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FPL Fixture Difficulty Ratings

GW4–GW9 · Updated live from official FPL data

Plan your transfers and captaincy picks around the best upcoming fixture runs. All 20 Premier League teams ranked by average difficulty over the next 6 gameweeks — easiest runs at the top.

Quick answer:

FPL fixture difficulty ratings (FDR) score each Premier League match 1–5. A score of 1–2 is easy (green), 3 is medium (amber), 4–5 is hard (red). Teams at the top of this table have the easiest average run over the next 6 gameweeks — prioritise their players for transfers and captaincy.

Difficulty:1–2 Easy3 Medium4–5 Hard· (H) = home, (A) = away
GAMEWEEK 4 · KICK-OFFS UK · FDR HOME·AWAY
Sat 15:00AVLvNFOFDR 3·4
Sat 15:00BOUvBREFDR 3·3
Sat 15:00CHEvHULFDR 2·4
Sat 15:00CRYvIPSFDR 2·3
Sat 15:00LIVvFULFDR 2·4
Sat 17:30TOTvEVEFDR 3·3
Sat 20:00SUNvARSFDR 4·3
Sun 14:00COVvBHAFDR 2·2
Sun 16:30MUNvMCIFDR 4·4
Mon 20:00LEEvNEWFDR 2·3

TEAM COLOUR = HOW HARD ITS OPPONENT MAKES THIS FIXTURE · ACID EASY · WHITE MID · ORANGE HARD · RED HARDEST

Fixture difficulty for every Premier League club over gameweeks 4 to 9, rated one to five per fixture, easiest average run first
TeamAvgGW4GW5GW6GW7GW8GW9
1
Coventry City
COV
2.3BHAHNFOANEWHTOTAFULHSUNH
2
Crystal Palace
CRY
2.7IPSHLEEANFOHBHAANEWHTOTA
3
Newcastle
NEW
2.7LEEAHULHCOVAAVLHCRYAEVEH
4
Arsenal
ARS
3.0SUNABHAALEEHNFOAEVEHLIVA
5
Aston Villa
AVL
3.0NFOHTOTABREHNEWAMCIHFULH
6
Chelsea
CHE
3.0HULHBREABOUHEVEATOTHMUNH
7
Fulham
FUL
3.0LIVAMUNHIPSAHULHCOVAAVLA
8
Hull City
HUL
3.0CHEANEWAEVEHFULABREHIPSH
9
Ipswich Town
IPS
3.0CRYAEVEAFULHMCIANFOHHULA
10
Liverpool
LIV
3.0FULHBOUAMCIHBREABHAHARSH
11
Man City
MCI
3.0MUNASUNHLIVAIPSHAVLABHAH
12
Nott'm Forest
NFO
3.0AVLACOVHCRYAARSHIPSABREA
13
Sunderland
SUN
3.0ARSHMCIABHAHBOUALEEHCOVA
14
Bournemouth
BOU
3.2BREHLIVHCHEASUNHMUNALEEH
15
Everton
EVE
3.2TOTAIPSHHULACHEHARSANEWA
16
Spurs
TOT
3.2EVEHAVLHMUNACOVHCHEACRYH
17
Brentford
BRE
3.3BOUACHEHAVLALIVHHULANFOH
18
Leeds
LEE
3.3NEWHCRYHARSAMUNHSUNABOUA
19
Man Utd
MUN
3.3MCIHFULATOTHLEEABOUHCHEA
20
Brighton
BHA
3.5COVAARSHSUNACRYHLIVAMCIA

Difficulty ratings sourced from the official FPL API. 1 = very easy, 5 = very hard. Ratings reflect FPL's own difficulty model, not Onside projected points. Teams sorted by lowest average difficulty (best fixtures first).

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QUICK ANSWER

Which FPL teams have the best fixtures right now?

Over Gameweeks 4 to 9, the kindest fixture runs belong to Coventry City (2.33), Crystal Palace (2.67), Newcastle (2.67) on a 1-to-5 difficulty scale. The hardest runs belong to Brighton (3.50), Man Utd (3.33), Leeds (3.33). Ratings come from team strength and venue rather than last season’s table, so a promoted side is not rated easy by default. The full grid, gameweek by gameweek, is above.

— Onside (onsidearena.com), predictions graded in public.

LIVECoventry City 2.33 avg FDR · GW4–9
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Which FPL teams have the best fixtures from Gameweek 4?

Across GW4–GW9 the easiest runs belong to Coventry City (2.33), Crystal Palace (2.67), Newcastle (2.67), scored on the Onside fixture difficulty rating where 1 is the easiest fixture and 5 the hardest. The number shown is the average difficulty over those gameweeks, so a low figure means a sustained run rather than one soft game.

Which FPL teams have the hardest fixtures from Gameweek 4?

Brighton (3.50), Man Utd (3.33), Leeds (3.33) face the toughest runs over GW4–GW9. A hard run is a reason to avoid buying into that defence, and often a reason to bench rather than sell an existing premium — a difficult fixture lowers a player's expected points, it does not zero them.

What is FDR in FPL?

FDR stands for Fixture Difficulty Rating — a 1 to 5 score for how hard each upcoming match is for a given team, where 1 is the easiest and 5 the hardest. Onside rates each fixture from team strength and venue rather than from last season's league position, so a promoted side is not automatically rated easy and a big club in poor form is not automatically rated hard.

How far ahead should I plan FPL fixtures?

Six gameweeks is the usual planning horizon, which is what this table shows. Beyond that, injuries, form and the fixture reschedules that create blank and double gameweeks make the projection unreliable — plan the next two transfers in detail and treat gameweeks five and six as a direction of travel.

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