Only Liverpool (1st) and Manchester City (2nd) are doing what is expected of them, whilst Arsenal (4th) are above Tottenham Hotspur (6th), Chelsea (7th) and Manchester United (10th), who are all lower down than expected.
That's why, before the Premier League steps aside so that their players can go away with international teams, they all have the opportunity to go up in the table if they add to the points they already have.
Manchester City, who will receive the visit of the irregular Wolverhampton Wanderers (Sunday, 13:00 GMT). Nuno Espirito Santo's team are finally winning this season and after making their Premier League debut against Watford, they had a good week against Besiktas in the Europa League.
Pep Guardiola's City, for their part, have not stumbled for almost a month, when they lost to Norwich City and since then have maintained a balance of 16 goals scored and only one conceded.
The pressure will be on the 'Blues', who are five points behind league leaders Liverpool and could potentially widen this gap to 8 points if they lose at the weekend, also providing that the 'Reds' can win against Leicester, the big 'revelation' of this season.
The 'Foxes' are, surprisingly, in third place, thanks to hard work put in by James Maddison, Jamie Vardy, Wilfred Ndidi and Youri Tielemans and will travel to Anfield (Saturday, 14:00 GMT) to repeat what happened last year, when they came away with a point.
Liverpool will arrive after having straightened their Champions League campaign in the Salzburg madness (4-3) and not yet spotting mistakes in the domestic competition, where they are comfortably the leaders.
Before Liverpool, Tottenham face off at the Amex Stadium at Brighton & Hove Albion (11:30 GMT) seeking forgiveness from their fans for seven goals conceded against Bayern Munich.
Mauricio Pochettino's job at Tottenham is in doubt due to the team's bad run of form, they are 6th in the league, eliminated from League Cup ang humiliated in the Champions League, they will return to the arena in a complicated field with no choice but to leave the south of England with a victory.
The rest of the greats will have to wait their turn until Sunday. Arsenal will face Bournemouth (Sunday, 13:00 GMT), Chelsea, who beat Lille 1-2 in Champions League, will visit Southampton, and Manchester United will close the day (15:30 GMT) against Newcastle United, with the casualties of Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial undermining the team.