The final round of Premier League fixtures before the next international break takes place Friday through Sunday, but before analysing the clean sheet and anytime goalscorer odds for Gameweek 8, we begin with a review of how the Bookies’ Advantage squad performed last time out…

It was another successful weekend for the Bookies’ Advantage squad, which served up a delicious 78 points. Our attack and defence delivered, with captain Sergio Aguero (16 points), Harry Kane (13), Raul Jimenez (5), Kieran Trippier (11), Matt Doherty (12) and Ederson (6) all producing the goods. Our midfield, however, let us down, with a solitary assist from Theo Walcott (6) our only return.

Clean sheet odds

Team Best clean sheet odds Implied chance of a clean sheet Man Utd 2 50% Tottenham 2.01 50% Burnley 2.3 43% Chelsea 2.35 43% Wolves 3.1 32% Crystal Palace 3.1 32% Leicester 3.15 32% Watford 3.2 31% Arsenal 3.25 31% Brighton 3.25 31% West Ham 3.35 30% Huddersfield 3.6 28% Everton 4.2 24% Liverpool 4.2 24% Man City 4.5 22% Bournemouth 4.75 21% Southampton 6.1 16% Newcastle 6.6 15% Fulham 8.4 12% Cardiff 12.5 8% 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 Manchester United top the bookmakers’ defensive rankings for Gameweek 8 with a 50% chance of shutting out Newcastle when the Toon Army visit Old Trafford on Saturday evening. The beleaguered Red Devils have kept just one clean sheet in the top flight this season, but did manage to prevent Valencia from scoring in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Despite their toils, Newcastle’s toothless attack offers the United defence hope – the Magpies have only scored once on their travels and have blanked in their last 2 games. Luke Shaw has been the one shining light in Mourinho’s rearguard this term, bagging a goal and producing 2 assists, so he makes our starting XI.

Tottenham (also 50%) are hot on United’s tails ahead of their Wembley meeting with Cardiff. Mauricio Pochettino’s men kept their second clean sheet of the campaign at home to Huddersfield last time out, and with the Bluebirds scoring just once in 3 away games to date, things look bright for Spurs. All eyes will be on Kieran Trippier, but the England right-back played in midweek against Barcelona, and so is a slight rotation risk with Kyle Walker-Peters waiting in the wings. Danny Rose, however, has been consistently rotated with Ben Davies at left back and didn’t feature on Wednesday night, whilst he has also chalked up a pair of assists in his last 2 games.

Burnley and Chelsea (both 43%) complete the top 4 defensive prospects for Gameweek 8. The Clarets are starting to turn a corner after a disastrous start to the season, winning their last 2 and keeping free-flowing Bournemouth at bay in their last home game, so they look primed for further defensive returns when rock-bottom Huddersfield come to town on Saturday. The Terriers are the lowest scorers in the division, having hit just 3 goals in 7 matches. Chelsea, meanwhile, travel to the South Coast on Sunday to tackle Southampton, who are goalless in their last 2, whilst Maurizio Sarri’s side have recorded shutouts in 2 of their 3 road games. Joe Hart (36 points) and Marcos Alonso (54 points) are the second-highest scoring goalkeeper and highest-scoring defender in the game, respectively, and start for our side this weekend.

It’s as you were on our bench, with the value it provides still hard to beat. Ben Hamer (28%) is unlikely to feature against Burnley, but is still the likeliest £4.0m keeper to see any game time, whilst Ryan Bennett and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (both 32%) go head-to-head at Molineux on Saturday, with both men continuing to offer outstanding value as 2 of the cheapest defenders in the game.

Goalscorer odds

Player Best anytime goalscorer odds Implied chance of scoring Harry Kane 1.5 67% Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 2 50% Fernando Llorente 2 50% Romelu Lukaku 2.1 48% Alexandre Lacazette 2.14 47% Eden Hazard 2.3 43% Son Heung-Min 2.38 42% Jamie Vardy 2.4 42% Mohamed Salah 2.43 41% Sergio Aguero 2.5 40% Alvaro Morata 2.5 40% Glenn Murray 2.75 36% Aleksandar Mitrovic 2.9 34% Alexis Sanchez 3 33% Chris Wood 3 33% Ashley Barnes 3 33% Troy Deeney 3 33% Sadio Mane 3.1 32% Marko Arnautovic 3.1 32% Gabriel Jesus 3.15 32% Pedro 3.2 31% Jesse Lingard 3.25 31% Andre Gray 3.25 31% Aaron Ramsey 3.25 31% Erik Lamela 3.3 30% Callum Wilson 3.3 30% Willian 3.3 30% Raul Jimenez 3.4 29% Henrikh Mkhitaryan 3.4 29% Kelechi Iheanacho 3.4 29% Paul Pogba 3.4 29% Wilfried Zaha 3.45 29% Roberto Firmino 3.45 29% Raheem Sterling 3.55 28% James Maddison 3.55 28% Cenk Tosun 3.6 28% Richarlison 3.75 27% Roberto Pereyra 3.8 26% Steve Mounie 3.85 26% Christian Benteke 3.9 26% Joshua King 4 25% Laurent Depoitre 4 25% Charlie Austin 4.2 24% Andriy Yarmolenko 4.25 24% Danny Ings 4.3 23% Pascal Gross 4.33 23% Leroy Sane 4.4 23% Gylfi Sigurdsson 4.4 23% Mesut Ozil 4.4 23% Theo Walcott 4.5 22% Diogo Jota 4.5 22% Felipe Anderson 4.75 21% Dominic Calvert-Lewin 4.8 21% Riyad Mahrez 5 20% Jose Salomon Rondon 5 20% Andre Schurrle 5 20% Anthony Knockaert 5.1 20% Helder Costa 5.5 18% Andros Townsend 5.5 18% Will Hughes 5.5 18% Bernardo Silva 5.75 17% Kenneth Zohore 5.75 17% Ryan Fraser 6 17% Naby Keita 6 17% Alex Pritchard 6.4 16% Ayoze Perez 6.5 15% Ryan Sessegnon 6.5 15% Mohamed Elyounoussi 6.5 15% Johann Berg Gudmundsson 6.75 15% Ruben Neves 7 14% Aaron Mooy 7 14% Luka Milivojevic 7.5 13% Aaron Lennon 7.5 13% Stuart Armstrong 8.5 12% Kenedy 9 11% Matt Ritchie 10 10% Joe Ralls 10 10% NGolo Kante 10 10% Philip Billing 15 7% Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg 16 6% COMPETE FOR £3,000 WITH YOUR FANTASY TEAM THIS WEEKEND ⚽ ENTER THE TRIPLE GRAND NOW 🕛 ENTRY DEADLINE AT 12:22pm (UK) THIS SATURDAY Harry Kane claims top spot in the bookies’ attacking rankings this gameweek, along with our captain’s armband, after he is afforded a 67% chance of finding the net against Cardiff. The England captain has scored 4 times in his last 3 games in all competitions for Tottenham, including a brace last time out in the Premier League against Huddersfield. He should enjoy further success against Neil Warnock’s men, who have leaked 14 goals in their last 4 outings.

Joining Kane up front in our squad are Alexandre Lacazette (47%) and Aleksandar Mitrovic (34%), who will face each other on Sunday when Fulham welcome Arsenal to Craven Cottage. The Frenchman sits fourth in the official FPL striker standings, having racked up 2 goals, 4 assists and 5 bonus points this term, whilst the Cottagers’ Serbian talisman sits above him in third courtesy of 5 goals, an assist and 5 bonus. With Fulham managing to concede over 2 goals per game this season, and Arsenal conceding an average of twice per game on their travels, goals look to be on the menu and both strikers could be set to profit.

The bookies also fancy the chances of Lacazette’s teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, along with Fernando Llorente, Romelu Lukaku, Jamie Vardy, Sergio Aguero, Alvaro Morata and Glenn Murray, but we forgo their services due to a lack of funds, a lack of starting security, or both.

In midfield, Eden Hazard (43%) unsurprisingly attracts top billing when he travels to struggling Southampton. The effervescent Belgian is in top form, with 6 goals, 2 assists and 10 bonus points from his 7 outings this season, and will be looking forward to facing a defence that has conceded 7 times in their last 3 matches.

Heung-Min Son (42%) and Aaron Ramsey (31%) join Hazard in our starting XI as we double-up on the Tottenham and Arsenal attacks. Both men are yet to get going this term, with Ramsey’s pair of assists in Gameweek 5 the sum total of their returns, but the pair have undoubted fantasy pedigree (as proven in past seasons), and the bookmakers clearly feel that they have the fixtures this weekend to kick-start their respective campaigns.

Completing our midfield is Leicester City’s James Maddison (28%). The former Norwich man has made an impressive start to life in the Premier League, returning in 5 of his 7 games thus far (3 goals, 2 assists). He’ll have the chance to further his consistency this Saturday when Everton visit The King Power Stadium, considering Marco Silva’s men have just a single clean sheet from 7 attempts this season and have looked far from convincing at the back. Philip Billing (7%), who travels to Burnley this weekend, holds onto the first spot on our bench and completes our squad as the current budget midfielder of choice.

Mohamed Salah, Alexis Sanchez, Sadio Mane and Erik Lamela are amongst the options also fancied by the bookies in the middle of the park, but we have to overlook them, along with Pedro, Willian, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Raheem Sterling, due to budget restraints, squad selection restrictions or not being nailed on.

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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.