Saturday 8/14 EPL DFS

This article focuses on 8/14 EPL Picks for DraftKings and FanDuel Sportsbook and FanDuel and DraftKings Daily Fantasy. We consider tournament tactics, statistics, pricing, and attempt to tackle this highly variable Daily Fantasy format. The goal is to gain an edge on the field at large.

Saturday 8/14 EPL Slate and DFS Gameplan

Welcome back to the beginning of a new EPL season as we return to find normal six-game Saturday slates once again!

Unfortunately, the DraftKings slate will not be featuring the late game Liverpool@Norwich City so will not be able to pull players from all of the games over there.

Of the early games, we can rightfully expect Chelsea to be the most popular/chalkiest team to pull players from. However, as always, in large tournaments, you can opt for a side stack/game stack, etc. Or of course, single out a Chelsea player or two and go from there.

With the Liverpool game on FanDuel, it allows us a few more viable pivots as Liverpool has odds/totals within breathing room of Chelsea’s.

Notable Goal Scoring Odds

Note: Many of these players will not end up starting, but their goal odds are listed just in case. If they do not end up starting, disregard them. All odds listed +350 or below and projected starters are listed in bold.

Brighton (+150) at Burnley (+215)

Chris Wood (+170), Neal Maupay (+210), Ashley Barnes (+250), Florin Andone (+250), Aaron Connolly (+250), Matej Vydra (+260), Jay Rodriguez (+260), Leandro Trossard (+350), Lewis Richardson (+350), Andi Zeqiri (+350)

Crystal Palace (+1100) at Chelsea (-380)

Tammy Abraham (+115), Kai Havertz (+140), Timo Werner (+140), Christian Pulisic (+160), Faustino Anjorin (+160), Jorginho (+200), Hakim Ziyech (+220), Mason Mount (+230), Callum Hudson-Odoi (+280), Christian Benteke (+350), Wilfried Zaha (+350)

Southampton (+310) at Everton (-110)

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (+105), Moise Kean (+140), Nathan Broadhead (+200), James Rodriguez (+210), Che Adams (+250), Demarai Gray (+260), Anthony Gordon (+280), Michael Obafemi (+300), Theo Walcott (+300), Andros Townsend (+320), Shane Long (+320), Mohamed Elyounoussi (+330), Nathan Redmond (+350), Nathan Tella (+350), James Ward-Prowse (+350)

Wolverhampton (+425) at Leicester City (-145)

Kelechi Iheanacho (+115), Patson Daka (+130), Jamie Vardy (+140), Harvey Barnes (+200), James Maddison (+220), Raul Jimenez (+250), Ayoze Perez (+280), Fabio Silva (+300), Youri Tielemans (+350)

Aston Villa (+135) at Watford (+230)

Danny Ings (+150), Wesley (+185), Ollie Watkins (+185), Troy Deeney (+225), Anwar El Ghazi (+230), Ismaila Sarr (+250), Emiliano Buendia (+260), Bertrand Traore (+260), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (+260), Joshua King (+275), de Jesus Joao Pedro (+280), Leon Bailey (+280), Ashley Fletcher (+280), Emmanuel Bonaventure (+320), Juraj Kucka (+320), Juan Camilo Hernandez (+320), Imran Louza (+350)

Liverpool (-310) at Norwich (+750)

Diego Jota (-135), Mohamed Salah (-165), Sadio Mane (+135), Roberto Firmino (+160), Takumi Minamino (+160), Divock Origi (+170), Teemu Pukki (+210), Xherdan Shaqiri (+280), Ben Woodburn (+300), Adam Idah (+320), Jordan Hugill (+330), Curtis Jones (+350), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (+350), Harvey Elliott (+350), Naby Keita (+350)

EPL Best Odds

*Chelsea/Liverpool Parlay* (-156) – “DraftKings Sportsbook” – “Note: DK Sportsbook has a 33% Boost on a Three Leg Parlay in case you see another leg you want to add”

DraftKings | FanDuel

The Betting Game Plan

You have two teams vastly superior to their opposition and looking to stake their claim against Manchester City in the EPL Title race early on. Crystal Palace is arguably worse with the loss of Andros Townsend and other depth pieces. Meanwhile, Chelsea has had time to gel and is coming off a stunning Champion’s League campaign. While incoming addition Romelu Lukaku has yet to arrive, the Blues shouldn’t need him at home against lowly Palace.

As for Liverpool, getting to face Norwich Week One is a gift. Once the talk of the soccer world two years ago, Liverpool has drifted from a UCL and EPL champion to the very outside rank of Champion’s League and EPL title contenders. Finally healthy outside of Andy Robertson and Virgil Van Dyk, if they can’t put forth a decent showing here and get their season off to a good start, it would be surprising. Norwich makes it’s return to the EPL and it’s Mike D’Antoni-esque open style of play works well in Championship, but leads to some blowouts against EPL caliber teams.

8/14 EPL FanDuel Rankings “Set pieces less important on FanDuel”

Forward/Midfield

1. Diego Jota – Liverpool – $17
2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin – Everton – $19
3. Kai Havertz – Chelsea – $16
4. Mason Mount – Chelsea – $18 “Set Pieces”
5. Mohammed Salah – Liverpool – $23
6. Timo Werner – Chelsea – $21
7. Sadio Mane – Liverpool – $20
8. Danny Ings – Aston Villa – $18
9. James Maddison – Leicester City – $15 “Set Pieces”
10. Jamie Vardy – Leicester City – $19

Defense

1. Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool – $15 “Set Pieces”
2. Kostas Tsimikas – Liverpool – $5 “CASH GAME LOCK”
3. Ben Chilwell – Chelsea – $13
4. Reece James – Chelsea – $14
5. Ben Godfrey – Everton – $6

Goalies

1. Edouard Mendy – Chelsea – $14
2. Alisson – Liverpool – $13
3. Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa – $11

8/14 EPL DraftKings Rankings

Forward

1. Dominic Calvert-Lewin – Everton – $6,400 (CASH GAME LOCK)
2. Timo Werner – Chelsea – $8,100
3. Kai Havertz – Chelsea – $8,200
4. James Rodriguez – Everton – $7,700 “Should have set pieces but something to monitor with the addition of Andros Townsend”.
5. Jamie Vardy – Leicester City – $8,400

Midfield

1. Mason Mount – Chelsea – $9,000 “Set Pieces” (CASH GAME LOCK)
2. James Maddison – Leicester City – $8,000 “Set Pieces”
3. James Ward-Prowse – Southampton – $7,700 “Set Pieces”
4. Pascal Gros – Brighton – $6,800 “Set Pieces”
5. Emiliano Buendia – Aston Villa – $8,300 “Set Pieces”

Defense

1. Ben Chilwell – Chelsea – $6,200
2. Reece James – Chelsea – $5,900
3. Lucas Digne – Everton – $6,000
4. Matty Cash – Aston Villa $3,700 “Punt”
5. Danny Rose – Watford – $3,400 “Punt”

Goalies

1. Edouard Mendy – Chelsea – $5,900 (CASH GAME LOCK)
2. Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa – $5,200
3. Nick Pope – Burnley – $4,600

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