Here’s our fantasy premier league fixture difficulty GW8 article with our fixture ease schedules. Here we look at the teams and players with the best fixtures from an attacking players and a defensive players perspective over the next 6 gameweeks and then give player suggestions from those teams
fantasy premier league fixture difficulty GW8 – the FFGeek fixture ease schedule
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I’m also still using stats from last season and will do so until the season is at least a few more matches old. To use only stats from a few games would not be logical even though some of the results this season go against that theory.
A fixture ease schedule for attacking players
Here’s a graphic where the teams are ranked by the ease of the defences they face over the next 6 gameweeks. There’s attacking player suggestions below.
Attacking player stats
Here I’ve picked out the 5 teams with the best fixtures. They are Crystal Palace, Newcastle, West Ham, Leeds and Arsenal
PPM is their 20/21 Points Per Match stats from the FPL site with their 19/20 points per match in brackets.
C Palace
£7.3m Mid Zaha PPM 20/21: 7.0 : (PPM 19/20: 3.2) has pens
Newcastle
£6.5m Fwd C Wilson PPM 20/21: 7.6 : (PPM 19/20: na) has pens
West Ham
£6.2m Fwd Antonio – PPM 20/21: 4.5: (PPM 19/20 na) if fit. Possible penalty taker
£6.3m Mid Bowen – PPM 20/21: 4.7: (PPM 19/20 3.4)
£6.4m Mid Fornals – PPM 20/21: 5.6: (PPM 19/20 2.6)
Leeds
£6.0m Fwd Bamford– PPM 20/21: 8.2, (PPM 19/20 na)
£5.5m Fwd Harrison – PPM 20/21: 4.2, (PPM 19/20 na )
Arsenal
£11.7m Mid Aubameyang– PPM 20/21: 4.0, (PPM 19/20 na) Has pens
£7.8m Mid Willian – PPM 20/21: 4.2, (PPM 19/20 na)
£5.3m Mid Saka– PPM 20/21: 3.6, (PPM 19/20 na)
£8.4m Fwd Lacazette – PPM 20/21: 4.2, (PPM 19/20 3.9 )
A fixture ease schedule for defensive players
Here’s a graphic where the teams are ranked by the ease of the attacking teams they face over the next 6 gameweeks. There’s defensive player suggestions below.
Defender and goalkeeper stats
Here I’ve picked out the 5 teams with the best fixtures. They are West Ham, Crystal Palace, Leicester, Newcastle and Chelsea
PPM is their 20/21 Points Per Match stats from the FPL site with their 19/20 points per match in brackets.
West Ham
£5.0m GK Fabianski – PPM 20/21: 3.7 (PPM 19/20 3.3)
£4.5m Def Masuaku PPM 20/21: 3.7 (PPM 19/20 1.5)
C Palace
£5.0m GK Guaita – PPM 20/21: 2.7 (PPM 19/20 3.9)
Leicester
£5.5m GK Schmeichel – PPM 20/21: 4.2 (PPM 19/20 4.1)
£4.8m Def Justin PPM 20/21: 4.3 (PPM 19/20 na)
Newcastle
£4.4m Def Lewis – PPM 20/21: 1.7 (PPM 19/20 na)
Chelsea
£5.0m GK Mendy – PPM 20/21: 6.3 (PPM 19/20 na)
£5.9m Def Chilwell PPM 20/21: 8.2 (PPM 19/20 na)
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