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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.

GW7–GW12
TeamAvgGW7GW8GW9GW10GW11GW12
Arsenal42%
Forest (A)349%
Everton (H)350%
Liverpool (A)433%
Hull (H)255%
Newcastle (A)332%
Man City (H)432%
Man City36%
Ipswich (H)243%
Aston Villa (A)333%
Brighton (H)330%
Forest (A)347%
Fulham (H)245%
Arsenal (A)521%
Chelsea30%
Everton (A)325%
Tottenham (H)229%
Man United (H)425%
Sunderland (A)333%
Leeds (H)330%
Forest (A)338%
Leeds30%
Man United (H)427%
Sunderland (A)331%
Bournemouth (A)325%
Tottenham (H)233%
Chelsea (A)416%
Coventry (H)247%
Brighton29%
Palace (H)240%
Liverpool (A)418%
Man City (A)511%
Brentford (H)332%
Hull (A)235%
Newcastle (H)338%
Tottenham28%
Coventry (H)242%
Chelsea (A)415%
Palace (H)228%
Leeds (A)321%
Ipswich (H)233%
Sunderland (A)330%
Brentford27%
Liverpool (H)424%
Hull (A)235%
Forest (H)328%
Brighton (A)417%
Everton (H)338%
Man United (A)417%
Fulham25%
Hull (H)236%
Coventry (A)230%
Aston Villa (A)322%
Newcastle (H)328%
Man City (A)59%
Bournemouth (H)324%
Liverpool25%
Brentford (A)321%
Brighton (H)325%
Arsenal (H)422%
Palace (A)329%
Man United (H)426%
Everton (A)326%
Sunderland25%
Bournemouth (A)322%
Leeds (H)329%
Coventry (A)228%
Chelsea (H)419%
Aston Villa (A)320%
Tottenham (H)229%
Bournemouth23%
Sunderland (H)332%
Man United (A)411%
Leeds (H)331%
Ipswich (A)223%
Forest (H)325%
Fulham (A)314%
Palace23%
Brighton (A)413%
Newcastle (H)325%
Tottenham (A)320%
Liverpool (H)417%
Coventry (A)229%
Hull (H)233%
Aston Villa22%
Newcastle (A)317%
Man City (H)414%
Fulham (H)231%
Man United (A)414%
Sunderland (H)328%
Ipswich (A)230%
Man United22%
Leeds (A)322%
Bournemouth (H)324%
Chelsea (A)416%
Aston Villa (H)328%
Liverpool (A)420%
Brentford (H)324%
Newcastle22%
Aston Villa (H)323%
Palace (A)326%
Everton (H)330%
Fulham (A)322%
Arsenal (H)416%
Brighton (A)415%
Everton21%
Chelsea (H)418%
Arsenal (A)513%
Newcastle (A)318%
Coventry (H)241%
Brentford (A)318%
Liverpool (H)419%
Forest20%
Arsenal (H)419%
Ipswich (A)228%
Brentford (A)317%
Man City (H)414%
Bournemouth (A)323%
Chelsea (H)417%
Coventry19%
Tottenham (A)314%
Fulham (H)225%
Sunderland (H)322%
Everton (A)316%
Palace (H)222%
Leeds (A)314%
Hull17%
Fulham (A)316%
Brentford (H)317%
Ipswich (H)229%
Arsenal (A)58%
Brighton (H)315%
Palace (A)320%
Ipswich17%
Man City (A)55%
Forest (H)320%
Hull (A)221%
Bournemouth (H)319%
Tottenham (A)313%
Aston Villa (H)321%

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.

GW7–GW12
TeamAvgGW7GW8GW9GW10GW11GW12
Man City2.14
Ipswich (H)23.12
Aston Villa (A)32.01
Brighton (H)32.21
Forest (A)31.94
Fulham (H)22.43
Arsenal (A)51.14
Arsenal1.87
Forest (A)31.67
Everton (H)32.08
Liverpool (A)41.53
Hull (H)22.56
Newcastle (A)31.82
Man City (H)41.58
Chelsea1.78
Everton (A)31.72
Tottenham (H)21.87
Man United (H)41.82
Sunderland (A)31.66
Leeds (H)31.86
Forest (A)31.75
Brighton1.70
Palace (H)22.05
Liverpool (A)41.37
Man City (A)51.20
Brentford (H)31.79
Hull (A)21.91
Newcastle (H)31.87
Man United1.67
Leeds (A)31.31
Bournemouth (H)32.24
Chelsea (A)41.41
Aston Villa (H)31.93
Liverpool (A)41.33
Brentford (H)31.79
Brentford1.57
Liverpool (H)41.58
Hull (A)21.79
Forest (H)31.77
Brighton (A)41.15
Everton (H)31.71
Man United (A)41.45
Liverpool1.54
Brentford (A)31.41
Brighton (H)31.67
Arsenal (H)41.11
Palace (A)31.79
Man United (H)41.63
Everton (A)31.66
Tottenham1.52
Coventry (H)21.91
Chelsea (A)41.22
Palace (H)21.60
Leeds (A)31.12
Ipswich (H)22.05
Sunderland (A)31.23
Bournemouth1.48
Sunderland (H)31.55
Man United (A)41.42
Leeds (H)31.40
Ipswich (A)21.64
Forest (H)31.46
Fulham (A)31.42
Leeds1.45
Man United (H)41.51
Sunderland (A)31.23
Bournemouth (A)31.18
Tottenham (H)21.57
Chelsea (A)41.20
Coventry (H)21.99
Fulham1.44
Hull (H)21.83
Coventry (A)21.38
Aston Villa (A)31.18
Newcastle (H)31.53
Man City (A)50.80
Bournemouth (H)31.93
Aston Villa1.41
Newcastle (A)31.46
Man City (H)41.11
Fulham (H)21.49
Man United (A)41.27
Sunderland (H)31.61
Ipswich (A)21.54
Newcastle1.38
Aston Villa (H)31.75
Palace (A)31.40
Everton (H)31.74
Fulham (A)31.29
Arsenal (H)41.15
Brighton (A)40.97
Palace1.31
Brighton (A)40.93
Newcastle (H)31.34
Tottenham (A)31.26
Liverpool (H)41.24
Coventry (A)21.53
Hull (H)21.59
Sunderland1.23
Bournemouth (A)31.12
Leeds (H)31.18
Coventry (A)21.50
Chelsea (H)41.12
Aston Villa (A)31.28
Tottenham (H)21.20
Everton1.23
Chelsea (H)41.36
Arsenal (A)50.70
Newcastle (A)31.22
Coventry (H)21.80
Brentford (A)30.97
Liverpool (H)41.34
Ipswich1.18
Man City (A)50.85
Forest (H)31.26
Hull (A)21.23
Bournemouth (H)31.46
Tottenham (A)31.09
Aston Villa (H)31.20
Forest1.11
Arsenal (H)40.72
Ipswich (A)21.63
Brentford (A)31.26
Man City (H)40.76
Bournemouth (A)31.37
Chelsea (H)40.96
Hull1.06
Fulham (A)31.01
Brentford (H)31.05
Ipswich (H)21.57
Arsenal (A)50.60
Brighton (H)31.04
Palace (A)31.11
Coventry1.04
Tottenham (A)30.87
Fulham (H)21.19
Sunderland (H)31.27
Everton (A)30.89
Palace (H)21.25
Leeds (A)30.75

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
GW9Arsenal v Liverpool (A)Defensive (clean sheet)41 (33% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW9Chelsea v Man United (H)Attacking (xG)41 (1.82 xG)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW7Arsenal v Forest (A)Defensive (clean sheet)31 (49% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW7Coventry v Tottenham (A)Defensive (clean sheet)35 (14% CS)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW7Bournemouth v Sunderland (H)Defensive (clean sheet)31 (32% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW7Hull v Fulham (A)Defensive (clean sheet)35 (16% CS)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW7Coventry v Tottenham (A)Attacking (xG)35 (0.87 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW7Brentford v Liverpool (H)Attacking (xG)42 (1.58 xG)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW7Sunderland v Bournemouth (A)Attacking (xG)35 (1.12 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW7Hull v Fulham (A)Attacking (xG)35 (1.01 xG)plays harder than FPL rates it
GW8Arsenal v Everton (H)Defensive (clean sheet)31 (50% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it
GW8Man City v Aston Villa (A)Defensive (clean sheet)31 (33% CS)looks easier than FPL rates it