Not too long ago, Chelsea and Manchester United were fighting each other for league titles and UEFA Champions League superiority. Now, the Blues are just hoping to chip away at a 12-point table deficit that keeps mounting by the week.
The two English giants battle Sunday at Stamford Bridge in a nationally televised game on the Fox network, with United looking to maintain its place atop the league while dealing perhaps the final blow to Chelsea's faint title hopes and forcing the club into a fight for a place in Europe next season.
Elsewhere of note in England, Landon Donovan will look to continue his run of form on the road when Everton faces Wigan Athletic. Meanwhile, Clint Dempsey will look to replicate what Donovan did this past week -- contribute in a win over Manchester City.
Italy might be blanketed with snow, but there are still mouth-watering matchups in Serie A, including the AC Milan-Napoli and Roma-Inter Milan tilts that are sure to entertain. In Mexico, Tijuana's American triumvirate of Joe Corona, Edgar Castillo and Greg Garza face Puebla and DaMarcus Beasley, who is coming off a goal-scoring performance last weekend.
Here is this weekend's soccer on TV:
FRIDAY
8 p.m. - GOLTV - Altamira vs. Irapuato
9:10 p.m. - Galavision - Estudiantes Tecos vs. Atlas
SATURDAY
7:30 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - West Ham vs. Millwall
8 a.m. - ESPN2/ESPN3.com - Arsenal vs. Blackburn
9:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Bayer Leverkusen vs. Stuttgart
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Wigan Athletic vs. Everton
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Stoke City vs. Sunderland
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Queens Park Rangers vs. Wolverhampton
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Norwich City vs. Bolton
12 p.m. - DirecTV - Mallorca vs. Real Betis
12 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Athletic Bilbao vs. Espanyol
12:20 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Birmingham City vs. Southampton
12:30 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Manchester City vs. Fulham
12:30 p.m. - GOLTV - Hamburg SV vs. Bayern Munich
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Ajaccio vs. Nice
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Dijon vs. Valenciennes
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Montpellier vs. Brest
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Nancy vs. Stade Rennes
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Paris-St. Germain vs. Evian Thonon Gaillard
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - St. Etienne vs. Lorient
2 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Getafe vs. Real Madrid
3 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Bordeaux vs. Toulouse
4 p.m. - GOLTV - Barcelona vs. Real Sociedad
6 p.m. - Azteca America - Cruz Azul vs. Jaguares
6 p.m. - Galavision - Monterrey vs. San Luis
6 p.m. - Telefutura - Queretaro vs. Atlante
8 p.m. - Telemundo - Chivas de Guadalajara vs. Morelia
8 p.m. - Telefutura - Santos Laguna vs. Pumas UNAM
SUNDAY
1 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Sydney FC vs Newcastle Jets
6:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/ESPN3.com - Genoa vs. Lazio
6:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Ajax vs. Utrecht
7:15 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Derby County vs. Nottingham Forest
8:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Newcastle vs. Aston Villa
9 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/ESPN3.com - Juventus vs. Siena
9 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Palermo vs. Atalanta
9:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - SC Freiburg vs. Werder Bremen
11 a.m. - Fox - Chelsea vs. Manchester United
11 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Sochaux vs. Lille
12 p.m. - GOLTV - Sevilla vs. Villarreal
1 p.m. - Univision - Toluca vs. Pachuca
1 p.m. - Fox Deportes/Azteca America - Puebla vs. Tijuana
1:45 p.m. - DirecTV - Real Zaragoza vs. Rayo Vallecano
2 p.m. - GOLTV - Santos vs. Palmeiras
2:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - AC Milan vs. Napoli
3 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Marseille vs. Lyon
3:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Atletico Madrid vs. Valencia
5 p.m. - Univision - America vs. Tigres UANL
