Then the difficulty ramps up with trips to Arsenal and Manchester City, either side of a visit from in-form Nottingham Forest. Opta analysis has given United's fixture list an average opponent ...

The values of each team's season seven opponents were then added together, with the highest total value again indicating the toughest fixture. The difficulty of each fixture has been simplified into ...

we created a ranking of fixture difficulty. The fewer wins your opponents have, the “easier” your fixture is considered. Fans and pundits alike may be surprised by some of the early results ...