Wondering which Premier League side has the easiest or hardest set of upcoming fixtures? Well allow us to present our Week 17 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 and around the world, or multi loving gamblers alike.
How our 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 17 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Overall Results
- The last thing Watford need at the bottom of the table is hard fixtures, but according to our Difficulty Ratings they have the worst three games.
- Some nice run of Premier League fixtures for some teams toward the bottom.
- Players like Danny Ings (Southampton), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), and all of Sheffield United are ready to provide FPL points.
- Leicester’s upcoming match against Liverpool has bumped up their 3 Game Difficulty.
Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Next Three Games
Here is the breakdown of the Week 17 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
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.
Our predictions were a little hard on Newcastle and Southampton, but no surprise that Sheffield Utd are out-performing our predictions.
At the other end some big names are underperforming. Man City and Chelsea’s difficulty rating was possibly a little too high.
Spurs have moved from the bottom of the table with their recent newfound form.
Week 17 Premier League Fixtures Difficulty Rating Points of Interest
With Liverpool rolling on, Leicester going for a record spree, and Manchester City and Chelsea slipping a little, and the Christmas fixtures on the horizon it is time to check the fixtures ahead for the top sides.
Leicester and Liverpool are due to meet in Week 19.
