In case you forgot over the past few months, there’s still the small matter of deciding the Premier League table to deal with.
As the top-flight prepares for its eagerly-anticipated return on June 17, most of us are just relieved to have football back in our lives after a three-month hiatus.
Empty stadiums could impact home advantage and it remains to be seen how teams will react, but one thing we can analyse with certainty is the relative difficulty of each club’s remaining fixtures, especially now that the first few have been confirmed.
Sometimes all you need is a kind run of games to climb up the table. String together a couple of wins and suddenly everything looks a little rosier.
Confirmed Premier League fixtures for restart of 2019/20 season
With the help of Soccer Stats, we’ve looked at how difficult every Premier League club’s remaining matches are, which helps paint a clearer picture of the task at hand for each team.
So, who has the most difficult remaining fixtures? Here’s the table, with ’20’ being the easiest and ‘1’ the hardest.
Fantasy football players may also want to take note when deciding which players to pick for the run-in…
20. Man City
Average points per game of remaining opponents = 1.19
Fixtures: Arsenal (H), Burnley (H), Chelsea (A), Liverpool (H), Southampton (A), Newcastle (H), Brighton (A), Bournemouth (H), Watford (A), Norwich (H).
19. Wolves
Average points per game of remaining opponents = 1.21
Fixtures: West Ham (A), Bournemouth (H), Aston Villa (A), Arsenal (H), Sheffield United (A), Everton (H), Burnley (A), Crystal Palace (H), Chelsea (A).
18. Tottenham
Average points per game of remaining opponents = 1.25
Fixtures: Man United (H), West Ham (H), Sheffield United (A), Everton (H), Bournemouth (A), Arsenal (H), Newcastle (A), Leicester (H), Crystal Palace (A).
17. Norwich
Average points per game of remaining opponents = 1.30
Fixtures: Southampton (H), Everton (H), Arsenal (A), Brighton (H), Watford (A), West Ham (H), Chelsea (A), Burnley (H), Man City (A).
16. West Ham
Average points per game of remaining opponents = 1.32
Fixtures: Wolves (H), Tottenham (A), Chelsea (H), Newcastle (A), Burnley (H), NorwIch (A), Watford (H), Man United (A), Aston Villa (H).
