An overview of the Premier League's first 10 FPL Gameweek's
A new Premier League season is always christened with the annual release of its Fixture List. On Wednesday June 14th 2017 the latest release of fixtures welcome Brighton and Huddersfield to the party for the first time, whilst for FPL managers across the lands the dissection of every fixture begins. Let's take a look at how the Premier League is going to unfold in its first weeks.
In the eyes of FPL players globally the football calendar works in stages. The first five games is perhaps the most imperative as their are months to mull over fixtures, new player signings. There's more risk in playing a differential, and picking a captain. Similarly the opening 10 games potentially sets the scene for transfer likeliness, potential form, and fellow player strategy.
The price of a team at the early stages of the season, and the player uncertainty means that FPL players usually play their first wildcard team within the first 5 Gameweek's of the season, usually before or after the first international fixtures of the season.
Let's start off by running down the week to week fixtures that we'll be enjoying in the Premier League.
FPL Gameweek 1
Arsenal vs. Leicester
Brighton vs. Man City
Chelsea vs. Burnley
Crystal Palace vs. Huddersfield
Everton vs. Stoke
Man United vs. West Ham
Newcastle vs. Spurs
Southampton vs. Swansea
Watford vs. Liverpool
West Brom vs. Bournemouth
FPL Gameweek 2
Bournemouth vs. Watford
Burnley vs. West Brom
Huddersfield vs. Newcastle
Leicester vs. Brighton
Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace
Man City vs. Everton
Stoke vs. Arsenal
Swansea vs. Man United
Spurs vs. Chelsea
West Ham vs. Southampton
FPL Gameweek 3
Bournemouth vs. Man City
Chelsea vs. Everton
Crystal Palace vs. Swansea
Huddersfield vs. Southampton
Liverpool vs. Arsenal
Man United vs. Leicester
Newcastle vs. West Ham
Spurs vs. Burnley
Watford vs. Brighton
West Brom vs. Stoke
FPL Gameweek 4
Arsenal vs. Bournemouth
Brighton vs. West Brom
Burnley vs. Crystal Palace
Everton vs. Spurs
Leicester vs. Chelsea
Man City vs. Liverpool
Southampton vs. Watford
Stoke vs. Man United
Swansea vs. Newcastle
West Ham vs. Huddersfield
FPL Gameweek 5
Bournemouth vs. Brighton
Chelsea vs. Arsenal
Crystal Palace vs. Southampton
Huddersfield vs. Leicester
Liverpool vs. Burnley
Man United vs. Everton
Newcastle vs. Stoke
Spurs vs. Swansea
Watford vs. Man City
West Brom vs. West Ham
FPL Gameweek 6
Arsenal vs. West Brom
Brighton vs. Newcastle
Burnley vs. Huddersfield
Everton vs. Bournemouth
Leicester vs. Liverpool
Man City vs. Crystal Palace
Southampton vs. Man United
Stoke vs. Chelsea
Swansea vs. Watford
West Ham vs. Spurs
FPL Gameweek 7
Arsenal vs. Brighton
Bournemouth vs. Leicester
Chelsea vs. Man City
Everton vs. Burnley
Huddersfield vs. Spurs
Man United vs. Crystal Palace
Newcastle vs. Liverpool
Stoke vs. Southampton
West Brom vs. Watford
West Ham vs. Swansea
FPL Gameweek 8
Brighton vs. Everton
Burnley vs. West Ham
Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea
Leicester vs. West Brom
Liverpool vs. Man United
Man City vs. Stoke
Southampton vs. Newcastle
Swansea vs. Huddersfield
Spurs vs. Bournemouth
Watford vs. Arsenal
FPL Gameweek 9
Chelsea vs. Watford
Everton vs. Arsenal
Huddersfield vs. Man United
Man City vs. Burnley
Newcastle vs. Crystal Palace
Southampton vs. West Brom
Stoke vs. Bournemouth
Swansea vs. Leicester
Spurs vs. Liverpool
West Ham vs. Brighton
FPL Gameweek 10
Arsenal vs. Swansea
Bournemouth vs. Chelsea
Brighton vs. Southampton
Burnley vs. Newcastle
Crystal Palace vs. West Ham
Leicester vs. Everton
Liverpool vs. Huddersfield
Man United vs. Spurs
Watford vs. Stoke
West Brom vs. Man City
Premier League: Club by Club Fixtures
Next, let's go through all 20 teams in the Premier League and see what they'll be up against in the early part of the season.
ARSENAL
GW1 - Arsenal vs. Leicester
GW2 - Stoke vs. Arsenal
GW3 - Liverpool vs. Arsenal
GW4 - Arsenal vs. Bournemouth
GW5 - Chelsea vs. Arsenal
GW6 - Arsenal vs. West Brom
GW7 - Arsenal vs. Brighton
GW8 - Watford vs. Arsenal
GW9 - Everton vs. Arsenal
GW10 - Arsenal vs. Swansea
Arsenal Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Arsenal play Liverpool away for GW3 and Chelsea away for GW5
Promoted clubs: Arsenal play Brighton at home for GW7.
BOURNEMOUTH
GW1 - West Brom vs. Bournemouth
GW2 - Bournemouth vs. Watford
GW3 - Bournemouth vs. Man City
GW4 - Arsenal vs. Bournemouth
GW5 - Bournemouth vs. Brighton
GW6 - Everton vs. Bournemouth
GW7 - Bournemouth vs. Leicester
GW8 - Spurs vs. Bournemouth
GW9 - Stoke vs. Bournemouth
GW10 - Bournemouth vs. Chelsea
Bournemouth Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Bournemouth play 4/6 of last season's top 6 in the first ten games - Man City (GW3), Arsenal (GW4), Spurs (GW8), and Chelsea (GW10)
Promoted clubs: Bournemouth entertain Brighton for GW5.
BRIGHTON
GW1 - Brighton vs. Man City
GW2 - Leicester vs. Brighton
GW3 - Watford vs. Brighton
GW4 - Brighton vs. West Brom
GW5 - Bournemouth vs. Brighton
GW6 - Brighton vs. Newcastle
GW7 - Arsenal vs. Brighton
GW8 - Brighton vs. Everton
GW9 - West Ham vs. Brighton
GW10 - Brighton vs. Southampton
Brighton Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Brighton host Man City home on the opening day, and travel to Arsenal for GW7.
Promoted clubs: Brighton host Newcastle for GW6
BURNLEY
GW1 - Chelsea vs. Burnley
GW2 - Burnley vs. West Brom
GW3 - Spurs vs. Burnley*
GW4 - Burnley vs. Crystal Palace
GW5 - Liverpool vs. Burnley
GW6 - Burnley vs. Huddersfield
GW7 - Everton vs. Burnley
GW8 - Burnley vs. West Ham
GW9 - Man City vs. Burnley
GW10 - Burnley vs. Newcastle
Burnley Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away - Spurs are due to host Burnley on August 26, when Wembley is set to stage Rugby League's Challenge Cup final - with a fixture change possible
Encounters with last season's top 6: Burnley play Chelsea (GW1), Spurs (GW3), Liverpool (GW5), and Man City (GW9), all away from home in the first ten.
Promoted clubs: Burnley play Huddersfield (GW6) and Newcastle (GW10), both at home
CHELSEA
GW1 - Chelsea vs. Burnley
GW2 - Spurs vs. Chelsea
GW3 - Chelsea vs. Everton
GW4 - Leicester vs. Chelsea
GW5 - Chelsea vs. Arsenal
GW6 - Stoke vs. Chelsea
GW7 - Chelsea vs. Man City
GW8 - Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea
GW9 - Chelsea vs. Watford
GW10 - Bournemouth vs. Chelsea
Chelsea Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Chelsea travel to Spurs (GW2), and entertain Arsenal (GW5) and Man City (GW7)
Promoted clubs: Chelsea don't play any promoted teams in the opening 10 games.
CRYSTAL PALACE
GW1 - Crystal Palace vs. Huddersfield
GW2 - Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace
GW3 - Crystal Palace vs. Swansea
GW4 - Burnley vs. Crystal Palace
GW5 - Crystal Palace vs. Southampton
GW6 - Man City vs. Crystal Palace
GW7 - Man United vs. Crystal Palace
GW8 - Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea
GW9 - Newcastle vs. Crystal Palace
GW10 - Crystal Palace vs. West Ham
Crystal Palace Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Palace travel to Liverpool for GW2, before playing Man City (GW6), Man United (GW7), and Chelsea (GW8) consecutively
Promoted clubs: Crystal Palace entertain Huddersfield on the opening day, and travel to Newcastle for GW9.
EVERTON
GW1 - Everton vs. Stoke
GW2 - Man City vs. Everton
GW3 - Chelsea vs. Everton
GW4 - Everton vs. Spurs
GW5 - Man United vs. Everton
GW6 - Everton vs. Bournemouth
GW7 - Everton vs. Burnley
GW8 - Brighton vs. Everton
GW9 - Everton vs. Arsenal
GW10 - Leicester vs. Everton
Everton Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Everton face 4 of last season's top 6 teams in the opening 5 games, and then entertain Arsenal for GW9.
Promoted clubs: Everton travel to Brighton for GW8
HUDDERSFIELD
GW1 - Crystal Palace vs. Huddersfield
GW2 - Huddersfield vs. Newcastle
GW3 - Huddersfield vs. Southampton
GW4 - West Ham vs. Huddersfield
GW5 - Huddersfield vs. Leicester
GW6 - Burnley vs. Huddersfield
GW7 - Huddersfield vs. Spurs
GW8 - Swansea vs. Huddersfield
GW9 - Huddersfield vs. Man United
GW10 - Liverpool vs. Huddersfield
Huddersfield Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Huddersfield host Spurs (GW7) and Man United (GW9) before traveling to Liverpool (GW10).
Promoted clubs: Huddersfield host Newcastle for their first ever Premier League home game.
LEICESTER
GW1 - Arsenal vs. Leicester
GW2 - Leicester vs. Brighton
GW3 - Man United vs. Leicester
GW4 - Leicester vs. Chelsea
GW5 - Huddersfield vs. Leicester
GW6 - Leicester vs. Liverpool
GW7 - Bournemouth vs. Leicester
GW8 - Leicester vs. West Brom
GW9 - Swansea vs. Leicester
GW10 - Leicester vs. Everton
Leicester Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Leicester play 4 of last season's top 6 clubs in the opening 6 games of the season, traveling to Arsenal and Man United, whilst hosting Chelsea and Liverpool
Promoted clubs: Leicester host Brighton for GW2 and travel to Huddersfield for GW5
LIVERPOOL
GW1 - Watford vs. Liverpool
GW2 - Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace
GW3 - Liverpool vs. Arsenal
GW4 - Man City vs. Liverpool
GW5 - Liverpool vs. Burnley
GW6 - Leicester vs. Liverpool
GW7 - Newcastle vs. Liverpool
GW8 - Liverpool vs. Man United
GW9 - Spurs vs. Liverpool
GW10 - Liverpool vs. Huddersfield
Liverpool Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Liverpool play 4 of the 5 available top 6 teams from last season in blocks of 2 - traveling to Arsenal for GW3 before hosting Man City for GW4, then later down the line they host Man United for GW8, before traveling to Spurs for GW9
Promoted clubs: Liverpool host Huddersfield for GW10
MAN CITY
GW1 - Brighton vs. Man City
GW2 - Man City vs. Everton
GW3 - Bournemouth vs. Man City
GW4 - Man City vs. Liverpool
GW5 - Watford vs. Man City
GW6 - Man City vs. Crystal Palace
GW7 - Chelsea vs. Man City
GW8 - Man City vs. Stoke
GW9 - Man City vs. Burnley
GW10 - West Brom vs. Man City
Man City Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Man City host Liverpool (GW4), then travel to Chelsea (GW7)
Promoted clubs: City travel to Brighton on the opening day
MAN UNITED
GW1 - Man United vs. West Ham
GW2 - Swansea vs. Man United
GW3 - Man United vs. Leicester
GW4 - Stoke vs. Man United
GW5 - Man United vs. Everton
GW6 - Southampton vs. Man United
GW7 - Man United vs. Crystal Palace
GW8 - Liverpool vs. Man United
GW9 - Huddersfield vs. Man United
GW10 - Man United vs. Spurs
Man United Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Man United travel Liverpool for GW8 before heading to Spurs for GW10
Promoted clubs: Man United travel to Huddersfield for GW9
NEWCASTLE UNITED
GW1 - Newcastle vs. Spurs
GW2 - Huddersfield vs. Newcastle
GW3 - Newcastle vs. West Ham
GW4 - Swansea vs. Newcastle
GW5 - Newcastle vs. Stoke
GW6 - Brighton vs. Newcastle
GW7 - Newcastle vs. Liverpool
GW8 - Southampton vs. Newcastle
GW9 - Newcastle vs. Crystal Palace
GW10 - Burnley vs. Newcastle
Newcastle Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Newcastle host Spurs on the opening day and Liverpool for GW7
Promoted clubs: Newcastle travel to both of the other 2 teams promoted from the Championship, first to Huddersfield for GW2, and then to Brighton for GW6
SOUTHAMPTON
GW1 - Southampton vs. Swansea
GW2 - West Ham vs. Southampton*
GW3 - Huddersfield vs. Southampton
GW4 - Southampton vs. Watford
GW5 - Crystal Palace vs. Southampton
GW6 - Southampton vs. Man United
GW7 - Stoke vs. Southampton
GW8 - Southampton vs. Newcastle
GW9 - Southampton vs. West Brom
GW10 - Brighton vs. Southampton
Southampton Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away - London Stadium is hosting the World Athletics Championships in August, meaning West Ham can't play in the stadium until September - a change of venue is likely
Encounters with last season's top 6: Southampton host Man United for GW6
Promoted clubs: Southampton play all 3 promoted clubs in their first 10 ten games, traveling to Huddersfield (GW3), hosting Newcastle (GW8), and traveling to Brighton (GW10)
STOKE CITY
GW1 - Everton vs. Stoke
GW2 - Stoke vs. Arsenal
GW3 - West Brom vs. Stoke
GW4 - Stoke vs. Man United
GW5 - Newcastle vs. Stoke
GW6 - Stoke vs. Chelsea
GW7 - Stoke vs. Southampton
GW8 - Man City vs. Stoke
GW9 - Stoke vs. Bournemouth
GW10 - Watford vs. Stoke
Stoke City Overall: 5 home fixtures, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Stoke play a top 6 squad every other week for the first 8 Gameweek's - Arsenal (GW2), Man United (GW4), Chelsea (GW6), Man City (GW8)
Promoted clubs: Stoke travel to Newcastle for GW5
SWANSEA CITY
GW1 - Southampton vs. Swansea
GW2 - Swansea vs. Man United
GW3 - Crystal Palace vs. Swansea
GW4 - Swansea vs. Newcastle
GW5 - Spurs vs. Swansea
GW6 - Swansea vs. Watford
GW7 - West Ham vs. Swansea
GW8 - Swansea vs. Huddersfield
GW9 - Swansea vs. Leicester
GW10 - Arsenal vs. Swansea
Swansea Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Swansea host United for GW2, travel to Spurs for GW5, and travel to Arsenal for GW10
Promoted clubs: Swansea host 2 promoted clubs - Newcastle (GW4) and Huddersfield (GW8)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (SPURS)
GW1 - Newcastle vs. Spurs
GW2 - Chelsea vs. Spurs
GW3 - Spurs vs. Burnley*
GW4 - Everton vs. Spurs
GW5 - Spurs vs. Swansea
GW6 - West Ham vs. Spurs
GW7 - Huddersfield vs. Spurs
GW8 - Spurs vs. Bournemouth
GW9 - Spurs vs. Liverpool
GW10 - Man United vs. Spurs
Spurs Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away - Spurs are due to host Burnley on August 26, when Wembley is set to stage Rugby League's Challenge Cup final - with a fixture change possible
Encounters with last season's top 6: Spurs's first game at Wembley is against Chelsea (GW2), then they take on Liverpool at home (GW9) before traveling to Man United (GW10)
Promoted clubs: Spurs travel to 2 promoted clubs - Newcastle (GW1) and Huddersfield (GW7)
WATFORD
GW1 - Watford vs. Liverpool
GW2 - Bournemouth vs. Watford
GW3 - Watford vs. Brighton
GW4 - Southampton vs. Watford
GW5 - Watford vs. Man City
GW6 - Swansea vs. Watford
GW7 - West Brom vs. Watford
GW8 - Watford vs. Arsenal
GW9 - Chelsea vs. Watford
GW10 - Watford vs. Stoke
Watford Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: Watford play 4/6 of last season's top 6, hosting 3 clubs - Liverpool (GW1), Man City (GW5), Arsenal (GW8) - before traveling to Chelsea for GW9
Promoted clubs: Watford host Brighton for GW3
WEST BROM
GW1 - West Brom vs. Bournemouth
GW2 - Burnley vs. West Brom
GW3 - West Brom vs. Stoke
GW4 - Brighton vs. West Brom
GW5 - West Brom vs. West Ham
GW6 - Arsenal vs. West Brom
GW7 - West Brom vs. Watford
GW8 - Leicester vs. West Brom
GW9 - Southampton vs. West Brom
GW10 - West Brom vs. Man City
West Brom Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away
Encounters with last season's top 6: West Brom travel to Arsenal for GW6, and host Man City for GW10
Promoted clubs: West Brom travel to Brighton for GW4
WEST HAM
GW1 - Man United vs. West Ham
GW2 - West Ham vs. Southampton*
GW3 - Newcastle vs. West Ham
GW4 - West Ham vs. Huddersfield
GW5 - West Brom vs. West Ham
GW6 - West Ham vs. Spurs
GW7 - West Ham vs. Swansea
GW8 - Burnley vs. West Ham
GW9 - West Ham vs. Brighton
GW10 - Crystal Palace vs. West Ham
West Ham Overall: 5 fixtures home, 5 away - London Stadium is hosting the World Athletics Championships in August, meaning West Ham can't play in the stadium until September - a cange of venue is likely
Encounters with last season's top 6: West Ham travel to Man United for the opening weekend, before hosting Spurs for GW6
Promoted clubs: West Ham play all 3 promoted sides, first traveling to Newcastle (GW3), then hosting Huddersfield (GW4), before hosting Brighton (GW9)
ENCOUNTERS WITH TOP 6 CLUBS FROM THE 2016/17 SEASON
Now with the club by club rundown in the books, here's a condensed version of how many times each club face a top six side from last season.
5 - Everton
4 - Bournemouth, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Leicester, Liverpool, Stoke, Watford
3 - Chelsea, Huddersfield, Swansea, Spurs
2 - Arsenal, Brighton, Man City, Man United, Newcastle, West Brom, West Ham
1 - Southampton
HOW HAVE WE RANKED THE OPENING PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES?
The season is still a long, long, way away, so deciding on the difficulty of each fixture is almost impossible to make. Hundreds of transfers will take place between now and the end of August, rendering our time with predictions as wasted. Nevertheless we've got a general opinion thanks to myself, @HypeTrainRob, as I've been a very popular FPL player on Twitter over the last few days due to these following tweets.
First up is the general difficulty of fixtures, i.e. how the FPL and a vast majority will view the fixtures, and second is my own assertion of how these fixtures usually go.
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