Paddy Says – Gameweek 26

Football – the gift that keeps on giving people the sack.

Paddy, however, gives you Anytime Goalscorer and Clean Sheet odds. No sack. Just odds.

And he also dishes out tempting Enhanced Offers to new customers joining this weekend, so that is where we’ll start.

Just the three prices today, but they’re all belters, starting with the 5-1 you can get on Chelsea to beat Swansea. That’s the Chelsea who’ve won 11 of their 12 home matches this season, in case you’d forgotten.

If you think no Claudio means no silver lining for Leicester City, then you’ve got to be interested in the 7-1 on offer for Liverpool to prevail at the King Power.

And then there’s the EFL Cup final which, obviously, isn’t a Premier League match but contains two EPL teams, so the 8-1 available on Manchester United beating Southampton demands to be mentioned.

Enhanced winnings are credited in free bets. Be sure to check the terms and conditions that apply on all those offers and, of course, we should state that all these specials are only available to those aged 18 or over. If you’re going to wager, please always gamble responsibly.

ANYTIME GOALSCORER ODDS – GAMEWEEK 26

With perennially popular captaincy pick Zlatan Ibrahimovic on an EFL Cup Zlabbatical and Alexis Sanchez with the weekend off to spend uploading shots of his dogs to Instagram, Romelu Lukaku (1.66) has emerged as the favourite armband-wearer this week.

Everton entertain a Sunderland side that probably stunned themselves by winning their last away match 4-0. Normal order was restored a week later when the Black Cats lost 4-0 at home to Southampton and over 200,000 Fantasy managers have loaded up on the big Belgian this week – only Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has gained more owners.

If Lukaku’s price is a bit too short for you, Ross Barkley’s 2.60 might be more to your liking.

Swansea City are on the up, but there are limits, and playing at Stamford Bridge is one of them. Chelsea have scored in every single home match this season, while the Swans have kept just the one clean sheet away. Small wonder then that both Diego Costa (1.57) and Eden Hazard (1.83) are solid choices for captaincy duty this Gameweek.

They’re also both in the top five for transfers-in, but a kinder price might tempt you into a punt on Pedro (2.50).

Spurs are out of the Europa League and a number of their bigger names are being escorted from many a Fantasy team, most notably Dele Alli – the fifth most transferred-out player of the Gameweek.

A Sunday home fixture with Stoke City still looks tempting, however, although Harry Kane (1.72) has failed to make it into the majority of managers’ captaincy calculations. But the 2.40 on Alli and the 2.60 on Christian Eriksen to score could reap rewards.

As mentioned above, the most popular purchase this week has been Sadio Mane, although many managers bought into him before the Ranieri rumpus. He’s at 2.50 to punish the Foxes for their infidelity.

Burnley don’t really do away clean sheets, although the one they’ve managed matches the number of points they’ve accrued on the road so they don’t really do anything away but lose. If that’s the case at Hull City, then the 2.87 on Oumar Niasse to score his second goal in three matches looks sound.

CLEAN SHEET ODDS – GAMEWEEK 26

No surprises that Chelsea top the odds for a clean sheet this weekend, although they’ve failed to do just that for the last three Gameweeks.

Swansea are clearly in a good way under Paul Clement, and the last time they were blanked on their travels was in Gameweek 17, but Chelsea could be a Stamford Bridge too far for them.

Palace have gone five home matches without a clean sheet, but Middlesbrough’s toothless attack goes a long way to explaining the Eagles’ low 2.00 price on them stopping the defensive rot today. Boro have scored just once in their last five attempts on the road, after all.

The 3.20 on the visitors keeping things clean looks equally tempting – the fixture has more than a hint of 0-0 about it.

Elsewhere, if Leicester’s players can get over being booed by their own fans when Liverpool visit on Monday, the 5.50 available on them remembering how they did things defensively last season could be worth a look.