Man Utd have statistically the easiest start to the 2026-27 season, while Man City & Chelsea come off worse.
Manchester United have statistically the easiest start to the 2026-27 Premier League season, whereas Manchester City and Chelsea have come off worse.
Now that the calendar has been set in stone, we’ve ranked every team in the Premier League by the difficulty of their first six matches, based on every club’s 2025-26 finishing position.
Newly-promoted sides Coventry, Ipswich and Hull have been deemed to have finished 18th, 19th and 20th respectively last season.
