A battle of unbeaten sides and Man Utd at a crossroads: Three key talking points ahead of Matchweek 6 in the Premier League

September ends with another round of Premier League matches and there are some big storylines to watch out for. 

The last two remaining undefeated sides meet this weekend and Manchester United go for back-to-back victories.

Here, DAZN News looks at some of the key talking points heading into the weekend fixtures.

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Could Palace hand Liverpool their first loss of the season?

The Reds have been perfect through the first five weeks of the campaign, finding new and exciting ways to secure victories as they've won all five of their matches thus far.

In the first four league games, Liverpool played the role of the cardiac kids as they left it late in each match before scoring late — sometimes really late — to snatch the three points. Their heroics in the dying minutes even extended into the Champions League after they toppled Atletico Madrid on Matchday 1 of that competition thanks to a 92nd-minute Virgil van Dijk header.

However, things changed last weekend as Arne Slot's side jumped to an early lead against neighbours Everton and held onto it throughout the entirety of the match, perhaps giving a glimpse of how they will perform going forward.

Either way, Liverpool have managed to secure 15 points from their first five league fixtures, and now they are set to visit the only other undefeated side left in the Premier League: Crystal Palace.

The Eagles haven't been nearly as impressive as Liverpool through the early stages of the season, as their first five games resulted in two wins and three draws. Regardless, Palace are unbeaten and have actually not lost a match in their last 17 games across all competitions (11 in the league) if you go back to last season.

That impressive run includes their FA Cup victory over Manchester City and their Community Shield victory against this same Liverpool side a week prior to the Premier League kicking off.

Palace are incredibly sturdy at the back, having only given up two goals thus far in the league, and will be at home for this fixture.

Will they prove to be the nut that Liverpool could not crack?

Manchester United at a crossroads

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It's pretty much the default setting for the Red Devils since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down all those years ago, but the club remains in a state of flux even after nearly a full year with Ruben Amorim in charge.

Man United have started the current campaign in much the same manner that they finished last season, although a bit of fortune presents them with an opportunity to improve their standing considerably.

While Amorim's men head into the weekend in 11th place, it's still early enough in the season that most teams ahead of them are within a good result or two. Man United are technically three points out of second place, albeit with a few tiebreakers standing in the way.

They are in this position with some luck — no one could have predicted Robert Sanchez's fatal mistake for Chelsea last weekend or Jaidon Anthony's ill-advised shirt tug deep into stoppage time in Matchweek 3, both plays leading directly to the Red Devils' lone pair of victories in the campaign so far.

But the result is all that matters, and Amorim must now find a way to get his team to capitalize on their fortune. 

This week's match against a struggling Brentford side with three losses to their name already is a good starting point.

Fulham on the rise?

It is a similar story at Craven Cottage, which is home to a side that boast two wins on the bounce (three if you include their midweek victory against Cambridge United in the Carabao Cup) and should be in great position for a third straight league victory when they visit Aston Villa.

The Cottagers were full value for their 3-1 victory over the aforementioned Bees last weekend and required a stroke of luck to claim a 1-0 win over Leeds United seven days prior, and now they are presented with the opportunity to face a Villa side that has scored just a single goal across five league matches.

With Villa's early woes and their quick turnaround from a Europa League match on Thursday, Fulham are in a prime position to be just the third Premier League team to win three consecutive matches this season.

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