Scout Betting
30 April 2016 2000 comments
James Barnes James Barnes
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With the title race and relegation scrap building to a crescendo, Fantasy Football managers are attempting to eek out the last remaining opportunities to gain rank and ground on rivals. We turn once again to Paddy Power to give us a fresh perspective on matters, tossing more variables into the decision-making mix.

Before we scan Paddy’s odds for Anytime Goalscorer and Clean Sheets, a reminder that, if you’ve yet to get yourself an account, our bookmaker partner offers regular weekend deals to new customers, loaded with enhanced odds.

This weekend is no different with odds of 16/1 available in their “European Acca” should you fancy wins for Bayern Munich (vs Borussia Monchengladbach), Dortmund (vs Wolfsburg), West Ham (at West Brom) and Arsenal (vs Norwich).

Sunday offers a host of boosted bets, starting with odds of 7/1 on a Liverpool win over Swansea at the Liberty in the day’s early kick-off (regular odds 6/5). That’s followed by huge odds of 12/1 on an historic Leicester victory at Old Trafford (regular odds 12/5).

You can also get 10/1 on a Southampton win over Man City, or double up on Sunday wins for Manchester City and Leicester with odds of 25/1.

Finally, if you fancy a flutter in Monday night’s encounter, you can pick up odds of 7/1 on a Tottenham win over Chelsea at the Bridge.

Be sure to check the terms and conditions on all those offers and, of course, we should state that all these specials are only available to those aged 18. If you’re going to wager, always gamble responsibly.

ANYTIME GOALSCORER ODDS – GAMEWEEK 36

PlayerTeamOdds
SanchezARS1.57
LukakuEVE1.72
GiroudARS1.83
WelbeckARS1.83
KaneTOT1.83
AgueroMCI2.00
IghaloWAT2.10
DeeneyWAT2.10
WalcottARS2.20
SturridgeLIV2.25
CampbellARS2.37
PelleSOU2.40
BentekeLIV2.40
MitrovicNEW2.50
CostaCHE2.60
DefoeSUN2.70
PayetWHM2.80
CarrollWHM2.80
SakhoWHM2.80

Arsenal’s home tie against Norwich City makes them the standout option for Paddy this weekend, elevating the in-form Alexis Sanchez to the top of their goalscorer reckoning to mimic the opinion of our current Captain Poll. The Chilean is given short odds of 1.57 for an anytime strike against the Canaries, having scored in four of his last five starts. He will also be engaging Norwich defence that has conceded six goals in their previous trio of outings. Elsewhere in the Gunners’ squad, Olivier Giroud (1.83), Danny Welbeck (1.83) and Theo Walcott (2.20) also chart in Paddy’s top 10 with Paddy anticipating a comfortable Arsenal win.

Although Romelu Lukaku (1.72) posted blanks in his last five starts, Everton’s maligned marksman is priced down at 1.72 for the Goodison encounter with Bournemouth. The bookmaker is clearly wary of the fact that the Cherries have shipped 14 goals in their last five league fixtures.

Harry Kane can be snapped up at odds of 1.83 ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Stamford Bridge. The league’s top scorer has notched eight goals in his last seven league appearances and generally thrives in the capital, having tallied 14 goals in 18 London derbies. However, we obviously have to be aware of the impact of a potential Leicester City win at Old Trafford 24-hours earlier.

Despite netting in his last five starts, Sergio Aguero (2.00) places an unfamiliar sixth in Paddy’s current assessment. The City striker will be tasked with breaching a Southampton rearguard that’s failed to record a clean sheet in nine outings as he gives chase to Kane in the race for the Golden Boot.

Watford’s strike duo, Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney, come in at 2.10 for their home clash against Aston Villa. The visitors have conceded four or more goals on four occasions across their last 10 match-ups, which should motivate the hosts to dispel their recent FA Cup semi-final defeat and break a dry spell in front of goal.

Having been rested during Liverpool’s midweek Europa League showdown, Daniel Sturridge (2.25) sneaks onto the table. The former Chelsea recruit graced the scoresheet in each of his previous four starts and is pitted against a Swansea City back line that were put to the sword by Leicester City last Gameweek. Much depends, of course, on his chances of starting Sunday’s early kick-off, with Jurgen Klopp potentially turning to Christian Benteke (2.40) to lead the line as he prepares the Reds for Thursday’s Europa League second leg tie with Villareal.

CLEAN SHEET ODDS – GAMEWEEK 36

TeamOdds
Arsenal1.90
Watford2.10
Manchester United2.40
Newcastle2.50
West Ham2.50
Sunderland3.10
Liverpool3.20
Stoke3.40
Everton3.40
Man City3.50

Arsenal (1.90) have notched four clean sheets in their previous six fixtures and will welcome a Norwich unit that has drawn blanks in four of their last six outings – it’s no real surprise to see the Gunners sitting atop Paddy’s clean sheet odds.

Watford rank next, despite claiming just a single shut-out in their last seven. Nonetheless they face a beleaguered Aston Villa outfit that has failed to score in five of their past seven league clashes.

Manchester United (2.40) still boast the best home defence (seven goals conceded) and have shipped just once in their previous five matches. That being said, they’ll do well to stifle a buoyant Foxes side that have carded eight goals in their last three matches and who will surely be going all out for the win that would seal the title.

Newcastle and West Ham United are both pitched at 2.50 for a Gameweek clean sheet. The Magpies play host to Crystal Palace, who have tallied just two goals in their previous four encounters. Meanwhile, the Hammers search for their first shut-out in six when they travel to a West Bromwich Albion side that’s scored in just two of their previous six.

Sunderland have shifted in from 3.20 to 3.10 overnight for their trip to Stoke City. The Black Cats have tightened up of late, claiming three shut-outs in their last four and conceding just four goals in six.

Liverpool are handed odds of 3.20 for a clean sheet in their trip to the Liberty – Klopp’s side have kept just one shut-out in seven and look certain to shuffle their defence ahead of Thursday’s Villareal clash.

  1. Jonny HOW SON?
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Start one:

    A) Clyne
    B) Rose
    C) Simpson

    1. HNI
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Clyne
      Rose 1st sub
      Help me below?

  2. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    To Sturridge or not to Sturridge? That is the question...

    1. KISSES
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      To Stuz

    2. Birthday Sess
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I'd wait til next week to decide

    3. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      If you don't have him then don't bother. Not even sure if he'll play tomorrow and I will defo be getting rid in the DGW for someone whose nailed on.

  3. HNI
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    So I am going Lanzini and benching KDB...Is it crazy stupid or logical considering gametime and big chances enjoyed by Lanzini in last few?

    1. KISSES
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I think its a logical move, KDB wont get 90 mins

    2. Disco Volante
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      It's the logical thing to do Captain.

    3. Birthday Sess
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Yep, always better to have a guaranteed starter

  4. CedricWJL
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Mitrovic to Carroll or Defoe worth a hit?

    Thanks.

    1. KISSES
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I would

      1. Zombie
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        for?

    2. Disco Volante
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Probably.

  5. KISSES
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Captain Payet or Welbeck?

    1. HNI
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      WBA could be tricky

      Go Sanchez/Kane

      1. KISSES
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        How about Ozil?

        1. nevins84
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          This

    2. v12w12
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Payet

  6. ppp
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    DDG Robles
    Bellerin Gabriel Fuchs Kaboul Sakho
    Sanchez Lanzini Mahrez KDB Firmino
    Aguero Carroll Kane
    1FT 0ITB

    Any tips? Considering:
    1. Sakho -> Smalling or PvA?
    2. KDB -> Payet this week or next? (smalling only affordable if I do it now)
    3. Do both of the above for a hit, only one, or none?

    1. v12w12
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Just 2.

  7. Birthday Sess
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Start Toby (che) or Dawson (WHU)?

    1. edfiasco
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Toby

  8. FPL Mentor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Help need please

    Mignolet
    Bellerin Cresswell PVA
    Sanchez(C) KDB Payet Coutinho*
    Deeney Kane Lukaku

    (Darlow, Lanzini, Otamendi, Sakho)

    Really want coutinho to start but i just dont know if i can risk another 1pointer.

    What shall i do?

    A. Im good to go.
    B. Play Darlow over Mignolet
    C. Play Darlow over Mignolet, and Lanzini over Coutinho.
    D. Kane and Coutinho > Sturridge and Fabregas/Hazard..

    1. v12w12
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      c

  9. Feed tha Sheep
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Would you play Lingard (LEI) or Delaney (new)?

    1. edfiasco
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Lingard

    2. yemzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      lingard

  10. Jazz!
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Just asking the new crowd - last time.

    Would you play Firmino or Iwobi, this week?

    1. KISSES
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Iwobi

    2. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Would be shocked if Firminho started.

    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Hmmm ... that is tight ...

      Iwobi, perhaps.

      1. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Indeed 🙁

    4. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Thanks guys. 🙂

    5. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Iwobi

      1. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers

  11. nevins84
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Beer and wildcard left me with this...
    Any suggestions or constructive criticism..
    Who to bench in def is confusing...

    DDG
    Moreno PVA Creswell
    Hazard Sanchez Payet Milner
    Sturridge Lukaku Rashford

    Gomes Apzi Lanzini Kirchoff

    BB to play

  12. LE GOD(C)-AMERICAN DYCHO-(1…
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Any word on Liverpool lineup?

    Want to play Firmino but don't want a cameo from him Grhhh! God Dam end of season rotation!

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Klopp said Liverpool will need "fresh minds" and "fresh legs" at the Liberty.

  13. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Amazing that posts here are considering selling likes of Kane and Kun to fund Lukaku just because of a DGW.

    Didn't so many, myself included, get burned by that madness in 33?

    Aguero going nowhere. Get other DGWers to complement your best players, not replace.

    1. nevins84
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Rotation for Aggy incoming

    2. Disco Volante
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      These are wise words.

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I've learned my lesson....Keeping Kane, Aguero, Mahrez this time for sure

      1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Likewise!!!

    4. Sylas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Shhhhhh.. Let them.

  14. Mikkyf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Which 2 out of these 3?

    Townsend mahrez barkley ?

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      T and B

  15. dhamphiir
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    1. Bench one of them?
    A. Hart - Southampton (A)
    B. Hennessey - Newcastle (A)

    2. Play one of them?
    A. Fuchs - Man Utd (A)
    B. Smalling - Leicester (H)

    3. Captain
    A. Sanchez - Norwich (H)
    B. Aguero - Southampton (A)

    1. LE GOD(C)-AMERICAN DYCHO-(1…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      BBA

    2. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Hennessey

      Smalling

      San(C)hez

  16. CrouchDown
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Ridiculous or sublime?

    GW36: Aguero > Lukaku (limited Kun minutes, Lukaku 4 decent fixtures)
    GW37: Mahrez > Hazard (Leicester could have won the league, Haz DGW and something to prove)

    1. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      4 decent fixtures? I can see Everton getting beat by both Leicester and Sunderland, who's defences are good and both fighting for their lives, for differing reasons.

  17. FPL Mentor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    A.Fabregas
    or
    B.Hazard

    Which one shall i get?

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I'm going for B (next GW).

  18. manutd99
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Sakho to PVA worth the hit if I have the following. Could end up with less than 11 players if 2 don't play. Only 1 player on bench. Don't like taking hits for defenders.

    KDB
    Gabriel
    Sakho
    Alli
    Milner

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      reckon at least 4 of those won't play so you may aswell take a hit

  19. Sean.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Pelle ,anyone keeping ?

  20. HNI
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Play Fosu or Simpson?

    Currently on Fosu as home side

    1. Cristi@no R7
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Simpson

  21. WE GO FOR IT
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    4 points ahead in my ML.
    Fabregas or Hazard or Pedro for Alli?

    PvA or Cresswell? For this week only.

  22. McQueen
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Last thing and I'm settled. Please help me decide guys. Thanks all.

    A Fabregas & PVA or
    B Townsend & Cresswell.

  23. edfiasco
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Play Fabs (Spurs) or Rashford (lei)?

  24. GoonerByron
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Right lineup for my WC team? Bit worried about benching Lanzini and Cresswell..

    De Gea
    Smalling PVA Baines
    Sanchez (c) Hazard Fabregas Payet
    Defoe Deeney Lukaku

    (Ruddy, Lanzini, Cresswell, Kaboul)

    5.6 in the bank

  25. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Chances of Aguero being rested must be pretty high. Started the last fifteen in all competitions and they need him for the champions league.

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Agreed

    2. nevins84
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Yes

    3. Disco Volante
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      They also need to qualify for the champions league next season. I'm expecting a good sixty minutes from him.

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      They tried to get Sky to move the game back from Sunday and failed so I think there will be a lot of rotation. They have Arsenal at home next week to secure a top 4 place so this game can be sacrificed if needs be

  26. FPL Mentor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Bench 1 of these:

    A. Lanzini (playing Payet also)
    B. KDB
    C. Fabregas

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      B

  27. Thomas Magnum
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Play aoa or bench Mitovic and play a Leicester defender?

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Definitely play a Leicester defender.

    2. kalmoffit
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Play AOA

    3. yemzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      leic def

    4. Cristi@no R7
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      play a Leicester defender

  28. Ninjaa
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Defenders available are
    darmian Gabriel Simpson kaboul. Playing the AOA chip so which 2 to start and which order should the other 2 be on bench. Sakho other defender btw but can't warranty taking a hit to get rid

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Play Gabriel and Simpson imo

  29. Cak Juris
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Last question, which one is best option:
    A. Cresswell
    B. PVA
    And, Why?

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      To play or bring in?

    2. Sicaholic
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      i thinking of which to bring in as well.
      pva has better cleanie potential, and are fighting off relegation which might just be the biggest factor.
      west ham has conceded 12 goals in last 6 games.
      still cant decide who has better goals and assists potential though.

  30. mr messi
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Should I start KDB or Coutinho? Not confident either will get many/any minutes.