Elite's weekend stroll looks ominous for chasing pack

LONDON - There will be no seismic shifts in the balance of soccer's richest competition if the first weekend of the new Premier League season is anything to go by.

Last season's top five all won, most of them comfortably; none of the three promoted clubs could manage victory and no team beat a side that finished above it last term.

It all made Leicester City's 5,000-1 title triumph in 2016 seem more unreal than ever.