The promoted three, scouted
Three clubs made it back to the Premier League this summer, and treating them as one interchangeable "promoted teams" bucket in your squad planning misses real differences between them. Here's what's actually different about each.
Coventry City
Coventry return to the top flight for the first time since 2001, winning the Championship by an 11-point margin under Frank Lampard. His side plays a possession-based style that worked well a division down, though how that translates against Premier League opposition - who press higher and punish mistakes harder - is the open question. They've strengthened at the back with Aurele Amenda in from Eintracht Frankfurt, and the fixture list hasn't done them any favours: Coventry open away at Arsenal before hosting Manchester City, and sit among the toughest average opening-six runs in the league (see our fixture swings piece).
Fantasy read: a possession style without Premier League pace at the back is a genuine risk for clean sheets early - worth waiting on Coventry defenders until there's real evidence they can hold that shape against better teams.
Ipswich Town
Ipswich are back after their first stint ended in relegation, this time under new manager Gary O'Neil, and arrive with more recent top-flight experience than either of the other two promoted sides - a real advantage when it comes to squads not being shell-shocked by the step up. They moved early in the window, signing Ghana international Abdul Fatawu Issahaku from Leicester for a fee in the region of £20m, adding genuine pace and end product out wide.
Fantasy read: of the three promoted sides, Ipswich is the one pundits rate as most likely to have a squad capable of survival - worth a longer look for a cheap differential once fixtures turn kind, rather than an automatic avoid just because they're newly promoted.
Hull City
Hull complete the trio, beating Middlesbrough in the Championship play-off final on a stoppage-time winner. They carry the biggest experience gap of the three - the shortest recent top-flight history - and start the season under Michael Carrick, who takes charge of a full Premier League campaign at Hull for the first time. Their fixture list doesn't help matters either, sitting among the tougher opening-six runs alongside Coventry.
Fantasy read: the biggest unknown of the three. Worth monitoring rather than committing to early - if Carrick's side finds its feet, cheap Hull assets could be a source of differentials later; if not, it's the kind of squad that's easy to avoid entirely without missing much.
The general rule
Newly promoted sides are a well-known trap in Fantasy: cheap price tags look tempting, but the model behind this site's Fixtures and Outlook pages already factors in that promoted teams historically concede more and create less than their price suggests - worth trusting the numbers over the temptation to grab a bargain on reputation alone.
Sources: Liverpool FC - promoted teams look, Premier League - Hull City promoted.