WEEKEND SOCCER ON TV

Manchester City will be out to settle a score Sunday when it travels to Liverpool with first place in the English Premier League at stake while the top team in France will be angling for a little more breathing room atop the Ligue 1 standings and German power Bayern Munich will be looking to retake the Bundesliga lead in the most important televised soccer games from Europe this weekend.

EPL: Only two EPL teams beat Manchester City last season — one was inter-city rival Manchester United and the other was Liverpool, which not only ended City’s bid for an unbeaten league campaign but then ended its Champions League run with two victories as well. City gets a chance at revenge Sunday when it goes to Anfield to meet the high-flying Reds (NBCSN, 8:30 a.m. PDT). The two unbeaten teams are tied for first in the EPL, two points ahead of Chelsea.

Ligue 1: Paris Saint-Germain, perfect after eight games, is already threatening to run away with the Ligue 1 title. That makes Sunday’s game a big one for fourth-place Lyon, 10 points off the lead (BeIN Sports, 2:30 p.m. PDT, delayed; streaming on Connect live at 11:45 a.m.) PSG’s Edinson Cavani, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe have combined for 16 goals this season.

Bundesliga: With a draw and a loss in its last two games, Bayern Munich is in the midst of its longest winless streak in a year. The team changed coaches last time that happened. That doesn’t appear in the offing this fall but the six-time defending league champions are in need of a win Saturday over Borussia Monchengladbach (FS2, 9:30 a.m. PDT).