What to expect in FPL Gameweek 1 - Fantasy Football Community

With the help of the Official Premier League website and its stats we look at what to expect in FPL Gameweek 1. We focus on the head-to-head data and pick out the teams who usually win, keep more clean sheets, score the most goals and other factors that could help us make decisions in FPL.

Not many managers may not what to expect in FPL Gameweek 1 but here we can give some great insight into how each game may play out. This can then help with decisions around transfers, captaincy, chips and more to give you an edge.

Burnley v Manchester City

In the 20 matches played between the clubs, Manchester City have won a huge 16 times compared to Burnley’ one.
Manchester City have kept five clean sheets in all of their last five head-to-heads with Burnley.
Manchester City have scored 17 goals against the newly promoted side in the last five matches.

Arsenal v Nottingham Forest

Arsenal have won nine of their 16 matches against Nottingham Forest.
Arsenal have scored five times in two of their last five matches against their Gameweek 1 opponent.
Nottingham Forest have won two of their last three matches against Arsenal 1-0.

Bournemouth v West Ham

Both sides have won four or five of their 12 matches against eachother.
West Ham have scored 10 goals in their last three games against ‘The Cherries’.
West Ham have only failed once to score two or more goals in the last five matches against Bournemouth.

Brighton v Luton

These teams have never played against each other in the Premier League.
Brighton had more shots on target than any other team in the league last season.
Luton kept a huge 20 clean sheets in the Championship last campaign.

Everton v Fulham

Everton have dominated with 19 wins from 34 matches against Fulham.
Fulham have kept three clean sheets in the last five matches against Everton.
Fulham have scored two or more goals in four of their last five match-ups.

Sheffield United v Crystal Palace

In the 10 matches played between the teams, Sheffield United won four times and Crystal Palace won six times.
None of the last five matches have finished with both teams scoring.
Crystal Palace have kept a clean sheet in three of their last five match-ups.

Newcastle v Aston Villa

In the 53 matches played between the clubs Newcastle have dominated with 24 wins.
Aston Villa have scored three goals in each of the last two matches against Newcastle.
Both teams have scored just once in the last five match-ups.

Brentford v Spurs

There has been just five matches played between the teams and Spurs won twice.
Spurs have scored at least two goals in three of their last five games against Brentford.
Brentford have not lost against Spurs since January 2021.

Chelsea v Liverpool

In the 79 matches played between Chelsea and Liverpool, the former have won 27 and the latter have won 28.
The last five matches have all ended as draws.
The last four games have all ended 0-0.

Manchester United v Wolves

Manchester United have won 15 of the 24 matches played versus Wolves.
There has been less than two goals scored in three of the last five match-ups.
Manchester United have kept three clean sheets in their last five matches against their Gameweek 1 opponent.