Bundesliga Fantasy returns after a short two-day break as matchday 31 offers a quick turnaround and the biggest highlights of this week’s player rankings are that Lewandowski returns for Bayern Munich while Schalke get a rest because of their postponed game against Hertha.
Forwards
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | FCB | @M05 | 25.7M | A reminder that Lewandowski needs just five goals in the last four matchdays to break Gerd Müller's record. There is no bigger motivation than that and it is hard to pass on the best player in the league when he starts. |
| 2 | André Silva | SGE | @B04 | 21.2M | |
| 3 | Thomas Müller | FCB | @M05 | 23.6M | Lewandowski's return should boost his production in fantasy even more. |
| 4 | Erling Haaland | BVB | @WOB | 21.9M | Sancho returning to the starting XI is similar to the situation above. |
| 5 | Wout Weghorst | WOB | Vs BVB | 21.6M | A towering striker in the form of his life should score against a team that goes into a frenzy while defending headers, right? The only worry here is that Wolfsburg haven't scored against BVB in each of their last eight Bundesliga games against them since 2016. |
| 6 | Andrej Kramarić | TSG | @SCF | 18.1M | I won't hedge my bets on Hoffenheim because of how unpredictable they are but they only play teams in the bottom seven for defense until the end of the season. That is Freiburg, Schalke, Arminia, and Hertha which makes Kramarić a differential option as he tends to pick up form towards the end of the season. |
| 7 | Alexander Sørloth | RBL | Vs VFB | 15.1M | A good matchup but Leipzig have failed to score in their last two home games. |
| 8 | Max Kruse | FCU | Vs SVW | 12.2M | |
| 9 | Marcus Thuram | BMG | Vs DSC | 15.8M | |
| 10 | Leon Bailey | B04 | Vs SGE | 15M |
Midfielders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Nkunku | RBL | Vs VFB | 18M | Stuttgart are down to their third choice wingbacks and if Wolfsburg's wide players such as Gerhardt (16) and Brekalo (14) hauling last week is something to go by then Nkunku and Olmo should have a good game. |
| 2 | Filip Kostić | SGE | @B04 | 20.9M | |
| 3 | Jadon Sancho | BVB | @WOB | 21.3M | Sancho was able to rack up nine points in just 30 minutes after coming off the bench against Union. A display of his potential as an asset in Fantasy Bundesliga. |
| 4 | Dani Olmo | RBL | Vs VFB | 18.7M | |
| 5 | Leroy Sané | FCB | @M05 | 19.9M | Musiala deserves better than to be replaced by an out-of-form Sané. |
| 6 | Jonas Hector | KOE | @FCA | 10.5M | Hector has three goals and two assists in six games after returning form injury, is a threat from headers and has full freedom to bomb forward in attack from deep in midfield under new head coach Funkel. His closest equivalent is Tomáš Souček from West Ham. |
| 7 | Rolland Sallai | SCF | Vs TSG | 9.3M | |
| 8 | Jonas Hofmann | BMG | Vs DSC | 14M | How well Hofmann does is anybody's guess at this point. Borussia will manage to beat top six teams such as Bayern, Dortmund and Frankfurt but lose to teams like Hoffenheim, Augsburg, Koln and Mainz. |
| 9 | Maximillian Arnold | WOB | Vs BVB | 16.4M | |
| 10 | Ritsu Doan | DSC | @BMG | 10.7M | Doan had a monster game against Schalke last week scoring 16 points without being involved in the only goal of the match but he can still be a boring, high floor pick with tougher individual fixtures this week against BMG and next week against Hertha. |
Defenders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angeliño | RBL | Vs VFB | 16.6M | Hopefully Nagelsmann doesn't resent him now and he plays the full 90 minutes. |
| 2 | Raphaël Guerreiro | BVB | @WOB | 17.5M | |
| 3 | Alphonso Davies | FCB | @M05 | 15.4M | Alaba might've been the best Bayern defender last week with his 22 pointer but it is too late to hop on that train as Goretzka's return will move him back to center back. |
| 4 | Ramy Bensebaini | BMG | Vs DSC | 12.6M | The Arminia attack shouldn't create too much fear for Borussia as they aren't capable of comebacks. |
| 5 | Christopher Trimmel | FCU | Vs SVW | 11.6M | |
| 6 | Erik Durm | SGE | @B04 | 3.4M | The Frankfurt defence now looks much better because they don't have to force Ilsanker to fill in at center back. |
| 7 | Ludwig Augustinsson | SVW | @FCU | 9.3M | He is averaging seven points per game in his last six games despite not winning in any of them. |
| 8 | Christian Günter | SCF | Vs TSG | 12.4M | |
| 9 | Paulo Otávio | WOB | Vs BVB | 9M | |
| 10 | Jannes Horn | KOE | @FCA | 1.4M | A small chance that FC Köln sneak a clean sheet in the early fixture against an Augsburg team that couldn't even score against Schalke. |
Goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florian Müller | SCF | Vs TSG | 5.2M | Hoffenheim have scored just once in their last three away games and Müller has potential for a clean sheet as well as saves against a team that shoots a lot but doesn't score as often. |
| 2 | Stefan Ortega | DSC | @BMG | 7.5M | |
| 3 | Gregor Kobel | VFB | @RBL | 5.6M | A ceiling pick for this week and he was the highest-scoring keeper in the matchday of the reverse fixtures with 17 points out of which 12 were just for saves. |
| 4 | Andreas Luthe | FCU | Vs SVW | 4.8M | |
| 5 | Marwin Hitz | BVB | @WOB | 1.7M |
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