THREE OF THE TOP-FIVE CLUBS TAKE TO THE PITCH IN LIVE

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION SATURDAY ON SETANTA SPORTS

TORONTO (January 8, 2009) – Aston Villa host West Brom Albion Saturday, January 10 at 7:30 a.m. ET/ 4:30 a.m. PT in the first of three consecutive live Barclays Premier League matches on Setanta Sports. The Home of International Soccer.

Aston Villa, currently fourth in the league table, will have their eye on both of the other live Premier League matches Saturday on Setanta. Both Arsenal (fifth in the table) and Liverpool (leaders of the Barclays Premier League) are in action in separate matches:

Arsenal vs. Bolton Wanderers                    @ 9:30 a.m. ET/ 6:30 a.m. PT
Stoke City vs. Liverpool                        @ 12:15 p.m. ET/ 9:15 a.m. PT

The French Football League also returns to Setanta this Saturday after a brief holiday hiatus as Auxerre hosts Marseille in Ligue 1 action at 3 p.m. ET/ 12 noon PT.

The live soccer action on Setanta continues Sunday, January 11 with a pair of matches beginning at 8 a.m. ET/ 5 a.m. PT when seventh-place Wigan Athletic host Tottenham Hotspur. Tottenham are treading water in the race to avoid relegation. Currently, the club is locked in a three-way for third from the bottom in the table. The bottom three clubs will be relegated for the 2009-10 season.

Later in the day at 3 p.m. ET/ 12 noon PT the focus shifts back to Ligue 1 when Bordeaux host Paris Sain-Germain.

Complementing the live soccer action are a pair of same-day Barclays Premier League match-ups Saturday on Setanta:

Portsmouth vs. Manchester City  @ 5 p.m. ET/ 2 p.m. PT
Middlesbrough vs. Sunderland    @ 6:45 p.m. ET/ 3:45 p.m. PT