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FPL Fixture Difficulty & Fixture Ticker

Congestion & rest days
TeamGW7GW8GW9GW10GW11GW12Σ FDR ↑
COV crestCOV
16
TOT crestTOT
16
SUN crestSUN
17
AVL crestAVL
18
BOU crestBOU
18
CHE crestCHE
18
CRY crestCRY
18
FUL crestFUL
18
LEE crestLEE
18
MCI crestMCI
18
ARS crestARS
19
BHA crestBHA
19
HUL crestHUL
19
IPS crestIPS
19
BRE crestBRE
20
LIV crestLIV
20
MUN crestMUN
20
NEW crestNEW
20
NFO crestNFO
20
EVE crestEVE
21

Easiest and hardest FPL fixtures over the next 3 gameweeks

Average fixture difficulty from GW7 to GW9. Lower is easier.

Best fixtures
  1. 1FUL crestFUL2.37 over 3
  2. 2COV crestCOV2.78 over 3
  3. 3HUL crestHUL2.78 over 3
  4. 4MCI crestMCI2.78 over 3
  5. 5TOT crestTOT2.78 over 3
  6. 6SUN crestSUN2.78 over 3
Toughest fixtures
  1. 1EVE crestEVE4.012 over 3
  2. 2BHA crestBHA3.711 over 3
  3. 3MUN crestMUN3.310 over 3
  4. 4LIV crestLIV3.310 over 3
  5. 5LEE crestLEE3.310 over 3
  6. 6IPS crestIPS3.310 over 3

Easiest and hardest FPL fixtures over the next 5 gameweeks

Average fixture difficulty from GW7 to GW11. Lower is easier.

Best fixtures
  1. 1COV crestCOV2.613 over 5
  2. 2MCI crestMCI2.613 over 5
  3. 3TOT crestTOT2.613 over 5
  4. 4ARS crestARS3.015 over 5
  5. 5BOU crestBOU3.015 over 5
  6. 6CHE crestCHE3.015 over 5
Toughest fixtures
  1. 1MUN crestMUN3.417 over 5
  2. 2LIV crestLIV3.417 over 5
  3. 3EVE crestEVE3.417 over 5
  4. 4NFO crestNFO3.216 over 5
  5. 5NEW crestNEW3.216 over 5
  6. 6LEE crestLEE3.216 over 5

Easiest and hardest FPL fixtures over the next 6 gameweeks

Average fixture difficulty from GW7 to GW12. Lower is easier.

Best fixtures
  1. 1COV crestCOV2.716 over 6
  2. 2TOT crestTOT2.716 over 6
  3. 3SUN crestSUN2.817 over 6
  4. 4AVL crestAVL3.018 over 6
  5. 5BOU crestBOU3.018 over 6
  6. 6CHE crestCHE3.018 over 6
Toughest fixtures
  1. 1EVE crestEVE3.521 over 6
  2. 2NFO crestNFO3.320 over 6
  3. 3NEW crestNEW3.320 over 6
  4. 4MUN crestMUN3.320 over 6
  5. 5LIV crestLIV3.320 over 6
  6. 6BRE crestBRE3.320 over 6

Biggest fixture swings

Clubs whose run improves most from GW10 onwards compared with GW7–GW9 — the classic buy-early targets.

  1. 1BHA crestBHA3.7 → 2.7-1.0
  2. 2EVE crestEVE4.0 → 3.0-1.0
  3. 3BOU crestBOU3.3 → 2.7-0.7
  4. 4CRY crestCRY3.3 → 2.7-0.7
  5. 5LEE crestLEE3.3 → 2.7-0.7
  6. 6ARS crestARS3.3 → 3.0-0.3

What does FDR mean?

What does FDR mean in FPL?
FDR stands for Fixture Difficulty Rating. Every Premier League fixture is rated from 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest) for each side, so you can judge how kind a club's upcoming run is before you transfer a player in.
How is the fixture ticker calculated?
For each club we take the difficulty of every fixture inside your chosen window and add them together. A lower total means an easier run. Double gameweeks add both fixtures, and a blank gameweek contributes nothing but is flagged so you do not plan around a match that is not happening.
How many gameweeks ahead should I plan?
Three to six gameweeks is the usual planning window. Shorter than three and you are reacting to a single fixture; longer than six and rotation, injuries and fixture rescheduling make the picture unreliable.
What is a fixture swing?
A fixture swing is a club whose run changes sharply — hard fixtures now, easy fixtures soon, or the reverse. Swings are where transfers earn most of their value, because you can buy in just before a run turns and sell before it turns bad.
What is xFDR?
xFDR is FPL Toolkit's alternative fixture model. It rates every match separately for the expected result, attacking opportunity and clean-sheet opportunity on a continuous 1.0 to 5.0 scale, where 3.0 is an average Premier League fixture. Near-term fixtures can reflect current market information; longer-range fixtures are model forecasts.