After the second round of the DFB Pokal, where Bundesliga teams fought tooth and nail to advance to the next round, Bundesliga Fantasy is back for matchday 10 for the penultimate week before another subsequent unlimited transfer period.
Forwards
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | FCB | vs FCU | 18.7M | This is the one week where I wish Haaland was available for a star punt. As fixture proof as Lewandowski is, Union always makes it tough for Bayern to score, and the last two games between these two teams ended 1-1. |
| 2 | Andrej Kramarić | TSG | vs BSC | 15.6M | Kramarić plays Hertha in the early fixture against whom he has scored in the last three consecutive games and boasts the best record of his Bundesliga career with eight goals and one assist in 10 games. He has also never lost to the Berliners in those games as far as good omen goes. |
| 3 | Karim Onisiwo | M05 | @DSC | 7.4M | He is coming off a 1G+2A (25 pts) haul against Augsburg, for which he led the league in xG and xA for MD10. If you want some insight on how he might perform against Arminia's leaky defence, he had a goal and assist in the midweek 3-2 DFB Pokal win against them. |
| 4 | Breel Embolo | BMG | vs BOC | 10.4M | I have high hopes but it would be typical of Borussia to lose against Hertha then win against 5-0 against Bayern and lose to Bochum again. |
| 5 | Marco Reus | BVB | vs KOE | 14.6M | |
| 6 | Yussuf Poulsen | RBL | @SGE | 11.1M | Poulsen certainly knows about a thing or two on how to get past Frankfurt's defence as he has scored in each of his last two games against them. |
| 7 | Anthony Modeste | KOE | @BVB | 7.8M | If you are playing with Akanji+Pongračić as your center back pairing then you can always expect to concede goals. |
| 8 | Thomas Müller | FCB | vs FCU | 16.3M | |
| 9 | Lucas Höler | SCF | vs SGF | 7.5M | Freiburg's leading goal-scorer Höler has moved beyond his goal reliant days for fantasy points and has been relatively consistent this season, averaging 8 points per game. A great chance for him to add another goal to his tally awaits against the worst defence in the league in Greuther Fürth. |
| 10 | Lucas Alario | B04 | vs WOB | 9.6M | He might've not started a single game for Leverkusen this season but it is easy to forget how consistent Alario is. He has 36 goals and 14 assists in just 51 starts in the Bundesliga for the club. |
Midfielders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Nkunku | RBL | @SGE | 15.7M | Nkunku is an easy pick for the #1 midfielder because there is no other premium midfielder that is in form and expected to start. |
| 2 | Jonas Hofmann | BMG | vs BOC | 13.4M | His floor is a bit volatile but it is still undeniable that he is in great form. |
| 3 | Florian Wirtz | B04 | vs WOB | 12.7M | |
| 4 | Jamal Musiala | FCB | vs FCU | 12.2M | Bayern's brightest teenager has two goals and three assists in the Bundesliga this season despite starting in just two games. Bayern might use this game to let off some steam from their embarrassing Pokal loss, and Musiala could undoubtedly do some damage in his third start. |
| 5 | Woo-Yeong Jeong | SCF | vs SGF | 5M | In-form, plays against the worst team in the league that has been hit by Covid and costs just 5M. What is not to love? |
| 6 | Christoph Baumgartner | TSG | vs BSC | 11.7M | |
| 7 | Filip Kostić | SGE | vs RBL | 15.3M | Leipzig have failed to win against Frankfurt in their last four attempts. Maybe Frankfurt could get something from this game out of nowhere like they did against Bayern? |
| 8 | Julian Brandt | BVB | vs KOE | 10.6M | |
| 9 | Marco Richter | BSC | @TSG | 7M | If Höler has become less reliant on his goals for points, Richter has done just the opposite. He isn't taking as many shots but has scored in each of his last two games. |
| 10 | Daniel Caligiuri | FCA | vs VFB | 9.8M | Augsburg need points, and they will see Stuttgart's out of form team as a good opportunity to get three points at home. I expect shots and goals for both sides here, so Caligiuri could be worth a shout as a differential. |
Defenders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Günter | SCF | vs SGF | 12.8M | To summarise how good Freiburg have been this season, they are the only unbeaten team left after nine matchdays and have conceded the least goals with six. |
| 2 | Silvan Widmer | M05 | @DSC | 7.5M | Now that he has been reinstated as a wing-back, Widmer is a good pick for fantasy again. |
| 3 | Jeremie Frimpong | B04 | vs WOB | 7.7M | |
| 4 | Alphonso Davies | FCB | vs FCU | 14.1M | |
| 5 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | VFB | @FCA | 7.1M | Only Günter is averaging more points (12) over the last four matchdays among defenders than Dinos (11.25). Surprisingly, he is also ranked 6th for the most in-form player in Europe's top five leagues ahead of players such as Nkunku and Alexander-Arnold, so maybe there is a correlation. |
| 6 | Joe Scally | BMG | vs BOC | 2.6M | |
| 7 | Angeliño | RBL | @SGE | 14.2M | Angeliño has been plagued by inconsistency but is still the Leipzig defender in my opinion. |
| 8 | Maximilian Mittelstädt | BSC | @TSG | 6.8M | Hertha have gone from having the worst defence in the league to keeping two clean sheets in a row so I feel like that their good run is going to end eventually. However, Mittelstädt is still worth a shout since he plays OOP on the wings in the week’s first game. |
| 9 | Paulo Otávio | WOB | @B04 | 10.2M | Otávio was one of last season's fantasy favourites but I will probably wait and see how Wolfsburg play under Kohfeldt before seriously considering him. |
| 10 | Niko Gießelmann | FCU | @FCB | 4.3M |
Goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Flekken | SCF | vs SGF | 7.2M | The clean sheet odds were already in Freiburg's favour, but the Covid-19 outbreak pushes it even higher. |
| 2 | Fabian Bredlow | VFB | @FCA | 1.5M | It is confirmed that he will start again this week. |
| 3 | Manuel Riemann | BOC | @BMG | 5.7M | Riemann saved a penalty in his last Bundesliga game and scored one in the midweek DFB Pokal game against Augsburg. I love an in-form keeper that can do both against a trigger happy Borussia side. |
| 4 | Robin Zentner | M05 | @DSC | 6.1M | |
| 5 | Lukáš Hrádecký | B04 | vs WOB | 8.9M |
Value Rankings
| Rank | Name | Position | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Kübler | DEF | SCF | vs SGF | 4.5M | The other Freiburg wing-back that no really talks about despite him being almost 3x cheaper than Günter. |
| 2 | Stefan Bell | DEF | M05 | @DSC | 5.5M | Surely Mainz have learnt from all their defensive errors in the Pokal game? |
| 3 | Jonathan Burkardt | FWD | M05 | @DSC | 6.7M | Just like Onisiwo, Burkardt also had a goal and assist in the Pokal game against Arminia. |
| 4 | Al Ghaddioui | FWD | VFB | @FCA | 4.2M | It is a three-way fight between Al Ghaddioui, Faghir and Marmoush for the one striker spot, so I wouldn't bet on either of them starting. |
| 5 | Amine Adli | MID | B04 | vs WOB | 8.2M | |
| 6 | Taiwo Awoniyi | FWD | FCU | @FCB | 8.5M | Awoniyi has four goals in his last three matches, but if his goal-scoring run were to end, it would probably be in this game. |
| 7 | Piero Hincapié | DEF | B04 | vs WOB | 6.6M | Expected to deputise for the injured Bakker, and he is the cheapest member of the Leverkusen backline expected to start. |
| 8 | Marwin Hitz | GKP | BVB | vs KOE | 2.2M | Kobel's injury status isn't clear, so Hitz could start over him for the next game. |
| 9 | Mateo Klimowicz | MID | VFB | @FCA | 6.7M | |
| 10 | Marius Funk | GKP | SGF | @SCF | 1M | Life is all about taking the chances you get with both hands, but Marius Funk has yet to make a single save in his three starts. |
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