FPL Fixture Difficulty
Fixture Difficulty uses official FPL team_h_difficulty / team_a_difficulty fields. One shared FDR engine powers this tool plus Captain and Transfer analysis.
Configure Fixture Difficulty
Choose how many upcoming fixtures to include in the official FDR matrix.
Who it is for
Managers planning transfers around official fixture difficulty rather than a custom rating.
Easiest upcoming runs
Average official FPL difficulty over the next fixtures (1 easier, 5 harder).
What you can do in CrunchClash
- Shared FDR matrix for every club
- Average difficulty over the next fixtures
- Home and away markers
Example use cases
- Compare two clubs' next five before a defender transfer.
- See which attacks face the lower official ratings.
- Use the same fixture numbers the captain tool uses.
AI analysis
Optional AI describes the easiest and hardest runs already calculated from official difficulties. It does not invent a separate rating.
Related FPL tools
Metrics explained
- Fixture difficulty
- team_h_difficulty or team_a_difficulty from the official fixtures feed, depending on venue.
- Average FDR
- Mean of the upcoming fixtures shown for that club. It is not a custom strength model.
How this tool works
- Open FDR in the workspace.
- Set how many upcoming gameweeks to show.
- Read the colour matrix and average difficulty rankings.
Methodology & data coverage
- Competition
- Fantasy Premier League
- Season
- Current FPL season
- Data coverage
- Official FPL fixture difficulty (1–5), venue and opponent from the fixtures feed. The same FDR engine feeds Captain and Transfer analysis.
- Statistics included
- Shared FDR matrix for every club; Average difficulty over the next fixtures; Home and away markers
- Aggregation
- Public previews use official FPL API fields only. Interactive analysis of your Team ID runs in the signed-in workspace.
- CrunchClash does not invent FPL statistics.
- AI, when offered in the workspace, interprets the structured result. It is not official FPL advice.
Related tools
Plan fixtures in CrunchClash
Use Fixture Difficulty →FAQ
Is FDR custom?
No. Difficulty values are the official FPL fixture difficulties.
Does 1 mean easy?
Yes. Official FPL difficulty runs from 1 (easier) to 5 (harder) on the fixture object.
Is this the same number Captain Analysis uses?
Yes. Captain and Transfer analysis share this FDR engine.