Fantasy Uefa CL Dream team GW2

The Champions league is upon us again, and it is time to enjoy some top quality football. But first lets make sure our fantasy teams are in order.

!!!FOR PEOPLE WHO PLAY THE OFFICIAL UEFA GAME!!!Dont forget to use managerial subs, that means start all players who have a game on day 1 and switch the ones that did badly out for your day 2 players. The same with Captains- at first captain a player with a game on day 1 and if he does not do well than switch to someone on day 2.

Bench: Mannone(GK) Sammir, Nonkeu, Demichelis

Captain day 1: Messi
Captain day 2: Ronaldo

Comments:

Defenders and Goalkeepers

• Jenkinson and Mannone- two 4 mil defensive players for an improved Arsenal team with a good home game vs Olympiacos are very good value. 
• Vidal is just the best defender in his game for his Pen duty and for the fact that he is actually a midfielder and he will probably be in my starting lineup all season long.
• Cant look past Marcelo this week with his explosiveness on the offensive end going against a weaker Ajax side
• On the bench are 2 cheaper options with good fixtures IMO Nonkeu vs Braga and Demichelis vs Anderlecht
• Unnerstall keeps his place with a 3 mil price tag and a nice fixture coming up.

Midfielders

• Lampard(only 7mil) is likely to start tonight and is always likely to put in a good game in the UCL(also takes pens for Chelsea)
• With Rooney and RVP reportedly starting this time for United, I really like Nani at 7.5 to be the man getting the assists with all this striking power up front
• Kroos speaks for himself with his form and price and with Robben out this week- he is the best Bayern midfielder for fantasy in my opinion
• Cazorla- another Arsenal player is a even a long term move with 2 great home fixtures up for the Gunners- he is also the center of all Arsenal attacking play- so bound be a part of some points this week and/or the next.
• One the bench we have Sammir a man with an incredible form in his home league, hopefully he can find his feet in UCL too. 

Forwards

• I just cant look beyond Messi despite the tricky fixture- you just know he can pop up with a brace in any game and a reliable captain option as always
• Cristiano Ronaldo- the man is selfish and on pens and most free kicks for Real madrid. That is exactly what you want from your fantasy player- he is also the best C option for day 2
• Hunterlaar- great fixture and a great player- enjoy the points :)

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FPL Over- and Under-performers up to GW6

I was planning to overview the over- and under-performers during the International break, but with a game-week where many differentials had a great performance and many regular names failed to perform I thought it was a good idea to do it now and maybe help some managers avoid knee-jerk transfers. 

!!!On a side note:
I will not look at some of the players that went crazy this GW like Suarez and Sahin- but I do suggest not to get carried away with all the bandwagons. Out of the players with big scores this gameweek I see these players as possible good long term investments: Suarez, Gerrard, Sterling, Jelavic, Bale, Verthongen, Mata, Gervinho, Silva, Ramirez(Southampton), Walters, Morrison, Ba, Torres(only because Chelsea still look like they will play him constantly), Aguero, Van Persie, Rooney, all Stoke defenders and Sunderland defenders, Clark

Over-Performers

Peter Crouch- I looked at the entire PL career for Crouch to get a better idea of his normal conversion rate, mostly because last seasons was offensively very poor for Stoke, so his stats were probably worse than normal for last year.

• GW1-6: Shots taken:13 Goals scored:4
• Normal rate of shot conversion: 2.08 shots per game, 8.9 shots per goal

FPL Dream Team GW6

Subs: Guzan, McClean, Bannan, Nelsen(QPR)

Comments:

• I went for 4 defenders this week as outside of the Everton game I feel that this could be a low scoring GW. All very scoring defenders and likely for a clean sheet. 

• Hoilett earns a spot in the midfield as one of my favorite differentials and having a great fixture this week and Fellaini is a must with his form.

• Jelavic another great differential and will get the C armband in my personal team.
• Fletcher was a must with his form and the fixture against Wigan at home.

Good luck for this week to everyone and follow me on twitter @KristjanPulma for more fantasy PL and UCL related stuff.

Fantasy FPL hidden gems

If you cant be bothered to look through all of the options, I posted my favorite ones in the bottom of the article. Here are some explanations of the terms used: 

KP-key pass, SPG-shots per game, the number with the % sign = percentage of teams selected by

Midfielders

With Liverpools fixtures improving one of those 2 will be in my team.

LIV 9.4£ Gerrard 3.8% (2.6 KP and 2.6 SPG) Takes pens, corners and many set-pieces as well
LIV 4.6£ Sterling 5.4% (2.6 KP, 1 SPG)

Depending on playing time, one of those 2 could be a nice player once the fixtures clear up again.
CHE 8.9£ Mata 3.7%(1.8 SPG, 2.5 KP)
CHE 7.8£ Oscar 1.1%(2.3 SPG, 1.3 KP)

Sunderland are strangely defensive at this point, but once they pick things up both of those players could be nice assets.
SUN 6.4£ McClean 2.6%
SUN7.0£ Adam Johnson 1.9%

Southampton are very attacking so any of these 3 players could be nice for your team
SOT 6.0£ Lallana 1.5%(2.4 SPG 1.8 KP
SOT 4.4£ Puncheon 1.1%(2.8 SPG 1 KP
SOT 6.0£ Gaston Ramirez 0.3% ( 2 SPG 3 KP)

Maloney is kind of OOP on the wing of a front 3 and as he takes pens and some set pieces he is one of my favorite budget differentials
WIG 5.0£ Maloney 1.4%  (0.8 shots 1.8 KP Pen taker)

Snodgrass has amazing stats and is one I am closely looking at as soon as the fixtures improve in GW 9
NOR 5.9£ Snodgrass 1.4% (3.2 SPG 1.8 KP)

Best offensive asset in QPR, playing almost as a striker and I am keeping a close eye on him
QPR 6.0£ Hoilett 1% (3 SPG)

West Brom are not very attacking, but if you should choose any attacking cover from their team it would be one of these players, need to check on their fitness before making that decision though
WBA 6.0£ Morrisson 1.7% (2 SPG 1.8 KP
WBA 5.8£ Brunt 0.6% ( 1.6 KP Set pieces and Pens)

FPL GW5 dream team

So I have been very busy this week so just a quick dream team from me, good luck for the weekend!!!

Bench: Jaaskalainen, Kagawa, Davies, Steven Taylor

Uefa Champions League fantasy dream team GW1

I tried to make this team affordable and the managerial subs are not in order, so sort them out yourself. Captain options are Zlatan for GD1 and Messi for GD2

Subs: Unnerstall, Boateng, Vida, Rafael

Reasoning for these selections:

GK: Bayern defenders are very close to a must have and all of their value options are not very attacking so you could just have Neuer and pair him with the ultra cheap Unnerstal.

Defeners:

• I cant not have 2 Barca players and Alves coveres both defense and offense.
• Vidal is my favorite defender in this game and Ill keep for the entire seaso, I call him "Baines on steroids"
• Jenkinson at 4 mil I think he is a super option for the defensively in form Arsenal
• Vida- looks like the best 3.5 option to have so far
• Rafael a very attacking option for a top side with a good home fixture

Midfielders

• Sammir and Renan Bressan are the best budget options IMO
• Robben is the best UCL mid if playing, very attacking and greedy plus takes pens for one of the best offensive sides.
• Reus was the top scoring midfielder who does not take pens in the top leagues in europe last season, and very likely to do well against a leaky Ajax
• Boateng is one of my favorite picks who did not make my own team for budget reasons, mostly because of AC Milans horrible form so far. But he is taking loads of shots and a goal is bound to follow soon, especially with their early good fixture

Forwards

I have avoided the budget forward for GW 1 as I think Messi is a must have, Zlatan the best C option for GD1 and not having RVP could turn out to be a horrible mistake. I also found the budget options in the middle of the park and in defense much more appealing.

UCL fantasy defensive and offensive ratings

I am going to look at this in a simple way in terms of goals conceded per game and goals scored per game for teams. Some sample sizes are small but still we can get some idea of a teams form.

Defenses

English Premier League (4 games played):

Arsenal  0.25
Chelsea  0.5
Man United 1.25
Man City 1.5

Erdevisie 5 games played

Ajax 1

Serie A 3 games played:

Juventus  0.666
Ac Milan 1

Liga Sagres 3 games played:

Benfica/Porto   0.6666
Braga   1.666

Ukrainian Premier League 9 games played:

Shaktar Donetsk  0.4444
Dynamo Kiev   0.77777

La Liga 4 games played:

Barcelona 0.75
Real Madrid  1
Malaga  0.5
Valencia 1.5