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Best FPL Clean Sheet Fixtures: How To Find Defensive Runs

12 July 2026

Clean sheets are boring until your defender walks off with six points and bonus. The trick is not just picking good defenders. It is finding teams with fixtures where a clean sheet is actually realistic.

The Demon FPL Fixture Ticker has a Defence view and a projected clean-sheet percentage. Use both together. Defence FDR tells you how friendly the fixture looks. Clean-sheet percentage tells you how much trust to put in it.

How To Find Clean-Sheet Fixtures

  1. Open the ticker.
  2. Switch the metric to Defence.
  3. Set the range to the next 5 or next 8 gameweeks.
  4. Turn on Projected Clean Sheets.
  5. Sort by easiest.

The best defensive runs are the ones where the colours and the percentages agree. If the fixture is green but the clean-sheet percentage is weak, it may be better for attackers than defenders.

Premium Defender Or Cheap Defender?

Premium defenders can survive average fixtures because they often bring attacking threat, bonus and minutes. Cheap defenders usually need the fixture to do more of the work.

Defender buying checklist
Player typeWhat you needWarning sign
Premium defenderClean sheets, attacking threat, startsExpensive player with no attacking route
Cheap defenderGood fixtures, starts, rotation valueLow minutes or no clean-sheet chance
GoalkeeperClean-sheet run, saves, fixture rotationTwo keepers with the same bad fixture blocks

Use Rotation For Budget Defenders

Two cheap defenders do not both need great fixtures every week. You just need one of them to be playable. Use rotation mode to find pairs that cover each other's hard fixtures.

Demon Verdict

Do not buy defenders just because the overall ticker is green. Switch to Defence, check clean-sheet percentage, then ask whether the player is nailed enough to benefit. That is how you avoid pretty fixtures that return two points.

Best FPL Clean Sheet Fixtures: Defence FDR, Goalkeeper Rotation And Defenders | FPL Demon