If you’re an English football fan, the rivalry between the Red Sox and Yankees should feel familiar. When these two storied franchises face off on Saturday and Sunday, it’s the U.S. version of the always-entertaining heavyweight battle that is Liverpool vs. Manchester United. Not only do the teams and their fan bases hate each other -- with 19 match-ups every year that often determine who goes to the playoffs and who goes home -- but the Sox and Yanks reflect their English Premier League counterparts, too.

The Red Sox and Liverpool are basically the MLB and EPL versions of each other. For starters, their respective home fields -- Fenway Park and Anfield -- are historic parks with quirky sightlines. If that's not enough, the teams share one more big commonality: When Liverpool was in dire financial straits a few years ago -- which could have sent the soccer giant out of the upper echelon of the Premier League -- Red Sox owner John Henry’s Fenway Sports Group consortium bought the club and saved it. Like they did with Fenway, the ownership group modernized Anfield with a number of renovations, including the addition of 13,000 seats, and Liverpool has continued to be successful on the field. While it hasn’t won a title in England’s top flight since 1990 (which predates the “Premier League era”), Liverpool did take home the prestigious Champions League crown in June as club champions of Europe.

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Meanwhile, there is no comparison more apt than the Yankees and Manchester United, two clubs obsessed with their championship legacies. New York fans like nothing more than to point to their MLB-leading 27 World Series championships, much the way Man U supporters look to their run of success in the 1990s.

That extends to streetwear. Walk down any city street and you’ll likely see both the interlocking NY logo or United’s Red Devil festooned upon all sorts of clothing. The two clubs have transcended their sports to become symbols of prestige as the sporting versions of Gucci or Prada.

How does the rest of the EPL match up with their MLB counterparts? Let’s break them down.

Arsenal: St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals haven’t finished with a sub-.500 record since 2007, and yet they haven’t won the World Series since 2011. That mirrors Arsenal’s consistent run of top-four finishes (1996-2016) since their last league title in 2003–04.

Aston Villa: Cincinnati Reds
The Reds debuted in 1869 -- only five years before the Villains. Cincinnati's Big Red Machine also decimated the Majors in the mid-1970s, just as the Claret and Blue Army demolished opponents en route to first division and European championships in the early 1980s. Though they've struggled recently, both teams are on the upswing.

Bournemouth: Tampa Bay Rays
Bournemouth rose from the depths of League Two and play an attractive style of football despite calling the smallest ground in the Premier League home. The Rays consistently acquire overlooked players and find creative ways to remain competitive despite having one of the league’s lowest payrolls.

Brighton: San Diego Padres
Both cities are beachy locales known more for their relaxing vibes than their sports teams. Brighton is in the midst of its longest stretch of top-flight football since the early '80s, while the Padres and superstar Manny Machado could soon ascend to the top of the National League.

Burnley: Cleveland Indians
Burnley's last First Division title was in 1959–60. The Indians last won the World Series in 1948. Both clubs are also led by managers -- Sean Dyche and Terry Francona, respectively -- who have become part of the very fabric of the team.

Chelsea: Chicago Cubs
Just as Chelsea once struggled in the Second Division, only to become a powerhouse of English football, so go the Cubs. The Cubbies labored for decades with the title of The Lovable Losers before ending a 108-year World Series drought in 2016.

Everton: Chicago White Sox
Despite their league titles in the 1980s, Everton will seemingly always be overshadowed by their Merseyside neighbor, Liverpool. That is much the same for the White Sox, the South Side team often overshadowed by Cubs-mania. The White Sox 2005 World Series championship ended their own 88-year titleless slide.

Leicester City: Kansas City Royals
Leicester City won the most unlikely Premier League title in 2016. Using a similar speed and defense approach, the Royals ended a 28-season playoff drought with back-to-back World Series appearances, emerging victorious in 2015.

Manchester City: Los Angeles Dodgers
Both clubs have nearly unlimited cash and plenty of star power. But there’s one other connection that their fans probably don’t like: Just as Man City have failed to win the Champions League, the Dodgers have lost in back-to-back World Series as part of a three-decades long titleless span.

Newcastle United: Toronto Blue Jays
Newcastle is so far north in England, it may as well be a different country. Meanwhile, Toronto is the lone MLB club in Canada.

Norwich City: Oakland Athletics
The A’s and the Canaries are two of the rare teams to don the underutilized yellow-and-green look. Unfortunately, they also have a nasty habit of interspersing great seasons with ones in the basement.

Crystal Palace: Seattle Mariners
Palace has become the hipster’s team of choice in the States thanks to their passionate fans and unique in-stadium experience. Meanwhile, Mariners fans celebrate Felix Hernandez’s starts with The King’s Court, where fans wear bright-yellow T-shirts and eat giant turkey legs.

Sheffield United: Pittsburgh Pirates
Sheffield United earned their nickname, The Blades, from the region’s historical ties to steel. The Pirates hail from the Steel City -- and what seafaring pirate doesn’t carry a sword?

Southampton: Miami Marlins
Both of these seaside clubs owe much of their success to the ability to develop talent from within. Sadly, that also means watching those stars eventually leave and play for larger clubs.

Tottenham: New York Mets
Just as a last-minute goal concession is known as being “spursy,” Mets fans respond to losses with a tongue-in-cheek “Let’s go Mets.” Self-deprecating humor attaches itself to these fanbases.

Watford: Baltimore Orioles
Sporting similar colors -- the O’s in orange instead of Watford’s yellow -- each team’s most successful period came in the 1970s and ’80s.

West Ham United: Philadelphia Phillies
West Ham fans are a strange lot. They're known for their toughness and joy in singing the decidedly not tough, “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles.” Philadelphia fans are much the same, as they’ll either rally behind the goofy Phanatic mascot … or boo Santa Claus.

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Milwaukee Brewers
Playing in a smaller midwest city, the Brewers have acquired some of the league’s best players to become one of the most exciting teams in the league. Sounds a bit like Wolves’ star-studded Midlands club, huh?

A version of this story appears in the official game program for the London Series.