With the double gameweek now done and dusted we move swiftly onto Gameweek 35, with a full complement of Premier League fixtures taking place over the course of Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Read on as we analyse the clean sheet and anytime goalscorer odds to help you with those all important transfer, squad selection and captaincy decisions…

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Defensive odds

Team Best clean sheet odds Implied chance of a clean sheet Man Utd 2 50% Man City 2.2 45% Crystal Palace 2.38 42% Liverpool 2.5 40% Southampton 2.5 40% Chelsea 3.1 32% Stoke 3.1 32% West Brom 3.3 30% Tottenham 3.55 28% Leicester 3.65 27% Bournemouth 4 25% Sunderland 4.2 24% West Ham 4.5 22% Everton 4.7 21% Burnley 4.85 21% Hull 6 17% Arsenal 6.1 16% Watford 7 14% Swansea 7.6 13% Middlesbrough 12 8%

Manchester rivals United and City top the bookies’ defensive rankings for Gameweek 35 with 50% and 45% chances of clean sheets at home to Swansea and away to Middlesbrough respectively. Daley Blind has secured a starting role in the Red Devils’ back line as a result of their injury crisis and has a penchant for bonus points and assists from corners. With the Swans failing to score in their last 3 on the road, the prospects for points for the Dutchman look bright. Meanwhile, over in the blue half of Manchester, Gael Clichy has made the left back spot his own of late, and a trip to the lowest scoring side in the division will hold little fear for Pep guardiola’s men, who have kept clean sheets in 4 of their last 6 on their travels. Both make our starting XI (note: this article was written prior to the Manchester derby on Thursday evening, so please keep an eye on injuries that may occur during the game and can influence GW35).

Crystal Palace (42%) rank third ahead of their hosting of a notoriously travel sick Burnley side. Sean Dyche’s men have blanked in 2 of their last 3 on the road, whilst Palace have registered 3 shutouts in 5 at Selhurst Park. Wayne Hennessey provides a value route into the Eagles’ rearguard and starts between the sticks for our squad.

Liverpool and Southampton (both 40%) share fourth spot this weekend, but we opt for a Southampton defender to complete our back line due to the Saints’ superior home defensive record this season vs Liverpool’s away defensive record (18 goals conceded vs 24). Ryan Bertrand has notched up 2 clean sheets in his last 5 outings and also found the back of the net against Chelsea last time out.

To fill the remainder of our defensive slots, we opt for Sunderland’s budget shot stopper Jordan Pickford (£4.0m – 24%) as our backup keeper, with Stoke’s Erik Pieters (£4.5m – 32%) and Swansea’s Stephen Kingsley (£4.0m – 13%) 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 Watford (14% – home to Liverpool), Swansea (13% – away to Man Utd) and Middlesbrough (8% – home to Man City) should be avoided this weekend.

Attacking odds

Player Best anytime goalscorer odds Implied chance of scoring Sergio Aguero 1.65 61% Harry Kane 2 50% Gabriel Jesus 2 50% Manolo Gabbiadini 2.1 48% Marcus Rashford 2.2 45% Christian Benteke 2.2 45% Jermain Defoe 2.2 45% Diego Costa 2.33 43% Roberto Firmino 2.4 42% Divock Origi 2.5 40% Anthony Martial 2.67 37% Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2.67 37% Philippe Coutinho 2.7 37% Romelu Lukaku 2.75 36% Eden Hazard 2.8 36% Alexis Sanchez 2.85 35% Son Heung-Min 2.85 35% Dele Alli 2.88 35% Raheem Sterling 2.95 34% Joshua King 3 33% Benik Afobe 3 33% Leroy Sane 3 33% Dusan Tadic 3 33% Nathan Redmond 3 33% Kevin de Bruyne 3.1 32% Jamie Vardy 3.2 31% Marko Arnautovic 3.25 31% Andy Carroll 3.3 30% Paul Pogba 3.35 30% Peter Crouch 3.4 29% Wilfried Zaha 3.8 26% Pedro 3.85 26% Alvaro Negredo 4 25% Troy Deeney 4 25% Christian Eriksen 4 25% Andre Gray 4 25% Abel Hernandez 4.2 24% Andros Townsend 4.2 24% Andre Ayew 4.2 24% Riyad Mahrez 4.2 24% Adnan Januzaj 4.4 23% Theo Walcott 4.5 22% Willian 4.5 22% Sam Vokes 4.5 22% Fernando Llorente 4.9 20% Manuel Lanzini 5 20% MBaye Niang 5.25 19% Gylfi Sigurdsson 5.6 18% Ross Barkley 5.6 18% Kamil Grosicki 6.1 16% Gaston Ramirez 7 14% Robbie Brady 7.5 13% Etienne Capoue 8.5 12% Tom Carroll 23 4%

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Ahead of a plum fixture against Middlesbrough, Sergio Aguero tops the bookmakers’ attacking rankings, and dons our captain’s armband, with a 61% chance of finding the back of the net. Despite the fact that Boro have a solid defence, especially at The Riverside, Aguero has proven time and again over the years that he can score against any opposition. With Steve Agnew’s men needing to go on the attack to give them any hope of survival, an open game could see City’s talisman, who has scored in 6 of his last 7 league games (prior to the Manchester derby), profit handsomely.

Joining Aguero up front and completing our strike force are Harry Kane (50%) and Manolo Gabbiadini (48%). Kane, who loves to score in London derbies, faces Arsenal on Sunday, having carded a goal and 2 assists in his 2 starts since returning from injury. Gabbiadini, meanwhile, has also recently returned from injury and recorded an assist against Chelsea last time out. Prior to his layoff, he had exploded onto the English football scene, scoring 4 goals in 4 Premier League starts and bagging a double in the Capital One Cup final. A home clash against Hull, who have the worst away defence in the league (41 conceded), offers him the platform to continue his promising start.

The bookies also fancy the chances of Gabriel Jesus, but with the Brazilian prodigy just returning from injury, his starting position in the City team is not yet assured.

We do, however, stick with the South American nation in midfield, where we select Liverpool’s in form duo Roberto Firmino (42%) and Philippe Coutinho (37%), who have scored 6 goals and registered 3 assists between them in their last 5 games, ahead of their trip to Watford on Monday evening. With the Hornets not having anything left to play for in the league, we double up on the Reds’ attack.

Anthony Martial (37%) and Josh King (33%) complete our starting XI for Gameweek 35. Martial, who could start for United against Swansea given the recent rotation by Jose Mourinho, bagged a goal and an assist against Burnley last Sunday and will be hoping to continue in the same vein. King, meanwhile, has been in superb form recently, with 11 goals since Gameweek 22, and travels to a Sunderland side on the verge of relegation. Etienne Capoue (12%), courtesy of his £4.5m valuation, takes the first spot on our bench.

The bookies also fancy the chances of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Eden Hazard, Alexis Sanchez, Heung-min Son, Dele Alli and Raheem Sterling, but we unfortunately have to forgo all of them due to budget constraints.

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