Timo Werner has only scored one goal since his return to the Bundesliga. Still, with a match against Bochum, whose form is reminiscent of Schalke of 19/20, we are backing him to finally come good in our Bundesliga Fantasy player rankings for matchday 8.
Forwards
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheraldo Becker | FCU | @SGE | 10.9M | Only Bochum have conceded more goals than Eintracht Frankfurt this season. Becker is on a roll with six goals to go with three assists, and Union will want to hold their spot at the top of the table for longer. |
| 2 | Jamal Musiala | FCB | vs B04 | 13.1M | There will be a lot of retrospection from Bayern over the break. I expect them to come back harder now that they are lagging five points behind Union against a Leverkusen side that is just outside the relegation zone by a whisker. |
| 3 | Marcus Thuram | BMG | @SVW | 11.9M | Shoots often but doesn't score as much, but it isn't a bad thing in Bundesliga Fantasy if you are putting up 7+ consistently without any returns. |
| 4 | Leroy Sané | FCB | vs B04 | 15.1M | |
| 5 | Timo Werner | RBL | vs BOC | 14.2M | A bit controversial since he hasn't scored in six games, so buyers beware, but if he has to break his goalless streak then he has to do it against Bochum. |
| 6 | Jordan Siebatcheu | FCU | @SGE | 8.1M | |
| 7 | Georginio Rutter | TSG | @BSC | 10.9M | |
| 8 | Mergim Berisha | FCA | @S04 | 8.5M | Berisha has been involved in every goal for the club since he joined, and even though it might only be two goals, they will rely on him again if they are to score against Schalke. |
| 9 | Michael Gregoritsch | SCF | vs M05 | 8.4M | Similar to Thuram, he has only one goal in his last five games but is still averaging 7.2 points per game. There is still a game to go before Hack returns and Mainz fix their defensive mess by not having players play out of position in defence. |
| 10 | Niclas Füllkrug | SVW | vs BMG | 6.5M | Not a bad shout this week but getting past Sommer has been a herculean task lately. |
Midfielders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Szoboszlai | RBL | vs BOC | 12.2M | If you missed his haul against Dortmund, you wouldn't want to miss it against Bochum. |
| 2 | Jonas Hofmann | BMG | @SVW | 15M | Just over the last three matches, Hofmann is averaging 3 shots per game, 4.6 key passes per game and had a monster 28-point haul with a brace against Leipzig on MD7. He is the engine that keeps the Borussia attack ticking, and there aren't many fixtures that are as favourable for attackers as Werder Bremen. |
| 3 | Christopher Nkunku | RBL | vs BOC | 15.9M | The recent news of him secretly undergoing a medical for Chelsea could be a bit unsettling if the club didn't already know about it, but as long as he starts, I am excited to see how big he and Szoboszlai go this week. |
| 4 | Vincenzo Grifo | SCF | vs M05 | 14.5M | Fernandes and Da Costa as wing-backs made Ejuke look much better than he is, and that should be a good sign for Grifo. |
| 5 | Lars Stindl | BMG | @SVW | 10.1M | He is becoming a serious option in fantasy again now that he is at full fitness for the first time in almost a year. |
| 6 | Jude Bellingham | BVB | @KOE | 13.2M | With Reus and Reyna both injured, it will be difficult for Dortmund to create chances, but if anything, Bellingham has been highly active in attack and has looked more dangerous than Modeste in the box with his headers. |
| 7 | Ritsu Doan | SCF | vs M05 | 9M | |
| 8 | Joshua Kimmich | FCB | vs B04 | 16.7M | Overpriced and does not shoot enough. That might be the case if Goretzka keeps starting with him. |
| 9 | Christoph Baumgartner | TSG | @BSC | 12.1M | |
| 10 | Daichi Kamada | SGE | vs FCU | 11.2M | Deserves a mention because of his good form (4G, 2A in 6 games), but it isn't by fluke that Union Berlin have conceded the least goals this season. |
Defenders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Raum | RBL | vs BOC | 12.6M | They might've scored in the last game through an own goal, but in the end, Bochum had zero shots on target against Koln despite playing at home. |
| 2 | Benjamin Pavard | FCB | vs B04 | 12M | A little safer than Davies whose form is on the rise but less likely to be involved in goals. I think I will ride the floor for now. |
| 3 | Ramy Bensebaini | BMG | @SVW | 12.4M | He wins duels like a defensive midfielder, finishes like a striker, and gets double-digit scores even without a cleansheet. No wonder he has the most points among defenders. |
| 4 | Alphonso Davies | FCB | vs B04 | 16.2M | |
| 5 | Julian Ryerson | FCU | @SGE | 5.6M | In this week's Fischer wing-back roulette, Ligainsider predicts that Ryerson is nailed and Trimmel could be rotated. |
| 6 | Christian Günter | SCF | vs M05 | 13.4M | |
| 7 | Raphael Guerreiro | BVB | @KOE | 12.3M | |
| 8 | Ozan Kabak | TSG | @BSC | 7.9M | Not the worst cleansheet odds this week and plays Werder Bremen in the early fixture next. |
| 9 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | VFB | @WOB | 11.7M | Kruse, Wind and Nmecha are all ruled out for this game. That adds insult to injury to a team that has scored just three goals in their last six games. To put that into perspective, their highest-scoring player from this week's predicted XI is Lacroix with one goal and their new frontline is yet to score a single goal. |
| 10 | Jonas Hector | KOE | vs BVB | 10.5M |
Goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yann Sommer | BMG | @SVW | 10.2M | Not only is he second for shots saved (40) behind Riemann (44), he is also averaging an unreal 90.9% shots saved percentage. Rotates in each of the next eight games with Flekken, Gikiewicz and Schwolow. |
| 2 | Mark Flekken | SCF | vs M05 | 11.1M | Freiburg have kept a cleansheet in their last 4/5 games. |
| 3 | Manuel Riemann | BOC | @RBL | 8.9M | Saves are a more reliable source of points than cleansheets and the Bochum defence won't improve anytime soon. Just make sure you have a backup in place if you are getting Riemann. He rotates in each of the next seven games with Flekken and Schwolow. |
| 4 | Rafał Gikiewicz | FCA | @S04 | 7M | |
| 5 | Péter Gulácsi | RBL | vs BOC | 9.6M | The best fixture in MD8. |
Value Rankings
| Rank | Name | Position | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Schwolow | GKP | S04 | vs FCA | 6M | |
| 2 | Oliver Christensen | GKP | BSC | vs TSG | 4M | |
| 3 | Serhou Guirassy | FWD | VFB | @WOB | 8.3M | |
| 4 | Josip Brekalo | MID | WOB | vs VFB | 9.9M | Possibly the most likely goal-scorer in this fixture after Guirassy? |
| 5 | Kiliann Sildillia | DEF | SCF | vs M05 | 3.9M | |
| 6 | Paulo Otávio | DEF | WOB | vs VFB | 6.9M | These are two teams that have struggled to score this season and Wolfsburg might want to play it safe by being defensive with so many attackers being ruled out. |
| 7 | Mitchel Weiser | DEF | SVW | vs BMG | 4M | |
| 8 | Florian Kainz | MID | KOE | vs BVB | 9.3M | |
| 9 | Marvin Plattenhardt | DEF | BSC | vs TSG | 6.9M | |
| 10 | Luca Pellegrini | DEF | SGE | vs FCU | 8.1M | Good for floor. |
| Bonus | Tim Oermann | DEF | BOC | @RBL | 1M | The cheapest player predicted to start this week but he is avoidable for obvious reasons. |
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