As UCL gears up for the final week of the group stages, it is all down to the final equations that could help a team secure a coveted spot in the next round of this prestigious tournament. It is going to be a thrilling week as each team in contention will try to put in their best performance and fancy their chances to make it through. These are our UCL Fantasy Player Rankings for matchday 6:
Note: Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Porto, Liverpool, Chelsea, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and Juventus have already qualified for the next round.
Forwards
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romelu Lukaku | Inter Milan | Vs Shakhtar Donetsk | 10.8M | The last time Inter played Shakhtar at home, Lukaku scored two goals and assisted another in a 5-0 win in the Europa League semi-final. |
| 2 | Neymar | PSG | Vs İstanbul Başakşehir | 11.4M | |
| 3 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | Vs Club Brugge | 10.5M | Club Brugge has to be one of the easier opponents for Immobile to score against if he is to extend his goal-scoring streak to eight games. |
| 4 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | @Barcelona | 12M | |
| 5 | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | Vs İstanbul Başakşehir | 10.9M | It seems like the right game for him to break his goal-scoring deadlock. |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Vs Juventus | 12.1M | The Atomic Flea is still the most explosive player to get this week. |
| 7 | Alassane Pléa | Borussia M'gladbach | @Real Madrid | 8.4M | Pléa is now the highest scoring forward in the game and is in absolutely unreal form in the UCL scoring five goals and assisting three so far. A goal/assist every 45 minutes. He is going to be a key player if Borussia are to get a result from this game with Real Madrid also in contention to qualify. |
| 8 | Mergim Berisha | RB Salzburg | Vs Atletico Madrid | 7.2M | He has now scored in three consecutive champions league games and plays for a strong attacking team. |
| 9 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | Vs Borussia M'gladbach | 10.5M | |
| 10 | Dušan Tadić | Ajax | Vs Atalanta | 9.1M |
Midfielders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | @RB Leipzig | 9.5M | He is one of the best options regardless of which opposition he plays against and United will be hoping for the best of him in a must win game. There will be time constraints for him however as they play the Manchester Derby next in a few days. |
| 2 | Joao Felix | Atletico Madrid | @RB Salzburg | 9M | Someone who shoots at will is hard to ignore against a team that can't stop conceding. |
| 3 | Diogo Jota | Liverpool | @Midtjylland | 7.9M | It is customary to rank a player who plays against Midtjylland even if he is surrounded by B team players in a meaningless game. |
| 4 | Lars Stindl | Borussia M'gladbach | @Real Madrid | 8.2M | |
| 5 | Joaquín Correa | Lazio | Vs Club Brugge | 8.1M | Correa is listed as a midfielder but plays OOP as striker and has strong underlying stats that need to be converted into goals and assists. |
| 6 | Jadon Sancho | Borussia Dortmund | @Zenit | 10M | |
| 7 | Christian Pulisic | Chelsea | Vs Krasnodar | 9M | Chelsea against the team that has conceded the most shots in the league is a big mismatch. It was evident in their 0-4 victory in the reverse fixture where Pulisic scored. |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai | RB Salzburg | Vs Atletico Madrid | 7.1M | |
| 9 | Ferran Torres | Manchester City | Vs Marseille | 7.7M | |
| 10 | Serge Gnabry | Bayern Munich | Vs Lokomotiv Moscow | 9.8M | He will be desperate to turn his bad run of form around and Lokomotiv is a game where he can test his upside. |
Defenders
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Alexander-Arnold | Liverpool | @Midtjylland | 6.7M | He averaged 10.3 points in the first three games and had two assists to go along with three clean sheets before injury brought him to a halt. Not often do defenders have so much upside to go along with a good opportunity at securing a clean sheet. |
| 2 | Marquinhos | PSG | Vs İstanbul Başakşehir | 5.6M | |
| 3 | Achraf Hakimi | Inter Milan | Vs Shakhtar Donetsk | 5.9M | |
| 4 | Kyle Walker | Manchester City | Vs Marseille | 5.6M | Marseille might have finally scored their first goal(s) of the tournament but I am still not convinced since both were penalties against Olympiacos. They still don't look like much of a threat from open play. |
| 5 | Mats Hummels | Borussia Dortmund | @Zenit | 5.1M | |
| 6 | Cristian Romero | Atalanta | @Ajax | 4.9M | Not expecting a cleansheet but his ability to get recoveries is his most appealing attribute. |
| 7 | Zaidu Sanuzi | Porto | @Olympiacos | 4.8M | Porto have kept a cleansheet in their last four UCL games. The only time they conceded goals was in a 3-1 loss against Manchester City on MD1. |
| 8 | Angeliño | RB Leipzig | Vs Manchester United | 5.4M | He is a defender with numbers that would even make forwards jealous. Angeliño has returned with a goal or assist in nine out of 15 games this season. |
| 9 | Diego Carlos | Sevilla | @Rennes | 5.1M | |
| 10 | César Azpilicueta | Chelsea | Vs Krasnodar | 4.9M | Chelsea and City have conceded the least goals so far with just one. |
Goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach Steffen | Manchester City | Vs Marseille | 4.2M | City have conceded just one goal so far and I expect them to end the group stage that way. |
| 2 | Keylor Navas | PSG | Vs İstanbul Başakşehir | 5.5M | |
| 3 | Agustín Marchesín | Porto | @Olympiacos | 5.2M | |
| 4 | Roman Bürki | Borussia Dortmund | @Zenit | 5.7M | |
| 5 | Caoimhin Kelleher | Liverpool | @Midtjylland | 3.8M | The cheapest keeper in the game and has kept a clean sheet in both of his games for Liverpool so far. Perfect if you need a keeper just for this week. |
You can find additional UCL Fantasy resources for the 20/21 season here.
