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Premier League: The key talking points ahead of this weekend's action

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Matters are coming to a head at the bottom of the table.

Liverpool's seemingly inexorable march to a first league title in 30 years pitches them into battle with a resurgent Southampton this weekend as things hot up at the other end of the table.

A gap is starting to open up between the bottom six and the rest, and there is little margin for error with games running out fast.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the latest round of Premier League fixtures.

Big boots to fill

Manchester United new boy Bruno Fernandes could make his debut on Saturday evening as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men entertain Wolves. As if an initial price-tag of £46.6million – which could eventually rise by a further £12.7million – was not enough, the 19-times-capped Portugal international will have to cope with the burden of following Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon to Old Trafford, where it all worked out rather well for the current Juventus superstar.

Danny buoyed?

If there is such a thing as a relegation six-pointer, there are two of them this weekend. Eighteenth-placed Bournemouth would leapfrog Carabao Cup finalists Aston Villa, who are two places and as many points better off, with a win over them at the Vitality Stadium, while West Ham – who are clear of the bottom three only by virtue of goal difference – would drag Brighton in 15th firmly back into the mix with a home victory against the Seagulls.

Crunch time for Canaries

Norwich manager Daniel Farke takes his side to Newcastle on Saturday (Antony Devlin/PA)

If the need for all those inside the bottom six becomes more pressing by the week, the plight of promoted Norwich grows ever more stark. Daniel Farke's men head into their trip to Newcastle having collected just 17 points from their first 24 games and one win in their last 11 league games to lie six points adrift of second-bottom Watford. A failure to address that run at St James' Park could see them slip further off the pace.

Saints alive

Hasenhüttl previews Southampton's trip to Liverpool

✅✅✅✅❓Can we make it five Premier League away wins in a row? The boss previews the toughest test of all, as we prepare for Liverpool FC:

Posted by Southampton FC on Thursday, January 30, 2020

Southampton's recent fightback has been little short of remarkable. Few would have given them much chance of survival on the night at the end of October that they were trounced 9-0 at home by a rampant Leicester. Three months on, they head for Anfield on Saturday having lost just one of their last nine games in all competitions and are only three points worse off than Manchester United in fifth.

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2Manchester CityMan City1072121111023
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest10541147719
4Chelsea105322012818
5Arsenal105321711618
6Aston Villa105321715218
7Tottenham HotspurSpurs1051422111116
8Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton104421714316
9Fulham104331413115
10Bournemouth104331312115
11Newcastle UnitedNewcastle104331010015
12Brentford104151920-113
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd10334912-312
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham103251319-611
15Leicester CityLeicester102441418-410
16Everton102351017-79
17Crystal Palace10145813-57
18Ipswich TownIpswich100551021-115
19Southampton10118719-124
20Wolverhampton WanderersWolves100371427-133
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