Bundesliga Fantasy Player Rankings: Matchday 2

Matchday 1 is in the books. An action-packed week full of goal-heavy games but it ended with the final game being a goalless draw. Matchday 2 promises another exciting week of Bundesliga football with mostly stronger teams playing away. Let’s look at who made the cut to our rankings this week!

Note: Bayern Munich players Gnabry, Lewandowski, Muller, Kimmich and Pavard played the entire match against Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup.

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Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Robert Lewandowski	FCB	@TSG	18.4M	He looks as dangerous as ever and boasts an amazing record against Hoffenheim, Scoring in each of his last 5 games against them.
2	Erling Haaland	BVB	@FCA	17.4M
3	Alasanne Plea	BMG	Vs FCU	15M	Plea's return is a huge boost in what is considered one of the easiest fixtures this week.
4	Serge Gnabry	FCB	@TSG	17.4M
5	Marcus Thuram	BMG	Vs FCU	14M	The other half of the lethal Plea-Thuram duo.
6	Matheus Cunha	BSC	Vs SGE	12.3M	He has scored in 7 of his last 11 games and plays first this week.
7	Emil Forsberg	RBL	@B04	11.4M	He was all over Mainz creating and scoring goals but was unlucky to not come out with more. Might be more effective than Poulsen against a Leverkusen team that has strong presence in the air.
8	Wout Weghorst	WOB	@SCF	14M	Freiburg displayed their defensive woes conceding an astonishing 26 shots to newly promoted Stuttgart which was worse than Schalke's 21 and Mainz's 23. So you would expect the big Dutch man to have some shots on goal.
9	Thomas Muller	FCB	@TSG	16.3M
10	Saša Kalajdžić	VFB	@M05	4M	In his 25 minutes off the bench, he impressed a lot registering 5 shots and 1 goal. Mainz had similar amount of shots conceded to Freiburg and Schalke so he should have some great chances again this week.

Midfielders

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Leroy Sane	FCB	@TSG	17M	He was too good against Schalke but that might be the case for almost every team because that is the caliber of player he is.
2	Jadon Sancho	BVB	@FCA	17M
3	Filip Kostić	SGE	@BSC	15M	Kostic had 11 crosses from open play but couldn't find the end of one against a defensive Arminia team. I don't think it's going to stay that way for long.
4	Jonas Hofmann	BMG	Vs FCU	12.1M	His combination of floor and ceiling makes him an interesting pick for me not just for this week but also for the long term.
5	Dani Olmo	RBL	@B04	14M
6	Lars Stindl	BMG	@BVB	12M	He is going to be a popular pick from Borussia this week and hopefully he makes a comeback from the terrible game he had against Dortmund.
7	Giovanni Reyna	BVB	@FCA	7.2M	He was really impressive against Borussia and might be an absolute bargain at 7.2M.
8	Joshua Kimmich	FCB	@TSG	16.4M
9	Ritsu Doan	DSC	Vs KOE	7.1M	The most dangerous player on the pitch in the game Vs Frankfurt and I fancy him to do even better against Koln.
10	Daniel Didavi	VFB	@M05	7.3M

Defenders

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Raphael Guerreiro	BVB	@FCA	13.9M	Missed last week due to injury but is more or less confirmed to feature this week. His attacking upside is immense.
2	Ludwig Augustinsson	SVW	@S04	9.2M	An assist, 6 crosses and 10 points despite conceding 4 goals. How much damage can he do to Schalke? I think a lot.
3	Alphonso Davies	FCB	@TSG	14.9M	Another big absentee for MD1 but he came off the bench against Sevilla and should start the next Bundesliga game.
4	Angeliño	RBL	Vs M05	13M
5	Ramy Bensebaini	BMG	Vs FCU	11.7M	The Borussia defenders had a torrid outing against Dortmund but I expect them to bounce back Vs Union. Ramy had an assist against them last time out.
6	Peter Pekarik	BSC	Vs SGE	5.3M	Involved in attack and scored the winning goal. Not bad for a 33 year old right-back.
7	Daniel Brosinski	M05	Vs VFB	9.1M	Might be surprising to some but Brosinski is a bonus points magnet and is on set-pieces.
8	Marc-Oliver Kempf	VFB	@M05	5.2M	The only Stuttgart defender who scored more than 0 in the last game and he did it convincingly with 11 bonus points.
9	Martin Hinteregger	SGE	@BSC	11.2M
10	Benjamin pavard	FCB	@TSG	15.1M

Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Florian Muller	SCF	Vs WOB	4.1M	The shots conceded statistic makes me feel confident about saves for Muller.
2	Alexander Schwolow	BSC	Vs SGE	10.2M
3	Robin Zentner	M05	Vs VFB	5.1M
5	Stefan Ortega	DSC	Vs KOE	5.1M	The surprise package from MD1, he racked up easy saves because of his team's defensive style of play.
4	Yann Sommer	BMG	Vs FCU	11.7M	Worst performing keeper in fantasy for MD1 but he should bounce back.