Liverpool are the pace-setters at the top of the Premier League after 12 games, with Norwich City propping the rest up but is the table a fair reflection of things? Everyone has to play everybody else at certain point, but it’s still first enough into the season that a team could argue their position in the table is tilted by a run of tough or indeed easy fixtures.
Well using foot labs data, we’ve ranked the 20 teams by the difficulty of their fixtures so far to see who we might expect to climb the table in the upcoming weeks and whose early-season achievement has perhaps been helped by an easier fixture list. Football fanatics from all over the world can buy Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.
As with any kind of data like this, it is not foolproof, but foot labs, designed to help Fantasy Premier League players, calculates the difficulty of fixtures for each team built on their current table position and the standing of their opponent.
Start with the hardest, here’s the difficulty of every club’s 12 fixtures so far.
Southampton
Newcastle United
Sheffield United
Watford
Norwich
Crystal Palace
Wolves
Tottenham
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Leicester City
Manchester United
Brighton
Burnley
Arsenal
Bournemouth
West Ham
Chelsea
Manchester City
Everton
Its good news for Liverpool, who has had the ninth hardest start to the campaign, yet leads their rivals by eight points already. And Jurgen Klopp’s side has the second easiest next five games of all Premier League teams, according to the data.
Manchester City FC on the new hand have had the second coolest start to the season but have the 3rd toughest run over the next five games with only Everton, who’ve had the stress-free fixtures so far, and West Ham facing tougher matches.
After the Foxes, Frank Lampard has been praised for the inspiring job he’s been doing at Chelsea, particularly as the Blues had a transfer ban in the summer. However, they have had the 3rd easiest start to the season so, it could be argued, are just where they should be in the table.
In 5th place, Sheffield United has influence everybody with their wonderful start to the season and it is even more impressive when you look at these statistics. The Blades have had the 3rd most problematic fixtures so far this season so any ideas that their current position may by misleading are well wide of the mark.
In terms of teams under-performing against expectations so far this season, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mauricio Pochettino are under a lot of pressure at Manchester United and Spurs respectively, but the 2 managers will be hopeful that they can turn things around with, giving to current league positions, the two easiest fixture lists in the league for the remainder of the season.
Everton and West Ham on the other hand are arguably the 2 biggest underachievers so far this season sitting just above the relegation zone despite having had among the easiest opening 12 game. They also have the hardest remaining fixtures so it could be a tough few months for Marco Silva and Manuel Pellegrini.
Southampton may be 19th in the table at the moment, but no other team has endured a more difficult opening period on paper. Therefore, Saints’ fans can be a bit more hopeful about the rest of their season.
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