Fixture Difficulty Ranking

Last updated: 10/11/2026, 08:02 (JST)

How hard is each Premier League club's run of the next five league fixtures? Each match is rated 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest) from the opponent's current league position, alongside fixture congestion across all competitions.

Aston Villa FC have the kindest next five fixtures; Fulham FC face the toughest run.

#	Club	Avg	GW+1	GW+2	GW+3	GW+4	GW+5	Matches (14d)	Shortest rest
1	Aston Villa FC	1.8	Sunderland AFC (H)difficulty 1	Ipswich Town FC (A)difficulty 2	Everton FC (H)difficulty 4	Crystal Palace FC (H)difficulty 1	Coventry City FC (A)difficulty 1	1	2.8d
2	Coventry City FC	2.0	Crystal Palace FC (H)difficulty 1	Leeds United FC (A)difficulty 3	Ipswich Town FC (H)difficulty 2	Manchester United FC (A)difficulty 1	Aston Villa FC (H)difficulty 3	1	3.2d
3	Crystal Palace FC	2.2	Coventry City FC (A)difficulty 1	Hull City AFC (H)difficulty 2	Chelsea FC (A)difficulty 4	Aston Villa FC (A)difficulty 3	Manchester United FC (H)difficulty 1	1	2.8d
4	Tottenham Hotspur FC	2.4	Ipswich Town FC (H)difficulty 2	Sunderland AFC (A)difficulty 1	Fulham FC (H)difficulty 2	Arsenal FC (H)difficulty 5	Hull City AFC (A)difficulty 2	1	2.9d
5	Ipswich Town FC	2.6	Tottenham Hotspur FC (A)difficulty 3	Aston Villa FC (H)difficulty 3	Coventry City FC (A)difficulty 1	Leeds United FC (A)difficulty 3	Newcastle United FC (H)difficulty 3	1	3.1d
6	Liverpool FC	2.6	Manchester United FC (H)difficulty 1	Everton FC (A)difficulty 4	Sunderland AFC (H)difficulty 1	Chelsea FC (A)difficulty 4	Leeds United FC (H)difficulty 3	1	2.7d
7	Manchester United FC	2.8	Liverpool FC (A)difficulty 5	Brentford FC (H)difficulty 4	Newcastle United FC (A)difficulty 3	Coventry City FC (H)difficulty 1	Crystal Palace FC (A)difficulty 1	1	2.8d
8	Newcastle United FC	2.8	Arsenal FC (H)difficulty 5	Brighton & Hove Albion FC (A)difficulty 5	Manchester United FC (H)difficulty 1	Sunderland AFC (H)difficulty 1	Ipswich Town FC (A)difficulty 2	1	3.3d
9	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	3.0	Hull City AFC (A)difficulty 2	Newcastle United FC (H)difficulty 3	AFC Bournemouth (A)difficulty 4	Nottingham Forest FC (A)difficulty 2	Everton FC (H)difficulty 4	1	2.8d
10	Hull City AFC	3.0	Brighton & Hove Albion FC (H)difficulty 5	Crystal Palace FC (A)difficulty 1	Nottingham Forest FC (H)difficulty 2	AFC Bournemouth (A)difficulty 4	Tottenham Hotspur FC (H)difficulty 3	1	2.8d
11	AFC Bournemouth	3.2	Nottingham Forest FC (H)difficulty 2	Fulham FC (A)difficulty 2	Brighton & Hove Albion FC (H)difficulty 5	Hull City AFC (H)difficulty 2	Arsenal FC (A)difficulty 5	1	2.8d
12	Chelsea FC	3.2	Leeds United FC (H)difficulty 3	Nottingham Forest FC (A)difficulty 2	Crystal Palace FC (H)difficulty 1	Liverpool FC (H)difficulty 5	Manchester City FC (A)difficulty 5	1	2.7d
13	Nottingham Forest FC	3.2	AFC Bournemouth (A)difficulty 4	Chelsea FC (H)difficulty 4	Hull City AFC (A)difficulty 2	Brighton & Hove Albion FC (H)difficulty 5	Sunderland AFC (A)difficulty 1	1	2.9d
14	Sunderland AFC	3.2	Aston Villa FC (A)difficulty 3	Tottenham Hotspur FC (H)difficulty 3	Liverpool FC (A)difficulty 5	Newcastle United FC (A)difficulty 3	Nottingham Forest FC (H)difficulty 2	1	2.8d
15	Brentford FC	3.4	Everton FC (H)difficulty 4	Manchester United FC (A)difficulty 1	Arsenal FC (H)difficulty 5	Manchester City FC (H)difficulty 5	Fulham FC (A)difficulty 2	1	3d
16	Leeds United FC	3.4	Chelsea FC (A)difficulty 4	Coventry City FC (H)difficulty 1	Manchester City FC (A)difficulty 5	Ipswich Town FC (H)difficulty 2	Liverpool FC (A)difficulty 5	1	2.8d
17	Manchester City FC	3.6	Fulham FC (H)difficulty 2	Arsenal FC (A)difficulty 5	Leeds United FC (H)difficulty 3	Brentford FC (A)difficulty 4	Chelsea FC (H)difficulty 4	1	3d
18	Arsenal FC	3.8	Newcastle United FC (A)difficulty 3	Manchester City FC (H)difficulty 5	Brentford FC (A)difficulty 4	Tottenham Hotspur FC (A)difficulty 3	AFC Bournemouth (H)difficulty 4	1	3.1d
19	Everton FC	3.8	Brentford FC (A)difficulty 4	Liverpool FC (H)difficulty 5	Aston Villa FC (A)difficulty 3	Fulham FC (H)difficulty 2	Brighton & Hove Albion FC (A)difficulty 5	1	2.8d
20	Fulham FC	4.0	Manchester City FC (A)difficulty 5	AFC Bournemouth (H)difficulty 4	Tottenham Hotspur FC (A)difficulty 3	Everton FC (A)difficulty 4	Brentford FC (H)difficulty 4	1	2.8d

Method: opponents are grouped by current league position in bands of four: 1st-4th rate 5 (hardest), 17th-20th rate 1 (easiest). Before any matches are played every opponent rates 3. Match counts and rest days include cup and European fixtures where scheduled.