Saturday April 3 will see a major milestone on the journey to the Premier League title.

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It is on that day that Manchester United play host to Chelsea and while it is unlikely that the eventual destination of the trophy will be settled it might just knock one of them out of the race.

As the fixture means that one of the two teams will be dropping points it is a fixture that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be watching with keen interest providing his side record expected victories over the likes of Burnley, Hull, West Ham, Birmingham and Wolves in the meantime.

It has been well documented that the Gunners have  negotiated all their matches against their title rivals yet despite losing all four matches in comprehensive style - whatever Mr Wenger might say - their bid for the championship is still on track.

The only two tough matches that they face are away to Tottenham and at home to Manchester City - Chelsea fans will be hoping for a similarly freakish outcome in the latter following the bizarre events at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

You could almost say it leaves Arsenal as favourites to finish top of the pile but others will say that having points on the board is more important.

Chelsea face tough trips to Anfield and White Hart Lane as well as Old Trafford and judging by their recent away form you would not bet on them emerging from those fixtures with too many points.

But Chelsea perform better against teams that come out to play against them which Manchester United, Liverpool and Spurs undoubtedly will do and it is far from inconceivable that Carlo Ancelotti's team could record three wins out of three.

Other than Chelsea, Manchester United host Spurs, Liverpool and travel across town to take on Manchester City and - like Chelsea's difficult dates - could just as easily win all three as drop points in all.

The league has ebbed and flowed over the last three months but on April 4 the real title favourites might just emerge.