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The name is Aaron and I found Serie A Fantasy for the 2022/23 season. I'll be writing for Fantasy Tipsters on my journey into Serie A Fantasy football and Serie A as a whole.

Serie A Fantasy: Gameweek 2 Preview

With just a few hours to go for the gameweek 2 deadline, tipster Aaron shares his insights on the best teams and players for the week in Serie A Fantasy.


We go again. Gameweek 1 is in the books and points have been updated. We learned one thing from round one and that is points update overnight. Round two of Serie A Fantasy is back open for transfers to take place by us Fantasy managers. Moving forward this week, we are going to take another look through some of the games from Saturday, Sunday and Monday and where the points will come from the most.

 

UDINESE VS SALERNITANA

Salernitana narrowly avoided relegation last season, by achieving 18 points from their previous 15 matches. I wonder is that going to happen again this time around. At home to AS Roma this past week, it was a close-fought match and they managed to only lose 0-1. If you are on the lookout this week from Salernitana, they have some great under €5.0M options for your bench or fourth defender spot. Take Federico Fazio, who against AS Roma, came up with a six-point haul.

There are actually some great names in the Salernitana squad, that should get Fantasy managers’ hearts pumping. Former Inter Milan and Lazio midfielder Antonio Candreva and former Bayern Munich and Fiorentina attacking midfielder Franck Ribery also play for Salernitana. Candreva will cost you €7.6M, but Ribery will only cost €6.0M.

On the Udinese side of things: Former Watford forward Gerard Deulofeu came up with goods, even though AC Milan came out of the winning side last weekend. Seven points on a points score of €7.4M, one assist and three points from playing 90 minutes. Another former Watford midfielder Roberto Pereyra was on point in the midfield, with seven points including an assist and two bonus points.



INTER MILAN VS SPEZIA

Spezia had a great start to their Serie A campaign last weekend. I believe this week it will all come undone against Inter Milan. Their defenders and goalkeeper were the ones to have last week and again this week their keeper will be one to have, if Inter can get many a shot off. Bartlomiej Dragowski will be a save points magnet having come through with 11 points, costing €4.8M. On their defensive line, three of their players made the grade. Simone Bastoni, Mattia Caldara and Dimitris Nikolaou were the ones to have and will continue to be, given they are €5.0M and under, scoring 15, 10 and 10 points each.

Points were evenly shared throughout the Inter Milan side. Whether it be the defence, midfield or attack. Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez more or less shared the points. Martinez assisted Lukaku for the goal, helping both finish on seven and nine points apiece. In midfield, Nico Barella is the man to pick this weekend. Both Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez this week, we expect are going to profit massively this week off assists and goals, coming from each other and Barella.

 

NAPOLI VS MONZA

Monday night saw Napoli kick things off in the right way with a 5-2 win over Verona. Monza themselves closely fought it out on Saturday coming off second best against Torino. Though this week, I do not foresee them getting the three points against Napoli. If you are looking for a differential pick for the Naples side, Victor Osimhen is priced at €8.4M, much less than the likes of Tammy Abraham and Dusan Vlahovic. He managed to bag 11 points, scoring from open play and assisting.

Midfield was where it was at for Napoli this week past. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, selected by 14.0% of managers, picked up 14 points, Piotr Zielinski and Stanislav Lobotka, picked up 10 points a piece. This week, are seen as differentials, picked by 6.0% and 2.0% of managers respectively. I see it happening again this weekend against Monza. Napoli having most of the ball and possession, scoring a hat full of goals and coming away with the three points.



AS ROMA VS CREMONESE

Cremonese are back in Serie A for the first time since 1993/94 and they made a big splash against Fiorentina. They may have gone down to a 3-2 defeat, but as with Salernitana, they can provide kindly priced options for your bench or fourth choice spots. Take, for example, David Okereke, priced at just €4.8M and coming away with seven points. He only played 87 minutes but scored and came away with bonus points also.

Luca Zanimacchia in midfield and Matteo Bianchetti are both picked by under 5.0% of managers, but if they can keep this up, will be ticking over nicely throughout the season, even if they go up against AS Roma this coming weekend.

AS Roma came out with three points, in a hard-fought match against Salernitana last weekend, but against Cremonese, they will have enough in the tank. It was 10 points all around in Fantasy for the Romans, as Rui Patricio, Gianluca Mancini, Roger Ibanez and Leonardo Spinazzola came away with cleansheets. I fully expect this to happen once again. Other than Leonardo Spinazzola, Roger Ibanez and Gianluca Mancini are picked by 5.0% or under of managers. Spinazzola, himself is picked by 24.0% of managers.

Finally, if I could I would pick Bryan Crisante in midfield this week. Yet another differential for midfield, only selected by 3.0% of managers ahead of this weekend’s games. 13 points from a price of €5.0M, get on him quickly in Serie A Fantasy.


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Serie A Fantasy: Player Picks for Gameweek 1

Fantasy football enthusiasts have long awaited a Serie A fantasy football game, and now we finally have one. With less than 24 hours left for the start of another exciting season of top-flight football in Italy, we look at the best picks on gameweek 1 in this article.


Hello and welcome to our first article for the guys here at Fantasy Tipsters. We greatly appreciate the chance to write on Serie A Fantasy. Please find below our picks for the first round of Serie A this weekend.

 

LECCE VS INTER MILAN

The second-best side in Serie A last season kick off their 2022/23 campaign against Lecce. Looking over the Inter Milan side in Serie A Fantasy, we can have only two players per side. Thus, we’ve decided to pick players who we believe, for the first week, are going to come home with the points.

We’ve gone with a player up top who suddenly is back and feels loved by the Inter Milan Ultras and fans. Romelu Lukaku is picked by 22.7% of managers while also being priced at €10.6M. The same is happening in midfield. Nicolo Barella is our pick in midfield, picked by 22.8% of Serie A Fantasy managers.

Our question is, can Inter Milan kick things off in the right way against Lecce and perhaps go one step further in Serie A.



VERONA VS NAPOLI

Napoli who finished third ran the likes of Inter Milan who finished second last season, kick off their 2022/23 campaign away to Verona. Having taken a look over their squad ahead of the new season, they are full of kindly priced assets, who could be seen by some as differentials.

Currently knowing very little about Napoli, we’ve gone for certain players we know who will play. Polish international Piotr Zielinski, priced at €7.8M ahead of the season starting, is a possible differential for us, picked at under 5% (4.8%) ownership.

His colleague and not so much a differential in defence, Giovanni Di Lorenzo. €7.0M will allow you to bring in the Italian international for Napoli and join the other 11% of Fantasy managers whose squad he is part of.



JUVENTUS VS SASSUOLO

A super differential in the Juventus lineup comes in the form of their Italian right-back Mattia De Sciglio. Only picked by 0.7% of managers, De Sciglio is playing almost as a winger in Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus side. He is seen as a versatile footballer, who can play as a right-back, left-back, or wide midfielder, having spent last season on loan with Lyon.

In attack, we are kind of taking a punt on Dusan Vlahovic ahead of Round One in Serie A Fantasy. We could’ve gone for players, such as Romelu Lukaku or Lautaro Martinez of Inter Milan. We’ve gone for Vlahovic, who signed only in January for €70 million. Serie A Fantasy has priced him at €11.0M.

This season, we see as one for consolidation for Juventus.


You can find additional Serie A Fantasy resources for the 22/23 season here.