Bundesliga Fantasy Player Rankings: Matchday 16

The previous week in Bundesliga Fantasy had its fair share of surprising results last week with Schalke finally ending their winless streak against Hoffenheim, Arminia fighting tooth and nail to beat Hertha and Borussia stealing 3 points from table-toppers Bayern Munich. These are our Bundesliga Fantasy Player Rankings for the week:

Forwards

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Robert Lewandowski	FCB	Vs SCF	22.5M	Bayern have lost their last two games in 2021 which is the same amount of games they lost in 2020 and Freiburg have won their last five games but we have seen Bayern snap two unbeaten streaks before and Lewandowski scored a brace in each of them against Wolfsburg and Leverkusen. He is now on a five game scoring run of his own.
2	Erling Braut Haaland	BVB	Vs M05	19.1M
3	Andre Silva	SGE	Vs S04	17.2M	Schalke might've kept a cleansheet last week in a convincing victory against TSG but I need to see more of that to be convinced that they are even remotely good. Schalke have conceded the most penalty goals this season whereas Silva has scored the most from the spot and his individual fixture at the end of the week makes him the perfect third forward.
4	Nicolás González	VFB	Vs BMG	9.6M	This game has all the elements to be a high-scoring game and González is my choice for a forward in this game. He is one yellow card away from suspension.
5	Matheus Cunha	BSC	@KOE	14.5M
6	Thomas Müller	FCB	Vs SCF	20.1M	The second-highest scoring forward in the game is a early contender for a Bayern double up with games against Augsburg and Schalke coming up next.
7	Patrick Schick	B04	@FCU	14.9M
8	Marco Reus	BVB	Vs M05	17.6M	Reus seems to have found some of his old mojo back in the last few games setting up other attackers.
9	Ermedin Demirović	SCF	@FCB	7.3M
10	Andrej Kramarić	TSG	Vs DSC	15.8M	It is a waiting game now for when he gets into form next.

Midfielders

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Jonas Hofmann	BMG	@VFB	13.2M	Hofmann is as essential as Lewandowski and Angeliño are this season and he already has scores of 24 and 18 since his return.
2	Filip Kostić	SGE	Vs S04	15.9M	If we are talking about scores then Kostic has 11, 11 and 12 points his last three games without a goal or an assist. Any return against Schalke would be most welcome.
3	Jadon Sancho	BVB	Vs M05	19.3M	He is well and truly reborn under Terzic and is hard to overlook with double digit scores in each of his last four games.
4	Vincenzo Grifo	SCF	Vs KOE	13.9M	It would be questionable to recommend a Freiburg player against Bayern on any other day but this is the worst FCB defense we have seen in a long time.
5	Lars Stindl	BMG	@VFB	14.6M
6	Leroy Sané	FCB	Vs SCF	17.9M	It is 50/50 between him and Kimmich but he is starting to gain some form and plays in a more advanced position.
7	Ritsu Dōan	DSC	@TSG	8.8M
8	Nadiem Amiri	B04	@FCU	13.6M	He might be the only midfielder worth considering from the early kick-off with Wirtz being a doubt against Union Berlin - A team that is vulnerable to set-pieces.
9	Dani Olmo	RBL	@WOB	16.1M
10	Mateo Klimowicz	VFB	Vs BMG	1.9M

Defenders

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Raphaël Guerreiro	BVB	Vs M05	16M	Guerreiro could cash in from a possible drubbing here.
2	Angeliño	RBL	@WOB	16.1M
3	Erik Durm	SGE	Vs S04	3.6M	His 17 pointer last week was unexpected but if he keeps taking shots freely and gains bonus points consistently then he could be a good budget option for the long term. Especially with Frankfurt getting their defensive act back together.
4	Maximilian Mittelstädt	BSC	@KOE	8.2M	Koln have now gone four Bundesliga games without scoring and Mittelstädt could possibly fill in for Cunha on the left-wing rather than play as a left-back.
5	Ludwig Augustinsson	SVW	Vs FCA	9.6M
6	Christopher Trimmel	FCU	Vs B04	10.6M
7	Borna Sosa	VFB	Vs BMG	4.5M
8	Christian Günter	SCF	Vs FCB	11.9M	His range for this game is anywhere from -5 to 15 points. Depends on Bayern's performance and you would rather use a transfer elsewhere.
9	Ramy Bensebaini	BMG	@VFB	11.6M
10	Iago	FCA	@SVW	5.1M

Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Stefan Ortega	DSC	@TSG	6.1M	Hoffenheim failed to score against the worst defense in the league last week and Arminia is far from that.
2	Gregor Kobel	VFB	Vs BMG	5.6M
3	Jiri Pavlenka	SVW	Vs FCA	7M	Only the bottom four teams have scored fewer goals than Bremen and Augsburg so either team could get a cleansheet here.
4	Rafał Gikiewicz	FCA	@SVW	7.7M
5	Andreas Luthe	FCU	Vs B04	4.9M