Weekend Soccer Preview

Another edition of the Weekend Soccer Preview!
As always, home team listed first, all times Eastern.

Game of the Week (Rankings from Poll)
14:45 ET Sunday
(3) Inter Milan v (T5) AC Milan
14:45 ET Saturday
(21) Juventus v (T19) AS Roma
This is a match-up of two teams going in different directions in the Serie A table. Juventus has been dropping points left and right lately, and sit in 5th with 33 points, 2 behind AS Roma who is in 3rd. Roma is still 12 points behind leaders Inter but has not lost in Serie A since late October.

Top of the Table Clashes
14:45 ET Sunday
(3) Inter Milan v (T5) AC Milan
AC Milan sits in second place in Serie A, only 6 points behind Inter Milan with a game in hand. A win in the Milan derby for AC would effectively pull them into a tie with Inter for first place. Inter won the first match 4-0 when AC Milan was the “home” team, and another win for Inter would go a long way to continuing their stranglehold on the Serie A title.

English Premier League
10:00 ET Saturday
(7) Manchester United v Hull City
The only Premier League match of the day is between two teams who lost in Round 3 of the FA Cup and thus have nothing better to do this weekend.

English FA Cup (Round 4)
All matches of the round are shown.
7:45 ET Saturday
Preston North End v (2) Chelsea
Reading v Burnley
10:00 ET Saturday
Accrington Stanley v Fulham
Aston Villa v Brighton
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield United
Cardiff City v Leicester City
Derby County v Doncaster Rovers
Everton v Birmingham
Notts County v Wigan Athletic
Portsmouth v Sunderland
Southhampton v Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace
12:15 ET Saturday
(T10) Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United
8:30 ET Sunday
Stoke City v (T5) Arsenal
11:00 ET Sunday
Scunthorpe United v (15) Manchester City

Scottish Premier League
7:30 ET Saturday
Motherwell v St. Mirren
10:00 ET Saturday
Rangers v Heart of Midlothian
10:30 ET Sunday
St. Johnstone v Celtic

Spain’s La Liga
12:00 ET Saturday
Sevilla FC v Almeria
14:00 ET Saturday
Valladolid v (1) Barcelona
16:00 ET Saturday
Deportivo La Coruna v Athletic Bilbao
11:00 ET Sunday
Tenerife v (9) Valencia
Villarreal v Real Zaragoza
13:00 ET Sunday
Getafe v Atletico Madrid
15:00 ET Sunday
(4) Real Madrid v Malaga

Italy’s Serie A
14:45 ET Saturday
(21) Juventus v (T19) AS Roma
9:00 ET Sunday
Livorno v (T24) Napoli
Palermo v (T22) Fiorentina
14:45 ET Sunday
(3) Inter Milan v (T5) AC Milan

German Bundesliga
14:30 ET Friday
Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart
9:30 ET Saturday
VfL Bochum v (T12) Schalke 04
Werder Bremen v (T12) Bayern Munich
12:30 ET Saturday
Borussia Dortmund v Hamburg SV
9:30 ET Sunday
Wolfsburg v Cologne
11:30 ET Sunday
TSG Hoffenheim v (10) Bayer Leverkusen

Dutch Eredivisie
14:45 ET Friday
(16) PSV Eindhoven v NEC Nijmegen
13:45 ET Saturday
Heerenveen v Willem II Tilburg
6:30 ET Sunday
(18) Ajax Amsterdam v AZ Alkmaar
8:30 ET Sunday
FC Groningen v (14) Twente Enschede
VVV Venlo v Feyenoord Rotterdam

Turkish Super League
13:00 ET Friday
Fenerbahce v Denizlispor
12:00 ET Saturday
Besiktas v Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK
12:00 ET Sunday
Galatasaray v Gaziantepspor

Greek Super League
9:45 ET Sunday
Aris Salonika v Panathinaikos
12:00 ET Sunday
Olympiakos v PAOK Salonika

Belgian Jupiler League
12:00 ET Sunday
KV Mechelen v Standard Liege
14:30 ET Sunday
Racing Genk v Club Brugge

African Cup of Nations Quarterfinals
Sunday January 24
Angola v Ghana
Cote d’Ivoire v Algeria
Monday January 25
Zambia v Nigeria
Egypt v Cameroon

The Angola/Ghana winner will face the Zambia/Nigeria winner in one semifinal, while the Cote d’Ivoire/Algeria winner faces the Egypt/Cameroon winner in the other semifinal. Thus far the leading goal scorers are Flavio of Angola and Seydou Keita of Mali, each with 3 goals.