Wednesday, June 19

2013/14 Opening Fixtures Preview

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Here's our Fixture Strength Preview for the first six gameweeks.  

Green Square = Home game versus opponent's who concede a lot
Yellow Square= Away game agaisnt easy opponent or home game agaisnt hard opponent
Red Square = Away against hardest opponents
Green Font = Home at medium ranked opponent
Yellow Font = Away at medium opponent

Highlights

  • Chelsea  Three easy fixtures in the first six games, and the likelihood of a double gameweek with involvement in some European thing. They travel to Old Trafford and Goodison too but don't worry about that, it doesn't mean they won't score.
  • Man City   Pellegrini's new side will host Hull and Newcastle in the first few weeks as well as travelling to Villa & Cardiff. Not super, but better than many others.
  • Newcastle  If the Magpies can sort some of their problems out over the summer they could have a decent start with Hull and Fulham and West Ham to visit St. James early on.

Later this week we'll provide some more precise calculations about the opening fixture schedule and  decipher some early rotation options with Palace and Hull offering a decent match up at first glance.