Henrikh Mkhitaryan was the big provider in Gameweek 26 as his trio of assists earned the Bookies’ Advantage squad a 13 point haul. Goals from Jamie Vardy (8) and Alexis Sanchez (5), along with a clean sheet from David de Gea (6) helped us reach a total of 46 points in a generally low-scoring round. This weekend serves up another feast of Premier League action, so read on as we analyse the clean sheet and anytime goalscorer markets to help you with those all-important captaincy, transfer and squad selection decisions…

Defensive odds

Team Best clean sheet odds Implied chance of a clean sheet Chelsea 1.93 52% Man City 2.1 48% Man Utd 2.2 45% Swansea 2.4 42% Stoke 2.5 40% Bournemouth 2.7 37% Everton 2.75 36% Liverpool 2.88 35% Burnley 2.9 34% West Ham 3.2 31% Brighton 3.5 29% Huddersfield 3.5 29% Crystal Palace 3.6 28% Watford 3.85 26% Tottenham 3.9 26% Newcastle 5.1 20% Southampton 5.8 17% Arsenal 6.2 16% West Brom 8.5 12% Leicester 15 7%

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Despite the recent turmoil at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea top the bookmakers’ defensive rankings with a 52% chance of keeping a clean sheet when they host West Brom on Monday night. The Blues have kept clean sheets in 4 of their last 5 at home in the league, whilst Alan Pardew’s men have blanked in 3 of their last 6 on the road. With Marcos Alonso missing Gameweek 26 through a slight injury, we opt for Cesar Azpilicueta, who offers starting security and also has a goal and 6 assists to his name this term.

Manchester City (52%) rank second when Leicester visit The Etihad on Saturday evening. The Citizens have registered just a single shutout in their last 6 at home, whilst the Foxes have scored in all but one of their last 6 away, but, given that they will still be without the services of talisman Riyad Mahrez, the bookies fancy Pep Guardiola’s men to triumph and prevent Leicester from scoring. With rotation now a real concern in the central defensive positions following the signing of Aymeric Laporte in January, Kyle Walker offers the most secure route into the Sky Blues’ defence, whilst he has also chalked up 5 assists this season.

Manchester United (45%) and Swansea (42%) complete the top 4 defensive prospects for Gameweek 27. Jose Mourinho’s troops face a trip to Newcastle this weekend, with the Toon failing to score in 3 of their last 5 (and scoring just once in each of the other 2 games) in front of their own fans. Add in the fact that United have kept out their opponents in 2 of their last 3 on the road and David de Gea becomes a logical choice for our squad between the sticks. Down in South Wales, Swansea continue to progress under new manager Carlos Carvalhal and have conceded just once in games against both Arsenal and Liverpool at The Liberty lately. The Swans host Burnley on Saturday afternoon, who have blanked in 4 of their last 6 away games, so we plump for Kyle Naughton, who offers starting security and got on the scoresheet in the 8-1 midweek FA Cup rout of Notts County.

On the bench, Julian Speroni (£4.0m – 28%) travels to Everton, whilst Moritz Bauer (£4.5m – 40%) entertains a Brighton side who have scored once in 7 games on their travels. Adrian Mariappa (£4.0m – 26%) offers us the only starting uber-budget option in FPL at the moment and travels to West Ham this weekend.

Attacking odds

Player Best anytime goalscorer odds Implied chance of scoring Sergio Aguero 1.55 65% Harry Kane 1.83 55% Alvaro Morata 1.91 52% Raheem Sterling 2.05 49% Eden Hazard 2.2 45% Mohamed Salah 2.25 44% Romelu Lukaku 2.3 43% Roberto Firmino 2.63 38% Pedro 2.7 37% Callum Wilson 2.75 36% Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 2.75 36% Kevin de Bruyne 2.85 35% Alexis Sanchez 2.87 35% Marcus Rashford 2.87 35% Anthony Martial 2.87 35% Chicharito 2.88 35% Alexandre Lacazette 3 33% Sadio Mane 3 33% Son Heung-Min 3 33% Cenk Tosun 3 33% Wayne Rooney 3.12 32% Dele Alli 3.2 31% Tammy Abraham 3.3 30% Theo Walcott 3.39 29% Guido Carrillo 3.4 29% Dominic Calvert-Lewin 3.4 29% Laurent Depoitre 3.4 29% Jesse Lingard 3.5 29% Manolo Gabbiadini 3.5 29% Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 3.5 29% Andre Gray 3.5 29% Richarlison 3.7 27% Jamie Vardy 3.75 27% Glenn Murray 3.75 27% Mame Biram Diouf 3.75 27% Henrikh Mkhitaryan 3.8 26% Sam Vokes 3.8 26% Christian Eriksen 3.95 25% Jordan Ayew 4.1 24% Xherdan Shaqiri 4.2 24% Wilfried Zaha 4.33 23% Dwight Gayle 4.33 23% Gerard Deulofeu 4.33 23% Mesut Ozil 4.5 22% Paul Pogba 4.5 22% Cesc Fabregas 4.6 22% Collin Quaner 4.75 21% Alex Iwobi 5.1 20% Jay Rodriguez 5.2 19% Pascal Gross 5.25 19% Salomon Rondon 5.5 18% Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 5.5 18% Dusan Tadic 5.5 18% Aaron Mooy 5.6 18% Riyad Mahrez 5.75 17% Abdoulaye Doucoure 6.5 15% Matt Ritchie 7 14% Luka Milivojevic 7 14% Tom Carroll 11 9% Marc Albrighton 13 8%

It’s four weeks running for Sergio Aguero atop the bookies’ attacking rankings ahead of his home encounter with Leicester. The odds compilers give our captain a 65% chance of scoring on Saturday after he has found the net in each of his last 4 outings at The Etihad in the Premier League, scoring 7 goals over those games. Leicester, meanwhile, have conceded 2 goals in 4 of their last 6 games on their travels.

We return to a 3 striker formation this weekend, with Aguero joined up front by Harry Kane (55%) and Callum Wilson (36%). The North London derby awaits Kane, who has hit 5 goals in his last 4 Wembley appearances, whilst the reverse fixture earlier this season was the first time he has failed to score against the Gunners in the Premier League – his record against them in the top flight reads 6 goals from 6 games. One player who did not blank in their reverse fixture a few months back was Wilson, who netted a hat-trick against Huddersfield in November. The Bournemouth striker enters Saturday’s game in good form, having scored 3 times and provided 2 assists in his last 5 games, whilst Huddersfield have struggled of late and are without a clean sheet in 5, conceding 14 goals during that run.

The bookies also fancy the chances of Alvaro Morata, Romelu Lukaku and Roberto Firmino, but all three fall outside of our budget, with the former an injury doubt too.

In midfield, Raheem Sterling (49%) joins Aguero in our starting XI as we double up on Pep Guardiola’s attack. The England star is in a sustained period of good form, producing returns in 7 of his last 9 league starts, with 5 goals, 6 assists and 8 bonus points during that run.

Mohamed Salah (44%) makes a return to our side after a 15 point haul against Tottenham last weekend. The Egyptian registered his highest score of the season (16) against this weekend’s opponents, Southampton, back in November, and the Saints have kept just a solitary clean sheet in the league since.

Theo Walcott and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (both 29%) complete our starting lineup. Walcott’s first pair of home starts under Sam Allardyce have resulted in 2 goals, an assist and 3 bonus points, whilst opponents Crystal Palace have conceded 5 in their last 2 away games. Brighton, meanwhile, are winless in 7 on the road (D2, L5), so Choupo-Moting could be in line to add to his decent home form of late – a goal, 2 assists and 3 bonus points from his last 4 at The Bet365 Stadium. Tom Carroll (9%), who scored in the FA Cup on Tuesday night, takes the first spot on our bench ahead of Swansea’s hosting of Burnley.

This weekend, the bookies also rate the prospects of Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and Pedro, Manchester United trio Alexis Sanchez, Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard, Tottenham pair Heung-Min Son and Dele Alli, as well as Kevin De Bruyne and Sadio Mane, but owing to budget restrictions or a lack of certainty of playing time, we forgo their services.

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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.