Gameweek 4 is just around the corner, but before diving into the next set of fixtures, we begin with a review of how the Bookies’ Advantage squad performed last weekend…

Aleksandar Mitrovic’s destruction of Burnley, coupled with a goal from captain Mo Salah and defensive returns from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Benjamin Mendy saw the Bookies’ Advantage team return 54 points. Their strong performances, however, were tempered by failures from our Arsenal and Chelsea players, whilst Richarlison’s first half sending off was far from ideal.

Clean sheet odds

Team Best clean sheet odds Implied chance of a clean sheet Man City 1.67 60% Everton 1.98 51% Man Utd 2.02 50% Chelsea 2.13 47% Liverpool 2.3 43% Arsenal 2.45 41% Crystal Palace 2.48 40% Tottenham 2.5 40% Brighton 3 33% West Ham 3.6 28% Wolves 3.8 26% Fulham 3.9 26% Southampton 4 25% Burnley 5 20% Huddersfield 5.8 17% Cardiff 6.1 16% Watford 6.5 15% Leicester 8.1 12% Bournemouth 13 8% Newcastle 21 5% 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 With left-backs performing incredibly well so far, we opt for a trio of them to form our defence for Gameweek 4, starting with Benjamin Mendy, who has a 60% chance of keeping a clean sheet when Manchester City entertain Newcastle in Saturday’s late kick off. The marauding Frenchman has produced points for his owners in each of his games so far (4 assists, 5 bonus), and with Newcastle failing to score in their only away game (against Cardiff), there could be further returns at both ends of the pitch for Mendy this weekend.

The hosting of Huddersfield, who have scored just once in three games, sees Everton rank second with 51% chance of registering a shutout. Whilst the Toffees have not convinced under Marco Silva from a defensive perspective, they will not get many better opportunities to keep their first clean sheet of the season than at Goodison Park against one of the poorest attacks in the division. Jordan Pickford offers a secure route into the Everton back line and starts between the sticks for our side.

Manchester United (50%) and Chelsea (47%) complete the top 4 defensive prospects for Gameweek 4. Despite being in turmoil, the bookmakers fancy United’s chances when they travel to Burnley on Sunday, possibly as a result of the Clarets’ own troubles this season, along with the fact that they have another Europa League game on Thursday night to contend with. Chelsea, meanwhile, host a high-flying Bournemouth side on Saturday afternoon, with the Blues also yet to fully convince defensively under Maurizio Sarri. Given both sides have just a single clean sheet between them from their six combined games, we opt for defenders who have already produced significant attacking returns this season in the shape of Luke Shaw and Marcos Alonso. Shaw has a goal and an assist to his name, whilst Alonso has stunningly scored a goal and assisted 4 more in just three games.

In terms of substitutes, we retain Ben Hamer (17%), who travels to Everton, even though his stint as the only £4.0m starting goalkeeper in the game may be coming to an end. Aaron Wan-Bissaka (40%) and Ryan Bennett (26%) take the second and third spots on our bench ahead of games at home to Southampton and away to West Ham respectively.

Goalscorer odds

Player Best anytime goalscorer odds Implied chance of scoring Sergio Aguero 1.45 69% Gabriel Jesus 1.8 56% Harry Kane 1.82 55% Mohamed Salah 1.92 52% Alvaro Morata 1.95 51% Raheem Sterling 1.97 51% Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 1.98 51% Eden Hazard 2.05 49% Cenk Tosun 2.38 42% Leroy Sane 2.4 42% Romelu Lukaku 2.43 41% Pedro 2.45 41% Fernando Llorente 2.48 40% Alexandre Lacazette 2.5 40% Willian 2.6 38% Glenn Murray 2.62 38% Riyad Mahrez 2.7 37% Bernardo Silva 2.7 37% Sadio Mane 2.75 36% Roberto Firmino 2.8 36% Aleksandar Mitrovic 2.85 35% Marko Arnautovic 2.85 35% Wilfried Zaha 3 33% Alexis Sanchez 3.1 32% Theo Walcott 3.1 32% Raul Jimenez 3.15 32% Christian Benteke 3.2 31% Marcus Rashford 3.4 29% Dele Alli 3.4 29% Diogo Jota 3.4 29% Charlie Austin 3.6 28% Henrikh Mkhitaryan 3.65 27% Gylfi Sigurdsson 3.7 27% Christian Eriksen 3.75 27% Alireza Jahanbakhsh 3.8 26% Paul Pogba 3.85 26% Pascal Gross 3.85 26% Chris Wood 4 25% Danny Ings 4.1 24% Kelechi Iheanacho 4.1 24% Callum Wilson 4.33 23% Felipe Anderson 4.35 23% Steve Mounie 4.5 22% Naby Keita 4.5 22% Ryan Sessegnon 4.5 22% Kenneth Zohore 4.5 22% Andriy Yarmolenko 4.5 22% Troy Deeney 4.6 22% Andre Schurrle 4.6 22% Ashley Barnes 4.8 21% Helder Costa 4.9 20% Laurent Depoitre 5 20% Andre Gray 5 20% Mesut Ozil 5 20% Luka Milivojevic 5 20% Andros Townsend 5 20% Anthony Knockaert 5 20% James Maddison 5.1 20% Joshua King 5.3 19% Ruben Neves 5.5 18% Roberto Pereyra 6 17% Mohamed Elyounoussi 6 17% Salomon Rondon 6.75 15% NGolo Kante 7.5 13% Alex Pritchard 7.5 13% Will Hughes 7.5 13% Demarai Gray 7.5 13% David Junior Hoilett 7.5 13% Ayoze Perez 8 13% Stuart Armstrong 8 13% Tom Cairney 8 13% Joe Ralls 8 13% Aaron Mooy 8.5 12% Jack Wilshere 8.5 12% Ryan Fraser 9 11% Kenedy 10 10% Johann Berg Gudmundsson 11 9% Aaron Lennon 12 8% Matt Ritchie 13 8% Richarlison Odds not available Odds not available

Sergio Aguero (69%) sits atop the bookies’ attacking rankings ahead of his Etihad clash with Newcastle. The explosive Argentine already has a 20 point haul to his name this season – his last home game against Huddersfield saw him score a hattrick, register an assist and claim maximum bonus. Fantasy managers will also remember his legendary 5 goal spree against the Magpies back in October 2015 and his treble against them in January of this year, so it’s no surprise to see the City talisman strapping on our captain’s armband for Gameweek 4.

Joining Aguero up front for our side are Alvaro Morata (51%) and Cenk Tosun (42%). A home game against Bournemouth should yield goals for Chelsea’s new “Sarri-ball” philosophy, with Morata looking to add to his strike at Stamford Bridge against Arsenal in Gameweek 2. Tosun, meanwhile, is still looking for his first goal of the season, but has provided a pair of assists thus far and the visit of Huddersfield, who have the joint-worst defence in the top flight (9 goals conceded) offers the Turk the perfect opportunity to get off the mark.

The bookies also fancy the chances of Gabriel Jesus, Harry Kane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but a lack of starting security for the former means we overlook the City’s Brazilian starlet, whilst the latter duo prove to expensive for us to acquire this time round.

In midfield, Mohamed Salah (52%) returns to our side after finding the net against Brighton last weekend. He travels to Leicester for the early kick off this Saturday, where he’ll be confident of his fourth consecutive points return having scored home and away against the Foxes last season. Pedro (41%) encouragingly kept his place in the Chelsea starting lineup following Eden Hazard’s return (with Willian being the fall guy), so that sees us offer him the chance to continue his strong start to the campaign (2 goals in 3 appearances) this weekend when Chelsea host Bournemouth, who conceded twice against 10-man Everton last time out.

Completing our starting XI for Gameweek 4 are Bernardo Silva (37%) and Theo Walcott (32%), as we double up on the Manchester City and Everton attacks ahead of their plum fixtures. Silva looks like the safest route into Pep Guardiola’s midfield, having started all 3 Premier League games so far and scored on the opening weekend, whilst Walcott has 2 goals and an assist from his last 2 outings. With Richarlison suspended for the Toffees, the onus will be on the English speedster to continue his bright start to the season.

Taking the first spot on our subs bench is Wolves’ midfield maestro Ruben Neves (18%), who travels to The London Stadium to take on West Ham on Saturday. With a command over set pieces and up against the joint-poorest defence in the top flight (9 goals conceded), Neves could prove a valuable acquisition at just £5.0m.

Manchester City trio Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez, Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and Willian, and Liverpool’s Sadio Mane are all fancied by the bookmakers, but budget constraints and/or concerns over starting security mean we forgo their services this weekend.

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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.