The Premier League has paused for the international break after four Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gameweeks.
It&#8217;s therefore a good time look ahead at the upcoming fixtures and pick out the key highlights of the coming weeks.
We&#8217;ll be using our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker">customisable fixture ticker</a> to help us along the way, as well as our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta">Opta stats tool</a> for player and team data.
Our analysis covers fixtures over the next six weeks &#8211; Gameweek 5-10.

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<h2>Luton and Burnley get first double gameweek of season</h2>
Luton and Burnley have leapt to the top of our ticker for overall fixture strength, thanks to their double gameweek.
The promoted teams were due to play each other at Kenilworth Road in Gameweek 2 but Luton&#8217;s home ground was not ready in time.
The match has now been added to FPL Gameweek 7, meaning both teams play twice. Luton&#8217;s other game is against Everton away, while Burnley travel to Newcastle.
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Excluding Gameweek 7, Luton&#8217;s games are rated marginally better than the Clarets&#8217;, ranking eighth overall.
Neither team has impressed so far though, with the pair rooted to the bottom of the table on zero points, as well as the expected goals (xG) chart.
<div id="attachment_57710" style="width: 1292px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57710" class="size-full wp-image-57710" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xG-tables-GW1-4.jpg" alt="" width="1282" height="753" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xG-tables-GW1-4.jpg 1282w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xG-tables-GW1-4-300x176.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xG-tables-GW1-4-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xG-tables-GW1-4-768x451.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xG-tables-GW1-4-610x358.jpg 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xG-tables-GW1-4-1080x634.jpg 1080w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xG-tables-GW1-4-1280x753.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px" />Expected goals Gameweek 1-4</div>
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<h3>Players to target</h3>
FPL managers won&#8217;t be rushing to get any of their players ahead of Gameweek 7, although their budget options are already in some teams.
Luton defenders Amari&#8217;i Bell (£4.0m) and Issa Kabore (£4.0m) are in 6.5% and 5.3% respectively, while 3.3% own Jordan Beyer (£4.0m).
These players can be held ahead of the double, however some improvement in their defensive <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> may be needed to convince FPL managers to play them ahead of others.
Burnley have conceded the most goals (11), with the seventh-worst expected goals conceded (xGC). Luton&#8217;s nine goals conceded is the joint-third worst, compared to an xGC of 8.3 &#8211; sixth worst.
Carlton Morris (£5.5m) and Lyle Foster (£5.0m) are the standout attacking picks so far.
Burnley&#8217;s Foster has two goals in three games, with an expected goals (xG) tally of 11. He has had five shots in the box and two big chances.
Luton talisman Morris has one goal &#8211; from the penalty spot &#8211; from an xG of 0.99. He also has an assist to his name.
The forward has had more shots than Foster (nine) but has registered one fewer on target (two).
He is potentially more nailed, with Vincent Kompany able to call on other options up front over Foster.
Competition includes new signing Zeki Amdouni (£5.5m), who has played 202 minutes this season, although the duo have so far been starting together.
Brighton&#8217;s Joao Pedro (£5.5m) is in 14.7% of FPL teams and could be the makeweight for many looking to bring in a double gameweek forward.
<div id="attachment_57711" style="width: 907px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57711" class="size-full wp-image-57711" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Morris-stats.jpg" alt="" width="897" height="731" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Morris-stats.jpg 897w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Morris-stats-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Morris-stats-768x626.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Morris-stats-610x497.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px" />Carlton Morris&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></div>
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<h2>Best FPL fixtures: Newcastle&#8217;s fixture swing</h2>
Newcastle players will be firmly in FPL managers&#8217; sights from Gameweek 5, as their tough start to the season takes a turn for the better.
Luton and Burnley aside, only Aston Villa have stronger overall fixtures up to Gameweek 10.
Two home games in three are next for the Magpies, with Brentford and Burnley travelling to St James&#8217; Park.
The Hub ticker ranks them particularly high for defensive prospects, ranking third overall.
Newcastle are yet to keep a clean sheet this season, although their xGC (5.0) is still sixth best in the league despite their difficult run
Kieran Trippier (£6.5m), Sven Botman (£4.5m) and Fabian Schar (£5.0m) will likely rise in ownership as a result.
Trippier sits joint-second for successful crosses among defenders (10) and is second for key passes (10) behind Pervis Estupinan (£5.3m), although he is yet to manage an assist.
<div id="attachment_57716" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57716" class="size-full wp-image-57716" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Newcastle-defenders.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="731" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Newcastle-defenders.jpg 900w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Newcastle-defenders-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Newcastle-defenders-768x624.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Newcastle-defenders-610x495.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" />Fabian Schar, Kieran Trippier and Sven Botman</div>
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<h3>Attacking options</h3>
Alexander Isak (£7.7m) was a popular early transfer in after his Gameweek 1 brace.
But he has been moved out of a surprisingly high number of team since Gameweek 4 ended, as highlighted in our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/chasing-points-gameweek-4">Chasing Points</a> series.
Isak has been Eddie Howe&#8217;s striker of choice, limiting Callum Wilson (£7.8m) to 96 minutes compared to Isak&#8217;s 280.
This has not stopped Wilson scoring twice too &#8211; and European rotation could give the Englishman more chances, depending on who Howe prefers for the Champions League.
The two forwards&#8217; <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> are very similar, even with the minutes gap.
<div id="attachment_57712" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57712" class="size-full wp-image-57712" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Isak-v-Wilson.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="731" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Isak-v-Wilson.jpg 900w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Isak-v-Wilson-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Isak-v-Wilson-768x624.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Isak-v-Wilson-610x495.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" />Alexander Isak v Callum Wilson</div>
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<h2>FPL fixtures: Brighton fixtures turn</h2>
Roberto De Zerbi&#8217;s side have had a flying start, scoring the most goals (12) and registering the highest xG (10.78).
They have carried on where they left off last season, when the Italian transformed them into one of the best attacking sides in the league.
But their start has been aided by one of the best opening fixture runs &#8211; and now things are about to get tougher.
Brighton rank second bottom for fixture difficulty up to Gameweek 10.
Bournemouth and Fulham at home are the pick of a challenging bunch, which includes away games against Manchester United, Aston Villa and Manchester City.
The Seagulls have yet to keep a clean sheet, with their xGC of 7.3 only the eighth best despite favourable fixtures.
Estupinan owners &#8211; 64% of all FPL managers &#8211; face a difficult decision over whether to sell the full-back, or whether to play or bench him if they keep him.
<div id="attachment_57714" style="width: 907px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57714" class="size-full wp-image-57714" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Estupinan-stats-2.jpg" alt="" width="897" height="731" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Estupinan-stats-2.jpg 897w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Estupinan-stats-2-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Estupinan-stats-2-768x626.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Estupinan-stats-2-610x497.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px" />Pervis Estupinan&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></div>
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A goal and two assists have more than justified his high ownership even without clean sheets.
But Brighton still rank 19th when filtering their fixtures for attacking prospects, which may convince some to hop off the Ecuadorian despite his obvious attacking upside.
The Hub&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/ai-teams">My Team tool&#8217;s AI Wildcard team</a> leaves him out of the squad for Gameweek 5, preferring Trippier, Destiny Udogie (£4.7m) and Ruben Dias (£5.5m) moving forward.
<div id="attachment_57713" style="width: 863px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57713" class="size-full wp-image-57713" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AI-Wildcard-GW5.jpg" alt="" width="853" height="839" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AI-Wildcard-GW5.jpg 853w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AI-Wildcard-GW5-300x295.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AI-Wildcard-GW5-768x755.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AI-Wildcard-GW5-610x600.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px" />Hub AI Wildcard team for Gameweek 5</div>
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<h2>Liverpool going under the radar?</h2>
Excluding Luton and Burnley, whose fixture run is boosted by their double gameweek, the Hub ticker ranks Liverpool as having the best attacking prospects up to Gameweek 10.
Now free from speculation over a move to Saudi Arabia, FPL managers can once again consider Mohamed Salah (£12.5m).
The Egyptian midfielder has the highest xG of all Liverpool players (2.77), scoring two goals and assisting two.
He has the best expected assists (xA) tally among his teammates by far &#8211; 2.22 &#8211; ahead of Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.9m) on 0.77.
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In fact, no other player has a higher xA than Salah so far this season. His xG is fourth best.
Luis Diaz (£7.7m) offers a cheaper alternative in midfield, having played the most minutes among the Reds&#8217; attacking options after Salah. He also has two goals.
Darwin Nunez (£7.4m) has played just 106 minutes but has also found the net twice, as well as assisting two.
Liverpool&#8217;s matches against Everton and Nottingham Forest &#8211; both at home &#8211; in Gameweek 9 and 10 looks like a prime hop-on point, if not sooner.
<div id="attachment_57715" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-57715" class="size-full wp-image-57715" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Salah-v-Diaz.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="731" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Salah-v-Diaz.jpg 900w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Salah-v-Diaz-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Salah-v-Diaz-768x624.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Salah-v-Diaz-610x495.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" />Mohamed Salah v Luis Diaz</div>
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