Bayern’s Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is in the form of his career in his 16th season with eight goals and three assists in just his last eight matches so it only makes sense that he deserves a spot in our Bundesliga Fantasy player rankings for matchday 13.
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| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niclas Füllkrug | SVW | vs S04 | 7.7M | Left it late against Hertha last time out but Schalke is much easier opposition. |
| 2 | Marcus Thuram | BMG | vs VFB | 13M | |
| 3 | Jamal Musiala | FCB | @BSC | 14.3M | Almost fixture-proof at this point and well rested for the game against Hertha. |
| 4 | Sadio Mané | FCB | @BSC | 17.7M | Also considered Gnabry and Choupo-Moting who are also in great form but I prefer the higher upside of Mané and Gnabry has a terrible record against Hertha (1G, 2A in 11 matches). |
| 5 | Randal Kolo Muani | SGE | @FCA | 12M | Augsburg still can't stop conceding goals and to make matters worse, they conceded 31 shots against Stuttgart in the last game which was their highest total in a game since 2007... |
| 6 | Marvin Ducksch | SVW | vs S04 | 8M | Always matching the number of shots+key passes that Füllkrug or out does him. Just needs to finish his chances. |
| 7 | Alassane Pléa | BMG | vs VFB | 11.9M | With Hofmann out, Pléa will be a lot more busy with playmaking but that just makes Thuram+Pléa one of the best double ups for this week in a matchday where I wish we had five forward spots instead of three. Plus, he plays Bochum next. |
| 8 | Youssoufa Moukoko | BVB | vs BOC | 9.7M | The only Dortmund forward predicted to start this week so you are not spoilt for choice. |
| 9 | Andre Silva | RBL | @TSG | 12.8M | The biggest winner from Werner's departure. Silva has already had a good start to life under Marco Rose with four goals and four assists in just 13 games and now should be nailed to start most games until Werner is back. One for the long term. |
| 10 | Sheraldo Becker | FCU | @B04 | 11M | Leverkusen have conceded the most goals over the last three games (9, same as Bochum) and that probably makes Becker a great differential now that most he has blanked in five games in a row and most serious managers won't own him. |
Midfielders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Nkunku | RBL | @TSG | 17.1M | |
| 2 | Jude Bellingham | BVB | vs BOC | 14.4M | Bellingham has been a different player since Reus got injured and is now up to nine goals and two assists this season in 19 matches making him the top-scorer for Dortmund despite playing as a central midfielder. With form like that, you would back him to score against Bochum. |
| 3 | Jesper Lindstrøm | SGE | @FCA | 12.7M | Kamada being ruled out will keep the debate him and Lindstrøm out for a while and I think he might do even better in his absence against Augsburg. |
| 4 | Vincenzo Grifo | SCF | vs KOE | 15.5M | The Köln fixture might not seem like the worst on paper but they have conceded the most goals over the last six games (16) and might miss Hector on this game. |
| 5 | Julian Brandt | BVB | vs BOC | 13.1M | |
| 6 | Lars Stindl | BMG | vs VFB | 10.3M | Does not have the same upside as he used to have but not a bad pick nonetheless. Replace him with Hofmann if he starts. |
| 7 | Dominik Szoboszlai | RBL | @TSG | 13.5M | |
| 8 | Leon Goretzka | FCB | @BSC | 14.6M | It is going unnoticed but Goretzka has three goal involvements in his last four games and double-digit scores in the three out of his last four games. |
| 9 | Florian Kainz | KOE | @SCF | 10.1M | I would like to think that he will score in this game but Streich rested the entire backline except Günter midweek meanwhile Kainz might be starting in his third game in a row in just six days. |
| 10 | Leonardo Bittencourt | SVW | vs S04 | 4.7M | Will randomly score once in a while but remains hard to predict as always. |
| Bonus | Anton Stach | M05 | vs WOB | 10.1M | A goal and two assists in his last four games. Faces Schalke next. |
Defenders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchel Weiser | SVW | vs S04 | 4.8M | Schalke have only scored once in their last three games and haven't won away in the league in three years. Sure you still don't want Weiser? |
| 2 | Alphonso Davies | FCB | @BSC | 16.8M | With De Ligt being ruled out, Pavard will likely play as a center-back and Davies is the next best thing. |
| 3 | Raphael Guerreiro | BVB | vs BOC | 12.3M | Maybe it is last season's 3-4 Bochum win against Dortmund still lingering in my head but I have a hunch that they score again over here. Regardless, the attacking potential of both BVB full-backs should be on full display over here. |
| 4 | Ramy Bensebaini | BMG | vs VFB | 12.4M | |
| 5 | Niklas Süle | BVB | vs BOC | 10.6M | |
| 6 | Noussair Mazraoui | FCB | @BSC | 10.7M | It is not a bad idea to hoard Bayern players until the World Cup break. They play Hertha, Werder Bremen and Schalke next so I am expecting all nine points and plenty of goals. |
| 7 | Aarón Martín | M05 | vs WOB | 8.6M | Just have a strong feeling that Mainz bounce back against Wolfsburg. |
| 8 | Christian Günter | SCF | vs KOE | 13.9M | |
| 9 | David Raum | RBL | @TSG | 12.4M | |
| 10 | Christopher Trimmel | FCU | @B04 | 9.8M | Just be careful because apparently no Union wing-back is nailed this week. |
Goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiri Pavlenka | SVW | vs S04 | 5.7M | |
| 2 | Manuel Neuer | FCB | @BSC | 12.2M | Still a slight chance that Ulreich plays ove rhim. |
| 3 | Gregor Kobel | BVB | vs BOC | 10.5M | The most in-form goalkeeper in the league and that is starting to slowly reflect in his scores. |
| 4 | Robin Zentner | M05 | vs WOB | 7.2M | Flying under the radar despite averaging 7.6 points per game across his last five matches. |
| 5 | Florian Müller | VFB | @BMG | 6.8M | Sippel has the better cleansheet odds but Florian Müller is much better at saving shots and that is more important because Borussia will probably bombard him with it. |
Value Rankings
| Rank | Name | Position | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Jung | DEF | SVW | vs S04 | 3.2M | Deserved a spot in the value picks last week but it isn't too late now. |
| 2 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | FWD | FCB | @BSC | 5.1M | Eight goals and three assists in just his last eight games. Lewandowski who? |
| 3 | Mergim Berisha | FWD | FCA | vs SGE | 9M | I feel like Ligainsider got their Frankfurt predicted lineup wrong but there is no way that Jakic plays center-back against Augsburg? |
| 4 | Janis Blaswich | GKP | RBL | @TSG | 3.2M | |
| 5 | Lukas Kübler | DEF | SCF | vs KOE | 6.6M | It might sound slightly exaggerated but watching his attacking game after he returned from injury reminds me a bit of TAA. |
| 6 | Tobias Sippel | GKP | BMG | vs VFB | 1.7M | |
| 7 | Lennart Grill | GKP | FCU | @B04 | 1.1M | Should keep his spot for this matchday at least. |
| 8 | Marcus Ingvartsen | FWD | M05 | vs WOB | 4.5M | No one really talks about him but he has scored in each of his last four Bundesliga games. |
| 9 | Paulo Otávio | DEF | WOB | @M05 | 8.2M | |
| 10 | Henning Matriciani | DEF | S04 | @SVW | 1M | The cheapest starting player this week. |
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