Six points from those five games is genuinely relegation form. They’ve played Wolves, Bournemouth, Southampton, Hudderfield and West Ham and have only won once.
Look at all the teams below them and compare who they’ve had to play:
Burnley - Man United (and had Europa League to contend with)
Newcastle - Tottenham, Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal
Huddersfield - Chelsea, Man City
Cardiff - Arsenal, Chelsea
West Ham - Liverpool, Arsenal
Fulham - Tottenham, Man City
Brighton - Liverpool, Man United
Palace - Liverpool
Leicester - Liverpool, Man United
Only Southampton are yet to play any of the top 6, and only two below are yet to play more than one. They had the easiest start to the season imaginable and properly fucked it.