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FPL Fixture Difficulty

Clean-sheet planner

Opponent, venue and clean-sheet probability, sorted by average over the window you choose.
The small grey number is FPL’s own 1–5 difficulty rating for that fixture. A purple outline marks a fixture where the model and that rating disagree by two bands or more — hover it for both verdicts.

GW5–GW10
TeamAvgGW5GW6GW7GW8GW9GW10
Arsenal45%
Brighton (A)338%
Leeds (H)248%
Forest (A)346%
Everton (H)349%
Liverpool (A)434%
Hull (H)253%
Man City39%
Sunderland (H)251%
Liverpool (A)427%
Ipswich (H)250%
Aston Villa (A)433%
Brighton (H)234%
Forest (A)339%
Newcastle33%
Hull (H)235%
Coventry (A)243%
Aston Villa (H)328%
Palace (A)334%
Everton (H)330%
Fulham (A)329%
Tottenham28%
Aston Villa (H)332%
Man United (A)418%
Coventry (H)242%
Chelsea (A)421%
Palace (H)329%
Leeds (A)326%
Everton28%
Ipswich (H)234%
Hull (A)237%
Chelsea (H)417%
Arsenal (A)515%
Newcastle (A)320%
Coventry (H)243%
Forest27%
Coventry (H)244%
Palace (A)329%
Arsenal (H)420%
Ipswich (A)233%
Brentford (A)319%
Man City (H)419%
Fulham26%
Man United (H)417%
Ipswich (A)231%
Hull (H)230%
Coventry (A)236%
Aston Villa (A)420%
Newcastle (H)224%
Man United26%
Fulham (A)327%
Tottenham (H)326%
Leeds (A)326%
Bournemouth (H)324%
Chelsea (A)420%
Aston Villa (H)331%
Chelsea25%
Brentford (A)323%
Bournemouth (H)324%
Everton (A)326%
Tottenham (H)326%
Man United (H)421%
Sunderland (A)333%
Liverpool25%
Bournemouth (A)326%
Man City (H)422%
Brentford (A)322%
Brighton (H)226%
Arsenal (H)424%
Palace (A)332%
Leeds25%
Palace (H)333%
Arsenal (A)511%
Man United (H)424%
Sunderland (A)328%
Bournemouth (A)322%
Tottenham (H)329%
Brighton24%
Arsenal (H)419%
Sunderland (A)332%
Palace (H)333%
Liverpool (A)420%
Man City (A)513%
Brentford (H)329%
Brentford23%
Chelsea (H)420%
Aston Villa (A)422%
Liverpool (H)421%
Hull (A)231%
Forest (H)326%
Brighton (A)320%
Aston Villa23%
Tottenham (A)322%
Brentford (H)327%
Newcastle (A)315%
Man City (H)417%
Fulham (H)240%
Man United (A)414%
Bournemouth22%
Liverpool (H)417%
Chelsea (A)413%
Sunderland (H)236%
Man United (A)411%
Leeds (H)228%
Ipswich (A)229%
Sunderland22%
Man City (A)59%
Brighton (H)221%
Bournemouth (A)318%
Leeds (H)231%
Coventry (A)233%
Chelsea (H)418%
Coventry21%
Forest (A)322%
Newcastle (H)218%
Tottenham (A)318%
Fulham (H)227%
Sunderland (H)225%
Everton (A)315%
Hull21%
Newcastle (A)311%
Everton (H)329%
Fulham (A)320%
Brentford (H)324%
Ipswich (H)232%
Arsenal (A)58%
Palace20%
Leeds (A)322%
Forest (H)318%
Brighton (A)320%
Newcastle (H)223%
Tottenham (A)324%
Liverpool (H)414%
Ipswich18%
Everton (A)316%
Fulham (H)231%
Man City (A)57%
Forest (H)316%
Hull (A)223%
Bournemouth (H)317%

Attacking fixture ticker — expected goals

Expected goals per fixture, sorted by average over the window you choose.
Purple outlines mark model–FDR disagreements here too, through the attacking lens.

GW5–GW10
TeamAvgGW5GW6GW7GW8GW9GW10
Man City2.01
Sunderland (H)22.44
Liverpool (A)41.50
Ipswich (H)22.71
Aston Villa (A)41.77
Brighton (H)22.01
Forest (A)31.65
Arsenal1.87
Brighton (A)31.63
Leeds (H)22.21
Forest (A)31.60
Everton (H)31.87
Liverpool (A)41.45
Hull (H)22.47
Man United1.78
Fulham (A)31.80
Tottenham (H)31.72
Leeds (A)31.43
Bournemouth (H)32.20
Chelsea (A)41.57
Aston Villa (H)31.95
Chelsea1.71
Brentford (A)31.61
Bournemouth (H)32.01
Everton (A)31.75
Tottenham (H)31.57
Man United (H)41.61
Sunderland (A)31.71
Newcastle1.71
Hull (H)22.17
Coventry (A)21.70
Aston Villa (H)31.88
Palace (A)31.45
Everton (H)31.61
Fulham (A)31.43
Liverpool1.55
Bournemouth (A)31.76
Man City (H)41.30
Brentford (A)31.57
Brighton (H)21.62
Arsenal (H)41.08
Palace (A)32.00
Bournemouth1.53
Liverpool (H)41.37
Chelsea (A)41.44
Sunderland (H)21.69
Man United (A)41.41
Leeds (H)21.50
Ipswich (A)21.80
Brentford1.44
Chelsea (H)41.48
Aston Villa (A)41.32
Liverpool (H)41.53
Hull (A)21.42
Forest (H)31.68
Brighton (A)31.23
Tottenham1.42
Aston Villa (H)31.48
Man United (A)41.33
Coventry (H)21.69
Chelsea (A)41.35
Palace (H)31.43
Leeds (A)31.23
Everton1.37
Ipswich (H)21.87
Hull (A)21.23
Chelsea (H)41.36
Arsenal (A)50.71
Newcastle (A)31.21
Coventry (H)21.86
Brighton1.36
Arsenal (H)40.97
Sunderland (A)31.57
Palace (H)31.63
Liverpool (A)41.34
Man City (A)51.06
Brentford (H)31.59
Forest1.35
Coventry (H)21.52
Palace (A)31.72
Arsenal (H)40.78
Ipswich (A)21.81
Brentford (A)31.35
Man City (H)40.94
Aston Villa1.29
Tottenham (A)31.13
Brentford (H)31.50
Newcastle (A)31.26
Man City (H)41.11
Fulham (H)21.59
Man United (A)41.17
Fulham1.26
Man United (H)41.31
Ipswich (A)21.17
Hull (H)21.63
Coventry (A)21.29
Aston Villa (A)40.93
Newcastle (H)21.24
Leeds1.24
Palace (H)31.54
Arsenal (A)50.74
Man United (H)41.37
Sunderland (A)31.18
Bournemouth (A)31.26
Tottenham (H)31.34
Palace1.15
Leeds (A)31.11
Forest (H)31.25
Brighton (A)31.12
Newcastle (H)21.08
Tottenham (A)31.22
Liverpool (H)41.14
Sunderland1.10
Man City (A)50.68
Brighton (H)21.15
Bournemouth (A)31.03
Leeds (H)21.27
Coventry (A)21.37
Chelsea (H)41.11
Hull1.08
Newcastle (A)31.05
Everton (H)31.00
Fulham (A)31.19
Brentford (H)31.16
Ipswich (H)21.46
Arsenal (A)50.63
Ipswich1.07
Everton (A)31.08
Fulham (H)21.16
Man City (A)50.70
Forest (H)31.10
Hull (A)21.13
Bournemouth (H)31.23
Coventry0.92
Forest (A)30.82
Newcastle (H)20.84
Tottenham (A)30.86
Fulham (H)21.03
Sunderland (H)21.11
Everton (A)30.86

Where the model and FDR disagree

FPL’s 1–5 difficulty next to the model’s own view of the same fixture on the same scale. Gaps of two or more are listed here and ringed in the grids above — these are the fixtures where planning by FDR alone is most likely to mislead.

GWFixtureLensFPL saysModel saysRead
GW6Coventry v Newcastle (H)Defensive (clean sheet)25 (18% CS)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW6Coventry v Newcastle (H)Attacking (xG)25 (0.84 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW8Coventry v Fulham (H)Attacking (xG)25 (1.03 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW8Man City v Aston Villa (A)Attacking (xG)41 (1.77 xG)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW8Palace v Newcastle (H)Attacking (xG)25 (1.08 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW9Arsenal v Liverpool (A)Defensive (clean sheet)41 (34% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW11Hull v Brighton (H)Defensive (clean sheet)25 (18% CS)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW11Hull v Brighton (H)Attacking (xG)25 (1.08 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW12Arsenal v Man City (H)Defensive (clean sheet)41 (33% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW5Hull v Newcastle (A)Defensive (clean sheet)35 (11% CS)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW5Ipswich v Everton (A)Defensive (clean sheet)35 (16% CS)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW5Arsenal v Brighton (A)Defensive (clean sheet)31 (38% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it