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Premier League Gameweek 4 Preview: Manchester Derby, Tottenham’s Crisis Point and Hull City’s Fairytale Continues

Football News · Updated 10 September 2026

Three rounds in and the table already has a genuine surprise package sitting pretty in the top four — and gameweek 4 looks built to test whether any of the early-season stories are the real deal. City and Arsenal are locked together at the top on nine points apiece, the Manchester derby lands at Old Trafford on Sunday, and at the other end of the division a boardroom crisis has swapped clubs since last time out. Here’s the full gameweek 4 breakdown, with betting odds courtesy of bet365, one of the Premier League’s established betting partners.

Manchester Derby: City’s Perfect Record on the Line at Old Trafford

Sunday’s late kick-off is the fixture of the round. Manchester City arrive at Old Trafford unbeaten from three, having outscored their opponents 7-2 under Enzo Maresca, with Erling Haaland already up to three goals for the season. Manchester United, by contrast, have swung wildly through their first three weeks — a shock 2-0 opening defeat to Hull City, a 5-2 romp over Ipswich, and a 2-2 draw with Everton in which they let a two-goal lead slip — and sit 11th on four points, with Bruno Fernandes (three goals, one assist) their standout performer. United will be without Amad Diallo and Carlos Baleba through injury, while City report a clean bill of health. United have won their last two home derbies but lost eight of the previous sixteen meetings with City at Old Trafford, so history offers encouragement without much of a guarantee.

Make-or-Break for De Zerbi as Winless, Goalless Spurs Host Everton

If gameweek 3 belonged to Everton’s crisis, gameweek 4 belongs to Tottenham’s. Roberto De Zerbi’s side have gone three league games without a win or a goal — losses to Brentford and Newcastle either side of a scoreless draw at Nottingham Forest — despite a summer outlay reported at more than £400 million on the likes of Sandro Tonali and Savio, plus loan additions Omar Marmoush and Mykhailo Mudryk. Reports suggest the Tottenham board is running short on patience, and Saturday’s visit of Everton, who arrive on the back of their own mixed start, is being framed as a genuine line-in-the-sand fixture for De Zerbi’s tenure. Everton themselves sit on five points from three and will fancy a share of the spoils, at the very least, against a home side that hasn’t looked convincing in any of its opening fixtures.

Hull City’s Fairytale Rolls On at Chelsea

Newly promoted Hull City remain the story of the season so far — third in the table, unbeaten, and yet to concede a single league goal, a record that already includes that opening-day win at Old Trafford. Saturday lunchtime’s trip to Chelsea, who sit fourth on six points after their own Arsenal test in gameweek 3, is by far the sternest examination of that run yet. Chelsea will start warm favourites on their own patch, but a Hull defence that hasn’t been breached in three matches is not the kind of record that invites much complacency.

Elsewhere in Gameweek 4

Arsenal, level on points with City at the top, make the trip to newly promoted Sunderland on Saturday evening — a fixture Mikel Arteta’s side will be expected to win but one that carries its own trap-game energy against a well-supported home crowd. Liverpool host a still-pointless Fulham on Saturday lunchtime looking to build on a steady rather than spectacular start, while Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town, Bournemouth and Brentford, and Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest round out Saturday’s early kick-offs among sides all still searching for their first real run of form. Sunday brings Coventry City’s first home game against Brighton, and the round closes out on Monday night with Leeds hosting Newcastle.

Gameweek 4 Match Odds

Odds correct at the time of writing and subject to change. Full markets available with bet365.

The Bottom Line

The Manchester derby will draw the eyes, but gameweek 4’s more revealing fixtures sit either side of it — a Tottenham side under real pressure hosting Everton, and a Hull City defence still unbroken heading to Chelsea. Three rounds have already reshuffled plenty of expectations; gameweek 4 looks like the round that starts separating the genuine stories from the early-season noise.