🔗 Share this article English top flight: 10 things to look out for this matchday Walker faces Garnacho ready for a new battle Another northwest showdown may be on the cards as the Clarets' Kyle Walker confronts Chelsea's Alejandro Garnacho in Lancashire. The winger is finding his feet with Chelsea after his close-season transfer from the Red Devils and showcased his skills versus Wolverhampton before the fixture pause. His key pass for Pedro Neto mixed blistering pace and a ideal along-the-deck delivery. His creation for Malo Gusto entailed cutting inside prior to chipping a delivery to the back post. His celebration with Neto, mirroring his prior celebration with Kobbie Mainoo and Rasmus Højlund, acted as a testament of the speed at which things transform. The last time Garnacho encountered Walker? When the Argentine found the net for United in the FA Cup final victory against Manchester City. Burnley vs Chelsea, Saturday afternoon 12:30 PM (all times GMT) 2. Semenyo key to halting Cherries' slide Antoine Semenyo is getting the complete rumour-mill treatment amid a reported £65m escape clause for a potential January departure, the gossip columns preparing him for advancement from the Premier League's middle class. This is to be expected from a attacker with six finishes and three assists who is pleasurable to watch. Still, his team are in an tricky situation, having engaged in a role reversal: now it's the bottom-half team West Ham who arrive with consecutive triumphs, while Bournemouth have lost seven to one combined in their last two fixtures following an promising start to the season. Semenyo had his effort saved from the spot by Emi Martínez in their four-nil loss to Aston Villa however taking on a defence without a shutout in the league since the start of the season could be the perfect solution. Bournemouth against West Ham, Saturday 3:00 PM 3. Welbeck a left-field shout for the national team It proved intriguing to listen to Thomas Tuchel name-drop Danny Welbeck multiple times throughout the national team window although the Brighton attacker reaches 35 next week. “Without even knowing him, I understand what he could offer me,” stated the England coach. “He could serve as a reserve for Harry [Kane] in a quite conventional striker position.” Having won the last of his 42 international appearances several years ago, it's entirely possible that Welbeck may be on the plane for the World Cup provided he manages to maintain his goalscoring exploits. Once of Manchester United and Arsenal forward can claim additional strikes over every other English player in the top flight this term with six and remains anxious to increase that total as Brighton host Brentford this weekend. Brighton vs Brentford, Saturday afternoon 3pm The full-back required as creator and goalscorer Sessegnon's story has provided some warmth to Fulham's bumpy opening. The left-sided player, who came back to his boyhood club last year after five tough years at Tottenham, has become a regular starter, pushing forward on the left flank with the unavailable Antonee Robinson. The concern? Having scored twice, he's also their joint-top scorer this season together with Harry Wilson. The Mexican striker, their primary attacker in the last term, has scored once whereas Rodrigo Muniz is unavailable until 2026 due to hamstring surgery. Sessegnon is also being required to contribute as a creator replacing Robinson, who provided ten helpers last season. Fulham's following four games take in three of the top five plus Crystal Palace, who have let in merely nine goals this season this season. Danger looms for a side that have earned a name for consistency in the middle. Fulham versus Sunderland, Saturday afternoon three o'clock The occasion for The striker to produce for the Merseyside club The controversy about Virgil van Dijk's disallowed goal in the match with Manchester City did not camouflage Liverpool's inferiority in that game as they fell to a seventh defeat over ten fixtures. The manager's team must have a sustained recovery to force their way into the title race from their current spot, as well as a major upturn in results, and opportunity emerges as seven out of their next 10 league games facing sides at the moment in the bottom half in the standings. The threat is obvious posed by Nottingham Forest, the only team to deliver a defeat on their own turf to Liverpool in the last term, but it is not only Liverpool's performance when facing direct play and fast breaks that remains under the spotlight. The moment has come that Alexander Isak to show up wearing red. The £125m striker has not played in domestic action for a month having sustained a groin injury during his second appearance in the lineup in four days in continental competition triumph at Eintracht Frankfurt. The striker came back from the bench in Sweden's defeat against Switzerland but sat out the midweek dead rubber with Slovenia to guarantee his fitness for the World Cup knockout rounds. A yellow card during the game might have made him ineligible. He might be short of|lacking|deficient