Welcome to The Football Preview, the best place to find everything you need to know going intop the next week of football. Here, I will go through every EPL game this weekend, as well as select matches from the EFL, Europe and the rest of the world. This week, we’ll focus on Manchester City’s match against in-form Liverpool, who come in to the weekend on the back of a victory over Arsenal, in which they tore the North London side to pieces. We will also take a look at PSG’s first match involving Neymar and Kylian Mbappé and Atlético Madrid’s key match against Valencia.

EPL

Manchester City v Liverpool

We start with the big match of the weekend, as Liverpool will hope to beat title contendors Manchester City on the back of a huge victory over Arsenal. The Gunners were awful in that match, and the counter-attacking pace of Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salath and Roberto Firmino easily got past the lazy Arsenal defence every time. Manchester City also come into the game on the back of a win, but a far more narrow one than Liverpool, as they beat Bournemouth with a Raheem Sterling goal in the 97th minute, a player who was then sent off after running to celebrate with the away fans.

The game itself should be a good one, with both sides coming into it on seven points, and only goal difference and the incredibly impressive Huddersfield to split the two sides. However, Liverpool seem the stronger side, with City scraping their way to fourth place, while the Reds have stormed their way past Arsenal and Crystal Palace, and were unlucky to only get a stoppage-time draw against Watford in their first match of the season.

Overall, I would predict a 2-2 draw, with plenty of goals coming from the attacking prowess of Jesus and Agüero for City and that also of Salah, Coutinho (if the Brazilian decides to play) and Mané. The early kick off is certainly the game to watch this weekend.

Elsewhere

Saturday also features Everton v Tottenham, a match in which Spurs will look for a win, and Harry Kane will look for his first PL goal of the campaign, on the back of two goals in a simple game for England against Malta. Everton, on the oter hand, come into this game on the back of an eventful week, as Wayne Rooney was arrested for drink driving. They lost their last game against Chelsea, and have looked a lot less impressive without Romelu Lukaku

Speaking of Chelsea, the London side face Leicester, in a match between the former title holders, and the side that took that from them. Chelsea search for a third win on the bounce, with striker Morata hoping to continue a spectacular start. Another London side in Arsenal will face Bournemouth, as the Cherries look for their first point of the season. The Gunners will feel this is a must-win game, as their pathetic start to the season is only improved by an impressive start from new signing Alexandre Lacazette, who Arsene Wenger must surely start if Arsenal wish to have any chance of finding the match a breeze.

Manchester United play Stoke in the evening kick off, a game the Red Devils will hope to find easy, and in which Lukaku will hope to continue impressive form.

Brighton face West Brom, a team who have been incredible this season, while Brighton have been far less impressive, with just one point from three games.

Finally, Southampton play Watford on Saturday. Both teams have started the season well, and sit together on five points and unbeaten.

The highlight of Sunday is the relegation clash between Swansea and Newcastle, a match which should see a first start for Bayern Munich loanee Renato Sanches, a bright young player who should bring some spark to the Welsh side’s midfield. Newcastle come in to the game on the back of a dominant victory over West Ham. The other match of Sunday is Burnley against a weak Crystal Palace, which should be a simple game for the mid-tabel shoe-ins Burnley.

The last EPL game of the weekend features West Ham and Huddersfield. I expect the game to be a close one, as first-timers Huddersfield have started the season extremely strongly, and usual Europe contendors West Ham face the match with a 3-0 loss to Newcastle under their belt. Based on that, I would expect Huddersfield to edge this match.

Europe

Metz v PSG

Our first game in Europe is the fixture between bottom-of-the-table Metz and top-of-the-table PSG. While the match itself lacks interest, with Metz needing all but a miracle to get a result, the PSG line up will be no doubt incredible, particularly the front three, which will likely feature world record signing Neymar, Ángel Di María and youngster Kylian Mbappé,. who should, with the experience of Edison Cavani behind them, score an incredible amount of goals both in Europe and in France, earning what should be an easy Ligue 1 title.

Valencia v Atlético Madrid

Next up is the La Liga match between Valencia and Atlético, who both go into the match unbeaten and on four points. The focus will be on Valencia in this match, who need to prove to themselves and the rest of Spain that they are worthy of a Champions League place next season. A result aginst lst years finalists, and league title hopefuls, Atlético Madrid, would surely do that for the Spanish side.