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FPL fixture difficulty

Every Premier League club, next 6 gameweeks, rated by SmartPlay's own attack and defence model rather than a fixed club ranking. Blanks and doubles are marked in the grid.

GW 3Updated 4 Sept

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Attack and defence combined — the general read on who has the kinder run. Lower is easier.

Blanks & doubles · next 6 gameweeks

Every club plays exactly once in each of the next 6 gameweeks — nothing to plan a chip around yet. Switch to the 10 gameweek horizon to look further ahead.

Fixture difficulty:

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Easiest 6GW run: Newcastle 3.7

Fixture difficulty for every Premier League club over the next 6 gameweeks, overall lens, easiest run first. Lower ratings are easier.
Team	6GW	GW3	GW4	GW5	GW6	GW7	GW8
NEWNewcastle	3.7	BOU home, difficulty 3.8 out of 10	LEE away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10	HUL home, difficulty 3.9 out of 10	COV away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10	AVL home, difficulty 1.5 out of 10	CRY away, difficulty 3.0 out of 10
NFONott'm Forest	3.8	TOT home, difficulty 3.9 out of 10	AVL away, difficulty 1.6 out of 10	COV home, difficulty 3.7 out of 10	CRY away, difficulty 3.0 out of 10	ARS home, difficulty 8.0 out of 10	IPS away, difficulty 4.2 out of 10
HULHull City	4.6	AVL home, difficulty 1.5 out of 10	CHE away, difficulty 6.5 out of 10	NEW away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10	EVE home, difficulty 4.2 out of 10	FUL away, difficulty 4.3 out of 10	BRE home, difficulty 8.3 out of 10
MCIMan City	4.9	COV home, difficulty 3.7 out of 10	MUN away, difficulty 7.3 out of 10	SUN home, difficulty 6.0 out of 10	LIV away, difficulty 5.7 out of 10	IPS home, difficulty 3.6 out of 10	AVL away, difficulty 1.6 out of 10
TOTSpurs	4.9	NFO away, difficulty 6.4 out of 10	EVE home, difficulty 4.2 out of 10	AVL home, difficulty 1.5 out of 10	MUN away, difficulty 7.3 out of 10	COV home, difficulty 3.7 out of 10	CHE away, difficulty 6.5 out of 10
CRYCrystal Palace	5.1	FUL away, difficulty 4.3 out of 10	IPS home, difficulty 3.6 out of 10	LEE away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10	NFO home, difficulty 6.6 out of 10	BHA away, difficulty 8.1 out of 10	NEW home, difficulty 5.0 out of 10
MUNMan Utd	5.1	EVE away, difficulty 3.7 out of 10	MCI home, difficulty 9.1 out of 10	FUL away, difficulty 4.3 out of 10	TOT home, difficulty 3.9 out of 10	LEE away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10	BOU home, difficulty 3.8 out of 10
BREBrentford	5.2	SUN home, difficulty 6.0 out of 10	BOU away, difficulty 5.9 out of 10	CHE home, difficulty 6.6 out of 10	AVL away, difficulty 1.6 out of 10	LIV home, difficulty 6.7 out of 10	HUL away, difficulty 3.5 out of 10
FULFulham	5.3	CRY home, difficulty 5.1 out of 10	LIV away, difficulty 5.7 out of 10	MUN home, difficulty 7.4 out of 10	IPS away, difficulty 4.2 out of 10	HUL home, difficulty 3.9 out of 10	COV away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10
IPSIpswich Town	5.4	LIV home, difficulty 6.7 out of 10	CRY away, difficulty 3.0 out of 10	EVE away, difficulty 3.7 out of 10	FUL home, difficulty 4.8 out of 10	MCI away, difficulty 9.0 out of 10	NFO home, difficulty 6.6 out of 10
EVEEverton	5.6	MUN home, difficulty 7.4 out of 10	TOT away, difficulty 4.7 out of 10	IPS home, difficulty 3.6 out of 10	HUL away, difficulty 3.5 out of 10	CHE home, difficulty 6.6 out of 10	ARS away, difficulty 8.4 out of 10
CHEChelsea	5.7	ARS away, difficulty 8.4 out of 10	HUL home, difficulty 3.9 out of 10	BRE away, difficulty 8.2 out of 10	BOU home, difficulty 3.8 out of 10	EVE away, difficulty 3.7 out of 10	TOT home, difficulty 3.9 out of 10
AVLAston Villa	5.8	HUL away, difficulty 3.5 out of 10	NFO home, difficulty 6.6 out of 10	TOT away, difficulty 4.7 out of 10	BRE home, difficulty 8.3 out of 10	NEW away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10	MCI home, difficulty 9.1 out of 10
BHABrighton	5.8	LEE home, difficulty 5.5 out of 10	COV away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10	ARS home, difficulty 8.0 out of 10	SUN away, difficulty 5.8 out of 10	CRY home, difficulty 5.1 out of 10	LIV away, difficulty 5.7 out of 10
LIVLiverpool	6.1	IPS away, difficulty 4.2 out of 10	FUL home, difficulty 4.8 out of 10	BOU away, difficulty 5.9 out of 10	MCI home, difficulty 9.1 out of 10	BRE away, difficulty 8.2 out of 10	BHA home, difficulty 6.2 out of 10
ARSArsenal	6.2	CHE home, difficulty 6.6 out of 10	SUN away, difficulty 5.8 out of 10	BHA away, difficulty 8.1 out of 10	LEE home, difficulty 5.5 out of 10	NFO away, difficulty 6.4 out of 10	EVE home, difficulty 4.2 out of 10
COVCoventry City	6.4	MCI away, difficulty 9.0 out of 10	BHA home, difficulty 6.2 out of 10	NFO away, difficulty 6.4 out of 10	NEW home, difficulty 5.0 out of 10	TOT away, difficulty 4.7 out of 10	FUL home, difficulty 4.8 out of 10
BOUBournemouth	6.5	NEW away, difficulty 4.6 out of 10	BRE home, difficulty 8.3 out of 10	LIV home, difficulty 6.7 out of 10	CHE away, difficulty 6.5 out of 10	SUN home, difficulty 6.0 out of 10	MUN away, difficulty 7.3 out of 10
LEELeeds	6.7	BHA away, difficulty 8.1 out of 10	NEW home, difficulty 5.0 out of 10	CRY home, difficulty 5.1 out of 10	ARS away, difficulty 8.4 out of 10	MUN home, difficulty 7.4 out of 10	SUN away, difficulty 5.8 out of 10
SUNSunderland	7.4	BRE away, difficulty 8.2 out of 10	ARS home, difficulty 8.0 out of 10	MCI away, difficulty 9.0 out of 10	BHA home, difficulty 6.2 out of 10	BOU away, difficulty 5.9 out of 10	LEE home, difficulty 5.5 out of 10

How to read this page. Each cell shows the opponent and venue (H home, A away) coloured by how hard that fixture looks for the selected lens, on a 1–10 scale where lower is easier. Ratings come from SmartPlay's opponent model — recent expected goals for and against, pressing and territory, split by home and away form — not from the official difficulty banding. The 6GW column is the proximity-weighted average over the horizon, so the next gameweek counts for more than the tenth. A dash is a blank gameweek; two chips stacked in one cell is a double.