# Canadians this weekend: Davies at Mainz, Jonathan David against Barcelona, and why Ismaël Koné is still not playing *Davies started Bayern's win in Madrid and plays at Mainz at 9:30 a.m. ET; David was a substitute twice this week before Atlético v Barcelona on Sunday; Koné has not played since breaking his leg at the World Cup.* News · Published 01:34 ET, Nov 7, 2026 · Match News (https://matchnews.news/ca/news/canadians-this-weekend-davies-at-mainz-david-against-barcelona-kone-still-out/) By News desk · Reviewed by Fredrik Jurek Alphonso Davies starts the Canadian weekend early. Bayern Munich play at Mainz on Saturday 7 November at 9:30 a.m. ET (15:30 CET), the last Bundesliga game before the international break, and Davies started Bayern's 2-0 win at Atlético Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday, in a midfield line with Michael Olise and Karl behind Harry Kane, before coming off for Minjae Kim after 79 minutes, according to Bayern's match report. The club's Spanish-language account credits him with winning the ball back in the Atlético box and feeding Kane in the move that led to Konrad Laimer's second goal. Bayern's preview of the Mainz game lists the absentees, Musiala, Gnabry, Díaz, Saibari and Ndiaye, and does not mention Davies, so he is expected to be available. This site's preview of the game is on the Matches desk. TSN reported on Tuesday that Davies is back in Canada's squad for the Nations League quarter-final against Guatemala, quoting coach Jesse Marsch: "I'm super excited to have him back." ## Jonathan David before Atlético v Barcelona Jonathan David's Atlético Madrid host Barcelona on Sunday 8 November at 3:00 p.m. ET (21:00 CET), first against second in La Liga, in the game this site previewed on Thursday. David, on loan from Juventus, has been a substitute in both of Atlético's games this week: he came on for Lee Kang-in after 67 minutes in the 2-0 win at Levante on 31 October, LaLiga's match page shows, and for Julián Álvarez after 75 minutes against Bayern on Tuesday, according to Bayern's report, without a goal in either. LaLiga's player page gives him three goals and two assists in 318 league minutes this season. The match card is on Thursday's preview. ## Why Koné is not playing Ismaël Koné's Sassuolo play at Roma on Saturday at 2:45 p.m. ET (20:45 CET), and Koné will not be involved. ESPN's player page shows no appearances for him in Serie A this season, and the reason goes back to the World Cup: Koné broke a bone in his lower leg after 51 minutes of Canada's game against Qatar on 18 June and had surgery that night in Vancouver, Daily Hive reported at the time, with a full recovery expected but no date. Sassuolo made his move from Marseille permanent in February, TSN reported, by exercising a clause in the loan deal. No Sassuolo statement on his return was found on Saturday morning, and he is not in the November squad. ## The rest of the list Derek Cornelius is out of the Canada squad through injury, TSN reported on Tuesday, so his part in Lens v Marseille on Sunday at 2:45 p.m. ET (20:45 CET) is doubtful; no detail of the injury was found on an allowed source. Tajon Buchanan, Tani Oluwaseyi and Nathan Saliba, all named in the squad from Villarreal, play Getafe at home on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET (18:30 CET). In the Premier League, Promise David's Brighton host Brentford and Daniel Jebbison's Bournemouth go to Ipswich, both on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. ET (15:00 CET). Niko Sigur and Jacen Russell-Rowe's Toulouse beat Strasbourg 3-1 on Friday night, according to this site's licensed fixture feed; whether either played could not be checked, because neither the league's nor the club's match page was reachable on Saturday morning. ## Decision Day Major League Soccer's regular season ends on Saturday. Vancouver Whitecaps, who have already finished first in the Western Conference for the first time in the club's history and have home advantage through the Western playoffs, according to the club, play at CF Montréal at 4:00 p.m. ET (22:00 CET), the time in this site's feed and in Thursday's preview on this site; the club's own match report from last Sunday's 5-1 win over Seattle gives the start as 2 p.m. Pacific, which would be an hour later. Their first playoff game is at home on Sunday 22 November. Toronto FC are out: MLS's clinching page records that Toronto lost 3-1 at Atlanta and Columbus beat D.C. United 3-0 last weekend, the two results that ended their season, so Saturday's game at Philadelphia at 4:00 p.m. ET (22:00 CET) decides nothing for Toronto. Thursday's preview on this site has the detail. ## The Guatemala tie Canada play Guatemala in Guatemala City on Friday 13 November at 9:00 p.m. ET (03:00 CET on Saturday) and at BMO Field in Toronto on Monday 16 November at 8:00 p.m. ET (02:00 CET on Tuesday), according to MLS's roster article and the Whitecaps' own preview of the window. The winner over two legs goes to the Nations League finals in Los Angeles in March 2027 and qualifies for the 2027 Gold Cup, MLS says. The 23-man squad, named on Tuesday 3 November, has ten MLS players, among them Toronto's Richie Laryea and Jonathan Osorio and Vancouver's Ralph Priso. ## Sources 1. Match report: Atlético Madrid v FC Bayern, Champions League, 3 November 2026 (FC Bayern München) https://fcbayern.com/en/news/matchreports/2026/11/match-report-champions-league-atletico-madrid-v-fc-bayern-031126 - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 2. Crónica Champions League: Atlético Madrid v FC Bayern (FC Bayern München) https://fcbayern.com/es/noticias/matchreports/2026/11/cronica-champions-league-atletico-madrid-fc-bayern - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 3. Vorschau Bundesliga: 1. FSV Mainz 05 - FC Bayern (match preview, 6 November 2026) (FC Bayern München) https://fcbayern.com/de/news/vorberichte/2026/11/vorschau-bundesliga-1.-fsv-mainz-05-fc-bayern - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 4. Davies returns to Canada roster for Nations League quarter-finals (TSN) https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/article/davies-returns-to-canada-roster-for-nations-league-semis/ - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 5. Canada roster: 10 MLS players called for Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals (Major League Soccer) https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/canada-roster-10-mls-players-called-for-concacaf-nations-league-quarterfinals - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 6. Levante UD v Atlético de Madrid, LaLiga matchday 11 (LaLiga) https://www.laliga.com/en-US/match/temporada-2026-2027-laliga-ea-sports-levante-ud-atletico-de-madrid-11 - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 7. Jonathan David (player page) (LaLiga) https://www.laliga.com/en-CA/player/jonathan-david - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 8. Ismaël Koné (player page) (ESPN) https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/news/_/id/325001 - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 9. Koné completes permanent move to Sassuolo (TSN) https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/article/kone-completes-permanent-move-to-sassuolo/ - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 10. Canada's Ismaël Koné out of the World Cup after surgery (Daily Hive) https://dailyhive.com/calgary/canada-fifa-world-cup-update-ismael-kone - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 11. Whitecaps FC clinch first place in the Western Conference (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/vwfc-top-west - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 12. Matchday 34: who can clinch a playoff spot or be eliminated (Major League Soccer) https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/matchday-34-who-can-clinch-playoffs-or-be-eliminated-2026 - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 13. Priso and the CanMNT's November Nations League window (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/priso-canmnt-november-nations-league - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 14. Fixtures (licensed feed, generated 2026-11-07T05:23Z, in data/latest.json) (football-data.org via Match News) https://www.football-data.org/ - Read 01:12 ET, Nov 7, 2026 --- 19+ (18+ in Quebec, Alberta and Manitoba). Gambling involves risk and can be addictive. 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