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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.

GW3–GW8
TeamAvgGW3GW4GW5GW6GW7GW8
Arsenal44%
Chelsea (H)436%
Sunderland (A)348%
Brighton (A)335%
Leeds (H)249%
Forest (A)347%
Everton (H)348%
Man City36%
Coventry (H)251%
Man United (A)421%
Sunderland (H)249%
Liverpool (A)420%
Ipswich (H)250%
Aston Villa (A)428%
Newcastle30%
Bournemouth (H)321%
Leeds (A)328%
Hull (H)238%
Coventry (A)239%
Aston Villa (H)323%
Palace (A)332%
Brighton30%
Leeds (H)236%
Coventry (A)235%
Arsenal (H)424%
Sunderland (A)332%
Palace (H)338%
Liverpool (A)416%
Brentford29%
Sunderland (H)242%
Bournemouth (A)325%
Chelsea (H)427%
Aston Villa (A)422%
Liverpool (H)424%
Hull (A)234%
Liverpool28%
Ipswich (A)233%
Fulham (H)240%
Bournemouth (A)325%
Man City (H)422%
Brentford (A)318%
Brighton (H)229%
Tottenham27%
Forest (A)329%
Everton (H)334%
Aston Villa (H)326%
Man United (A)417%
Coventry (H)242%
Chelsea (A)416%
Chelsea27%
Arsenal (A)515%
Hull (H)245%
Brentford (A)319%
Bournemouth (H)329%
Everton (A)326%
Tottenham (H)329%
Forest27%
Tottenham (H)329%
Aston Villa (A)418%
Coventry (H)242%
Palace (A)326%
Arsenal (H)418%
Ipswich (A)230%
Fulham27%
Palace (H)330%
Liverpool (A)411%
Man United (H)423%
Ipswich (A)226%
Hull (H)242%
Coventry (A)229%
Aston Villa26%
Hull (A)234%
Forest (H)330%
Tottenham (A)325%
Brentford (H)329%
Newcastle (A)319%
Man City (H)419%
Palace25%
Fulham (A)323%
Ipswich (H)236%
Leeds (A)322%
Forest (H)324%
Brighton (A)317%
Newcastle (H)228%
Everton25%
Man United (H)421%
Tottenham (A)323%
Ipswich (H)236%
Hull (A)236%
Chelsea (H)419%
Arsenal (A)515%
Leeds24%
Brighton (A)318%
Newcastle (H)230%
Palace (H)333%
Arsenal (A)510%
Man United (H)424%
Sunderland (A)327%
Man United24%
Everton (A)328%
Man City (H)415%
Fulham (A)326%
Tottenham (H)323%
Leeds (A)326%
Bournemouth (H)323%
Bournemouth20%
Newcastle (A)315%
Brentford (H)327%
Liverpool (H)418%
Chelsea (A)411%
Sunderland (H)238%
Man United (A)412%
Sunderland19%
Brentford (A)315%
Arsenal (H)417%
Man City (A)57%
Brighton (H)222%
Bournemouth (A)320%
Leeds (H)230%
Coventry17%
Man City (A)55%
Brighton (H)217%
Forest (A)317%
Newcastle (H)222%
Tottenham (A)312%
Fulham (H)228%
Ipswich16%
Liverpool (H)411%
Palace (A)320%
Everton (A)317%
Fulham (H)226%
Man City (A)55%
Forest (H)317%
Hull15%
Aston Villa (H)319%
Chelsea (A)47%
Newcastle (A)310%
Everton (H)323%
Fulham (A)314%
Brentford (H)320%

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.

GW3–GW8
TeamAvgGW3GW4GW5GW6GW7GW8
Man City2.32
Coventry (H)23.23
Man United (A)41.90
Sunderland (H)22.63
Liverpool (A)41.53
Ipswich (H)22.94
Aston Villa (A)41.66
Liverpool1.84
Ipswich (A)22.24
Fulham (H)22.21
Bournemouth (A)31.69
Man City (H)41.60
Brentford (A)31.42
Brighton (H)21.85
Arsenal1.84
Chelsea (H)41.90
Sunderland (A)31.79
Brighton (A)31.44
Leeds (H)22.26
Forest (A)31.71
Everton (H)31.91
Chelsea1.78
Arsenal (A)51.01
Hull (H)22.64
Brentford (A)31.30
Bournemouth (H)32.23
Everton (A)31.66
Tottenham (H)31.82
Man United1.65
Everton (A)31.54
Man City (H)41.56
Fulham (A)31.48
Tottenham (H)31.75
Leeds (A)31.43
Bournemouth (H)32.15
Newcastle1.65
Bournemouth (H)31.90
Leeds (A)31.20
Hull (H)22.31
Coventry (A)21.52
Aston Villa (H)31.68
Palace (A)31.27
Brentford1.58
Sunderland (H)21.91
Bournemouth (A)31.32
Chelsea (H)41.68
Aston Villa (A)41.23
Liverpool (H)41.70
Hull (A)21.63
Brighton1.51
Leeds (H)21.74
Coventry (A)21.76
Arsenal (H)41.05
Sunderland (A)31.52
Palace (H)31.75
Liverpool (A)41.24
Aston Villa1.50
Hull (A)21.65
Forest (H)31.68
Tottenham (A)31.35
Brentford (H)31.54
Newcastle (A)31.47
Man City (H)41.29
Tottenham1.48
Forest (A)31.27
Everton (H)31.43
Aston Villa (H)31.40
Man United (A)41.47
Coventry (H)22.08
Chelsea (A)41.25
Bournemouth1.44
Newcastle (A)31.53
Brentford (H)31.40
Liverpool (H)41.39
Chelsea (A)41.23
Sunderland (H)21.63
Man United (A)41.45
Fulham1.39
Palace (H)31.48
Liverpool (A)40.92
Man United (H)41.35
Ipswich (A)21.33
Hull (H)21.99
Coventry (A)21.27
Forest1.35
Tottenham (H)31.22
Aston Villa (A)41.22
Coventry (H)21.77
Palace (A)31.41
Arsenal (H)40.76
Ipswich (A)21.75
Everton1.28
Man United (H)41.29
Tottenham (A)31.10
Ipswich (H)21.78
Hull (A)21.45
Chelsea (H)41.34
Arsenal (A)50.73
Palace1.23
Fulham (A)31.20
Ipswich (H)21.58
Leeds (A)31.11
Forest (H)31.35
Brighton (A)30.97
Newcastle (H)21.15
Leeds1.18
Brighton (A)31.03
Newcastle (H)21.29
Palace (H)31.51
Arsenal (A)50.70
Man United (H)41.33
Sunderland (A)31.19
Ipswich1.07
Liverpool (H)41.12
Palace (A)31.03
Everton (A)31.02
Fulham (H)21.36
Man City (A)50.70
Forest (H)31.22
Hull0.96
Aston Villa (H)31.06
Chelsea (A)40.80
Newcastle (A)30.97
Everton (H)31.01
Fulham (A)30.88
Brentford (H)31.08
Sunderland0.95
Brentford (A)30.86
Arsenal (H)40.74
Man City (A)50.71
Brighton (H)21.14
Bournemouth (A)30.97
Leeds (H)21.30
Coventry0.94
Man City (A)50.68
Brighton (H)21.04
Forest (A)30.86
Newcastle (H)20.94
Tottenham (A)30.87
Fulham (H)21.24

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
GW3Arsenal v Chelsea (H)Defensive (clean sheet)41 (36% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW3Arsenal v Chelsea (H)Attacking (xG)41 (1.90 xG)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW4Man City v Man United (A)Attacking (xG)41 (1.90 xG)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW4Coventry v Brighton (H)Attacking (xG)25 (1.04 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW6Coventry v Newcastle (H)Attacking (xG)25 (0.94 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW9Chelsea v Man United (H)Attacking (xG)41 (1.80 xG)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW3Bournemouth v Newcastle (A)Defensive (clean sheet)35 (15% CS)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW3Sunderland v Brentford (A)Defensive (clean sheet)35 (15% CS)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW3Newcastle v Bournemouth (H)Attacking (xG)31 (1.90 xG)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW3Sunderland v Brentford (A)Attacking (xG)35 (0.86 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW3Leeds v Brighton (A)Attacking (xG)35 (1.03 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW3Hull v Aston Villa (H)Attacking (xG)35 (1.06 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it