Paddy Says
31 January 2017 1275 comments
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Tuesday is used to being damned with faint praise. It’s main selling point, after all, is not being Monday.

But every now and again it can make like it’s a Saturday because it kicks off a whole Gameweek of sweet, sweet Premier League morsels to get our Fantasy gums around.

And that means another batch of Paddy’s Anytime Goalscorer and Clean Sheet odds is heading to our table.

We start, as ever, with an appetiser – the Enhanced Offers available to new customers opening an account today.

The big ticket event tonight is the Liverpool v Chelsea clash, for which Paddy’s got more offers than George Clooney at a WI convention, including a very generous Liverpool to beat Chelsea at 12-1, an almost insane 14-1 on a win for the Blues and an Acca to consider as well.

Paddy is offering 18-1 on Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea all to win. That’s a generous price in anyone’s book, although strange to say that the weak link in that combo could be Chelsea. Yep, the Chelsea that’s won 14 of their last 15 matches who will travel to face a Liverpool side that’s lost three matches on the spin, and all of them at Anfield.

It’s all about context. Arsenal really should power past woeful Watford at the Emirates and Spurs will expect to see off Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Compared to those two fixtures, the Blues’ trip to Liverpool is the tricky one, however down Klopp and the Kop might currently be.

Still, betting against Chelsea these days is a risky business, so that Acca looks like a great deal all in.

But if you prefer your enhanced offers more ‘got to be a home win surely?’, then Man United to beat Hull is available at 5-1.

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 23

PlayerTeamOdds
IbrahimovicMUN1.53
WalcottARS1.66
GiroudARS1.72
SanchezARS1.72
AgueroMCI1.72
KaneTOT1.72
RashfordMUN1.83
MartialMUN1.90
SonTOT2.00
JesusMCI2.20
WilsonBOU2.37
LukakuEVE2.40
AlliTOT2.40
CostaCHE2.50
LongSOT2.80
BentekeCRY2.87


The usual captaincy suspects – Zlatan and Alexis – have low anytime goalscoring odds to match, with the surprise meat in the sandwich being Theo Walcott, who Paddy thinks is more likely to score than Sanchez at home to a wretched Watford.

That’s a big call, although the Chilean’s four goals at the Emirates (out of 15 in total) probably has a lot to do with that. FPL managers are not so sure – more have purchased Sanchez than FA Cup hat-trick man Walcott this Gameweek.

Sergio Aguero’s (1.72) league-leading eight away goals, of 11 overall, explains his low price, but he’s not a popular armband choice for the trip to West Ham.

The low prices are mainly the preserve of Arsenal and United players, with Paddy clearly expecting a lamb/slaughter interface for Hull City at Old Trafford. Only one Red Devil, however, features among the top 30 transfers-in this Gameweek and it’s that man Ibrahimovic.

Diego Costa, meanwhile, has been bought in by more than 92,000 FPL managers this week, but is priced at 2.50 to score against Liverpool. At the start of the month, that might have been understandable, but the Reds can’t wait to get out of January now and their defence isn’t exactly watertight – Chelsea have as many away clean sheets (six) as Liverpool have managed both at home and on the road.

Higher prices catcing the eye include Jermain Defoe at 3.75 to score against one of his 300 or so former clubs, Spurs. Defensive worries over both Danny Rose and Toby Alderweireld have now eased, however, which won’t help the wee fella.

In the same match, Dele Alli (2.40) and Christian Eriksen (3.10) are attracting a lot of interest.

The Englishman has netted eight times in his last six league starts compared to the Dane’s, erm, none, which explains why Alli has been bought by more than 141,000 managers this Gameweek (making him the most popular transfer of the round) and Eriksen hasn’t (and isn’t).

But 48,000+ new backers are praying Christian delivers and Sunderland’s defence is an unholy mess that’s shipped 14 goals over the last five Gameweeks.

The 3.30 on Fernando Llorente, who hit a brace at Anfield last time out, scoring at home to Southampton is also worth a look. FPL managers agree – he’s the fourth most popular acquisition of the Gameweek – and the Saints look unlikely to keep their first away clean sheet in four attempts without Virgil van Dijk at the back.

CLEAN SHEET ODDS – GAMEWEEK 23

TeamOdds
Man United1.61
Arsenal1.83
Tottenham2.00
Middlesbrough2.40
Man City2.60
West Brom2.70
Southampton2.87
Leicester3.00
Bournemouth3.00
Burnley3.00



Seamus Coleman is second only to Dele Alli for transfers-in this week, which suggests many FPL managers are looking for a clean sheet from Everton at Stoke. You can get 3.20 on that.

Slightly shorter odds of 3.00 are available for Burnley to blank Leicester City. The Clarets are the ultimate homeboys – all but one of their points has come at Turf Moor, their four clean sheets is the fourth-best home record and their goal difference on their own patch (+9) is better than Man United’s at Old Trafford.

Leicester will come a-knocking tonight, and they’re as good on the road as a sedated hedgehog – only three teams have scored fewer away goals than the Foxes eight in 11 matches and they’ve failed to bother the scoreboard operator in three of their last four trips.

Paddy’s got Leicester at 3.00 to keep a clean sheet as well, mind, so there’s a strong odour of 0-0 about this one.

There’s also plenty of Fantasy interest in West Brom defenders, with both Gareth McAuley and Chris Brunt among the top 30 for new bosses this Gameweek.

As a result, the 2.70 available on the Baggies blanking goal-shy Middlesbrough, who have managed a league-worst ten strikes in 11 home matches, is worth considering.

  1. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Bingo 😎

    1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Lets gooooo

    2. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      😮

      Noice

    3. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Nailed it 😎

      1. Sponge-worthy
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Lovely

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    spurs

    Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Dier, Rose, Dembele, Wanyama, Dele, Eriksen, Son, Kane (c)

    1. Teahupo'o
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      😀

    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Phew, thought alli wasnt starting for a sec!

      1. Fred54
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Dele gets alot of people....

    3. F4L
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      4 at the back?

    4. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      4 at the back

      Vorm

      Sigh

    5. Buck The Trent
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      3 checked

  3. FPL_Guru_OM
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Good Luck everyone ... Liverpool - Chelsea .... score ? ))

    1. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      1-3

      1. FPL_Guru_OM
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        1:3 I think ... )))))) good

    2. TooDifficuIt
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      3-2

    3. v12w12
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      1-1

    4. Deus
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      0:2

  4. Chris_White
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan (c), Fuchs, Albrighton, Ndidi, Drinkwater, Gray, Mahrez, Vardy.

    1. TooDifficuIt
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      vardy will score today

      1. Deus
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Own goal

  5. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    #THFC team: Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Dier, Rose, Dembele, Wanyama, Dele, Eriksen, Son, Kane (c) #COYS

  6. Chris_White
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Gomes (GK); Cathcart, Kaboul, Prödl, Britos; Behrami; Janmaat, Cleverley, Capoue, Niang; Deeney (c).

  7. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    God I've ended up on Alli (C) 🙂

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Good choice

  8. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Oli G 😎

  9. Chris_White
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Foster; Nyom, Dawson, McAuley, Brunt; Yacob, Fletcher (c); Chadli, Morrison, Phillips; Rondon.

    1. Buck The Trent
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      McC, Phillips checked

  10. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Sanchez (C)

    Suckers 🙂 🙂

    * I have a right to delete this post if he blanks

  11. Chris_White
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Forster, Cédric, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Romeu, Clasie, Davis (c), Tadić, Redmond, Long.

  12. Ziro
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Arsenal: Cech, de Abreu, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Iwobi, Özil, Sánchez, Giroud,
    Subs: Walcott (14), Maitland-Niles (55), Gibbs (3), Bellerín (24), Oxlade-Chamberlain (15), Pérez Martínez (9), Ospina (13)

    Watford: Gomes, Prödl, Kaboul, Britos, Janmaat, Cathcart, Behrami, Cleverley, Niang, Capoue, Deeney,
    Subs: Doucouré (16), Success Ajayi (10), Watson (23), Mason (32), Mariappa (6), Arlauskis (34), Okaka (33)

    Bournemouth: Boruc, Smith, Francis, Cook, Smith, Surman, Wilshere, Stanislas, King, Fraser, Afobe,
    Subs: Mings (26), Allsop (21), Arter (8), Wilson (13), Ibe (33), Gosling (4), Pugh (7)

    Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Tomkins, Dann, Delaney, van Aanholt, Zaha, Cabaye, McArthur, Puncheon, Benteke,
    Subs: Ledley (16), Speroni (1), Remy (8), Fryers (19), Townsend (10), Flamini (4), Campbell (9)

    Burnley: Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Defour, Hendrick, Barton, Boyd, Barnes, Gray,
    Subs: Flanagan (4), Tarkowski (26), Arfield (37), Vokes (9), Berg Gudmundsson (25), Robinson (17), Darikwa (27)

    Leicester City: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Ndidi, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Gray, Vardy,
    Subs: Zieler (21), Okazaki (20), Benalouane (29), Chilwell (3), King (10), Mendy (24), Musa (7)

    Middlesbrough: Valdés, Traoré, Barragán, Gibson, Espinosa Zúñiga, da Silva, de Roon, Clayton, Forshaw, Stuani, Negredo,
    Subs: Fischer (11), Konstantopoulos (1), Leadbitter (7), Downing (19), Gestede (29), Ayala (4), Bamford (20)

    West Bromwich Albion: Foster, Nyom, McAuley, Dawson, Brunt, Fletcher, Yacob, Morrison, Chadli, Phillips, Rondón,
    Subs: Field (47), Olsson (3), Robson-Kanu (4), Livermore (8), McClean (14), Leko (45), Myhill (13)

    Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, Koné, O'Shea, Manquillo, Denayer, Rodwell, Ndong, Larsson, Defoe, Borini,
    Subs: Honeyman (39), Januzaj (44), Simões Domingues (12), Pienaar (20), Gooch (46), Love (22), Lescott (15)

    Tottenham Hotspur: Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Dier, Rose, Dembélé, Wanyama, Eriksen, Alli, Son, Kane,
    Subs: Davies (33), Winks (29), Carter-Vickers (38), Sissoko (17), Wimmer (27), López Sabata (30), Janssen (9)

    Swansea City: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Cork, Carroll, Sigurdsson, Fer, Routledge, Llorente,
    Subs: Ki (4), Nordfeldt (13), Narsingh (28), Amat (2), González Tomás (10), Rangel (22), Dyer (12)

    Southampton: Forster, Alves Soares, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Davis, Romeu Vidal, Clasie, Redmond, Long, Tadic,
    Subs: Taylor (28), Sims (39), Gardos (5), McQueen (38), Højbjerg (23), Boufal (19), Reed (18)

    1. Lawrø
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Girouddddddd! 😀

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Scorpions inbound

    2. Arteta
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers Ziro!

    3. Lallana_
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers

    4. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers Parm....

    5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      thanks

    6. Demí
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers Steve

      1. Ziro
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        😉

    7. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      No daniels

    8. Ziro
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      RIP Spurs CS

    9. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Ziro for President

      1. Ziro
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        😯

    10. Delhidynamo
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Iwobi laddddd!

    11. Spike ⚽️
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Good stuff Zero

    12. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Who is De Abreu? ARS def..

      1. Ziro
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Gabriel.

      2. Konig Luther
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Gabriel

    13. EmreCan Hustle
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers Ziro!

      Pva scouting begins!

    14. AA33
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers Ziro!
        No Welbeck even in subs. Why?

    15. FISSH
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      was so close to going Alli (C)

      Ended up on Sanchez (C)

      1. NATSTER
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Ended up the same. Almost, Ibra (c)

    16. Ninja Škrtel
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      yesss giroud starts!!!!

    17. CloudSky
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Good luck fellas.

    18. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Went against FFS (C) leader by going Ibra (c).. Hull will let him score big, right?

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Better do, he's my captain too.

    19. Leeroy Jenkyns
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      closed

    20. VS10_
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial 17s17 seconds ago
      More
      Team news: Hugo Lloris has not travelled and misses out on tonight's game through illness. #COYS

    21. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Giroud up front

    22. Lallana_
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Now that the deadline has passed who did you captain? Went with Ibra again. Want redemption from last week!

      1. Hurricane Gilbert
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Kane

      2. Teahupo'o
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        San(C)hez

      3. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Ibra here for first time in along while

      4. v12w12
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Aguero!

      5. Sponge-worthy
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Sanch

    23. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Happy to see Iwobi in the starting line up

    24. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Ndidi starting?

    25. JJeyy
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Cmon Kane (C)

    26. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      No Daniels??

    27. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Good luck everybody 🙂

      1. Lawrø
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Did you go Kane captain? 😀

        1. Ógie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          I bottled it and captained Sanchez
          Some other time

          1. Lawrø
            • 13 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            Haha I don't blame you. I was looking at your squad the other day and you're in an incredible position, no need to blow it by being needlessly punty 😀

    28. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      No Charlie.

    29. FPL Maldini
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Niang in the starting line up!!

      Really interesting!

      As a Milan fan, I would watch out for him

      1. Teahupo'o
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Good. More incentive for Sanchez Giroud owners if they concede.

    30. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Went Eriksen captain for the lulz.

    31. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Smith off the bench for Daniels. Much of a muchness

    32. Fuchs Mane Kante
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Gone San(c)hez took off troll last min.