In an extremely low scoring round, Raheem Sterling’s two assists (8 points), were the sole shining light for our squad, which limped home with a meagre 30 points. With a short turnaround between Gameweeks 23 and 24, we can unfortunately have to present a shorter write-up than usual, but read on as we still present the valuable analysis of clean sheet and anytime goalscorer odds, along with the Bookies’ Advantage squad.

Defensive odds

Team Best clean sheet odds Implied chance of a clean sheet Tottenham 1.75 57% Man City 2.05 49% Man Utd 2.15 47% Liverpool 2.25 44% Crystal Palace 2.3 43% Southampton 2.4 42% Watford 2.5 40% Everton 2.6 38% West Brom 2.64 38% Chelsea 3 33% Stoke 3.45 29% Burnley 3.75 27% Arsenal 4.75 21% Leicester 5 20% West Ham 5.2 19% Bournemouth 5.7 18% Sunderland 6 17% Hull 8 13% Middlesbrough 9.8 10% Swansea 15 7%

A home game against Middlesbrough sees Kyle Walker (57% chance of a clean sheet) as our premier defensive pick for Gameweek 24. He is joined in defence by Manchester duo John Stones (49%) and Antonio Valencia (47%) ahead of clashes at home to Swansea and away to Leicester respectively. Simon Mignolet (44%) takes his place in goal for Liverpool’s trip to Hull, having saved a penalty last time out.

To fill the remainder of our defensive slots, we opt for Stoke’s budget friendly Lee Grant (£4.0m – 29%) as our backup keeper, with Southampton’s Jack Stephens (£4.0m – 42%) and Watford’s Sebastian Prodl (£4.5m – 40%) 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 Hull (13% – home to Liverpool), Middlesbrough (10% – away to Tottenham) and Swansea (7% – away to Man City) should be avoided this weekend.

Attacking odds

Player Best anytime goalscorer odds Implied chance of scoring Harry Kane 1.72 58% Sergio Aguero 1.73 58% Gabriel Jesus 1.83 55% Romelu Lukaku 2.05 49% Christian Benteke 2.1 48% Diego Costa 2.17 46% Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2.2 45% Daniel Sturridge 2.25 44% Son Heung-Min 2.38 42% Dele Alli 2.4 42% Roberto Firmino 2.55 39% Philippe Coutinho 2.75 36% Sadio Mane 2.75 36% Kevin de Bruyne 2.88 35% Raheem Sterling 2.88 35% Salomon Rondon 2.9 34% Leroy Sane 3 33% Yaya Toure 3 33% Eden Hazard 3 33% Troy Deeney 3 33% Kevin Mirallas 3.2 31% Nathan Redmond 3.25 31% Dusan Tadic 3.25 31% Olivier Giroud 3.3 30% Christian Eriksen 3.3 30% Alexis Sanchez 3.45 29% Jermain Defoe 3.5 29% Adam Lallana 3.5 29% Callum Wilson 3.75 27% Pedro 3.75 27% Yohan Cabaye 3.75 27% Ross Barkley 3.8 26% Henrikh Mkhitaryan 3.9 26% Sam Vokes 4 25% Nacer Chadli 4 25% Paul Pogba 4.1 24% Andy Carroll 4.1 24% Wilfried Zaha 4.2 24% James Milner 4.2 24% Peter Crouch 4.25 24% Jamie Vardy 4.33 23% Willian 4.35 23% Marko Arnautovic 4.5 22% Fabio Borini 5.3 19% Andros Townsend 4.5 22% Theo Walcott 4.5 22% Michail Antonio 5 20% Matt Phillips 5.1 20% Shinji Okazaki 5.4 19% Robert Snodgrass 5.4 19% Alex Iwobi 5.75 17% Cesc Fabregas 5.75 17% Etienne Capoue 5.75 17% Alvaro Negredo 6 17% Fernando Llorente 6 17% Junior Stanislas 6 17% Manuel Lanzini 6 17% Mesut Ozil 6.75 15% Adama Diomande 6 17% Gylfi Sigurdsson 7 14% Cristhian Stuani 7 14% Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 7.5 13% Scott Arfield 8 13% Adama Traore 10.5 10% Tom Carroll 13 8%

In attack, Harry Kane (58% of scoring) takes our captain’s armband ahead of his plum home game against Middlesbrough, with Sergio Aguero overlooked due to uncertainty surrounding his starting role following the emergence of Manchester City’s new wonderkid Gabriel Jesus (56%), who also makes our XI ahead of his Etihad meeting with Swansea. Romelu Lukaku (49%) completes our front three, with the big Belgian hosting Bournemouth on Saturday.

In the middle of the park, Dele Alli (42%) completes our trio of Tottenham players, ousting Heung-min Son who is an injury doubt. Liverpool’s Brazilian duo Roberto Firmino (39%) and Philippe Coutinho (36%) swiftly follow, with a third Manchester City asset, Raheem Sterling (35%), completing our starting XI. Sadio Mane and Kevin de Bruyne are solid prospects but are overlooked due to their high prices, whilst Etienne Capoue (17%) returns to our squad to take the first spot on our bench.