English Premier League standings, fixtures: Jan. 18

LONDON — The latest English Premier League standings and complete schedule ahead of another very busy weekend on Saturday, Jan. 21 and Sunday, Jan. 22.

Chelsea continue to lead a sprited Top 6, while Swansea City, Sunderland and Hull City are the teams currently occupying the relegation places.

After easily putting away defending champions Leicester City 3-0 at the weekend, Chelsea head into the round 22 fixtures seven points ahead of second-place Tottenham and third-place Liverpool who are both on 45 points.

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Sitting in the last Champions League spot at the moment is Arsenal and the Gunners have 44 points after 21 games.

Manchester City, who are coming off a frustrating 4-0 defeat at Everton on Sunday, have 42 points and are sitting in fifth place at the moment with city rivals Manchester United, who played to a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at the weekend, in sixth with 40pts.

Rounding out the Top 10 after 21 rounds of games are Everton in seventh on 33pts, followed by West Bromwich Albion (29), Stoke City (27) and Burnley (26).

Bournemouth (25), West Ham United (25), Southampton (24) Watford (23) and Leicester City (21) are 11 through 15.

Completing the bottom five are Middlesbrough (20), Crystal Palace (16), Hull City (16), Sunderland (15) and Swansea City (15).

Below are the complete English Premier League fixtures and the table standings heading into this weekend’s round of fixtures.

English Premier League fixtures

Saturday, January 21 (ET)

Liverpool v Swansea City (7:30 AM)
Bournemouth v Watford (10:00 AM)
Crystal Palace v Everton (10:00 AM)
Middlesbrough v West Ham United (10:00 AM)
Stoke City v Manchester United (10:00 AM)
West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland (10:00 AM)
Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (12:30 PM)

Sunday, January 22 (ET)

Southampton v Leicester City (7:00 AM)
Arsenal v Burnley (9:15 AM)
Chelsea v Hull City (11:30 AM)

English Premier League Standings
on Wednesday, Jan. 18

Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Chelsea 21 17 1 3 45 15 52
2 Tottenham Hotspur 21 13 6 2 43 14 45
3 Liverpool 21 13 6 2 49 24 45
4 Arsenal 21 13 5 3 48 22 44
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5 Manchester City 21 13 3 5 41 26 42
6 Manchester United 21 11 7 3 32 20 40
7 Everton 21 9 6 6 32 23 33
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8 West Bromwich Albion 21 8 5 8 28 28 29
9 Stoke City 21 7 6 8 27 33 27
10 Burnley 21 8 2 11 23 31 26
11 Bournemouth 21 7 4 10 30 37 25
12 West Ham United 21 7 4 10 26 35 25
13 Southampton 21 6 6 9 19 26 24
14 Watford 21 6 5 10 23 36 23
15 Leicester City 21 5 6 10 24 34 21
16 Middlesbrough 21 4 8 9 17 22 20
17 Crystal Palace 21 4 4 13 30 40 16
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18 Hull City 21 4 4 13 20 45 16
19 Sunderland 21 4 3 14 20 40 15
20 Swansea City 21 4 3 14 23 49 15