FPL Fixture Difficulty — The Next Six Gameweeks
The read — Over GW6–11, Brighton have the kindest run for attackers and Leeds the kindest for clean sheets. Spurs have the hardest attacking run. Both tables below grade all twenty clubs, and they are regraded every time this page rebuilds.
Attack — who has the kindest run for goals and assists
Clean sheets — who has the kindest run at the back
VK very kind · K kind · AVG average · T tough · VT very tough. Opponents are listed under each club, home (H) or away (A).
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FPL Fixtures: The Teams With The Easiest Run
Brighton's run is the high ground here: SUN (A), CRY (H), LIV (A), MCI (H), BRE (H), HUL (A). Two hard climbs at Anfield and against City, but the terrain either side is gentle, and the outlook is kind at both ends. That makes De Cuyper (£4.9m, usually good for 4-5 a week with clean-sheet upside) and Verbruggen (£4.5m) sensible companion picks — the honest caveat being that none of Brighton's assets are fully nailed, so squad depth is the weather risk on this route.
Newcastle's path is nearly as inviting: COV (A), AVL (H), CRY (A), EVE (H), FUL (A) before Arsenal arrive. Wissa at £6.2m leads their pack, projected for a steady 6-a-week return, owned by roughly 2 in 10. Hall at £5.3m is the defensive route in, and Barnes (£6.1m, barely 1 in 20 own him) is the quiet trail hardly anyone is walking.
City's climate is favourable too, though it opens with Anfield. Haaland at £15.6m projects around 47 points across the window — strong, but with about 7 in 10 managers holding him, he's the road everyone's already on. You own him to keep pace, not to gain ground. Gvardiol is the cheaper City entrance if the budget won't stretch.
Two cautions from the map. Brentford's clean-sheet outlook is bright — Kelleher at £5.0m, owned by fewer than 1 in 10, is a genuine value keeper — but their attacking terrain is rough, so avoid their forwards for now. And United's route is flat, average ground both ways: Fernandes at £11.9m projects a decent 37 points, but that's a heavy toll for terrain that offers no advantage. Bournemouth's Tavernier (£6.1m, roughly 6-a-week) is a fair budget path if you need a fifth midfielder.
The call for the next six gameweeks: buy Groß now — the best points-per-pound route on the map, before the crowd arrives. Pair him with De Cuyper if you want Brighton double coverage, take Wissa as the forward-line move, and hold rather than chase Fernandes. The high ground is on the south coast.
FPL Fixtures: The Teams To Avoid
The Hard Terrain: Six Clubs Facing Dead Ends Over the Next Six Gameweeks
Nottingham Forest's route reads CRY (A), ARS (H), IPS (A), BRE (A), MCI (H), BOU (A) — four away trips and visits from Arsenal and City in between. That is not a road; that is a mountain pass in bad weather, and it hits both ends of the pitch.
Forest: sell the attack. Gibbs-White at £8.0m carries the biggest price tag on this list, owned by roughly 1.6 in 10, and our projections have him at around 27 points over the six — serviceable, but not £8.0m serviceable, and he isn't fully nailed either. Neco Williams at £5.0m projects modestly with a tough clean-sheet run. If you hold Gibbs-White, the window from now through the next six gameweeks is the time to reroute that money.
Villa: do not enter. A very tough attacking run and no nailed starter among their best options. Buendía and McGinn are cheap and near-invisible (fewer than 1 in 20 own either), but roughly 18–20 points over six weeks with rotation risk is a path to nowhere. Avoid entirely.
Palace: the defence is the trap. Their clean-sheet run is the worst here — Newcastle, Spurs away, Liverpool at Selhurst. Mitchell (£4.5m) and Richards are nailed, which tempts, but nailed minutes on bad terrain still score badly. Wharton at £5.5m is the one Palace asset with a case, projecting near 20 with hardly anyone (fewer than 1 in 10) owning him. Hold him if you have him; buy nobody else in red and blue.
Fulham and Ipswich: the defensive high ground survives. Both attacks face rough weather, but their clean-sheet outlook is only average. Leno at £4.5m projects a solid 18-plus over the six, and Ipswich's Davis is the quiet find of the map — £4.0m, projected around 25 points across the window, owned by fewer than 1 in 10. He's not fully nailed, which is the honest caveat, but at that price he's a bench-slot enabler who might outscore £5.5m defenders. Keep or buy the defenders; don't touch the forwards, Emersonn aside if you need a £5.5m body.
Liverpool: hold, don't add. City, Brentford away, Brighton, Arsenal — a brutal stretch even for the champions' calibre. Isak (£9.1m) and Szoboszlai (£7.0m, owned by about 3.4 in 10) still project roughly 25–26 points each, because class travels. But this is not the window to be buying in at those prices.
The call for the next six gameweeks: sell Gibbs-White, avoid Villa and the Palace defence outright, hold your Liverpool assets without adding, and if you need a cheap defender, Davis at £4.0m is the one route through this terrain worth taking.
Fixture difficulty — common questions
What is FPL fixture difficulty?
A grade for how hard each of a club's upcoming matches is. Fantasy Premier League publishes a 1-5 rating of its own, but a single number cannot say that a fixture is kind to a forward and cruel to a defender — so ours grades attack and clean sheets separately.
Which FPL teams have the easiest fixtures?
The tables below rank all twenty clubs over the next six gameweeks, kindest run first. The attack table is the one to read for forwards and attacking midfielders; the clean-sheet table for defenders and goalkeepers.
How far ahead should I plan FPL fixtures?
Six gameweeks is the usual planning window and the one used here. Beyond that, form, injuries and rotation move faster than the fixture list does, so a longer view tends to give false confidence rather than more information.
Does a good fixture guarantee points?
No. Fixture ease shifts the odds; it does not decide a match. It is most useful for choosing between two players you already rate, and least useful as a reason to own someone you otherwise would not.
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