Ever wondered which Premier League side has the easiest or hardest set of upcoming fixtures? Well allow us to present our Week 7 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 7 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 7 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Overall Results
Week 7 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Trends
- Spurs have a golden opportunity to turn around a bad week with three easy fixtures ahead.
- Liverpool have their hardest three game run for the season so far.
- Aston Villa have three good games to edge away from the bottom three which includes fellow promoted side Norwich.
- Chelsea also have their best run for the season 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 Norwich are overperforming, and Liverpool with a 100% record. And the bottom three are not.
| Team | Difficulty Rating Points Projection | Actual Points | % Diff |
| Liverpool | 14 | 18 | 30% |
| Bournemouth | 10 | 10 | 0% |
| Leicester | 11 | 11 | 0% |
| West Ham | 11 | 11 | 0% |
| Manchester City | 14 | 13 | -7% |
| Sheffield United | 9 | 8 | -11% |
| Burnley | 9 | 8 | -11% |
| Norwich | 7 | 6 | -15% |
| Arsenal | 13 | 11 | -16% |
| Crystal Palace | 11 | 8 | -26% |
| Chelsea | 11 | 8 | -27% |
| Tottenham | 11 | 8 | -28% |
| Manchester United | 11 | 8 | -29% |
| Southampton | 10 | 7 | -30% |
| Brighton | 10 | 6 | -42% |
| Everton | 13 | 7 | -47% |
| Newcastle United | 10 | 5 | -52% |
| Aston Villa | 10 | 4 | -63% |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 4 | -67% |
| Watford | 10 | 2 | -78% |
Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Next Three Games
Here is the breakdown of the Week 7 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
