Comparison of difficulty in the start of the Premier League: Manchester United Abyss mode, the weakest team is the easiest

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Li Jingyi

There are still two months left before the 2025-26 Premier League season starts, but the league schedule announced on Wednesday still arouses the appetite of many fans. The most public concern is naturally the beginning. Performance in the early stages of the season, although not enough to define a team's full season, can play a crucial role in it. Liverpool, the defending Premier League champion, was able to win the second Premier League trophy in team history with a strong start. Although the defending FA Cup champion Crystal Palace only won one victory in the first 13 rounds of the league, it recovered with its state and finally finished with 12th place and its first championship in team history.

Focusing on the new season, Manchester United, which is in a historical low, will face the members of the "Big Six" three times in the first five games, which can be said to be the beginning of hell.而通过附加赛回归的升班马桑德兰，赛程难度为联赛最低，能否顺利抵达天堂终点，全看自我奋斗。

Competition Network ranks the difficulty of the first five games of the Premier League 20 teams. The "difficulty value" is based on this season's ranking. Liverpool scored 19 points, decreasing in turn. The English champion and runner-up Leeds United, Burnley and play-off winner Sunderland were ranked 18-20 respectively. The difficulty of the Black Cats' match was recorded as 1 point. The details of the schedule difficulty ranking are as follows:

(1) Manchester United (62 points)

Portuguese young coach Amorin ushered in his decisive season. Manchester United ended with 15 places this season, and missed the UEFA Cup final and missed the Champions League. They faced a difficult challenge in the new season, with three opponents in the first five games being the semi-finals of this season. The only thing worthy of gratitude is that four of them were played in Manchester City, which would be spared from the hardships of boats and cars. On a long-distance expedition, there was only one trip south to London to fight Fulham.

Opponents: Arsenal, Fulham, Burnley, Manchester City, Chelsea

(2) Arsenal (60 points)

Arteta's road to attacking the Premier League championship again is destined to be full of thorns. The first battle visits the Dream Theater and sets on Anfield in the third round. Whether it is the Red Devils or Liverpool, they may have the determination to make points early to damage Tarsen's coach. The Gunners' "tolerance" of diverse styles will be tested by hosting Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and Manchester City at home.

Opponents: Manchester United, Leeds United, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City

(3) Liverpool (57 points)

The defending champion will reflect Bournemouth at home fortress and open the curtain of the new Premier League season. The opponents in the subsequent two games - Newcastle United and Arsenal - both gave up their points this season. Merseyside's derby is coming in full force, but fortunately, the first round is set at Anfield, and they will only visit their arch-rival Hill Dickinson for the first time in the second half.

Opponents: Bournemouth, Newcastle United, Arsenal, Burnley, Everton

(4) Bournemouth (55 points)

The Cherry Legion's start is still difficult. In the first five rounds of this season, they only had one win. Under the training of Ilaura, Bournemouth established its style and gradually became unafraid of strong enemies. It has produced many excellent works and double-winning Arsenal for the first time, which is one of the season surprises of the Premier League. The difficult start continued, and the defending champion was visiting the first round. Whether Cherry can continue its dark horse posture is worth looking forward to.

Opponents: Liverpool, Wolves, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton, Newcastle United

(5) Newcastle United (54 points)

Newcastle returns to the Champions League, facing a difficult schedule, and tests Eddie Howe's ability to seize the start of the league and balance multiple fronts. Although they will face two strong opponents in the first two games, Aston Villa and Liverpool, they have proved this season that their opponents are not as terrifying as expected.

Opponents: Aston Villa, Liverpool, Leeds United, Wolves, Bournemouth

(5) Brentford (54 points)

Bees are not in time to lose Danish coach Thomas Frank. They urgently need to finalize the new coach and avoid the risk of excessive loss of the lineup. Mbomo is a hot item in the summer window. How to retain the top players in the team is enough for Brentford to think about it. After visiting the city stadium for the first time, there were two consecutive West London derbys.

Opponents: Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Chelsea, Fulham

(7) Leeds United (53 points)

White Rose re-entered the Premier League for two years. They have the desire to make up for their missed time, but they have to admit that today is different from the past. Falk, the hero who was once rumored to be hyped, was naturally the first task to lead the team to relegate. The problem was that the increasingly strict financial rules seriously restricted the promoted team from strengthening. German coaches need to use limited configurations to challenge the new rules of survival in the Premier League. All three upgraded teams were relegated this season. Leeds, who tied the Championship with 100 points, wanted to change his fate against the will of the next season, first of all, he needed to ensure his performance against the top "bottoms".

Opponents: Everton, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Fulham, Wolves

(7) Everton (53 points)

Divorce Goodison Park, which has been stationed for 132 years, and moved to the modern stadium Hill Dickinson. Everton's first home debut attracted the attention of fans. The match against Brighton will be their new home opening game. However, in the first five league rounds, the Toffees faced three away games, both Leeds United and Liverpool were hard-to-knit tough tricks.

Opponents: Leeds United, Brighton, Wolves, Aston Villa, Liverpool

(7)Wolves (53 points)

Losing Cunia and Ait Nuri this summer means that Wolves urgently need to complete the lineup to recover their blood. Pereira's first match is the main match for Manchester City. They have not won in the first 10 rounds of this season, and it is imperative to quickly set the start of the new season.

Opponents: Manchester City, Bournemouth, Everton, Newcastle United, Leeds United

Crystal Palace (51 points)

The defending FA Cup champions started the season with spectators, without winning in the first 8 rounds, and only 1 win in the first 13 rounds. The allusion of the stupid bird flying first failing in the Crystal Palace. Even if they fail to make a big splash in the new season, it will not cause too much panic. After all, Glasner has proved that he is not afraid of being too late, but he is afraid of not coming.. The opponents of Crystal Palace in the first three league games are all top 7 teams, which is also an early trial for them.

Opponents: Chelsea, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Sunderland, West Ham United

Brighton (51 points)

The Seagulls will become the first visitor to Everton's new home court, but the three home schedules and a short trip to Bournemouth will provide young coach Sulceler and his team with sufficient recovery and energy storage to cope with the subsequent schedule.

Opponents: Fulham, Everton, Manchester City, Bournemouth, Tottenham Hotspur

⑫Tottenham Hotspur (48 points)

bid farewell to the European League meritorious coach Post Koglu and welcomed Polish Thomas Frank. Tottenham, which has entered the Champions League on the curve, not only faces a more difficult schedule test in the new season, but also needs to draw a clear line with himself this season. They lost 22 league games, losing to the lower limit of team history, and they are also the team with the most losses in the Premier League except for the three relegation teams. It ended the 17-year trophy gap, and now Tottenham needs to end the frequent injuries and the league performance that can't be watched directly.

Advers: Burnley, Manchester City, Bournemouth, West Ham United, Brighton

⑬Fulham (47 points)

The farmers under the jurisdiction of Marco Silva are considered to be a stable example of the Premier League in recent years. Their further expectation is naturally to enter the European war, and the West London derby with Chelsea and Brentford will be the test ground for their ambitions.

Opponents: Brighton, Manchester United, Leeds United, Chelsea, Brentford

⑬ Nottingham Forest (47 points)

It is a welcome pleasure to break into the European battle. How to deal with multi-line combat? In addition to relying on the combat power of his subordinates, Santo is also eager to grab the start. This team is very likely to be weak due to the heavy schedule, and it is difficult to replicate the performance of the giants this season's thorny performance. In the first five rounds, they will face their London opponents four times.

Opponents: Brentford, Crystal Palace, West Ham United, Arsenal, Burnley

⑮Manchester City (46 points)

The Blue Moon Legion, which is stable in the summer window, is determined to regain the throne of overlords. Guardiola's army obviously failed to fully estimate the difficulty of the schedule after the expansion of the European war. Although the team had a bright start, their performance in the ups and downs made them sound at one point. Although all four of them were empty, fortunately they had a successful four-game success. While the calendar is refreshed, Blue Moon's top priority is naturally avenging its previous shame. The Gunners once made their start-game winning streak in 4 games, and the second leg created a 5-1 massacre. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, the brothers in the car, worked together to steal 7 points from Blue Moon disease. For Gua’s Blue Moon, what is more important than the beginning is to save face.

Opponents: Wolves, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton, Manchester United, Arsenal

⑯ Aston Villa (44 points)

The shadow of missing the Champions League qualification has always lingered over Villa. Whether it was coincidence or God's will, their first opponent actually made Newcastle, who entered the Champions League in the last round based on their goal difference advantage. The performance of hosting the Magpies at home may set the tone for Emery's team's entire season. If you win, your morale will be greatly boosted. Otherwise, it will decline again and be exhausted?

Opponents: Newcastle United, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Everton, Sunderland

⑰Chelsea (43 points)

The third-level European battle is also an European battle, and the European Association champion is also a champion. The Blues, who won the first championship in the Egbali era, will return to the Champions League, and will also launch an attack on the team's established goals - who still remembers the bold statement that the new owner would win the championship 100% when acquiring the Blues? For this youthful team, it is too early to compete for the Premier League. Their most practical path is to narrow the gap with the league championship. After the start of the fourth consecutive London derby, they will head to Old Trafford to usher in the first real focus showdown of the season.

Opponents: Crystal Palace, West Ham United, Fulham, Brentford, Manchester United

⑱West Ham United (42 points)

After an ordinary season, whether Porter can lead the Hammers to get rid of the boring label depends on their performance against the newly promoted Sunderland and Chelsea, which is gradually getting rid of the quagmire.

Opponents: Sunderland, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace

⑲Burnley (41 points)

Relegation, Burnley's only goal, no promotional team can be out of the way. And they will face Sunderland in the second round, which is a match that cannot be missed for both teams.

Opponents: Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Manchester United, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest

⑳ Sunderland (39 points)

The first game of the Black Cats has not arrived, but the key players have been lost one after another. Tom Watson turned to Brighton's disciple, and Bellingham's younger brother Job went to Dortmund. If you want to stay in the Premier League, strengthening is essential. Statistically speaking, Sunderland has the easiest start. At the same time, they who advanced through the playoffs are also the boys who give away points in the eyes of their opponents.而面对如此形势，黑猫岂有不抢占先机之理。 After all, the prerequisite for getting help from God is self-help.

Opponents: West Ham United, Burnley, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Aston Villa