UCL Fantasy: Player Rankings for Matchday 8

UCL Fantasy is down to its final eight teams and last year’s finalists PSG who play Bayern Munich in a rematch of last year’s final and this year’s favourites Manchester City who play out of form Borussia Dortmund top our player rankings for the 1st leg of the quarter-finals.

Notes

Players such as Neymar, Haaland and Cancelo are a booking away from suspension. You can find all the players on suspension watch and predicted lineups here.
The rankings for this week are shorter due to the lack of games and a smaller pool of players to chose from.

Forwards

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value
1	Neymar	PSG	Vs Manchester City	11.6M
2	Kylian Mbappé	PSG	Vs Manchester City	11.2M
3	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Vs Chelsea	10.4M
4	Timo Werner	Chelsea	@Real Madrid	10.6M

Midfielders

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	Vs Borussia Dortmund	11.3M	Dortmund have been in a downwards spiral ever since Favre left and City should quick work of them with the form they are in. There is no dearth of options from the Manchester City midfield but KDB stands out because he will play OOP as a striker and is mostly immune from the Pep roulette.
2	Diogo Jota	Liverpool	@Real Madrid	7.9M	Start or bench him it doesn't matter, he just can't stop scoring! Jota has scored in each of his last three games after returning from injury and is averaging goals at an incredible rate of every 106 minutes this season. Jota is a ceiling play but another alternative from the same fixture is Casemiro with his ball-recovery abilities.
3	Mohammed Salah	Liverpool	@Real Madrid	11.7M	Salah looks like a man on a mission right now with the intense training to prepare him for this game and Although his nemesis Ramos will miss the game, the highest scoring midfielder in fantasy will lead the Liverpool attack in their final chance at winning silverware this season.
4	Mason Mount	Chelsea	@Porto	6.9M	Chelsea will heavily rely on wonderkid Mason Mount for creativity against Porto as he leads the team in domestic goals, shots and key passes this season. A worthy differential in a week where they are hard to find.
5	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	Vs PSG	9.9M	Best when paired with Lewandowski but Müller is a brilliant player on his own and will take over the spot kick duties from him. The defending champs face a daunting task away to PSG however.
6	Angel Di Maria	PSG	@Bayern Munich	9M	Di Maria is always active for PSG in attack but has failed to score or assist against his boogie team - Bayern Munich in six games. FCB's defensive woes this season might change that.

Defenders

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	João Cancelo	Manchester City	Vs Borussia Dortmund	5.9M	City haven't conceded in their last four games across all competitions and unless Haaland turns his form around, the sky-blues could possibly keep clean sheets in both games.
2	Antonio Rüdiger	Chelsea	@Porto	4.6M	Chelsea might've conceded five goals in their last game but that doesn't take anything away from how good Chelsea have been in defense recently.
3	John Stones	Manchester City	Vs Borussia Dortmund	5.1M	Full rested like Cancelo heading into this game and offers goal-threats from headers that Dortmund struggle against. Rúben Dias is a more rotation proof option if you have cash to burn.
4	Marquinhos	PSG	@Bayern Munich	5.9M	No Lewandowski makes PSG the clean sheet favourites here.
5	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	@Real Madrid	6.7M	An outside chance for a clean sheet but Liverpool seem to have finally settled with the center back partnership of Phillips-Kabak in defense and TAA is slowly turning his season around to previous season levels where he had four goals and 13 assists as a wing-back.
6	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich	Vs PSG	6.6M	Bayern have slightly improved defensively keeping a clean sheet in their last two games but it is highly unlikely that they do so against PSG. Kimmich is still a good shout for ball recoveries since he plays OOP in midfield and possible goal-involvements off his set-pieces.

Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent	Value	Comments
1	Ederson Moraes	Manchester City	@Bourssia Dortmund	6M	City have conceded just one goal in eight Champions League games this season while keeping seven clean sheets.
2	Edouard Mendy	Chelsea	@Porto	5.2M	The highest scoring keeper in fantasy is the best option for the second keeper if Ederson does concede. Absence of Sérgio Oliveira for Porto boosts Mendy's clean sheet odds even more.
3	Keylor Navas	PSG	@Bayern Munich	5.5M	Leads the tournament in saves if clean sheets cannot be relied on.
4	Alisson Becker	Liverpool	@Real Madrid	5.9M
5	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	Vs PSG	6M