Man City eye summit
Big-spending Manchester City having a chance to go top of the Premier League on Saturday is no surprise, but the possibility their opponents Watford will climb to the summit of English football if they win at Vicarage Road certainly is.
Table-toppers Manchester United and Manchester City, currently second on goal difference, both have 10 points from their opening four Premier League games.
But with United not playing until Sunday, City have a chance to leapfrog their local rivals.
City spent more than £200 million on new players during the recent transfer window, with the club desperate to make an impact on the Champions League in particular after bowing out in the last 16 last term.
Nevertheless it was an established City player in England centre-back John Stones who scored twice for Pep Guardiola's expensively-assembled side as they won 4-0 away to Dutch champions Feyenoord in an impressive start to their Champions League campaign on Wednesday.
Spanish manager Guardiola was delighted by his side's positive approach, saying: "We did not play back. We were aggressive."
FIXTURES
(1400 GMT unless stated):
Saturday: Crystal Palace v Southampton (1130 GMT), Huddersfield v Leicester, Liverpool v Burnley, Newcastle v Stoke, Tottenham v Swansea (1630 GMT), Watford v Manchester City, West Brom v West Ham
Sunday: Chelsea v Arsenal (1230 GMT), Manchester United v Everton (1500 GMT)
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