Week 9 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating

Ever wondered which Premier League side has the easiest or hardest set of upcoming fixtures? Well allow us to present our Week 9 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating.

Proud partners of The Gurgler – S&C Sports Data – have come up with a measure to judge the difficulty factor for each team over the next three games. Not just with current table position, but historical results and more.

We could go further, but we think three games provides just enough window for FPL players, late night sports fans in Australia, or multi loving gamblers alike.

How our Week 9 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating works….

S&C Sports Data have data from 10 seasons of Premier League, and created a measure of each team’s head to head record over that period, on a sliding scale from current day backwards.

Then the team in question and the opposition’s overall and recent form is taken into consideration, including measuring the relative form of the two sides.

The Match Rater 3000 score is then produced, with a range of 1 being the easiest possible fixture up to 10 for the hardest.

So the S&C measure combines many fields to give an overall picture for the next three games.

Week 9 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Overall Results

Week 9 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Trends

• Crystal Palace face 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the next three weeks, so that is why they are top of difficulty ratings for the next three weeks.
• Liverpool have their hardest run for the season so far.
• The good times for Everton is over, as they head into more difficult fixtures.
• Brighton are the surprise team at the bottom. Handy too, after their thrashing of Spurs last time. Two of the three promoted teams await.

Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Next Three Games

Here is the breakdown of the Week 9 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating. Colour coded for your convenience.

This gives a quick guide to the difficulty factor.

THE NEXT THREE PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES FOR ALL CLUBS

Sidetracked: The Sack Race contenders next three games

With Everton, Manchester United looming as the next clubs to sack their boss, and unrest at Spurs, we decided to see how their next three games play out according to us.

Sidetracked: Top Two Teams Difficulty Ratings

Over to the teams with the safest managers of all. And to see where Liverpool may drop their first points of the season, and to see how their games panned out for difficulty so far.

Which team in Overperforming / Underperforming against our Difficulty Rating?

We have gone back through our difficulty ratings so far this season, and worked out the potential points each team could have scored, and then have a comparison ready for mild interest.

No surprise that Liverpool are overperforming, and Norwich drop out of positive territory after losing last weekend, and Leicester move in.