Setting the Table: Gameweek 31 Cheat Sheet

Setting the Table: Gameweek 31 Cheat Sheet

This article is part of our Setting the Table series.

Looking Back

There were only five Premier League matches last weekend due to a number of FA Cup ties that had to be settled (not all of them were), though there was still a fair amount of action, with Harry Kane bagging a brace in Spurs' 2-0 victory, Bournemouth winning a five-goal thriller against Swansea, which included Max Gradel's first league goal of the season, and Leicester maintaining their five-point advantage over Tottenham by beating Newcastle 1-0.

The biggest disappointment surely came from Manchester City, who were kept scoreless in a draw at Norwich. Fantasy owners who captained Sergio Aguero were left wanting much more after seeing Kane's exploits and Jamie Vardy picking up an assist.

RankClubScoredAllowedGoal
Diff
Clean
Sheets
Week 30Week 29Week 28Week 27Week 26Week 25
1 Liverpool 13 3 +10 2 OFF 1-2
at CRP
3-0
v. MCI
League Cup 0-6
at AVL
2-2
v. SUN
2 Chelsea 11 5 +6 0 FA Cup 1-1
v. STK
2-1
v. NOR
1-2
at SOT
5-1
v. NEW
1-1
v. MUN
3 Leicester 9 5 +4 3 1-0
v. NEW
0-1
at WAT
2-2
v. WBA
1-0
v. NOR
2-1
at ARS
1-3
at MCY
4 Tottenham 9 5 +4 2 2-0
at AVL
2-2
v. ARS
1-0
at WHU
2-1
v. SWA
1-2
at MCY
1-0
v. WAT
5 Everton 9 6 +3 1 FA Cup 2-3
v. WHU
1-3
at AVL
OFF 2-1
at SUN
0-3
at STK
6 Arsenal 9 7 +2 1 FA Cup 2-2
at TOT
1-2
v. SWA
3-2
at MUN
2-1
v. LEI
0-2
at BOU
7 West Ham 7 5 +2 2 FA Cup 3-2
at EVE
1-0
v. TOT
1-0
v. SUN
2-2
at NOR
1-0
at SOT
8 West Brom 7 5 +2 2 OFF 1-0
v. MUN
2-2
at LEI
3-2
at CRP
0-1
at EVE
1-0
at NEW
9 Bournemouth 9 8 +1 2 3-2
v. SWA
1-3
at NEW
2-0
v. SOT
0-0
v. WAT
1-3
v. STK
0-2
v. ARS
10 Stoke 8 8 - 1 1-2
v. SOT
1-1
at CHE
1-0
v. NEW
2-1
v. AVL
1-3
at BOU
0-3
v. EVE
11 Sunderland 7 7 - 0 OFF 1-1
at SOT
2-2
v. CRP
1-0
at WHU
2-1
v. MUN
2-2
at LIV
12 Southampton 6 6 - 2 1-2
at STK
1-1
v. SUN
2-0
at BOU
1-2
v. CHE
0-1
at SWA
1-0
v. WHU
13 Man Utd 6 6 - 1 FA Cup 1-0
at WBA
1-0
v. WAT
3-2
v. ARS
2-1
at SUN
1-1
at CHE
14 Swansea 7 8 -1 1 3-2
at BOU
1-0
v. NOR
1-2
at ARS
2-1
at TOT
0-1
v. SOT
1-1
v. CRP
15 Man City 6 8 -2 2 0-0
at NOR
4-0
v. AVL
3-0
at LIV
League Cup 1-2
v. TOT
1-3
v. LEI
16 Watford 2 4 -2 1 FA Cup 0-1
v. LEI
1-0
at MUN
0-0
at BOU
1-2
at CRP
1-0
at TOT
17 Crystal Palace 7 10 -3 0 FA Cup 1-2
v. LIV
2-2
at SUN
3-2
at WBA
1-2
v. WAT
1-1
at SWA
18 Norwich 3 8 -5 1 0-0
v. MCI
1-0
at SWA
1-2
v. CHE
1-0
at LEI
2-2
v. WHU
2-0
at AVL
19 Newcastle 3 9 -6 1 1-0
at LEI
1-3
v. BOU
1-0
at STK
OFF 5-1
at CHE
1-0
v. WBA
20 Aston Villa 4 17 -13 1 0-2
v. TOT
4-0
at MCI
1-3
v. EVE
2-1
at STK
0-6
v. LIV
2-0
v. NOR

Looking Ahead

There are a number of big matches this weekend, including the Manchester and Tyne-Wear derbies, while Spurs come in as the biggest favorites as they attempt to keep pace with Leicester, who travel to face Crystal Palace.

Swansea are also heavy favorites this weekend, though that's mostly because they are playing Aston Villa and not because they've been some kind of juggernaut lately. And while Gylfi Sigurdsson has been excellent, it's tough to find legitimate fantasy value anywhere else on the team. You can focus on the defenders and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski for a clean sheet, but they haven't been great defensively either, so that may turn out to be fool's gold.

DayHomeWin
Chances
Clean Sheet
Chances
AwayWin
Chances
Clean Sheet
Chances
Draw
Chances
Sat Everton 0.38 0.25 Arsenal 0.35 0.23 0.28
Sat Chelsea 0.54 0.38 West Ham 0.19 0.17 0.27
Sat Crystal Palace 0.31 0.28 Leicester City 0.40 0.34 0.29
Sat Watford 0.37 0.35 Stoke City 0.32 0.29 0.30
Sat West Brom 0.45 0.38 Norwich City 0.26 0.28 0.29
Sat Swansea City 0.58 0.46 Aston Villa 0.17 0.21 0.25
Sun Newcastle 0.44 0.35 Sunderland 0.28 0.25 0.28
Sun Southampton 0.38 0.34 Liverpool 0.34 0.29 0.28
Sun Man City 0.51 0.38 Man United 0.23 0.22 0.26
Sun Tottenham 0.63 0.42 Bournemouth 0.16 0.58 0.22

DayHomeOver
1.5 Goals
Under
1.5 Goals
AwayOver
1.5 Goals
Under
1.5 Goals
Sat Everton 0.44 0.56 Arsenal 0.42 0.58
Sat Chelsea 0.54 0.46 West Ham 0.17 0.83
Sat Crystal Palace 0.31 0.69 Leicester City 0.34 0.66
Sat Watford 0.35 0.65 Stoke City 0.29 0.71
Sat West Brom 0.39 0.61 Norwich City 0.28 0.72
Sat Swansea City 0.49 0.51 Aston Villa 0.21 0.79
Sun Newcastle 0.40 0.60 Sunderland 0.29 0.71
Sun Southampton 0.35 0.65 Liverpool 0.31 0.69
Sun Man City 0.49 0.51 Man United 0.27 0.73
Sun Tottenham 0.58 0.42 Bournemouth 0.23 0.77
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