FPL Fixture Difficulty Ratings

GW6–GW11 · Updated live from official FPL data

UPDATED 2 OCT, 01:19 UK

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 6 · KICK-OFFS UK · FDR HOME·AWAY

Sat 12:30ARSvLEEFDR 3·5

Sat 15:00AVLvBREFDR 3·3

Sat 15:00CHEvBOUFDR 3·4

Sat 15:00IPSvFULFDR 2·2

Sat 15:00SUNvBHAFDR 3·3

Sat 17:30MUNvTOTFDR 2·4

Sun 14:00CRYvNFOFDR 3·3

Sun 14:00HULvEVEFDR 3·2

Sun 16:30LIVvMCIFDR 4·4

Mon 20:00COVvNEWFDR 3·2

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 6 to 11, rated one to five per fixture, easiest average run first
Team	Avg	GW6	GW7	GW8	GW9	GW10	GW11
1 Coventry City COV	2.7	NEWH	TOTA	FULH	SUNH	EVEA	CRYH
2 Fulham FUL	2.8	IPSA	HULH	COVA	AVLA	NEWH	MCIA
3 Man City MCI	2.8	LIVA	IPSH	AVLA	BHAH	NFOA	FULH
4 Spurs TOT	2.8	MUNA	COVH	CHEA	CRYH	LEEA	IPSH
5 Arsenal ARS	3.0	LEEH	NFOA	EVEH	LIVA	HULH	NEWA
6 Chelsea CHE	3.0	BOUH	EVEA	TOTH	MUNH	SUNA	LEEH
7 Ipswich Town IPS	3.0	FULH	MCIA	NFOH	HULA	BOUH	TOTA
8 Newcastle NEW	3.0	COVA	AVLH	CRYA	EVEH	FULA	ARSH
9 Sunderland SUN	3.0	BHAH	BOUA	LEEH	COVA	CHEH	AVLA
10 Aston Villa AVL	3.2	BREH	NEWA	MCIH	FULH	MUNA	SUNH
11 Bournemouth BOU	3.2	CHEA	SUNH	MUNA	LEEH	IPSA	NFOH
12 Brentford BRE	3.2	AVLA	LIVH	HULA	NFOH	BHAA	EVEH
13 Brighton BHA	3.2	SUNA	CRYH	LIVA	MCIA	BREH	HULA
14 Crystal Palace CRY	3.2	NFOH	BHAA	NEWH	TOTA	LIVH	COVA
15 Everton EVE	3.2	HULA	CHEH	ARSA	NEWA	COVH	BREA
16 Hull City HUL	3.2	EVEH	FULA	BREH	IPSH	ARSA	BHAH
17 Man Utd MUN	3.2	TOTH	LEEA	BOUH	CHEA	AVLH	LIVA
18 Nott'm Forest NFO	3.2	CRYA	ARSH	IPSA	BREA	MCIH	BOUA
19 Leeds LEE	3.5	ARSA	MUNH	SUNA	BOUA	TOTH	CHEA
20 Liverpool LIV	3.5	MCIH	BREA	BHAH	ARSH	CRYA	MUNH

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 6 to 11, the kindest fixture runs belong to Coventry City (2.67), Fulham (2.83), Man City (2.83) on a 1-to-5 difficulty scale. The hardest runs belong to Liverpool (3.50), Leeds (3.50), Nott'm Forest (3.17). 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 2.67 avg FDR · GW6–11

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Which FPL teams have the best fixtures from Gameweek 6?

Across GW6–GW11 the easiest runs belong to Coventry City (2.67), Fulham (2.83), Man City (2.83), 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 6?

Liverpool (3.50), Leeds (3.50), Nott'm Forest (3.17) face the toughest runs over GW6–GW11. 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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