00 AM – Deportivo Alavés v Sevilla
7:00 AM – Celta de Vigo v Granada
9:30 AM – Real Valladolid v Osasuna
12:00 Noon – Real Betis v Getafe
Monday, September 16, 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, September 13, 2019
5:00 PM – Puebla v Atlético San Luis
7:00 PM – Veracruz v Cruz Azul
7:00 PM – Tijuana v Tigres UANL
Saturday, September 14, 2019
3:00 PM – Monterrey v Necaxa
5:00 PM – León v Juárez
5:00 PM – Guadalajara v Atlas
7:00 PM – América v Pumas UNAM
Sunday, September 15, 2019
10:00 AM – Toluca v Morelia
4:45 PM – Santos Laguna v Pachuca
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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, September 13, 2019
11:30 AM – Fortuna Düsseldorf v Wolfsburg
Saturday, September 14, 2019
6:30 AM – Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen
6:30 AM – Mainz 05 v Hertha BSC
6:30 AM – Augsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt
6:30 AM – Köln v Borussia Mönchengladbach
6:30 AM – Union Berlin v Werder Bremen
9:30 AM – RB Leipzig v Bayern München
Sunday, September 15, 2019
6:30 AM – Hoffenheim v Freiburg
9:00 AM – Paderborn v Schalke 04
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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, September 13, 2019
10:00 AM – Lille v Angers SCO
11:45 AM – Amiens SC v Olympique Lyonnais
Saturday, September 14, 2019
8:30 AM – PSG v Strasbourg
11:00 AM – Dijon v Nîmes
11:00 AM – Montpellier v Nice
11:00 AM – Brest v Rennes
11:00 AM – Bordeaux v Metz
Sunday, September 15, 2019
6:00 AM – Nantes v Reims
8:00 AM – Saint Étienne v Toulouse
12:00 Noon – Monaco v Olympique Marseille
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ESPN has the rights to Serie A. All games are available on the ESPN+ package:
Friday, September 13, 2019
No game scheduled
Saturday, September 14, 2019
6:00 AM – Fiorentina v Juventus
9:00 AM – Napoli v Sampdoria
11:45 AM – Inter v Udinese
Sunday, September 15, 2019
3:30 AM – Genoa v Atalanta
6:00 AM – Brescia v Bologna
6:00 AM – Parma v Cagliari
6:00 AM – SPAL v Lazio
9:00 AM – Roma v Sassuolo
11:45 AM – Hellas Verona v Milan
Monday, September 16, 2019
11:45 AM – Torino 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!
(109/69)
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BONUS!
Just in time for the NFL Thursday Night Football Extravaganza, here is your reminder to put in your tips for the NFL Tipping Pool and for the DFO Eliminator Challenge. Links are below:
Tipping Pool: https://mobile.footytips.com.au/competitions/?ff=ladders&competitionId=575837
Eliminator Challenge: http://fantasy.espn.com/nfl-eliminator-challenge/2019/en/group?groupID=56874
After Week One, there are still 27 Commentists left in the Eliminator Challenge. Tough luck to BFC, FishTaco006, and Gratliff, who placed their faith in the Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, and no team and were duly rewarded.
As for the NFL Tipping Pool, here are the standings:
| P | Tipper | Round Tips | Round Margin | Total Tips | Total Margin |
| 1 | Yeah Right | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| 2 | Reverend Mayhem | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Game Time Decision | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | WhyEaglesWhy | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 5 | Son Of Spam | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 6 | Maestro | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | Litre_cola | 12 | 17 | 12 | 17 |
| 8 | BALLS | 12 | 21 | 12 | 21 |
| 9 | King Hippo | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | TheKingInYellow | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| 11 | Fronkenshteen | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
Well done to everyone! That’s pretty impressive. As I mentioned above,
DON’T FORGET TO PUT THE FOOTY TIPS IN!
You can touch my shirt if you want.
I am REALLY glad the footy is back.
Someone picked the “Texans” wtf
imaginary ppl using they imaginations