Setting the Table: FPL Gameweek 30 Cheat Sheet

Setting the Table: FPL Gameweek 30 Cheat Sheet

This article is part of our Setting the Table series.

Looking Back

As expected, Manchester City blasted Aston Villa 4-0 thanks to goals from Sergio Aguero (2), Yaya Toure and Raheem Sterling, while David Silva picked up a pair of assists.

West Ham and Everton played a five-goal thriller, which included a huge performance from Dimitri Payet, who finished with one goal on four shots, one assist, 19 crosses, two fouls drawn and two interceptions, giving him 43 fantasy points on DraftKings.

The talk going into the weekend was all about the North London derby, which finished in a 2-2 draw, while Leicester beat Watford 1-0, giving the Foxes a five-point cushion over Spurs and an eight-point one over Arsenal.

On the flip side, Aston Villa and Newcastle continue to be terrible, losing 4-0 and 3-1 to Man City and Bournemouth, respectively. Villa have allowed 15 goals in their last four matches after beating Norwich 2-0 in Gameweek 25.

RankClubScoredAllowedGoal
Diff
Clean
Sheets
Week 29Week 28Week 27Week 26Week 25Week 24
1 Liverpool 13 5 +8 2 1-2
at CRP
3-0
v. MCI
OFF 0-6
at AVL
2-2
v. SUN
2-0
at LEI
2 Everton 12 6 +6 2 2-3
v. WHU
1-3
at AVL
OFF 2-1
at SUN
0-3
at STK
3-0
v. NEW
3 Chelsea 11 5 +6 1 1-1
v. STK
2-1
v. NOR
1-2
at SOT
5-1
v. NEW
1-1
v. MUN
0-0
at WAT
4 Leicester 10 5 +5 3 0-1
at WAT
2-2
v. WBA
1-0
v. NOR
2-1
at ARS
1-3
at MCY
2-0
v. LIV
5 Tottenham 10 5 +5 2 2-2
v. ARS
1-0
at WHU
2-1
v. SWA
1-2
at MCY
1-0
v. WAT
0-3
at NOR
6 West Ham 9 5 +4 3 3-2
at EVE
1-0
v. TOT
1-0
v. SUN
2-2
at NOR
1-0
at SOT
2-0
v. AVL
7 Man Utd 9 6 +3 2 1-0
at WBA
1-0
v. WAT
3-2
v. ARS
2-1
at SUN
1-1
at CHE
3-0
v. STK
8 Arsenal 9 7 +2 2 2-2
at TOT
1-2
v. SWA
3-2
at MUN
2-1
v. LEI
0-2
at BOU
0-0
v. SOT
9 West Brom 8 6 +2 2 1-0
v. MUN
2-2
at LEI
3-2
at CRP
0-1
at EVE
1-0
at NEW
1-1
v. SWA
10 Bournemouth 8 7 +1 2 1-3
at NEW
2-0
v. SOT
0-0
v. WAT
1-3
v. STK
0-2
v. ARS
1-2
at CRP
11 Swansea 6 6 - 1 1-0
v. NOR
1-2
at ARS
2-1
at TOT
0-1
v. SOT
1-1
v. CRP
1-1
at WBA
12 Man City 7 8 -1 2 4-0
v. AVL
3-0
at LIV
OFF 1-2
v. TOT
1-3
v. LEI
0-1
at SUN
13 Sunderland 7 8 -1 0 1-1
at SOT
2-2
v. CRP
1-0
at WHU
2-1
v. MUN
2-2
at LIV
0-1
v. MCY
14 Southampton 4 5 -1 3 1-1
v. SUN
2-0
at BOU
1-2
v. CHE
0-1
at SWA
1-0
v. WHU
0-0
at ARS
15 Stoke 7 9 -2 1 1-1
at CHE
1-0
v. NEW
2-1
v. AVL
1-3
at BOU
0-3
v. EVE
3-0
at MUN
16 Watford 2 4 -2 2 0-1
v. LEI
1-0
at MUN
0-0
at BOU
1-2
at CRP
1-0
at TOT
0-0
v. CHE
17 Crystal Palace 8 12 -4 0 1-2
v. LIV
2-2
at SUN
3-2
at WBA
1-2
v. WAT
1-1
at SWA
1-2
v. BOU
18 Norwich 3 11 -8 0 1-0
at SWA
1-2
v. CHE
1-0
at LEI
2-2
v. WHU
2-0
at AVL
0-3
v. TOT
19 Newcastle 3 12 -9 1 1-3
v. BOU
1-0
at STK
OFF 5-1
at CHE
1-0
v. WBA
3-0
at EVE
20 Aston Villa 4 17 -13 1 4-0
at MCI
1-3
v. EVE
2-1
at STK
0-6
v. LIV
2-0
v. NOR
2-0
at WHU

Looking Ahead

Because of FA Cup action this weekend, there are only five Premier League matches: three on Saturday, including Norwich City against Manchester City at 7:45 a.m. EST, which is traditionally left out of most guaranteed contests in the States, two more matches Saturday (Bournemouth v. Swansea and Stoke v. Southampton) and then one match Sunday (Aston Villa v. Tottenham) and one Monday (Leicester v. Newcastle). Needless to say, it's pretty ugly.

HomeWin
Chances
Clean Sheet
Chances
AwayWin
Chances
Clean Sheet
Chances
Draw
Chances
Norwich City 0.17 0.16 Manchester City 0.60 0.31 0.23
Bournemouth 0.49 0.41 Swansea City 0.23 0.25 0.28
Stoke City 0.36 0.34 Southampton 0.35 0.31 0.29
Aston Villa 0.14 0.16 Tottenham 0.65 0.46 0.21
Leicester City 0.62 0.41 Newcastle 0.15 0.15 0.24

HomeOver 1.5 GoalsUnder 1.5 GoalsAwayOver 1.5 GoalsUnder 1.5 Goals
Norwich City 0.27 0.73 Manchester City 0.39 0.61
Bournemouth 0.44 0.56 Swansea City 0.25 0.75
Stoke City 0.34 0.66 Southampton 0.31 0.69
Aston Villa 0.19 0.81 Tottenham 0.58 0.42
Leicester City 0.59 0.41 Newcastle 0.25 0.75

Spurs got smoked 3-0 by Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League on Thursday, but that doesn't really have much bearing on Sunday's fixture against Aston Villa. Expect plenty of Spurs and Leicester players to be heavily owned in Sunday-Monday DFS slates, while Man City and Bournemouth are the teams to target Saturday.

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Andrew M. Laird
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