For a fairly long stretch before the onslaught of Russian and Qatari money, Arsenal and United was the best rivalry in the Premier League, full of crunching tackles, scandalous comments by the managers and various food-related incidents. Though it's been slightly less captivating lately, especially after Sir Alex' exit, it's still a game that holds a lot of promise for both sets of fans as well as neutrals, and has indeed been picked as the game of the week by broadcasters. Arsenal hasn't beat United in the league since 2011, and on the back of some terrible performances against Anderlecht and Swansea they will have to show a lot more fortitude. Thankfully for them they might be seeing the return to play of Olivier Giroud, after an apparently speedy recovery. While Walcott will probably be sidelined, Danny Welbeck should be present on the pitch, where he'll be needed if the Gunners want to provide Alexis with some goalscoring help. Their opponents face their own injury-provoked struggles, with all of their high-priced summer defensive recruits now battling some sort of ailment, though Luke Shaw should be recovered in time. It's been said the team might make a push for more transfers this January rather than in the summer, but there is still a glut of games to go until then.
Before these two tackle the stuffing out of each other, Chelsea will play a West Brom side who haven't set the league on fire but have been far from an easy hurdle to clear for several big sides. Swansea travel to City only 3pts behind them, possibly looking to reenact the kind of performance they had against Arsenal before the break. West Ham will see if they can sneak into the top 3 when they welcome a slowly emerging Everton. On Sunday Liverpool will hope to get over the heartbreak of another Sturridge injury by getting a win against Palace, site of the infamous 3-3 draw where their title hopes were finally extinguished last season.

Spain: David Moyes' first game in charge at Real Sociedad will be against struggling Deportivo La Coruna, in what many have hailed the start of a great comeback. At the other side of the table there will be a top 5 clash when Barcelona and Sevilla face off in Camp Nou. Iniesta could be taking part as he practiced with the team this week.

Italy: the Inter ultras have welcomed Mancini's arrival like that of a savior, although that might be more due to Mazzari's unpopularity than visions of the bescarfed one leading the team back to 2004-2008 type glory. Juve could face a stern test as they go to Rome to face 5th place Lazio.

Germany: Dortmund somehow got a victory over dat 'Gladbach (courtesy of one of the best own goals I've ever seen http://gfycat.com/WhoppingHighBee), and now they face promotees SC Paderborn, who are having a fine season so far, in their attempt to climb back to a ranking more befitting of their pedigree.

France: With their win over Marseille PSG are now just one point back, and will look to claim an easy victory later today at Metz so they can rest a bit ahead of Tuesday's Champions League game against Ajax. Lots of internationals won't be available for various reasons, so it might be up to a rusty Zlatan to pick up the slack on this one.

EPL
Saturday 22 November 2014
10:00a Chelsea v West Brom
10:00a Everton v West Ham
10:00a Leicester v Sunderland
10:00a Man City v Swansea
10:00a Newcastle v QPR
10:00a Stoke v Burnley
12:30p Arsenal v Man Utd
Sunday 23 November 2014
8:30a Crystal Palace v Liverpool
11:00a Hull v Spurs
Monday 24 November 2014
3:00p Aston Villa v Southampton

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets