The best sports programming this weekend

It’s that unmistakable time of year when Christmas decorations come down and minnow clubs up and down the land build up a huge sense of false expectation. This morning’s Sun backs Southern League Division One side Chasetown with a back page and double-page spread, but will support from the country’s most-loved red top be enough to overcome Cardiff? See how they fare in Saturday’s Match of the Day, and catch four more-evenly contested games live on the box.

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FRIDAY

Rugby Union
Bath/ Gloucester (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm)

Cricket
Australia/ India - Second Test (Sky Sports 1, 11.30pm)

SATURDAY

Tennis
ATP Qatar Open Final (British Eurosport, 3.30pm)

FA Cup
Aston Villa/ Manchester Utd (BBC1, 5.15pm)

La Liga
Mallorca/ Barcelona (Sky Sports 1, 7pm)

Cricket
Australia/ India - Second Test (Sky Sports 1, 11.30pm)

SUNDAY

Rugby Union
Harlequins/ Leicester Guinness (Sky Sports 1, 1pm)

FA Cup
Burnley/ Arsenal (BBC1, 2pm)
Luton Town/ Liverpool (Sky Sports 1, 4pm)
Stoke City/ Newcastle Utd (BBC1, 6pm)

La Liga
Real Madrid/ Real Zaragoza (Sky Sports 1, 6pm)
Sevilla/ Real Betis (Sky Sports 1, 8pm)

NHL
Buffalo/ Atlanta (NASN, 7pm)