After a lengthy International Break (the last one until March), Bundesliga Fantasy is back for matchday 12 with Bayern Munich taking on local rivals FC Augsburg in the Bavarian derby.
Forwards
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | FCB | @FCA | 19.4M | Lewandowski has 12 goals and two assists in his last seven games for club and country. |
| 2 | Leroy Sané | FCB | @FCA | 15.6M | If star flexibility is a concern with two Bayern forwards, it is worth noting that Lewandowski is averaging 13 points per game which is difficult for other players to match, especially with Haaland out. Bayern also have an individual kick-off for the next 8/10 matchdays till February. |
| 3 | Lukas Nmecha | WOB | @DSC | 9M | Goals in four out of his last five games for Wolfsburg makes him a strong contender for the third forward spot. Especially when you consider that he plays Arminia, Leipzig, and Fürth in the next three weeks. |
| 4 | Thomas Müller | FCB | @FCA | 17M | Müller has four goals and eight assists in just 11 matches this season, including double-digit hauls in each of his last four games but is still underrated by Bundesliga Fantasy managers. |
| 5 | Marco Reus | BVB | vs VFB | 14.8M | Reus has been the most important attacking player for BVB in Haaland's absence. He is consistently involved in goals and has also been taking the most shots. Reus could be a solid differential with a game against Stuttgart who are winless in their last four Bundesliga games and at the top of the table for most shots conceded. |
| 6 | Alassane Pléa | BMG | vs SGF | 13.6M | Greuther Fürth have the worst defence in the league and broke the record for the worst start to a Bundesliga season with just one point from their first 11 games. TL;DR: They are currently worse than Schalke were last season. |
| 7 | Jonathan Burkardt | M05 | vs KOE | 7.2M | If you haven't considered Burkardt at all so far, hear me out. He is averaging 16 points in his last three games and plays Köln in the last game this week and Stuttgart in the first game next week. |
| 8 | Taiwo Awoniyi | FCU | vs BSC | 8.6M | The Berlin derby is always a heated affair, so you can expect goals in this match. |
| 9 | Anthony Modeste | KOE | @M05 | 8.4M | It isn't a difficult task to be a high floor pick in fantasy if the entire team's attack revolves around you. Modeste has averaged an unreal 6.3 shots per game over his last three matches, and he has four goals in those games. The best forward that you can get within 9M for the long term. |
| 10 | Moussa Diaby | B04 | vs BOC | 13M |
Midfielders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Nkunku | RBL | @TSG | 16.3M | Every time Nkunku is wrongfully ditched for the French NT by Didier Deschamps, he levels up and plays the best football of his career. Hoping that this trend continues. |
| 2 | Jonas Hofmann | BMG | vs SGF | 13.7M | It is no secret that Borussia are much better at home (five games, three wins) than they are away (six games, one win), and this is also true for Hofmann. He is averaging 15 points per game in his last three home games, and with a match against Greuther Fürth's atrocious defence, he could be set for another haul. |
| 3 | Leon Goretzka | FCB | @FCA | 15.3M | If Kimmich's absence does any good, it is helping us decide between him and Goretzka, who has a goal involvement in each of his last three games. He is the best midfielder if you are looking to capitalize on Bayern's run of individual games in the coming weeks. |
| 4 | Dominik Szoboszlai | RBL | @TSG | 11.9M | There is always a chance that he doesn't start, especially with Olmo back in the mix. |
| 5 | Filip Kostić | SGE | @SCF | 15.8M | In a testament to how good Kostić is in fantasy, he is averaging 10 points a game this season despite Frankfurt being in 14th place and just three points away from the relegation zone. |
| 6 | Florian Wirtz | B04 | vs BOC | 12.5M | |
| 7 | Maximillian Arnold | WOB | @DSC | 13M | Defensive teams that choose to bunker against Wolfsburg are always susceptible to conceding one of Arnold's rockets. |
| 8 | Vincenzo Grifo | SCF | vs SGE | 13.5M | Grifo remains as unpredictable as ever but is highly rewarding when he does have a good game. |
| 9 | Lars Stindl | BMG | vs SGF | 13.3M | Two weeks of rest should be adequate for him to finally gain fitness to play over 45 minutes in a game and possibly chip in with a goal. |
| 10 | Julian Brandt | BVB | vs VFB | 10.8M |
Defenders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raphaël Guerreiro | BVB | vs VFB | 14.6M | Still doubtful but the highest ceiling among defenders this week if he starts. |
| 2 | Paulo Otávio | WOB | @DSC | 10.6M | Wolfsburg have kept a cleansheet in each of their last three Bundesliga games under Florian Kohfeldt. Whereas, Arminia have scored the fewest goals out of all teams so far with six. |
| 3 | Christian Günter | SCF | vs SGE | 12.9M | |
| 4 | Omar Richards | FCB | @FCA | 7.5M | FCA-FCB is one of the most lopsided derbies in the Bundesliga, with Bayern having an 80% win percentage over their Bavarian rivals, and I don't expect this game to be any different. Richards is no Davies but worth a shout for one week against an Augsburg team that has failed to score in five out of their 11 games this season. |
| 5 | Ramy Bensebaini | BMG | vs SGF | 10.6M | Good cleansheet potential + possibly on penalties. |
| 6 | Jeremie Frimpong | B04 | vs BOC | 7.8M | |
| 7 | Angeliño | RBL | @TSG | 14.2M | Kramarić is responsible for almost half of Hoffenheim's goals, and if he misses out (+Baumgartner), it looks bleak that they will get a result out of this game. |
| 8 | Silvan Widmer | M05 | vs KOE | 7.8M | |
| 9 | Niko Gießelmann | FCU | vs BSC | 4.7M | |
| 10 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | VFB | @BVB | 6.9M | Mavropanos was averaging 11 points per game before injury and has a higher form rating than players such as Sané and Wirtz this season. |
Goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Flekken | SCF | vs SGE | 7.4M | Flekken+Riemann for the ceiling or Flekken+Funk if you want just one playing keeper. |
| 2 | Lukáš Hrádecký | B04 | vs BOC | 9.1M | Saves are the most important way in which keepers score points and Hrádecký is the best at it, leading the charts for shots saved with 46, followed by Riemann (42) and Flekken (40). |
| 3 | Manuel Riemann | BOC | @B04 | 5.5M | I wouldn't take him just because he could be on penalties unless I see him score with my own eyes. |
| 4 | Yann Sommer | M05 | vs SGF | 9.4M | |
| 5 | Andreas Luthe | FCU | vs BSC | 5.5M | Rotates well in each of the next five matchdays with Flekken (same as Zentner and Horn). |
Value Rankings
| Rank | Name | Position | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Scally | DEF | BMG | vs SGF | 2.9M | |
| 2 | Amine Adli | MID | B04 | vs BOC | 8M | Expected to play OOP as a striker against Bochum. |
| 3 | Maximilian Mittelstädt | DEF | BSC | @FCU | 7.1M | I am not expecting any cleansheets in this game but Mittelstädt is averaging 9.75 points per game while playing OOP as a left-winger despite keeping just one cleansheet in those four games. |
| 4 | Aarón Martín | DEF | M05 | vs KOE | 3.1M | There is no threat to his spot in the first team now as Lucoqui is out for a month atleast due to an MCL injury. |
| 5 | Lukas Kübler | DEF | SCF | vs SGE | 4.3M | |
| 6 | Yannick Gerhardt | MID | WOB | @DSC | 7M | |
| 7 | Florian Kainz | MID | KOE | @M05 | 8.4M | |
| 8 | Erhan Mašović | DEF | BOC | @B04 | 1.6M | The cheapest defender on a team that has kept the most cleansheets so far (5). |
| 9 | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | FWD | VFB | @BVB | 4.1M | |
| 10 | Marius Funk | GKP | SGF | @BMG | 1M | If you are looking for a keeper below 5M, this is your only choice. |
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