The fixture computer has seen fit to bless us upon this pre-interlull weekend with a veritable feast of mouthwatering fixtures to tide us over for the 13 empty days that lie ahead.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a pair of Big Six clashes, one that will decide who gets to call themselves Arsenal\u2019s theoretical title rivals for a little while longer and another, perhaps more entertainingly, will tell usw which one out of Spurs and Man United is currently the silliest of those six clubs.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere there are relegation six-pointers to enjoy as well as the chance for signing-of-the-season Granit Xhaka to get one over his old club and give us all the chance of an actual title race.<\/p>\n
It is in every way a Big Weekend.<\/p>\n
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Game to watch: Manchester City v Liverpool<\/p>\n
Really does feel like it should be hyperbole to declare a meeting in early November between the only two teams to have won Premier League titles in the last eight years as must-win, but unless Sunderland have done something to halt the Arsenal express on Saturday then that is very much going to be the Super Sunday vibe.<\/p>\n
The likelihood is that when these two kick off in the last Premier League game for 13 days they will do so nine and 10 points respectively adrift of Mikel Arteta\u2019s runaway leaders<\/strong><\/a>. Whichever side remains that far adrift when the music stops at the Etihad a couple of hours later is going to be staring at a truly cavernous gap to contemplate overhauling, especially when the leaders have so perfected the art of defending that David Raya is currently making saves at the rate of approximately one per month.<\/p>\n It\u2019s probably \u2018must-win\u2019 more broadly, too, because if neither of them do so they might both be screwed.<\/p>\n So, who\u2019s going to win, then? It does feel like the answer ought to be Man City, with that \u201814\u2019 in the goals conceded column for Liverpool offering little hope that the defending champions are in any kind of shape to stop Erling Haaland running all over them in his current pomp<\/strong><\/a>, even after the restorative and necessary nature of recent victories over Aston Villa and especially Real Madrid<\/strong><\/a>, whose assorted superstars were kept remarkably quiet.<\/p>\n Even so, it doesn\u2019t feel too outlandish to suggest the team that\u2019s won four of its last five in the league is probably more likely to prevail in this one than the team that\u2019s one once in that time<\/strong><\/a>. Either way, it\u2019s uncomfortably early in the season\u2019s proceedings for these two to be facing the likely prospect of a another defeat \u2013 a fourth in City\u2019s case or fifth in Liverpool\u2019s \u2013 pretty much ruling them out as a serious player in this season\u2019s title race.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Team to watch: Tottenham<\/p>\n