With the first international break of the season now behind us, the Premier League returns to action this weekend. Before analysing the clean sheet and anytime goalscorer odds for Gameweek 5, we begin with a review of how the Bookies’ Advantage squad performed in the previous round…

Our trio of left backs triumphed as Benjamin Mendy and Marcos Alonso recorded assists, whilst the Spaniard also kept a clean sheet, as did Luke Shaw. Further upfield it was slim pickings, with Pedro’s goal off the bench and Sergio Aguero’s assist the only returns as our squad stumbled to a 49 point total.

Clean sheet odds

Team Best clean sheet odds Implied chance of a clean sheet Chelsea 1.72 58% Man City 1.83 55% Wolves 2.1 48% Southampton 2.45 41% Man Utd 2.54 39% Crystal Palace 2.74 36% Everton 2.88 35% Arsenal 3 33% Huddersfield 3.3 30% Bournemouth 3.45 29% Brighton 3.85 26% Leicester 4.05 25% Liverpool 4.1 24% Burnley 4.5 22% Watford 4.5 22% Tottenham 4.6 22% West Ham 5.1 20% Newcastle 5.5 18% Cardiff 13 8% Fulham 23 4% CAN YOU SET UP A CASH WINNING TEAM? 💰 COMPETE FOR £3,000 WITH YOUR FANTASY TEAM THIS WEEKEND

⚽ ENTER OUR MOST REWARDING FANTASY TOURNAMENT NOW A plum home game against Cardiff sees Chelsea rank top of the bookies’ defensive estimations with a 58% chance of a shutout. The Blues have kept 2 clean sheets in 4 outings this season, whilst the Bluebirds have failed to scored in 3 of their 4 matches. There really is no need to look any further than Marcos Alonso, who has started the campaign in blistering form, scoring once and assisting a further 5 times to garner 44 points, more than any other player in FPL after 4 gameweeks.

Joining Alonso in our defence once again is fellow buccaneering left back Benjamin Mendy. With Manchester City given a 55% chance of preventing Fulham from scoring at The Etihad on Saturday afternoon, the Frenchman, who, like Alonso, featured little over the international break, will have the chance to add to the 5 assists he has already supplied this season. And Mendy may have to rely on his attacking quality given that Pep’s side are without a clean sheet in 3 outings, whilst Fulham have impressed in attack.

Wolves (48%) and Southampton (41%) complete the top 4 defensive prospects for Gameweek 5. On Sunday, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men host a Burnley side who have underwhelmed so far this term, blanking in 2 of their 4 matches, whilst Wolves kept their first clean sheet since returning to the top flight last time out against West Ham. Southampton, meanwhile, entertain a notoriously travel sick Brighton side on Monday night. The Seagulls have failed to find the net in either of their away games thus far, whilst Mark Hughes’ men have registered 2 shutouts in their first 4 outings. Portuguese duo Rui Patricio and Cedric Soares provide value routes into both defences whilst also offering the potential for extra points – Patricio has earned saved points in 3 of his 4 appearances, whilst Cedric provided an assist and claimed 3 bonus in Gameweek 4 for a bumper 12 point haul.

It’s pretty much as you were for our subs, with Ben Hamer (30%) unlikely to feature at home against Crystal Palace, but still the likeliest £4.0m keeper to see any game time. Ryan Bennett (48%) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (36%) take the second and third places on our bench ahead of clashes with Burnley and Huddersfield respectively.

Goalscorer odds

Player Best anytime goalscorer odds Implied chance of scoring Sergio Aguero 1.46 68% Gabriel Jesus 1.71 58% Alvaro Morata 1.95 51% Eden Hazard 1.95 51% Raheem Sterling 2.15 47% Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 2.15 47% Harry Kane 2.23 45% Leroy Sane 2.35 43% Mohamed Salah 2.4 42% Pedro 2.4 42% Cenk Tosun 2.5 40% Romelu Lukaku 2.5 40% Alexandre Lacazette 2.6 38% Riyad Mahrez 2.6 38% Willian 2.62 38% Callum Wilson 2.7 37% Bernardo Silva 2.8 36% Raul Jimenez 2.8 36% Charlie Austin 2.8 36% Danny Ings 2.95 34% Fernando Llorente 3.1 32% Joshua King 3.2 31% Alexis Sanchez 3.25 31% Theo Walcott 3.25 31% Sadio Mane 3.3 30% Diogo Jota 3.3 30% Roberto Firmino 3.35 30% Marko Arnautovic 3.4 29% Wilfried Zaha 3.4 29% Steve Mounie 3.4 29% Kelechi Iheanacho 3.5 29% Glenn Murray 3.55 28% Dominic Calvert-Lewin 3.55 28% Chris Wood 3.6 28% Salomon Rondon 3.6 28% Christian Benteke 3.65 27% Paul Pogba 4 25% Laurent Depoitre 4 25% James Maddison 4 25% Henrikh Mkhitaryan 4.1 24% Gylfi Sigurdsson 4.2 24% Helder Costa 4.3 23% Ayoze Perez 4.4 23% Troy Deeney 4.5 22% Mohamed Elyounoussi 4.5 22% Andre Gray 4.6 22% Aleksandar Mitrovic 4.75 21% Dele Alli 4.75 21% Christian Eriksen 4.75 21% Ashley Barnes 4.8 21% Alireza Jahanbakhsh 5 20% Ruben Neves 5 20% Jesse Lingard 5 20% Felipe Anderson 5.25 19% Kenedy 5.25 19% Mesut Ozil 5.4 19% Alex Pritchard 5.4 19% Demarai Gray 5.4 19% Ryan Fraser 5.4 19% Pascal Gross 5.5 18% Andriy Yarmolenko 5.5 18% Luka Milivojevic 5.5 18% Stuart Armstrong 5.6 18% Naby Keita 5.8 17% Andros Townsend 6 17% Roberto Pereyra 6 17% Aaron Mooy 6 17% Kenneth Zohore 6.5 15% Anthony Knockaert 6.75 15% Matt Ritchie 6.75 15% Ryan Sessegnon 7.5 13% NGolo Kante 7.5 13% Will Hughes 7.5 13% Andre Schurrle 8 13% Johann Berg Gudmundsson 10.5 10% David Junior Hoilett 11 9% Aaron Lennon 11.5 9% Tom Cairney 12 8% Joe Ralls 12 8% Philip Billing 12.5 8% WE GIVE AWAY £100 TO THE BEST MANAGERS SET UP A FREE FANTASY TEAM FOR GW5 NOW

It’s no surprise to see Sergio Aguero topping the bookies’ attacking rankings, and strapping on our captain’s armband, ahead of his home meeting with Fulham’s obliging defence. The explosive Argentine is given a 68% chance of scoring against the Cottagers, who are yet to keep a clean sheet this season and have conceded at least twice in each of their 4 games. In his 2 outings at The Etihad this term, Aguero has scored 3 times, set up a further 2 for his teammates, and collected 4 bonus points.

Joining Aguero up front for our side are Alvaro Morata (51%) and Callum Wilson (37%). Given the fact that he has just a solitary goal to his name (in Gameweek 2 vs Arsenal), Morata is very much fancied due to his fixture, with Chelsea hosting relegation-favourites Cardiff on Saturday. Wilson, on the other hand, is a man in form having scored twice and provided a trio of assists in his opening 4 games. He’ll be looking to continue his hot streak when the Cherries host Leicester this weekend.

The bookies also fancy the chances of Gabriel Jesus, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Cenk Tosun, and Arsenal duo Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, but they all prove too expensive for us to acquire this gameweek.

The reason we cannot afford another premium striker to pair with Aguero is because we have gone big in midfield, with 3 big hitters making our starting XI.

The first of those is Eden Hazard (51%) as we double up on the Chelsea attack for their hosting of Cardiff. Unlike Morata, the Belgian is in sparkling form, scoring in each of his last 4 for club and country, whilst 2 assists in his first 2 games means he has produced attacking returns in every appearance this season..

Raheem Sterling (47%) and Sadio Mane (30%) join Hazard in our premium midfield trio. Sterling has bagged 2 goals in 3 games for City this term, with his home game against Fulham, as detailed above, looking ripe for further success. Mane, meanwhile, is the second highest scoring player in the game to date, scoring 39 points courtesy of 4 goals and 8 bonus. He travels to Tottenham for the Saturday’s early kick off, with the Lilywhites shorn of the services of first choice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris due to a thigh injury.

Wolves’ clash with Burnley sees Helder Costa (23%) complete our starting XI. The Portuguese forward is yet to get off the mark in the top flight, but has shown glimpses of his class and has a great chance to produce his first attacking returns of the season on Sunday afternoon against the Clarets, who have, rather uncharacteristically, conceded 9 goals in their last 3 matches. His £5.0m price is also vital for our squad.

Huddersfield’s Philip Billing (8%), who faces Crystal Palace this weekend, takes the first spot on our bench having flown onto fantasy radars as the £4.5m midfielder of choice after scoring last time out against Everton.

Squad selection and/or budget restraints mean we have to overlook an abundance of midfielders that the bookies rate for Gameweek 5; Manchester City trio Leroy Sane, Riyad Mahrez and Bernardo Silva, Chelsea pair Pedro and Willian, Alexis Sanchez and Paul Pogba of Manchester United, Everton duo Theo Walcott and Gylfi Sigurdsson, Wolves’ Diogo Jota, Leicester’s James Maddison, and, last but by no means least, Mohamed Salah.

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Daniel Victory is a Fantasy football and anytime goalscorer betting enthusiast. Enjoys SSS – statistics, strategizing and spreadsheets. Follow his great tips on Twitter.