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FPL Fixture Difficulty Ticker (FDR) 2026/27

Every Premier League team's fixtures, colour-coded 1 to 5. Sort by the easiest run over the next 3, 6, 8 or 10 gameweeks to find your transfer targets. Free, no sign-up.

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How to Use the FDR Ticker

  • Sort by easiest to surface the teams with the best fixture run. Three or more green fixtures in a row is a transfer-target signal.
  • Switch the horizon — 3 gameweeks for an immediate transfer call, 6 for the standard planning window, 8 to 10 to read fixture swings early.
  • Then pick the player, not just the team. FDR is team-level. The expected points table ranks the specific players inside those fixtures, and the solver turns it into a transfer plan for your squad.

What Is FDR in FPL?

FDR stands for Fixture Difficulty Rating. Each Premier League fixture is scored from 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest) based on the strength of the opponent, so you can see at a glance which teams have an easy run coming up. A defender from a team with three green fixtures is far more likely to keep clean sheets than one facing three tough away trips, which is why fixture difficulty drives most transfer and captaincy decisions. New to it? The full FDR guide explains how the ratings are calculated and when expected points beat fixtures.

FPL fixtures and fixture difficulty, Gameweek 4 to 9

Every Premier League team's next 6 fixtures from Gameweek 4 to 9, with the official FPL fixture difficulty rating for each on the 1 to 5 scale where 1 is easiest and 5 is hardest. Fixture difficulty is a team-level rating, so pair it with projected points to pick the right player inside a good run.

Easiest FPL fixture runs right now

Coventry (average difficulty 2.33), Crystal Palace (average difficulty 2.67), Newcastle (average difficulty 2.67) have the easiest fixtures over the next 6 gameweeks. Coventry start with home to Brighton in GW4 (difficulty 2), away to Nott'm Forest in GW5 (difficulty 3), home to Newcastle in GW6 (difficulty 2).

Hardest FPL fixture runs right now

Brighton (average difficulty 3.50), Leeds (average difficulty 3.33), Brentford (average difficulty 3.33) have the toughest fixtures over the next 6 gameweeks.

Premier League fixtures for Gameweek 4

There are 10 Premier League fixtures in Gameweek 4 of the 2026/27 FPL season. The full fixture list is Aston Villa vs Nott'm Forest, Bournemouth vs Brentford, Chelsea vs Hull, Coventry vs Brighton, Crystal Palace vs Ipswich, Leeds vs Newcastle, Liverpool vs Fulham, Man Utd vs Man City, Spurs vs Everton, Sunderland vs Arsenal.

Full FPL fixture list by team, Gameweek 4 to 9

  • Coventry: GW4 home to Brighton (difficulty 2), GW5 away to Nott'm Forest (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Newcastle (difficulty 2), GW7 away to Spurs (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Fulham (difficulty 2), GW9 home to Sunderland (difficulty 2). Average difficulty 2.33.
  • Crystal Palace: GW4 home to Ipswich (difficulty 2), GW5 away to Leeds (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Nott'm Forest (difficulty 3), GW7 away to Brighton (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Newcastle (difficulty 2), GW9 away to Spurs (difficulty 3). Average difficulty 2.67.
  • Newcastle: GW4 away to Leeds (difficulty 3), GW5 home to Hull (difficulty 2), GW6 away to Coventry (difficulty 2), GW7 home to Aston Villa (difficulty 3), GW8 away to Crystal Palace (difficulty 3), GW9 home to Everton (difficulty 3). Average difficulty 2.67.
  • Arsenal: GW4 away to Sunderland (difficulty 3), GW5 away to Brighton (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Leeds (difficulty 2), GW7 away to Nott'm Forest (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Everton (difficulty 3), GW9 away to Liverpool (difficulty 4). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Chelsea: GW4 home to Hull (difficulty 2), GW5 away to Brentford (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Bournemouth (difficulty 3), GW7 away to Everton (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Spurs (difficulty 3), GW9 home to Man Utd (difficulty 4). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Aston Villa: GW4 home to Nott'm Forest (difficulty 3), GW5 away to Spurs (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Brentford (difficulty 3), GW7 away to Newcastle (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Man City (difficulty 4), GW9 home to Fulham (difficulty 2). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Nott'm Forest: GW4 away to Aston Villa (difficulty 4), GW5 home to Coventry (difficulty 2), GW6 away to Crystal Palace (difficulty 3), GW7 home to Arsenal (difficulty 4), GW8 away to Ipswich (difficulty 2), GW9 away to Brentford (difficulty 3). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Man City: GW4 away to Man Utd (difficulty 4), GW5 home to Sunderland (difficulty 2), GW6 away to Liverpool (difficulty 4), GW7 home to Ipswich (difficulty 2), GW8 away to Aston Villa (difficulty 4), GW9 home to Brighton (difficulty 2). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Fulham: GW4 away to Liverpool (difficulty 4), GW5 home to Man Utd (difficulty 4), GW6 away to Ipswich (difficulty 2), GW7 home to Hull (difficulty 2), GW8 away to Coventry (difficulty 2), GW9 away to Aston Villa (difficulty 4). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Ipswich: GW4 away to Crystal Palace (difficulty 3), GW5 away to Everton (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Fulham (difficulty 2), GW7 away to Man City (difficulty 5), GW8 home to Nott'm Forest (difficulty 3), GW9 away to Hull (difficulty 2). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Hull: GW4 away to Chelsea (difficulty 4), GW5 away to Newcastle (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Everton (difficulty 3), GW7 away to Fulham (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Brentford (difficulty 3), GW9 home to Ipswich (difficulty 2). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Liverpool: GW4 home to Fulham (difficulty 2), GW5 away to Bournemouth (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Man City (difficulty 4), GW7 away to Brentford (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Brighton (difficulty 2), GW9 home to Arsenal (difficulty 4). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Sunderland: GW4 home to Arsenal (difficulty 4), GW5 away to Man City (difficulty 5), GW6 home to Brighton (difficulty 2), GW7 away to Bournemouth (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Leeds (difficulty 2), GW9 away to Coventry (difficulty 2). Average difficulty 3.00.
  • Everton: GW4 away to Spurs (difficulty 3), GW5 home to Ipswich (difficulty 2), GW6 away to Hull (difficulty 2), GW7 home to Chelsea (difficulty 4), GW8 away to Arsenal (difficulty 5), GW9 away to Newcastle (difficulty 3). Average difficulty 3.17.
  • Bournemouth: GW4 home to Brentford (difficulty 3), GW5 home to Liverpool (difficulty 4), GW6 away to Chelsea (difficulty 4), GW7 home to Sunderland (difficulty 2), GW8 away to Man Utd (difficulty 4), GW9 home to Leeds (difficulty 2). Average difficulty 3.17.
  • Spurs: GW4 home to Everton (difficulty 3), GW5 home to Aston Villa (difficulty 3), GW6 away to Man Utd (difficulty 4), GW7 home to Coventry (difficulty 2), GW8 away to Chelsea (difficulty 4), GW9 home to Crystal Palace (difficulty 3). Average difficulty 3.17.
  • Man Utd: GW4 home to Man City (difficulty 4), GW5 away to Fulham (difficulty 3), GW6 home to Spurs (difficulty 3), GW7 away to Leeds (difficulty 3), GW8 home to Bournemouth (difficulty 3), GW9 away to Chelsea (difficulty 4). Average difficulty 3.33.
  • Brentford: GW4 away to Bournemouth (difficulty 3), GW5 home to Chelsea (difficulty 4), GW6 away to Aston Villa (difficulty 4), GW7 home to Liverpool (difficulty 4), GW8 away to Hull (difficulty 2), GW9 home to Nott'm Forest (difficulty 3). Average difficulty 3.33.
  • Leeds: GW4 home to Newcastle (difficulty 2), GW5 home to Crystal Palace (difficulty 3), GW6 away to Arsenal (difficulty 5), GW7 home to Man Utd (difficulty 4), GW8 away to Sunderland (difficulty 3), GW9 away to Bournemouth (difficulty 3). Average difficulty 3.33.
  • Brighton: GW4 away to Coventry (difficulty 2), GW5 home to Arsenal (difficulty 4), GW6 away to Sunderland (difficulty 3), GW7 home to Crystal Palace (difficulty 3), GW8 away to Liverpool (difficulty 4), GW9 away to Man City (difficulty 5). Average difficulty 3.50.

FPL Fixture Difficulty Rating FAQ

What does FDR mean in FPL?

FDR stands for Fixture Difficulty Rating. It is Fantasy Premier League's 1-to-5 score for how hard each match is for a team, shown next to every fixture on the official FPL site and on FPL Copilot's free FDR ticker. Lower is easier: 1-2 is green (easy), 3 is grey/neutral, 4-5 is red (hard). It is the quickest way to scan which teams have a good run of fixtures coming up.

How does the FDR colour scale work (1 to 5)?

FDR 1 and 2 are green (very easy and easy), 3 is grey (medium), 4 is orange (tough), and 5 is red (very tough). On this ticker each fixture cell is coloured by that 1-5 rating and shows the opponent plus home (H) or away (A), so you can read a whole team's fixture run at a glance.

How is FPL fixture difficulty calculated?

FPL sets each fixture's difficulty from team strength ratings that factor in recent form, home and away advantage, and overall attacking and defensive quality, producing a 1-5 score per match. The rating updates after every gameweek, so a team on a winning run becomes harder to play and a struggling team becomes easier. This ticker pulls those official ratings straight from the FPL fixtures data.

Which FPL teams have the easiest fixtures right now?

Sort the ticker by 'Easiest' and the teams with the lowest average FDR over your chosen horizon rise to the top, with the best and toughest runs highlighted automatically. Teams on a green run — especially for defenders chasing clean sheets and mid-price attackers — are usually the strongest transfer targets.

How many gameweeks of fixtures does the ticker show?

You can switch between the next 3, 6, 8, or 10 gameweeks, or pick any custom set of GWs. Use 3 for an immediate transfer call, 6 for the standard planning window, and 8 or 10 to read long fixture swings before the rest of the FPL community reacts.

Does FDR change during the FPL season?

Yes. FDR is recalculated after every gameweek based on recent team form, so it is not static. A team that wins four in a row gets harder to face; a team on a losing streak gets easier. Early-season FDR is set from the previous season's finish and tends to settle within the first 4-6 gameweeks.

What is the difference between FDR and expected points (xPts)?

FDR is a team-level 1-to-5 rating of opponent difficulty. Expected points (xPts) are a per-player forecast that includes fixture difficulty plus projected minutes, xG, xA, set-piece duties, clean sheet probability, and the home/away split. Use the FDR ticker to spot easy fixture runs, then the xPts table to pick the best player inside those fixtures.

Is the FPL FDR ticker free?

Yes, it is free to browse with no sign-up. Switch the gameweek horizon, sort by easiest or hardest fixtures, and view all 20 Premier League teams. To turn fixture insight into transfer and captain picks tailored to your own squad, enter your Team ID in the Solver.

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