Which clubs have the TOUGHEST - and EASIEST - starts?
2021-22
Premier League
GERMANY
France
ITALY
La Liga
season fixtures
2021-22 fixtures
Numbers show the projected final league positions of each club’s first 10 opponents, based on their odds of winning the title.
Man City Liverpool Chelsea Man Utd Leicester Tottenham Arsenal Everton West Ham Leeds Aston Villa Newcastle Wolves Brighton Southampton C. Palace Burnley Brentford Norwich Watford
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50/1 or shorter
Opponent’s title odds:
100/1 to 250/1
350/1 or longer
Man City play 5 of the 7 strongest clubs in their first 7 matches, while Norwich and Wolves both start with 3 tough games. Man Utd don’t play a fellow Champions League contender until their 8th match ofthe season.
Where two or more clubs have the same title odds, last season’s league positions have been used as a tie-breaker.
La Liga 2021-22
fixtures
Real Madrid Barcelona A.Madrid Sevilla R. Sociedad Villarreal Betis Athletic Club Celta Vigo Granada Valencia Getafe Espanyol Osasuna Alaves Mallorca Cadiz Levante Elche R. Vallecano
100/1 to 500/1
1000/1 or longer
Real Madrid don’t face a fellow Champions League contender until their 7th match of the season. 5 of Granada’s opening 9 fixtures pit them against one of the 6 strongest clubs in the league.
Serie A 2021-22
Juventus Inter Atalanta Milan Napoli Roma Lazio Sassuolo Fiorentina Sampdoria Verona Bologna Cagliari Torino Genoa Udinese Spezia Empoli Salernitana Venezia
40/1 or shorter
150/1 to 750/1
3 of Napoli’s first 4 fixtures are against clubs who are expected to be battling relegation this season. Sampdoria will have to face a strong opponent in 4 of their first 6 matches.
Bundesliga 2021-22
Bayern Dortmund Leipzig Leverkusen Gladbach Frankfurt Wolfsburg Hertha Berlin Union Berlin Stuttgart Freiburg Hoffenheim Mainz Augsburg Köln Bielefeld Bochum G. Furth
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
80/1 or shorter
Leipzig only have to face one of their likely title rivals in the opening 10 rounds of matches. 3 of Union Berlin’s first 5 fixtures will pit them against a club targeting Champions League qualification.
Ligue 1 2021-22
PSG Lyon Lille Monaco Marseille Nice Rennes Lens Montpellier Saint-Étienne Metz Bordeaux Reims Strasbourg Brest Angers Lorient Nantes Troyes Clermont
66/1 or shorter
750/1 or longer
Lyon and Monaco each face clubs who are expected to struggle in 3 of their first 4 fixtures. 4 of Nantes’ opening 5 matches are against one of the seven strongest teams in the league.
