With the dust from Gameweek 30 barely even settled, the Premier League season continues full throttle with a further 10 fixtures over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday.

Read on as we analyse the clean sheet and anytime goalscorer odds in order to help you with your transfer decisions, squad selection and captaincy dilemmas for Gameweek 31.

Defensive odds

Team Best clean sheet odds Implied chance of a clean sheet Man Utd 2.15 47% Leicester 2.15 47% Southampton 2.33 43% Liverpool 2.38 42% Hull 2.45 41% Arsenal 2.51 40% Tottenham 2.55 39% Watford 2.8 36% Burnley 2.8 36% West Brom 3.2 31% Stoke 3.35 30% Chelsea 3.6 28% Middlesbrough 3.75 27% Man City 4.4 23% Crystal Palace 4.65 22% Swansea 5.7 18% Everton 6 17% Sunderland 7.1 14% Bournemouth 10 10% West Ham 11 9%

Manchester United and Leicester City sit jointly atop the bookmakers’ defensive rankings for Gameweek 31, both with a 47% chance of keeping a clean sheet ahead of home games against Everton and Sunderland respectively. With the Red Devils and the Foxes registering shutouts at the weekend, David de Gea and Danny Simpson (2 assists against Stoke) look set to profit once again and make our starting XI.

Southampton (43%) were another side to keep it clean in Gameweek 30 – their South Coast derby with Bournemouth ending in a 0-0 stalemate – and another St Mary’s clash, this time against Crystal Palace, offers them the chance to build on that. Jack Stephens provides great value at a price of just £4.0m and starts for our side. Despite their defensive frailties, Liverpool rank fourth (42%) ahead of their home game against an inconsistent Bournemouth side. We opt for Nathaniel Clyne, who offers the most secure route in Jurgen Klopp’s back line.

To fill the remainder of our defensive slots, we opt for Hull’s budget shot stopper Eldin Jakupovic (£4.0m – 41%) as our backup keeper, with his teammate Andrew Robertson (£4.5m – 41%) and Sunderland’s Donald Love (£4.0m – 14%) taking the second and third spots on our bench respectively.

Before moving onto our analysis of the bookmakers attacking odds, a quick look at the bottom rungs of the clean sheet ladder tells us that defensive assets from Sunderland (14% – away to Leicester), Bournemouth (10% – away to Liverpool) and West Ham (9% – away to Arsenal) should be avoided this weekend.

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Attacking odds

Player Best anytime goalscorer odds Implied chance of scoring Alexis Sanchez 1.85 54% Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2.1 48% Jamie Vardy 2.2 45% Divock Origi 2.2 45% Diego Costa 2.3 43% Roberto Firmino 2.35 43% Theo Walcott 2.4 42% Philippe Coutinho 2.45 41% Son Heung-Min 2.5 40% Vincent Janssen 2.5 40% Sergio Aguero 2.65 38% Shane Long 2.7 37% Marcus Rashford 2.75 36% Abel Hernandez 2.75 36% Riyad Mahrez 2.85 35% Dele Alli 3 33% Eden Hazard 3.1 32% Andre Gray 3.2 31% Troy Deeney 3.4 29% Salomon Rondon 3.4 29% Romelu Lukaku 3.5 29% Henrikh Mkhitaryan 3.5 29% Dusan Tadic 3.5 29% Nathan Redmond 3.5 29% Jermain Defoe 3.5 29% Christian Eriksen 3.5 29% Alvaro Negredo 3.65 27% Fernando Llorente 3.75 27% Sam Vokes 3.75 27% Andy Carroll 3.8 26% Pedro 4 25% Christian Benteke 4 25% Rudy Gestede 4.2 24% MBaye Niang 4.5 22% Joshua King 4.5 22% Marko Arnautovic 4.5 22% Kamil Grosicki 4.5 22% Benik Afobe 4.5 22% Peter Crouch 4.5 22% Nacer Chadli 4.5 22% Willian 4.6 22% Andre Ayew 4.75 21% Gylfi Sigurdsson 4.8 21% Raheem Sterling 4.9 20% Paul Pogba 5 20% Leroy Sane 5 20% Kevin de Bruyne 5.25 19% Robbie Brady 5.5 18% Manuel Lanzini 6 17% Etienne Capoue 6.75 15% Adnan Januzaj 7 14% Wilfried Zaha 7 14% Ross Barkley 9.5 11% Tom Carroll 19 5%

Up front, the return from suspension of Zlatan Ibrahimovic (48%) sees the Swede catapulted straight back into our squad ahead of his Old Trafford meeting with Everton, who have struggled against the top sides this term and already succumbed to Ibrahimovic in the reverse fixture earlier this season. He is joined in our 3 man front line by Jamie Vardy and Divock Origi (both 45%). The England hitman has returned to goalscoring form of late with 4 goals in his last 4 outings, whilst Origi found the net off the bench in Gameweek 30 and is expected to deputise up front for the Reds in the absence of the injured Sadio Mane. Home games against Sunderland and Bournemouth respectively boost the pairs potential.

However, it is in midfield where Alexis Sanchez (54%) takes our captain’s armband. Visitors West Ham are woefully out of sorts, and with a hat trick in the reverse fixture back in December still fresh in the memory, the Chilean superstar will be looking to reignite Arsenal’s stuttering bid for a top 4 finish.

A trio of mid-priced midfielders complete our starting XI. Roberto Firmino (43%) will be tasked with replacing the goal threat of Sadio Mane for Liverpool, whilst we double up on the Arsenal attack with Theo Walcott (42%) following his return to goalscoring form against Manchester City last time out. Heung-min Son (40%) was another player who scored off the bench in Gameweek 30 and will be expected to return to the starting XI when Tottenham travel to Swansea on Wednesday. Etienne Capoue (15%) takes his customary first spot on our bench with his £4.5m valuation vital for our budget.

The bookies also fancy the chances of Philippe Coutinho (41%), but we have to forgo the Brazilian’s services as we have already reached our maximum allocation of 3 Liverpool players.

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