With the Premier League fixtures now released for 2022/23, we can begin assessing which teams we should invest in and which we should avoid.
Here, we take a look at those sides with less favourable schedules.
The primary focus in this article will be on a six-Gameweek lookahead but we will scrutinise the shorter and longer-term prospects where appropriate.
Our Season Ticker was updated almost immediately after the fixtures were released at 9am BST on Thursday, with the opening six Gameweeks sorted by difficulty below:
Subscribers to Fantasy Football Scout can use this helpful tool to pick out the best and worst runs of matches for each club, sort by rotation pairings, use their own customised difficulty ratings and more.
You can see a tutorial on the Season Ticker below:
WORST FIXTURES
BOURNEMOUTH
After their opening day clash at home to Aston Villa, Bournemouth face three of last season’s top five between Gameweeks 2 and 4.
The away trips look particularly daunting, as the Championship runners-up visit Manchester City and Liverpool, while the home tie against Arsenal in Gameweek 3 is hardly appetising either.
As a result, the Cherries sit rock bottom of our Season Ticker across the opening six rounds.
Fantasy investment in 29-goal striker Dominic Solanke and co may have to wait, then, although goalkeeper Mark Travers could potentially rack up some save points: the 23-year-old’s save percentage of 76.9% was the fourth-best in the Championship last term.
Scott Parker’s troops do at least have some respite from Gameweeks 6-13, however, with fellow new boys Nottingham Forest and Fulham to come as well as Brighton and Hove Albion, Newcastle United, Brentford and Southampton.
- READ MORE: What can we expect from Scott Parker’s Bournemouth in FPL?
- READ MORE: Bournemouth’s defence assessed ahead of FPL return in 2022/23
- READ MORE: The FPL lowdown on Dominic Solanke and Bournemouth’s midfielders
CRYSTAL PALACE
