Leicester, Southampton and Villa hint at shake-up at the top

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - November 8, 2020 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy and teammates form a wall to defend a free kick taken by Wolverhampton Wanderers' Ruben Neves Pool via REUTERS/Michael Regan

LONDON, (Reuters) - Eight rounds into a Premier League season is usually a sufficient period for the big guns to start gathering near the top of the table and for the surprise early pace-setters to be on their inevitable slide.

Now and again a club from outside the accepted top-six will defy gravity for longer and once in a blue moon miracles happen, as Leicester City proved by winning the title in 2015-16 as 5000-1 outsiders.