Apologies for the tardiness in getting Paddy’s odds to you this week. While they now hold little bearing on our Fantasy selections for the coming Gameweek, they make a decent distraction while we contemplate decisions made. Whether they leave you smiling smugly at your chosen strategies, or leave you wringing your hands in worry, is another matter entirely.

Let’s see how Paddy views the Gameweek prospects and what they have up their sleeves when it comes to the Scout and Money Back Specials…

Who Will Keep a Clean Sheet?

• Arsenal 1.72 (WHM)
• Everton 2.00 (STK)
• Chelsea 2.00 (bla)
• Aston Villa 2.25 (BIR)
• Man City 2.25 (wol)
• Fulham 2.25 (WIG)
• Man United 2.50 (TOT)
• Liverpool 2.75 (bol)
• Newcastle 2.80 (SUN)

Arsenal’s encounter with West Ham is, not surprisingly the fixture that has the biggest impact on Paddy’s odds this weekend. The Hammers aren’t expected to trouble Fabianski in goal and subsequently Paddy is backing Wenger’s side pretty heavily for a shut-out at the Emriates.

David Moyes’ Everton, so improved defensively of late, are rated as second favourites, with Chelsea tied for that position, despite the tricky prospect facing them at Ewood. Owners of Coleman, Baines and Ashley Cole will welcome that view.

Interestingly Villa come in next, despite what is expected to be a fiery local derby at Villa Park. With just one goal conceded in four games at home this term, Paddy’s thinking looks sound here and I’ve backed that with Brad Friedel’s selection in the Picks.

City are tied with Villa and have a strong chance of a cleanie at shot-shy Wolves but, as mentioned in last night’s Scout Picks, I just fancy Wolves to nick a goal given the form they’ve shown over the past two matches. I chose to back Newcastle over City, United and Liverpool – all better placed by Paddy here – when it came to my Picks. I just see Newcastle running out 1-0 winners in Sunday’s game.

Anytime Goalscorer

• Chamakh 1.66 (WHM)
• Drogba 1.72 (bla)
• Bendtner 1.90 (WHM)
• Berbatov 1.90 (TOT)
• Arshavin 2.00 (WHM)
• Fabregas 2.10 (WHM)
• Torres 2.10 (bol)
• Hernandez 2.10 (TOT)
• Anelka 2.25 (bla)
• Saha 2.37 (STK)
• Yakubu 2.37 (STK)
• Adebayor 2.37 (wlv)
• Malouda 2.40 (bla)
• Walcott 2.40 (WHM)
• Carroll 2.70 (SUN)
• Odemwingie 2.70 (blp)
• Cahill 2.75 (STK)
• Nasri 2.80 (WHM)
• Kamara 2.80 (WIG)
• Dembele 2.80 (WIG)
• Carew 2.80 (BIR)
• Agbonlahor 2.80 (BIR)
• Nani 2.87 (TOT)
• Campbell 2.87 (WBA)
• Varney 2.87 (WBA)
• Balotelli 3.00 (wlv)

An extensive list of possible goalscorers, with Arsenal’s various attacking threats dominating. Paddy envisages that the Gunners will be queuing up to notch against the Hammers and Chamakh leads the way for the first time this season, ahead of the likes of Drogba and Berbatov who are strongly fancied as always.

It’s interesting that will all the Fantasy talk on Cesc Fabregas, he is given the same odds as Fernando Torres and Javier Hernandez to score this weekend. Samir Nasri meanwhile, is viewed less favourably, with Florent Malouda, Tim Cahill and Andy Carroll all rated as more likely to register a goal over the Gameweek. Indeed, Fulham’s Mousa Dembele, on the bench in last night’s Picks, is just as fancied to register a goal as Arsenal’s Nasri.

Paddy’s Scout Specials

This week’s Paddy specials offer odds of 17/2 in the Clean Sheet Accumulator on Arsenal, Newcastle and Everton to all keep shutouts this weekend. Over in the Scout Picks special meanwhile you can get 10/1 on Fabregas, Dembele and Drogba all being amongst the goals in their respective matches.

Paddy’s Money Back Special

The “Money Back” offer this week finds us over at Old Trafford where Paddy will be refunding all lost first/last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast single bets on the match if Rafael Van der Vaart scores the last goal of the game.

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