FanDuel Soccer: EPL DFS Picks and Helper for 2/24/24

We've got a six-game slate with two later kickoffs, and it's one that gives a lot of options to target.

As always, we're covering FanDuel's main slate, which kicks off at 10 a.m. EST on Saturday. All betting lines come from the soccer odds at FanDuel Sportsbook, and they may change after the article is published.

EPL DFS Picks

Slate Overview

Nottingham Forest (+450) at Aston Villa (-175)
Over 2.5 Goals: -189 | Most Likely to Score: Ollie Watkins (+110)

Everton (+310) at Brighton (-120)
Over 2.5 Goals: -159 | Most Likely to Score: Evan Ferguson (+155)

Burnley (+300) at Crystal Palace (-105)
Over 2.5 Goals: +116 | Most Likely to Score: Osdone Edouard (+200)

Fulham (+440) at Manchester United (-170)
Over 2.5 Goals: -193 | Most Likely to Score: Marcus Rashford (+155)

Manchester City (-260) at Bournemouth (+600)
Over 2.5 Goals: -228 | Most Likely to Score: Erling Haaland (-145)

Newcastle (+600) at Arsenal (-280)
Over 2.5 Goals: -228 | Most Likely to Score: Gabriel Jesus (+140)

Positional Breakdown

Forwards/Midfielders

Arsenal are the biggest favorites on this slate, and we see that Bukayo Saka ($25, +175 anytime goal scoring odds) has risen to the highest salary on the slate.

This is driven by his hot streak with seven goals in his last six Premier League games. Saka is also Arsenal's main set piece taker, so he has a nice floor -- even if his goal scoring odds for this salary are a bit longer than we'd like.

You can stack Arsenal by pairing Saka with Leandro Trossard ($20, +170), who has scored in three straight league matches. It makes sense to load up on Arsenal's attacking options, against a Newcastle team that has conceded multiple goals in their last three games, which came against Luton Town, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest. This puts Martin Odegaard ($21, +220) and Gabriel Martinelli ($19, +185) in play but behind Trossard and Saka.

It's rare that Erling Haaland ($24, -145) isn't the player with the highest salary on any slate he's on. He hasn't been in his usual form with just three Premier League goals since November 25th, but he's certainly capable.

If forced to choose between him and Saka, I'm going with the Arsenal winger as the realistic path to a huge score will be easier to reach. Haaland likely needs to score twice or three times to break the slate, whereas Saka can get there through crosses and assists more easily.

Kevin De Bruyne ($21, -155 to score or assist) is probably my favorite play on Man City. He had a whopping 22 crosses against Chelsea and finished with 34.6 FanDuel points without contributing to a goal. I'd also play Jeremy Doku ($19, +115 to score or assist) if he gets the start; that salary is a good value.

Ollie Watkins ($22, +110 to score) has been scoring for fun of late with four goals in his last four league games. He also leads the league with 10 assists. With Villa being -190 home favorites, Watkins might go under the radar with Arsenal and Manchester City on the slate.

With Rasmus Hojlund injured, Marcus Rashford ($18, +155) now has the best goal scoring odds on Manchester United. He hasn't scored the same amount of goals he did last season but playing up front could help him bag a marker here.

Two Brighton players that are a bit lower in salary and are interesting are Facundo Buonanotte ($17, +155 to score or assist), who has scored two goals in his last three games and gets a good matchup at home against Everton. I'd also be interested in Ansu Fati ($16, -105) if he starts since those odds to record a goal contribution are great for his salary.

Another player for the same salary that has great goal contribution odds is Leon Bailey ($16, -110). I wouldn't mind playing him with Watkins in a stack between two players who might not be too popular.

I would mostly avoid anyone at this position in the Burnley-Crystal Palace match with the exception of Johann Gudmundsson ($13, +350), who will take set pieces for Burnley and holds a nice value salary.

Added time -- Rasmus Hojlund's injury may pave the way for a first Premier League start for Omari Forson ($9, +140). If he does get the start for Manchester United at just $9, he's close to a free square in a position to contribute.

Defenders

The top salary defenders are all in tough spots on this slate, so we can look a bit lower in salary to fill this position. If you have the salary, James Tarkowski ($15, +800 to score or assist) has reached 30 points in two of his last four games and could be forced to collect plenty of defensive stats against Brighton.

Alex Moreno ($13, +290) has recorded over 20 FanDuel points in three of his last five games.

The big favorites have defenders for $11 in Ben White ($11, +300) and Nathan Ake ($11, +700). I'd play White if I had Arsenal forward pieces, and Ake or Kyle Walker ($10, +600) if I had Man City pieces.

Of defenders that are $9, Tariq Lamptey ($9, +260) has -- by far -- the best goal contribution odds. I'd consider him and Victor Lindelof ($9, +600) on one of the favored teams who should have success in attack.

Added time -- Nuno Tavares ($8, +410) has done a good job of combining attacking stats with defensive ones, which resulted in him getting 25.1 FanDuel points last time out without a goal contribution. He's definitely an option at just $8 despite a tougher matchup this week.

Goalies

You can save a dollar by playing David Raya ($13) over Ederson ($14), and you'll also get the benefit of a keeper with a better chance of a win and better clean sheet odd, as well. Ederson will likely be the less popular of the two in tournaments, though.

James Trafford ($10) faces a Crystal Palace side without its two best attacking players who have the third-fewest expected goals (xG) in the league.

Added time -- Bernd Leno ($8) faces a Manchester United team that has underperformed their xG all season long and now will be without Hojlund -- who has been one of the hottest strikers in the league recently.

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