Bundesliga Fantasy Player Rankings: Matchday 8

The International Break offers a fresh restart for all Bundesliga Fantasy Players as we look forward to another thrilling week of Bundesliga football in matchday 8. We first start with five simultaneous fixtures and this gives us an opportunity to look at some of the lineups beforehand. These are our player rankings for the week:

Forwards

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Robert Lewandowski	FCB	Vs SVW	19.9M	This goal-scoring machine already has 11 goals and 4 assists in 6 games. If that wasn't worrying enough for Bremen, he has scored in his last three games against them in all competitions. Totaling to 5. So expect a few goals in this game.
2	Erling Braut Håland	BVB	@BSC	18.4M
3	Andrej Kramarić	TSG	Vs VFB	14.9M	There are a lot of absentees from Hoffenheim in this game but I still have more faith in his ability to score than for Stuttgart to hold him back.
4	Thomas Muller	FCB	VS SVW	18.3M	Muller has been overshadowed by Lewandowski's towering achievements but don't take him for granted. He has slowly moved his way up as the second highest scorer in fantasy this season on the back of his 4 goals and 5 assists in 7 games. Budget constraints should be the only reason he is not in consideration.
5	Lucas Alario	B04	@DSC	11.4M	Alario has scored a brace in each of his last three Bundesliga games and Arminia have conceded 13 in their last four. Talk about consistency.
6	Max Kruse	FCU	@KOE	12M	Union have started attacking more centrally through Kruse than the fullbacks. Which explains his 5 assists in the last 3 games along with the 2 penalties. Koln have already conceded an alarming 5 penalties so Kruse's set-pieces abilities might come into play here.
7	Wout Weghorst	WOB	@S04	15.1M	Schalke took a beating against Bayern in the first game of the season losing 8-0 but another six games later, they still remain the worst defense in the league. Most goals, penalties and shots conceded. Weghorst also scored a brace in this same fixture last season. I feel like I might be convincing myself to punt on Weghorst here.
8	Marcus Thuram	BMG	Vs FCA	14.6M
9	Andre Silva	SGE	Vs RBL	15.9M
10	Nicolás González	VFB	@TSG	9.1M
11	Matheus Cunha	BSC	Vs BVB	14.1M	Dortmund might not be the best fixture there is but his ability to generate shots and create chances should see him through.

Midfielders

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Leroy Sane	FCB	Vs SVW	17.2M	He scored the winning goal against Dortmund in the Der Klassiker and also chipped in with a goal against Ukraine in what was a disappointing International Break for Germany overall. Sane is the one to get if you expect this game to have lots of goals but it is subject to whether he starts or not.
2	Filip Kostić	SGE	Vs RBL	14.7M	In a tough season where it has been difficult to find players who are consistent, Kostic's return is most welcome.
3	Vincenzo Grifo	SCF	Vs M05	13.5M	Grifo's set-pieces are going to be a big problem for the second worst defense in the league.
4	Lars Stindl	BMG	Vs FCA	13M	He has been involved in four of the nine goals Borussia have scored in their last two games across all competitions and the absence of Hofmann makes him an even better prospect.
5	Jadon Sancho	BVB	@BSC	17.7M
6	Florian Wirtz	B04	@DSC	6.7M	Wirtz is filling in the boots for Kai Havertz and he costs only a third of what he did.
7	Giovanni Reyna	BVB	@BSC	7.9M
8	Christopher Nkunku	RBL	@SGE	15M
9	Josip Brekalo	WOB	@S04	10M	Wolfsburg might not be the best attacking team there is but it is hard to overlook someone who plays against Schalke.
10	Leon Goretzka	FCB	Vs SVW	14.4M

Defenders

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Angeliño	RBL	@SGE	14.5M	Tap-ins, headers and now free kicks? The defender with 5 goals already this season keeps getting better.
2	Raphaël Guerreiro	BVB	@BSC	15M	It's funny how he kept his best performance for the toughest game of the season when many people took him out. But there is more of where it came from.
3	Lucas Hernandez	FCB	Vs SVW	12M
4	Christian Günter	SCF	Vs M05	11.4M	Freiburg and Mainz have both been awful and will look to end their winless streak but Gunter's set pieces give him the edge for me.
5	Ramy Bensebaini	BMG	Vs FCA	12.3M
6	Borna Sosa	VFB	@TSG	4M	He is averaging 10 points over the last two games without goals, assists or cleansheets. Sosa is highly attacking, is on set-pieces and it is only time until he breaks through.
7	Maxence Lacroix	WOB	@S04	4.4M
8	Christopher Trimmel	FCU	@KOE	9.8M
9	Daley Sinkgraven	SGE	@DSC	6.4M
10	Ismail Jakobs	KOE	Vs FCU	7M

Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Frederik Rønnow	S04	Vs WOB	2.1M	Wolfsburg might not be the team to create a lot of shots but he is still my #1.
2	Florian Muller	SCF	Vs M05	3.6M
3	Gregor Kobel	VFB	@TSG	5.3M	Keeper have averaged 5.8 points against Hoffenheim this season.
4	Robin Zentner	M05	@SCF	4.6M
5	Andreas Luthe	FCU	@KOE	4.8M