When selecting your FPL team, fixtures play a crucial role. You do not want to select players from teams with a highly difficult set of fixtures. Instead, your aim should be to select players from teams with a good set of fixtures for an extended period.
To help you identify such teams, the official FPL site provides a fixture difficulty ticker. Each team’s fixtures are given a score from 1-5. Here is what each score means:
- Dark green (1): Very easy fixture
- Light green (2): Easy fixture
- Grey (3): Moderate fixture
- Pink (4): Difficult fixture
- Red (5): Very difficult fixture
So, with that in mind, which teams have a great set of opening fixtures? Here is a fixture ticker to help you identify teams with great fixtures:
According to the fixture difficulty ticker, Fulham, Liverpool, Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, and Manchester United have the best set of opening fixtures this season. FPL managers can look to target players from these sides.
To help you know the best players to target from each of these teams, check out our series of articles:
- Fulham’s FPL Season Review 23/24 – Key Stats and Top Performers
- Liverpool’s FPL Season Review 23/24 – Key Stats and Top Performers
- Crystal Palace’s FPL Season Review 23/24 – Key Stats and Top Performers
- Manchester United’s FPL Season Review 23/24 – Key Stats and Top Performers
- Aston Villa’s FPL Season Review 23/24 – Key Stats and Top Performers
These articles share the best players to target from each of those sides based on their performance last season.
On the bottom half of the fixture ticker, we have Wolves, Brentford, Man City, Arsenal, and Spurs. While we might not target players from Brentford and Wolves, we can still target players from Arsenal, Man City, and Spurs as some teams are fixture-proof. This means their players can return FPL points regardless of their opponents.
Based on the fixture ticker, here is a sneak peek of the players to target from the five teams with great fixtures:
- Fulham: Bernd Leno
- Liverpool: Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold
- Crystal Palace: Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jairo Riedewald
- Aston Villa: Ollie Watkins
- Manchester United: Lisandro Martinez
For more detailed insights, be sure to read our articles and stay ahead in your FPL game.