Premier League Week 4 Picks: How the Table Will Look After the Weekend

The Premier League resumes following the international break at 12.45 p.m. BST on Saturday, with Manchester United hosting newly-promoted Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.

The match kicks off a bumper package of eight Premier League ties on Saturday afternoon before Southampton host West Ham at 4 p.m. BST on Sunday and Liverpool travel to Swansea at 8 p.m. BST on Monday evening.

It is the Reds who have made the early running in the league this season and who are currently the only side with a 100 percent record in the division—a remarkable indication of the levels of competition in the English top flight.

However, will Brendan Rodgers and his side still be top come Tuesday morning?

Liverpool fans will be happy on Saturday evening if Everton can hold Chelsea for a draw, as predicted above.

If that should happen, then a draw at Swansea on Monday would guarantee the Anfield side remain top of the league table for now.

It will be a far-from-easy trip to the Liberty Stadium, with Swansea's poor start to the league campaign mainly due to the quality of opponent they have faced, having lost to both Manchester United and Tottenham.

If the predictions were to prove correct, however, it is interesting to note that the top six sides identified by many at the start of the year—last season's top four plus Tottenham and Liverpool—would already occupy the top six league positions.

Given the topsy-turvy nature of the opening weeks of the campaign, though, it is also worth mentioning that 13 sides from 5th to 17th would be separated by just three points.

At the bottom of the table, this weekend sees tough tests for West Brom and Sunderland—both of whom are predicted to lose. Sunderland host an in-form Arsenal side at the Stadium of Light, while Steve Clarke's insipid West Brom side head to Fulham.

With just four shots on target from three games thus far this season, per Whoscored, the Baggies will have to improve significantly to emerge victorious from what is a challenging away trip.

Elsewhere, for Ian Holloway's Crystal Palace, defeat at Old Trafford could well see the South London side slip into the bottom three with Everton, Swansea, Fulham and Hull all well placed to pick up points this weekend.

While the league table at this stage of the season is far from representative of how it will appear next May, we are now not far from the point where managers and supporters alike will begin to have major worries if their side is significantly under-performing.

For Sunderland and West Brom, in particular, the need to improve on their total of just a solitary point over the next couple of games could be crucial to the long-term mindset of the clubs this season.