Premier League fixtures today – your guide to Saturday’s games

The Premier League is back on Saturday with seven games and a full day of action for fans to enjoy.

The ongoing soap opera that is Manchester United takes centre stage in the early kick-off when they try to get back to winning ways against Fulham. Arguably the game of the weekend arrives in the evening slot with a fantastic fixture between a buoyant Newcastle and second-place Arsenal at St James’ Park.

Here’s all you need to know about all the Premier League action on Saturday.

Manchester United so badly need a routine victory to put the losses to Manchester City and Newcastle United behind them. It will take more than one win to arrest the dreary atmosphere, but a loss here against Fulham would result in a major storm.

The Cottagers have had a solid start to the season and know there is a big chance to take advantage of Man Utd’s crisis here.

Brentford and West Ham are separated by just one point coming into this game, with both fighting to stay in the top half of the Premier League. The two sides will be pretty pleased with their starts but also feel they have more to give.

West Ham are confident after their win against Arsenal in midweek, but the same can be said for Brentford after they beat Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge last weekend, so there is potential for this to be a really interesting game.

Manchester City won’t like not being top of the Premier League after ten games, but they could very feasibly be first come the end of the weekend. They are two points behind Arsenal and Tottenham, with both London sides facing tough opposition in Gameweek 11.

City easily dispatched of Man Utd and could have scored more goals, so the Cherries may well be fearing this trip to the Etihad on Saturday afternoon. They have won just one game this season and will be hoping to avoid a hammering.

While many thought it would be Luton Town, Sheffield United have become the team every fan is looking at and wondering: “When will they get another point?”

They sit rock bottom of the table but this game is the sort they have to view as an opportunity for three points. Wolves are up to 12th and have enjoyed some decent results of late under Gary O’Neil, but a home game against a bottom-half team has to be targeted by the Blades.

Doing only marginally better than Sheffield United, Burnley will be wondering what it takes to build a run of form in the Premier League these days. They are on just four points from ten games but could have what it takes to beat Crystal Palace.

There is no doubt Palace are better than Burnley right now, but if Vincent Kompany’s side can catch them on an off-day then there is the potential for a home win here. Another defeat would see the pressure start to mount on the Belgian coach.

These are two of the most unpredictable teams in the league. Everton have won and lost three apiece of their last six games and Sean Dyche will hope their victory last time out doesn’t mean a defeat is around the corner here.

Brighton are without a win in their last four Premier League games and in something of a rut themselves. The two sides traded crushing away wins at Goodison Park and the AMEX in their meetings last season.

One of the biggest games of the weekend, Arsenal travel to Newcastle knowing they have a chance to usurp Tottenham in the table that needs to be taken. However, here they will battle an extremely confident Magpies team.

Newcastle were impressive in midweek against Man Utd, while Arsenal were beaten by West Ham. They may only have been Carabao Cup games, but confidence is important and Newcastle might have more of it right now.

Both teams have a fair few players out injured but it should be an even contest at a very noisy St James’ Park.

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