Paddy Says – Gameweek 24

Just like a London bus, you wait an age for one Gameweek to turn up and then another arrives three days later.

Or is that a Southern Rail service?

However tempting it might be to have a thoroughly good natter about the country’s transport infrastructure, there wouldn’t be time to detail Paddy’s latest Anytime Goalscorer and Clean Sheet odds, nor the Enchanced Offers for new customers opening an account today.

Before we look at the former, the latter demand our attention, particularly when you can get 10-1 on Chelsea beating Arsenal at the Bridge.

And if those odds aren’t sufficiently monster for you, how’s about Arsenal at 18-1 to beat Chelsea?

Back on only slightly less dramatic ground, you can get 8-1 on Manchester United winning away at Leicester, while Liverpool are 7-1 to win at Hull.

We thought United beating Hull City was a midweek home banker. We were wrong. But Spurs really should be too much for Middlesbrough at White Hart Lane. If you agree, you can get 6-1 on a Tottenham win.

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ANYTIME GOALSCORER ODDS – GAMEWEEK 24

Harry Kane (1.80) and Romelu Lukaku (2.00) are the captaincy choices of most Fantasy managers this Gameweek, but Paddy’s digging in his heels and going for Sergio Aguero (1.53) as the most likely scorer of the weekend.

Has he got Pep’s ear? Not literally, like in a box or something, but does he know something we don’t, like Gabriel Jesus definitely going back to the bench? The Brazilian is 1.90 to score, by the way, so Paddy’s bet-hedging can’t disguise one near-certainty – City will surely score at home to Swansea.

Previous captaincy daddy Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2.25) has now blanked two weeks running in the league – a barren spell he’s not experienced since his six-match drought from Gameweek 5. A trip to Leicester City offers promise, though. The Foxes have kept just the four home clean sheets, and three of those came in the first seven matches of the season.

Another sure-fire skipper of old is Alexis Sanchez. He’s scored six times in his last five away matches, but doing it at Chelsea is about as hard as it gets, which is why Paddy is offering a generous 3.50 on the FPL’s biggest points scorer to keep doing his thing.

Liverpool and clean sheets go together like Abel Hernandez and penalties, but the Uruguayan striker is 3.60 to score against the Reds. Just don’t bank on it coming from the spot.

Do you hear that unholy mix of righteous fury and hollow, ironic laughter? That’s the sound of The Hawthorns when Saido Berahino scores for Stoke at West Brom. Tony Pulis told us all that Berahino is ‘not my problem anymore’. You can get 4.00 on the striker begging to differ.

CLEAN SHEET ODDS – GAMEWEEK 24

Spurs might have blown the chance to claw back a bit of ground on Chelsea when they could only draw at Sunderland in midweek, but at least they kept a clean sheet.

Fantasy interest in Tottenham defenders remains high as a result – Kyle Walker is the third most popular transfer pick of the Gameweek – and it’s no surprise to see Spurs (1.61) with the lowest price for the visit of Middlesbrough.

Man City being next up at 2.00 is a surprise – they’ve managed just two shut-outs at home all season. Paddy clearly has little time for Swansea’s chances at the Etihad on Sunday, but the Swans put three past Liverpool at Anfield and have five in all from their last two away days.

Everton, with two straight home clean sheets and three from their last four in the league, look well-priced at 2.40 to continue the good work when Bournemouth come to Goodison Park. Fantasy managers agree – Seamus Coleman is second only to Gabriel Jesus for transfers-in this Gameweek, with Leighton Baines and Ashley Williams also in the top 30.

Liverpool have only blanked twice on the road all season, and the last time it happened was in Gameweek 12. That goes a long way to explaining the 6.50 you can get on a Hull clean sheet at the KCOM Stadium. As does the zero – count them, zero – home shut-outs they’ve managed this season.

But things are changing under Marco Silva, and they kept United out at Old Trafford on Wednesday…