Bundesliga Fantasy is back for the first time in 2022 as we navigate through an unlimited transfer period to start the “Rückrunde” or second half of the Bundesliga season. Here are our player rankings for matchday 18!
Forwards
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | FCB | vs BMG | 21.2M | If you ever needed a reason to have Lewandowski in your team, over the last five matchdays, no team has conceded more goals (16) and a higher xGA (13.74) than Borussia. |
| 2 | Thomas Müller | FCB | vs BMG | 18.7M | Bayern play Borussia, Köln and Hertha next. Three teams in the bottom six when it comes to goals conceded. So a Bayern double-up in attack should certainly payoff with Müller on track to have his best season ever. He has 5 goals and 13 assists in just 17 games this season. |
| 3 | Erling Haaland | BVB | @SGE | 18.3M | Although his blank in the last game was worrying, Haaland can't go too long without scoring. Especially when he has a record of three goals and three assists in the same number of games against the opposition team. |
| 4 | Serge Gnabry | FCB | vs BMG | 16.3M | If this game turns into a rout like the last time these teams faced off at this venue (FCB 6-0 BMG), I could see Gnabry turning Jantschke and Netz inside out just like he did in the game against Stuttgart. |
| 5 | Andrej Kramarić | TSG | vs FCA | 15.9M | Hoffenheim have a full-strength attack lined up against Augsburg, but I wouldn't be surprised if they blank like every time you least expect it. |
| 6 | Patrick Schick | B04 | vs FCU | 15.6M | |
| 7 | Anthony Modeste | KOE | @BSC | 9.3M | |
| 8 | Saša Kalajdžić | VFB | @SGF | 10.4M | Remember Saša? This 6'7" striker is finally set to start his first game this season. With a match against the worst defence in SGF that has conceded the most set-pieces after BSC, he will look to be among the goals again with Sosa to assist him. That being said, I will probably avoid him this week because he might just play around 60 minutes. |
| 9 | Jonathan Burkardt | M05 | @RBL | 7.9M | I'd rather have a Mainz forward than a Leipzig one considering how awful the RBL defence has been even at home. |
| 10 | Lucas Höler | SCF | vs DSC | 8.7M |
Midfielders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filip Kostić | SGE | vs BVB | 17.3M | Not the most ideal fixture with lots of players returning for BVB but Frankfurt have the best form in the league after Bayern with a win in their last 5/6 games and Kostić is as reliable as ever with double-digit scores in all but four games so far. |
| 2 | Vincenzo Grifo | SCF | vs DSC | 14.8M | If Günter somehow misses out, that would make Freiburg rely on Grifo even more to create chances. That and he might have even more set-pieces to make things happen in his absence. |
| 3 | Dominik Szoboszlai | RBL | vs M05 | 12.1M | Szo has better underlying numbers than Nkunku and has been explosive whenever he starts making him a high-risk, high reward differential. |
| 4 | Jamal Musiala | FCB | vs BMG | 13.1M | With Kimmich and Sabitzer possibly filling in as wing-backs, there is only one clear-cut option to choose from, and he isn't too bad with an average of 12.6 points in his last three games. |
| 5 | Christopher Nkunku | RBL | vs M05 | 17.2M | Nkunku isn't nailed on to start this week as he has just recovered from Covid-19. |
| 6 | Florian Wirtz | B04 | vs FCU | 13.4M | |
| 7 | Christoph Baumgartner | TSG | vs FCA | 11.6M | |
| 8 | Florian Kainz | KOE | @BSC | 8.8M | |
| 9 | Chris Führich | VFB | @SGF | 4.8M | If you are worried about Sasa's minutes, Führich does not have the same problem and is expected to play OOP as a striker. |
| 10 | Julian Brandt | BVB | @SGE | 11.8M |
Defenders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Günter | SCF | vs DSC | 13.1M | |
| 2 | Raphaël Guerreiro | BVB | @SGE | 14.1M | His only scores so far this season have been 17,13, and 8. So I wouldn't miss out on him since he plays early next week against Freiburg as well. |
| 3 | Borna Sosa | VFB | @SGF | 10.7M | Sosa has been a shadow of his old self but is slowly gaining form with 10+ points in his last 2/4 games. Fürth have scored just once in their last three games with an xG of 1.15, making him an exciting option with potential on both ends of the pitch. |
| 4 | Jeremie Frimpong | B04 | vs FCU | 7.9M | Leverkusen might've not kept a cleansheet in their last four Bundesliga games but Union have a gaping hole in their attack this week with first-choice striker Awoniyi off to AFCON, second choice Becker having Covid-19 and third choice Behrens possibly missing out because of the birth of his third child. |
| 5 | Evan Ndicka | SGE | vs BVB | 10.9M | He is no Angeliño but has been more attacking and is also putting up solid scores with an average of 9.8 points over his last seven games. |
| 6 | Silvan Widmer | M05 | @RBL | 7.9M | Mainz have conceded the least goals at home with just five; meanwhile, Leipzig couldn't even do it in their last home game against the worst attack in the league. |
| 7 | Angeliño | RBL | vs M05 | 14.4M | |
| 8 | Niklas Süle | FCB | vs BMG | 11.4M | Bayern are missing as many as eight players in defence, so I am not too high on a cleansheet even though they play first. |
| 9 | Pavel Kadeřábek | TSG | vs FCA | 9.9M | Hoffenheim have conceded just 22 goals in 21 Bundesliga games against Augsburg while keeping nine cleansheets - more than against any opponent. |
| 10 | Danilo Soares | BOC | vs WOB | 6.8M | Bochum have one of the best defensive records at home, whereas Wolfsburg have scored in just one of their last four games. |
Goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Flekken | SCF | vs DSC | 7.8M | The best keeper in the league this season against potentially the worst attack in the league? Yes, please. |
| 2 | Yann Sommer | BMG | @FCB | 9M | Sommer has a habit of channeling his inner Yashin against Bayern Munich, so it wouldn't surprise me if he did it again. |
| 3 | Manuel Riemann | BOC | vs WOB | 5.8M | |
| 4 | Florian Müller | VFB | @SGF | 7.7M | |
| 5 | Sven Ulreich | FCB | vs BMG | 1M | Worth a shout for one week since he plays early. |
Value Rankings
| Rank | Name | Position | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marvin Schwäbe | GKP | KOE | @BSC | 1.2M | The best second keeper if you aren't planning to splurge big. He should start in the next three matchdays at least till Horn recovers. |
| 2 | Eduard Löwen | MID | BOC | vs WOB | 5.9M | Scores of 9,10,9 before injury and now plays a Wolfsburg defence that conceded the most goals and xGA over the last four weeks after Borussia. |
| 3 | Lukas Kübler | DEF | SCF | vs DSC | 4.4M | The cheapest Freiburg defender available, and it seems that Schmid isn't available yet, so there isn't much threat to his spot. |
| 4 | Hiroki Ito | DEF | VFB | @SGF | 1.2M | |
| 5 | Niko Gießelmann | DEF | FCU | @B04 | 5.2M | |
| 6 | Maximilian Mittelstädt | DEF | BSC | vs KOE | 7M | |
| 7 | Marco Richter | MID | BSC | vs KOE | 7.9M | |
| 8 | Branimir Hrgota | FWD | SGF | vs VFB | 7.3M | Plays Stuttgart and Arminia next, which means a lot of shots on offer. |
| 9 | Kevin Schade | FWD | SCF | vs DSC | 1.2M | Since Schade actually started playing as a forward, he has two goals and an assist. |
| 10 | Maximillian Phillip | FWD | WOB | @BOC | 7.8M |
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