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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	110.2%	Very Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	86.2%	Likely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	93.3%	Likely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	96.1%	Likely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	86.1%	Maybe
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	89.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	81.6%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	84.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	75.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	72.3%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	68.8%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	68.8%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	55.9%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	70.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.6%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	54.2%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	65.7%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	61.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	59.4%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	44.0%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	62.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	60.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	55.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	60.7%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	50.8%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.1m	37.1%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	48.4%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	49.7%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.1%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	7.9m	39.2%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	41.1%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	40.2%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	32.7%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.1%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.3%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	37.0%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	39.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	106.5%	Very Likely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	100.4%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	103.0%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.3m	90.4%	Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.8%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	100.6%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.4%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.4%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.3%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.4%	Very Likely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	94.6%	Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.4%	Maybe
Irving	WHU	4.4m	96.8%	Maybe
Gakpo	LIV	7.4m	89.1%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	98.2%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.9%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.8%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	93.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.4%	Unlikely
Munetsi	WOL	5.4m	87.7%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	93.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	92.7%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.9%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	90.7%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.2%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	89.1%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	87.7%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.4%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	88.4%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	82.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	85.7%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	84.0%	Unlikely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	81.9%	Unlikely
White	ARS	5.4m	53.6%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	85.0%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.5m	79.1%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	83.5%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

World Cup

13 June 2018 3555 comments

DavidMunday815

After weeks of research, we’ve predicted the starting line-up for every team’s opening fixture at this summer’s World Cup.

We’ve put these together using information gathered from qualifying matches, international friendlies and team news information from managers.

Some of them are more set in stone than others and ultimately they are predictions based on the interpretation of the data by our team of writers.

Hopefully it will help World Cup Fantasy managers pick their teams.

GROUP A

RUSSIA

3-4-2-1: Igor Akinfeev; Fedor Kudryashov, Ilya Kutepov, Vladimir Granat; Yuri Zhirkov, Alexandr Golovin, Roman Zobnin, Alexandr Samedov; Aleksei Miranchuk, Alan Dzagoev; Fedor Smolov

SAUDI ARABIA

4-2-3-1: Abdullah Al-Maiouf; Mansour Al-Harbi, Omar Hawsawi, Osama Hawsawi, Yasir Al-Shahrani; Abdullah Otayf, Salman Al-Faraj; Salem Al-Dawsari, Tassir Al-Jassim, Yahya Al-Shehri; Mohammed Al-Sahlawi.

EGYPT

4-2-3-1: Mohamed El-Shenawy; Mohamed Abdel Shafy, Ahmed Hegazi, Ali Gabr, Ahmed Fathy; Tarek Hamed, Mohamed Elneny; Ramadan Sobhi, Abdallah Said, Mohamed Salah; Marwan Mohsen.

URUGUAY

4-4-2: Fernando Muslera; Diego Laxalt, Diego Godin, Jose Gimenez, Guillermo Varela; Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Rodrigo Bentancur, Matias Vecino, Nahitan Nandez; Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani

GROUP B

PORTUGAL

4-4-2: Rui Patricio; Raphael Guerreiro, Pepe, Jose Fonte, Cedric Soares; Joao Mario, William Carvalho, Joao Moutinho, Bernardo Silva; Andre Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo

SPAIN

4-2-3-1: David de Gea; Jordi Alba, Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Dani Carvajal; Thiago Alcantara, Sergio Busquets; Andres Iniesta, Isco, David Silva; Diego Costa

MOROCCO

4-1-4-1: Munir Mohamedi; Achraf Hakimi, Medhi Benatia, Romain Saiss, Nabil Dirar*; Karim El Ahmadi; Noureddine Amrabat, Mbark Boussoufa, Younes Belhanda, Hakim Ziyech; Khalid Boutaib

*Dirar is a fitness concern for Morocco’s opening group fixture.

IRAN

4-5-1: Alireza Beiranvand; Milad Mohammadi, Morteza Pouraliganji, Rouzbeh Cheshmi, Ramin Rezaeian; Mehdi Taremi, Ehsan Hajsafi, Masoud Shojaei, Omid Ebrahimi*, Alireza Jahanbakhsh; Sardar Azmoun

*Saeid Ezatolahi is suspended for Iran’s first game, but will possibly replace Ebrahimi upon becoming available for selection.

GROUP C

FRANCE

4-3-1-2: Hugo Lloris; Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Blaise Matuidi, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante; Antoine Griezmann; Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe

AUSTRALIA

4-2-3-1: Mat Ryan; Aziz Behich, Mark Milligan, Trent Sainsbury, Joshua Risdon; Mile Jedinak, Aaron Mooy; Robbie Kruse, Tom Rogic, Mathew Leckie; Andrew Nabbout

PERU

4-2-3-1: Pedro Gallese; Miguel Trauco, Alberto Rodriguez, Christian Ramos, Luis Advincula; Yoshimar Yotun, Renato Tapia; Christian Cueva, Jefferson Farfan, Andre Carrillo; Paulo Guerrero.

DENMARK

4-2-3-1: Kasper Schmeichel; Jens Larsen, Andreas Christensen, Simon Kjaer, Henrik Dalsgaard; Thomas Delaney, William Kvist; Pione Sisto, Christian Eriksen, Yussuf Poulsen; Nicolai Jorgensen.

GROUP D

ARGENTINA

4-2-3-1: Willy Caballero; Nicolas Tagliafico, Federico Fazio, Nicolas Otamendi, Fabricio Bustos; Giovani Lo Celso, Lucas Biglia*; Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Maximiliano Meza; Sergio Aguero

*Ever Banega, another option in central midfield, is a fitness concern ahead of Argentina’s first group match.

ICELAND

4-4-2: Hannes Thor Halldorsson; Hordur Magnusson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Kari Arnason, Birkir Saevarsson; Birkir Bjarnason, Aron Gunnarsson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Johann Berg Gudmundsson; Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson, Alfred Finnbogason

CROATIA

4-2-3-1: Danijel Subasic; Ivan Strinic, Dejan Lovren, Vedran Corluka, Sime Vrsaljko; Ivan Rakitic, Milan Dadelj; Ivan Perisic, Luka Modric, Ante Rebic; Mario Mandzukic.

NIGERIA

3-5-2: Francis Uzoho; John Ogu, Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong; Brian Idowu, John Obi Mikel, Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi, Shehu Abdullahi; Victor Moses, Odion Ighalo

GROUP E

BRAZIL

4-3-3: Alisson; Marcelo, Joao Miranda, Thiago Silva, Danilo; Philippe Coutinho, Casemiro, Paulinho; Neymar, Gabriel Jesus, Willian.

SWITZERLAND

4-2-3-1: Yann Sommer; Ricardo Rodriguez, Manuel Akanji, Fabian Schar, Stephen Lichsteiner; Granit Xhaka, Valon Behrami; Steven Zuber, Blerim Dzemaili, Xherdan Shaqiri; Haris Seferovic

COSTA RICA

3-4-2-1: Keylor Navas; Oscar Duarte, Geancarlo Gonzalez, Johnny Acosta; Bryan Oviedo, David Guzman, Celso Borges, Christian Gamboa; Joel Campbell, Bryan Ruiz; Marco Urena

SERBIA

4-2-3-1: Vladimir Stojkovic; Aleksandr Kolarov, Dusko Tosic, Nikola Milenkovic, Antonio Rukavina; Luka Milivojevic, Nemanja Matic; Filip Kostic, Adam Ljajic, Dusan Tadic; Aleksandr Mitrovic

GROUP F

GERMANY

4-2-3-1: Manuel Neuer; Jonas Hector, Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng, Joshua Kimmich; Toni Kroos, Sami Khedira; Marco Reus, Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller; Timo Werner.

MEXICO

4-3-3: Guillermo Ochoa; Carlos Salcedo, Hector Moreno, Hugo Ayala, Jesus Gallardo; Hector Herrera, Miguel Layun, Andres Guardado; Hirving Lozano, Carlos Vela, Javier Hernandez

SWEDEN

4-4-2: Robin Olsen; Ludwig Augustinsson, Andreas Granqvist, Victor Lindelof, Mikael Lustig; Emil Forsberg, Albin Ekdal, Sebastian Larsson, Viktor Claesson; Marcus Berg, Ola Toivonen

SOUTH KOREA

4-4-2: Kim Seung-gyu; Kim Min-woo, Kim Young-Gwon, Jang Hyun-soo, Lee Yong; Lee Sung-woo, Jung Woo-Young, Ki Sung-yeung, Lee Jae-Sung Il; Son Heung-min, Hwang He-chan.

GROUP G

BELGIUM

3-4-2-1: Thibaut Courtois; Toby Alderweireld, Derdryck Boyata*, Jan Vertonghen; Thomas Meunier, Kevin De Bruyne, Axel Witsel, Yannick Carrasco; Dries Mertens, Eden Hazard; Romelu Lukaku

*Vincent Kompany should start if he is passed fit.

PANAMA

4-5-1: Jaime Penedo; Luis Ovalle, Roman Torres, Fidel Escobar, Adolfo Machado; Jose Rodriguez, Anibal Godoy, Gabriel Gomez, Armando Cooper, Edgar Barcenas; Blas Perez

TUNISIA

4-3-3: Aymen Mathlouthi; Dylan Bronn, Syam Ben Youssef, Yassine Meriah, Ali Maaloul; Ellyes Skhiri, Ferjani Sassi, Saif-Eddine Khaoui; Anice Badri, Naim Sliti, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef

ENGLAND

3-5-2: Jordan Pickford; Gary Cahill, John Stones, Kyle Walker; Kieran Trippier, Dele Alli, Jordan Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Danny Rose; Raheem Sterling Harry Kane

GROUP H

COLOMBIA

4-2-3-1: David Ospina; Johan Mojica, Davinson Sanchez, Yerry Mina, Santiago Arias; Carlos Sanchez, Abel Aguilar; Mateus Uribe, James Rodriguez, Juan Cuadrado; Radamel Falcao.

POLAND

3-4-3: Lukasz Fabianski; Michal Pazdan, Jan Bednarek*, Lukasz Piszczek; Jakub Blaszczykowski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Karol Linetty, Maciej Rebus; Piotr Zielinski, Kamil Grosicki, Robert Lewandowski

*Kamil Glik, first choice centre-half for Poland, is injured for his country’s first two group matches.

SENEGAL

4-2-3-1: Abdoulaye Diallo; Lamine Gassama, Kalidou Koulibaly, Salif Sane, Youssouf Sabaly; Idrissa Gueye, Cheikhou Kouyate; Ismaila Sarr, Sadio Mane, M’Baye Niang; Diafra Sakho

JAPAN

4-2-3-1: Eiji Kawashima; Yuto Nagatomo, Yomoaki Makino, Maya Yoshida, Gotoku Sakai; Makoto Hasebe, Hotaru Yamaguchi; Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa, Genki Haraguchi; Yuya Osako.

Further Analysis

Our comprehensive World Cup guide can be found here.

Group A – Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

Group B – Iran, Morocco, Portugal, Spain

Group C – Australia, Peru, France, Denmark

Group D – Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria

Group E – Brazil, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Serbia

Group F – Mexico, Germany, Sweden, South Korea

Group G – Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England

Group H – Senegal, Japan, Poland, Colombia

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Bolivian Seaman
7 years, 6 months ago
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic - why isn't he is the predicted lineup?

He's in 7% of teams, plays for lazio, linked to man utd real madrid and juve and is worth close to 130m euros
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1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Seems like Serbia gonna play some defensive football with Matic and Milivojevic.
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  1. Bolivian Seaman
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Yeah, I thought he may play further forward but they still want him in central midfield. I'll have to go back to kostic and have a better bench
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2. Meinhoff
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Yup, he is nailed
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3. Kolarov Fpl Legend
  7 years, 6 months ago
  They are wrong.
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Freshy
7 years, 6 months ago
Where is CARLOS SANCHEZ

URUGUAY
4-4-2: Fernando Muslera; Diego Laxalt, Diego Godin, Jose Gimenez, Guillermo Varela; Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Rodrigo Bentancur, Matias Vecino, Nahitan Nandez; Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani
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1. Epic Fail
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Colombia?
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  1. Rinseboy
    7 years, 6 months ago
    show us your team Epic! gone for any big hitters up top?
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    1. Epic Fail
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Too lazy to post my team.
      
      Been flipping between Messi and no Messi. currently on no Messi with Lukaku the most expensive.
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      1. Rinseboy
        7 years, 6 months ago
        fair enough good luck mate
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      2. JPSpurs
        7 years, 6 months ago
        Messi is not an option...
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  2. PompeyUpNorth!
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Ha ha! Made me laugh that and worried me for a sec..
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2. VS10_
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Uruguay's C Sanchez hasn't started any of their friendlies recently.
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  1. Freshy
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Thanks
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Liastro ⭐️
7 years, 6 months ago
Think I’ve cracked it!

El Kajoui Uzoho
Meunier Danilo Varela Mojica Sabaly
Muller JRod Eriksen Meza Belhanda
Lukaku Cavani Jesus
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1. jbenny1107
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Bench boosting week 1? Otherwise, one more big name defender by changing Meza or Belhanda to a 4.5. Otherwise, I like it.
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  1. DantheManinaPan
    7 years, 6 months ago
    This is a very backwards move. The 4.5 defenders are so much better than the 4.5 mids.
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2. Horlicks esq.
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Yes. nice. Keeper nightmare but f it.
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3. DantheManinaPan
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Extremely similar to mine - I also believe you've cracked it!
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4. yakirh
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Mojica start??
  I have to know
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Magones
7 years, 6 months ago
I've been watching the RMTs and the evolving template. Al Dawsari and more recently Belhanda have been getting super popular. Can someone tell me why that is? Or do you think ppl are just copying who they see others picking?
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1. Pierce34
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Copying of course. I haven't got the faintest clue who they even are 😛
  
  I just picked Al Dawsari in order to have some interest in the opening game.
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2. Bad Kompany
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Probably casuals just copying. Had to google them when I first saw them and i don’t have them in my team
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  1. Magones
    7 years, 6 months ago
    I mean sure they're cheap and they probably start, but they play for terrible teams and neither has done much in his career. Belhanda is hardly a break-out candidate either, at 28 or whatever he is.
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    1. A Betting Man
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Morocco are far from terrible. Outside bet to reach the quarters imo.
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3. Ógie
  7 years, 6 months ago
  I have skipped past every RMT without looking and i do not have Al Dawsari if that helps.
  
  Herd mentality seems to be a thing on this site so i suspect copying could be the answer.
  
  I would like to challenge managers with Al Dawsari on their teams to pick him out of a line up. 😉
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★Kuntheman★
7 years, 6 months ago
Argentina lineup doesn’t make sense. For one, Bustos was not called up. Secondly, Rojo is set to start over Fazio.
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1. Prøfeßör …
  7 years, 6 months ago
  This.
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2. Meinhoff
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Yeah, Salvio will be their RB
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SW6
7 years, 6 months ago
Sorry FFS, but some of these line ups are kak.
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1. noquarternt
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Such as?
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  1. SW6
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Russia, Portugal, Argentina, Sweden and maybe Spain are wrong imo. The thing is line-ups from FFS will be taken as gospel, there will be some annoyed people.
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    1. SW6
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Colombia too
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      1. michudagawd
        7 years, 6 months ago
        And Japan.
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    2. 83245
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Who do you think is missing from that Sweden team? It looks right to me.
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2. Goodnight Kiwi
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Lu-kak
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3. Kolarov Fpl Legend
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Serbia also
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tambourineman
7 years, 6 months ago
Premier League GW1 fixtures:
Arsenal v Man City
AFC Bournemouth v Cardiff City
Fulham v Crystal Palace
Huddersfield Town v Chelsea
Liverpool v West Ham
Man Utd v Leicester City
Newcastle United v Spurs
Southampton v Burnley
Watford v Brighton
Wolves v Everton
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1. Ask Yourself
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Double Southampton defence !
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2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Salah captain
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UshFPL
7 years, 6 months ago
Early thoughts on the PL fixtures?
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1. andy85wsm
  7 years, 6 months ago
  No Kane!
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2. Fantastisk
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Football.
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3. Emiliano Sala
  7 years, 6 months ago
  City the best
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  1. Syd.
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Fixtures don’t matter to City
    
    Simply the best team in the PL
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    1. Emiliano Sala
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Rotation
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MOZIL
7 years, 6 months ago
Aguero nailed to start?? how come i dont see many picking him?
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1. Super Frank
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Cause Lukaku is a better value @10 (Easier fixtures)
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Piggs Boson
7 years, 6 months ago
Hoping for some kind West Ham fixtures released today.
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1. SW6
  7 years, 6 months ago
  I just hope there's a nice H/A GK rotation, it's one of the few areas us nerds can still get ahead if the casuals in.
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  1. SW6
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Something like Newcastle/Wolves
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Holmes
7 years, 6 months ago
Premeir league!!! 😎
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Root
7 years, 6 months ago
Is Kimmich worth 2.0m over Dalsgaard? Could upgrade Griezmann to Messi/Neymar.
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1. Camzy
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Messi + Dalsgaard is better than Griezmann + Kimmich imo
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2. Jebus Saves
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Kimmich is an attacking defender with one of the best teams in the world. Definitely worth the extra outlay.
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Jairzinho
7 years, 6 months ago
CORRECTION

Clean Sheet Odds. From William Hill. It's decimal odds, followed by implied chance.

Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | CS First 2 | CS First 2 | CS All 3 | CS All 3
Russia | 1.61 | 2.25 | 3.30 | 62% | 44% | 30% | 3.62 | 27.61% | 11.95 | 8.37%
Saudi Arabia | 5.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 20% | 13% | 25% | 40.00 | 2.50% | 160.00 | 0.63%
Egypt | 4.33 | 3.50 | 2.10 | 23% | 29% | 48% | 15.16 | 6.60% | 31.83 | 3.14%
Uruguay | 1.75 | 1.44 | 2.50 | 57% | 69% | 40% | 2.52 | 39.68% | 6.30 | 15.87%

Morocco | 2.05 | 4.60 | 6.50 | 49% | 22% | 15% | 9.43 | 10.60% | 61.30 | 1.63%
Iran | 2.87 | 7.50 | 6.00 | 35% | 13% | 17% | 21.53 | 4.65% | 129.15 | 0.77%
Portugal | 3.30 | 1.85 | 1.67 | 30% | 54% | 60% | 6.11 | 16.38% | 10.20 | 9.81%
Spain | 2.25 | 1.44 | 1.80 | 44% | 69% | 56% | 3.24 | 30.86% | 5.83 | 17.15%

France | 1.53 | 1.83 | 2.10 | 65% | 55% | 48% | 2.80 | 35.72% | 5.88 | 17.01%
Australia | 8.50 | 4.40 | 3.50 | 12% | 23% | 29% | 37.40 | 2.67% | 130.90 | 0.76%
Peru | 3.20 | 6.00 | 2.45 | 31% | 17% | 41% | 19.20 | 5.21% | 47.04 | 2.13%
Denmark | 2.50 | 2.00 | 4.80 | 40% | 50% | 21% | 5.00 | 20.00% | 24.00 | 4.17%

Argentina | 1.61 | 2.20 | 2.05 | 62% | 45% | 49% | 3.54 | 28.23% | 7.26 | 13.77%
Iceland | 6.50 | 2.80 | 4.00 | 15% | 36% | 25% | 18.20 | 5.49% | 72.80 | 1.37%
Croatia | 1.95 | 4.00 | 2.05 | 51% | 25% | 49% | 7.80 | 12.82% | 15.99 | 6.25%
Nigeria | 4.20 | 2.62 | 7.00 | 24% | 38% | 14% | 11.00 | 9.09% | 77.03 | 1.30%

Costa Rica | 3.60 | 9.00 | 3.60 | 28% | 11% | 28% | 32.40 | 3.09% | 116.64 | 0.86%
Serbia | 2.00 | 3.00 | 6.50 | 50% | 33% | 15% | 6.00 | 16.67% | 39.00 | 2.56%
Brazil | 1.75 | 1.40 | 1.75 | 57% | 71% | 57% | 2.45 | 40.82% | 4.29 | 23.32%
Switzerland | 6.00 | 2.62 | 2.05 | 17% | 38% | 49% | 15.72 | 6.36% | 32.23 | 3.10%

Germany | 1.95 | 1.91 | 1.80 | 51% | 52% | 56% | 3.72 | 26.85% | 6.70 | 14.92%
Mexico | 5.80 | 2.05 | 2.75 | 17% | 49% | 36% | 11.89 | 8.41% | 32.70 | 3.06%
Sweden | 2.25 | 6.50 | 3.10 | 44% | 15% | 32% | 14.63 | 6.84% | 45.34 | 2.21%
South Korea | 3.30 | 4.20 | 8.00 | 30% | 24% | 13% | 13.86 | 7.22% | 110.88 | 0.90%

Belgium | 1.40 | 1.73 | 3.10 | 71% | 58% | 32% | 2.42 | 41.29% | 7.51 | 13.32%
Panama | 9.50 | 8.50 | 3.50 | 11% | 12% | 29% | 80.75 | 1.24% | 282.63 | 0.35%
Tunisia | 5.80 | 7.50 | 2.50 | 17% | 13% | 40% | 43.50 | 2.30% | 108.75 | 0.92%
England | 1.65 | 1.36 | 3.60 | 61% | 74% | 28% | 2.24 | 44.56% | 8.08 | 12.38%

Colombia | 1.95 | 2.70 | 2.30 | 51% | 37% | 43% | 5.27 | 18.99% | 12.11 | 8.26%
Japan | 4.33 | 3.50 | 4.20 | 23% | 29% | 24% | 15.16 | 6.60% | 63.65 | 1.57%
Poland | 2.50 | 3.20 | 2.30 | 40% | 31% | 43% | 8.00 | 12.50% | 18.40 | 5.43%
Senegal | 3.25 | 2.40 | 3.70 | 31% | 42% | 27% | 7.80 | 12.82% | 28.86 | 3.47%
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1. Jairzinho
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Sorted by first match, shortest to longest odds.
  
  Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | CS First 2 | CS First 2 | CS All 3 | CS All 3
  Belgium | 1.40 | 1.73 | 3.10 | 71% | 58% | 32% | 2.42 | 41.29% | 7.51 | 13.32%
  France | 1.53 | 1.83 | 2.10 | 65% | 55% | 48% | 2.80 | 35.72% | 5.88 | 17.01%
  Russia | 1.61 | 2.25 | 3.30 | 62% | 44% | 30% | 3.62 | 27.61% | 11.95 | 8.37%
  Argentina | 1.61 | 2.20 | 2.05 | 62% | 45% | 49% | 3.54 | 28.23% | 7.26 | 13.77%
  England | 1.65 | 1.36 | 3.60 | 61% | 74% | 28% | 2.24 | 44.56% | 8.08 | 12.38%
  Uruguay | 1.75 | 1.44 | 2.50 | 57% | 69% | 40% | 2.52 | 39.68% | 6.30 | 15.87%
  Brazil | 1.75 | 1.40 | 1.75 | 57% | 71% | 57% | 2.45 | 40.82% | 4.29 | 23.32%
  Croatia | 1.95 | 4.00 | 2.05 | 51% | 25% | 49% | 7.80 | 12.82% | 15.99 | 6.25%
  Germany | 1.95 | 1.91 | 1.80 | 51% | 52% | 56% | 3.72 | 26.85% | 6.70 | 14.92%
  Colombia | 1.95 | 2.70 | 2.30 | 51% | 37% | 43% | 5.27 | 18.99% | 12.11 | 8.26%
  Serbia | 2.00 | 3.00 | 6.50 | 50% | 33% | 15% | 6.00 | 16.67% | 39.00 | 2.56%
  Morocco | 2.05 | 4.60 | 6.50 | 49% | 22% | 15% | 9.43 | 10.60% | 61.30 | 1.63%
  Spain | 2.25 | 1.44 | 1.80 | 44% | 69% | 56% | 3.24 | 30.86% | 5.83 | 17.15%
  Sweden | 2.25 | 6.50 | 3.10 | 44% | 15% | 32% | 14.63 | 6.84% | 45.34 | 2.21%
  Denmark | 2.50 | 2.00 | 4.80 | 40% | 50% | 21% | 5.00 | 20.00% | 24.00 | 4.17%
  Poland | 2.50 | 3.20 | 2.30 | 40% | 31% | 43% | 8.00 | 12.50% | 18.40 | 5.43%
  Iran | 2.87 | 7.50 | 6.00 | 35% | 13% | 17% | 21.53 | 4.65% | 129.15 | 0.77%
  Peru | 3.20 | 6.00 | 2.45 | 31% | 17% | 41% | 19.20 | 5.21% | 47.04 | 2.13%
  Senegal | 3.25 | 2.40 | 3.70 | 31% | 42% | 27% | 7.80 | 12.82% | 28.86 | 3.47%
  Portugal | 3.30 | 1.85 | 1.67 | 30% | 54% | 60% | 6.11 | 16.38% | 10.20 | 9.81%
  South Korea | 3.30 | 4.20 | 8.00 | 30% | 24% | 13% | 13.86 | 7.22% | 110.88 | 0.90%
  Costa Rica | 3.60 | 9.00 | 3.60 | 28% | 11% | 28% | 32.40 | 3.09% | 116.64 | 0.86%
  Nigeria | 4.20 | 2.62 | 7.00 | 24% | 38% | 14% | 11.00 | 9.09% | 77.03 | 1.30%
  Egypt | 4.33 | 3.50 | 2.10 | 23% | 29% | 48% | 15.16 | 6.60% | 31.83 | 3.14%
  Japan | 4.33 | 3.50 | 4.20 | 23% | 29% | 24% | 15.16 | 6.60% | 63.65 | 1.57%
  Saudi Arabia | 5.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 20% | 13% | 25% | 40.00 | 2.50% | 160.00 | 0.63%
  Mexico | 5.80 | 2.05 | 2.75 | 17% | 49% | 36% | 11.89 | 8.41% | 32.70 | 3.06%
  Tunisia | 5.80 | 7.50 | 2.50 | 17% | 13% | 40% | 43.50 | 2.30% | 108.75 | 0.92%
  Switzerland | 6.00 | 2.62 | 2.05 | 17% | 38% | 49% | 15.72 | 6.36% | 32.23 | 3.10%
  Iceland | 6.50 | 2.80 | 4.00 | 15% | 36% | 25% | 18.20 | 5.49% | 72.80 | 1.37%
  Australia | 8.50 | 4.40 | 3.50 | 12% | 23% | 29% | 37.40 | 2.67% | 130.90 | 0.76%
  Panama | 9.50 | 8.50 | 3.50 | 11% | 12% | 29% | 80.75 | 1.24% | 282.63 | 0.35%
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    7 years, 6 months ago
    Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | CS First 2 | CS First 2 | CS All 3 | CS All 3
    Brazil | 1.75 | 1.40 | 1.75 | 57% | 71% | 57% | 2.45 | 40.82% | 4.29 | 23.32%
    Spain | 2.25 | 1.44 | 1.80 | 44% | 69% | 56% | 3.24 | 30.86% | 5.83 | 17.15%
    France | 1.53 | 1.83 | 2.10 | 65% | 55% | 48% | 2.80 | 35.72% | 5.88 | 17.01%
    Uruguay | 1.75 | 1.44 | 2.50 | 57% | 69% | 40% | 2.52 | 39.68% | 6.30 | 15.87%
    Germany | 1.95 | 1.91 | 1.80 | 51% | 52% | 56% | 3.72 | 26.85% | 6.70 | 14.92%
    Argentina | 1.61 | 2.20 | 2.05 | 62% | 45% | 49% | 3.54 | 28.23% | 7.26 | 13.77%
    Belgium | 1.40 | 1.73 | 3.10 | 71% | 58% | 32% | 2.42 | 41.29% | 7.51 | 13.32%
    England | 1.65 | 1.36 | 3.60 | 61% | 74% | 28% | 2.24 | 44.56% | 8.08 | 12.38%
    Portugal | 3.30 | 1.85 | 1.67 | 30% | 54% | 60% | 6.11 | 16.38% | 10.20 | 9.81%
    Russia | 1.61 | 2.25 | 3.30 | 62% | 44% | 30% | 3.62 | 27.61% | 11.95 | 8.37%
    Colombia | 1.95 | 2.70 | 2.30 | 51% | 37% | 43% | 5.27 | 18.99% | 12.11 | 8.26%
    Croatia | 1.95 | 4.00 | 2.05 | 51% | 25% | 49% | 7.80 | 12.82% | 15.99 | 6.25%
    Poland | 2.50 | 3.20 | 2.30 | 40% | 31% | 43% | 8.00 | 12.50% | 18.40 | 5.43%
    Denmark | 2.50 | 2.00 | 4.80 | 40% | 50% | 21% | 5.00 | 20.00% | 24.00 | 4.17%
    Senegal | 3.25 | 2.40 | 3.70 | 31% | 42% | 27% | 7.80 | 12.82% | 28.86 | 3.47%
    Egypt | 4.33 | 3.50 | 2.10 | 23% | 29% | 48% | 15.16 | 6.60% | 31.83 | 3.14%
    Switzerland | 6.00 | 2.62 | 2.05 | 17% | 38% | 49% | 15.72 | 6.36% | 32.23 | 3.10%
    Mexico | 5.80 | 2.05 | 2.75 | 17% | 49% | 36% | 11.89 | 8.41% | 32.70 | 3.06%
    Serbia | 2.00 | 3.00 | 6.50 | 50% | 33% | 15% | 6.00 | 16.67% | 39.00 | 2.56%
    Sweden | 2.25 | 6.50 | 3.10 | 44% | 15% | 32% | 14.63 | 6.84% | 45.34 | 2.21%
    Peru | 3.20 | 6.00 | 2.45 | 31% | 17% | 41% | 19.20 | 5.21% | 47.04 | 2.13%
    Morocco | 2.05 | 4.60 | 6.50 | 49% | 22% | 15% | 9.43 | 10.60% | 61.30 | 1.63%
    Japan | 4.33 | 3.50 | 4.20 | 23% | 29% | 24% | 15.16 | 6.60% | 63.65 | 1.57%
    Iceland | 6.50 | 2.80 | 4.00 | 15% | 36% | 25% | 18.20 | 5.49% | 72.80 | 1.37%
    Nigeria | 4.20 | 2.62 | 7.00 | 24% | 38% | 14% | 11.00 | 9.09% | 77.03 | 1.30%
    Tunisia | 5.80 | 7.50 | 2.50 | 17% | 13% | 40% | 43.50 | 2.30% | 108.75 | 0.92%
    South Korea | 3.30 | 4.20 | 8.00 | 30% | 24% | 13% | 13.86 | 7.22% | 110.88 | 0.90%
    Costa Rica | 3.60 | 9.00 | 3.60 | 28% | 11% | 28% | 32.40 | 3.09% | 116.64 | 0.86%
    Iran | 2.87 | 7.50 | 6.00 | 35% | 13% | 17% | 21.53 | 4.65% | 129.15 | 0.77%
    Australia | 8.50 | 4.40 | 3.50 | 12% | 23% | 29% | 37.40 | 2.67% | 130.90 | 0.76%
    Saudi Arabia | 5.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 20% | 13% | 25% | 40.00 | 2.50% | 160.00 | 0.63%
    Panama | 9.50 | 8.50 | 3.50 | 11% | 12% | 29% | 80.75 | 1.24% | 282.63 | 0.35%
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    1. Jairzinho
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Sources:
      
      A: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/10988509/To+Keep+a+Clean+Sheet.html
      B: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/10988985/To+Keep+a+Clean+Sheet.html
      C: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/10990132/To+Keep+a+Clean+Sheet.html
      D: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/10990943/To+Keep+a+Clean+Sheet.html
      E: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/10991697/To+Keep+a+Clean+Sheet.html
      F: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/10992573/To+Keep+a+Clean+Sheet.html
      G: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/10993385/To+Keep+a+Clean+Sheet.html
      H: http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/g/10994101/To+Keep+a+Clean+Sheet.html
      
      It's late. I'm pretty tired but excited, so can't sleep. Forgive me if I've made any [more] errors.
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      1. G-Whizz
        7 years, 6 months ago
        From the OP
        "Not easy to get a good format on here! I've sorted from best to worst in two scenarios.
        
        If you want to view it better, copy and paste into Excel. After you've done that, click 'Data', then 'Text to Columns', and add the '|' symbol (that's not a capital i - it's the 'shift + \' key) and you'll be able to view it better, sort how you want.
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        Jairzinho
        7 years, 6 months ago
        Thanks 🙂
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JayC
7 years, 6 months ago
who is fabricio bustos - hes in argentina first XI but hes not even in mcdonalds website..?
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420king
7 years, 6 months ago
Will probably change my mind before tomorrow but I just wanted a team with Neymar. How's it look?

El Kajoui, Uzoho
Meunier, Danilo, Pavard, Varela, Dalsgaard
Eriksen, James, Ziyech, Meza, Inui
Neymar, Lukaku, Cavani

C rotation: Cavani-->Eriksen-->Neymar-->Lukaku-->James
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1. Camzy
  7 years, 6 months ago
  That is literally man for man one of my most recent drafts. A++++
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  1. 420king
    7 years, 6 months ago
    I noticed 😀
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    1. Camzy
      7 years, 6 months ago
      I do think we've pretty much cracked it. The key value spots in this pricing system are:
      
      Great 4.5m def options. I mean we cover Uruguay, France and Denmark. That's huge.
      Talismanic mids - James, Eriksen, Ziyech
      Cram as much as we can to save on the forwards prioritizing Lukaku.
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      1. Bambi
        7 years, 6 months ago
        camzy, do you not prefer akanji to dalsgaard? swiss defence is one of the best around
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        Camzy
        7 years, 6 months ago
        Not for the first two weeks. Akanji is awful against Brazil. But after yeah maybe.
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        420king
        7 years, 6 months ago
        great for R3 WC, same like many other options that don't look so good atm (Cueva,...)
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      2. 420king
        7 years, 6 months ago
        I agree. I had Coutinho & Mbappe before but Ziyech & Neymar looks so much better, the problem is the 1m difference which resulted in Meza, but I can live with that 🙂
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OBAMA
7 years, 6 months ago
Can I switch my captain for Macdonalds fantasy or is everyone talking about a different site?
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1. pressdpm
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Yes you can.
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2. 420king
  7 years, 6 months ago
  take 3 min of your time and read the rules
  or better take 5 and read them carefully
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  1. GreennRed
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Bravo. If you can't say something nice to the man probably better keeping your own counsel.
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    1. 420king
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Bravo to you. Was actually meant as good advice, the rules are nicely explained and if he doesn't know you can change captains he's probably missing other things too.
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      1. GreennRed
        7 years, 6 months ago
        Apologies. Sounded like condescension to me.
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  2. minges
    7 years, 6 months ago
    😆
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3. GreennRed
  7 years, 6 months ago
  https://fantasy.fifa.com/en/howtoplay
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Azathoth
7 years, 6 months ago
Uruguay's starting XI at the last training:
Muslera
Varela,Giménez, Godín,Caceres
Nández,Vecino,Bentancur,De Arrascaeta
Cavani Suárez.
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1. Jebiga
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Nice
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2. Eden Wizard
  7 years, 6 months ago
  De Arrascaeta can get lost being reverse OOP
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InvertedWinger
7 years, 6 months ago
Bench boosting gw1. The best 2 5.5m midfielders are?
Currently gone Meza and Belhanda
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1. OldBenKenobi
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Belhanda for me. I’m taking same approach. See above
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  1. InvertedWinger
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Really like the look of him. Form, too.
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2. allaboutthemagic
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Aldawasi Saudi Arabia is decent
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  1. InvertedWinger
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Not keen. Think the 5.5d available are better. Dawsari isn't even the best 5m for me - Nandez.
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3. Lone Wolf FPL
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Im on those 2 too
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Mr. Tiedemann
7 years, 6 months ago
Schmeichel vs Caballero? or another 5$ keeper?
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1. RC Carnivores
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Caballero
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2. thekingiii
  7 years, 6 months ago
  I've gone with Kasper
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klopp it guys
7 years, 6 months ago
Most nailed england defender
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1. Rhinos
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Gareth Southgate
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2. Rainer
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Walker.
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3. andy85wsm
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Walker and Stones
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fitzy
7 years, 6 months ago
Noticed the article doesn't have Inui starting who I currently have in my squad?

Surely he has to be a starter? As talented as anyone else in japan aside from Kagawa. Got a brace in their most recent friendly as well.
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1. I Member
  7 years, 6 months ago
  I don't have a clue about Japan's starting lineup but I wouldn't read too much into these lineups. They have Milinkovic-Savic on the bench for Serbia and he's their best player.
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2. 420king
  7 years, 6 months ago
  It doesn't matter, he's just an enabler. And you'll be able to see if he starts before subbing him on, if that's an issue.
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  1. fitzy
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Sure but I have an easy 1m free from Marcelo > Danilo if I want. Would rather take a 5.5 option and make that switch if needed if Inui won't start.
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    1. 420king
      7 years, 6 months ago
      I'd do Marcelo > Danilo either way. Too similar and 1m is a lot. Could get Meza for 5.5 (have them both), but I don't expect much from him either.
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    2. Prøfeßör …
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Inui is not a starter. The coach said he'd make a lot of changes for the final warm up game.
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      1. 420king
        7 years, 6 months ago
        He was involved in 3 of their 4 goals though. Surely that gives him a chance.
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abraham22
7 years, 6 months ago
Have decided to use maximum captain in semis and bench boost in finals. Here's why:

The value of these chips are seriously undermined by the ability to make substitution and captain changes within a game week (since you can sub out all the 1 or 2 pointers before the final day of matches as well as have several bites at the captain pick). It thus seems to me that these chips are most valuable when you have limited ability to sub players and change captain. In the semis and finals you only have 1 chance to sub/ change captain.. so I think these chips are maximised then.

I'd play the maximum captain in the semis because it may be hard to get a playing 15 after quarter final teams are eliminated. However, because the final also includes the third place playoff, all players who play in the semis would also arguably play in the last gw (controlling for injuries, suspensions and rotation). We can thus use the generous 5 free transfers to ensure we have a playing 15 for the bench boost in the last week.
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1. Frip
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Agree completely. Using chips/wildcard in the group stage is bonkers.
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  1. abraham22
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Agree on the chips. Wildcard I intend to use before the gw3... Plug in players from teams with must win games.. and then change them out with the unlimited transfers before Round of 16.
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2. A Betting Man
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Said this yesterday - nobody was with me. Maybe I didn't explain it as well as you!
  
  The only issue is potential inability to afford 15 playing players from the final/3ppo, but then I was thinking that a whole host of defenders from the final and differential attackers from the 3ppo shouldn't be too hard.
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  1. abraham22
    7 years, 6 months ago
    That's a fair point. Though I think the extra 5m budget would be handy. Besides assuming you would play 7 attackers anyway without the bench boost, what you are really trying to afford is 1 keeper, 2 defenders and 1 attacker for the bench boost. In any case, I would've assumed even those not playing the bench boost would want a decent bench since you can make substitutions between the semis and between the third place and finals.
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Waltomade
7 years, 6 months ago
J Rod--Grosicki--Honda--Samedov--4.5mil

How bad is this midfield??
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1. FPL Scoop
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Bad
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  1. Waltomade
    7 years, 6 months ago
    All of them in set piece 😀
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    1. Jebus Saves
      7 years, 6 months ago
      All in teams about to depart on the early bus home....
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Defochibe
7 years, 6 months ago
B Pavard or G.Varela?
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1. FPL Scoop
  7 years, 6 months ago
  This week Pavard
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2. Mainecooners
  7 years, 6 months ago
  I've both of them
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  1. cthaeh
    7 years, 6 months ago
    pointless?
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    1. Mainecooners
      7 years, 6 months ago
      maight be since my defenders are Meunier, Danilo, Pavard, Varela, and Sabaly.
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Ógie
7 years, 6 months ago
The Spanish FA messed up bad sacking the manager 48 hours before the games begin. It has to affect their preparation and throwing Hierro in at the deep end is a huge and unnecessary gamble.

It is not as if it is the first time a manager accepted an offer from a club before a tournament got under way like LVG did before the last WC.It was Lopetegui’s own business really and Luis Rubiales should have swallowed his pride and got over it for the greater good instead of putting his own head on the chopping block when this inevitably backfires.

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1. Differential C (Mark)
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Maybe, but don't you think that RM should've at least informed him of the approach to Lopetegui? I understand your point of the instability that results from the sacking, and the poor timing as well. But, honestly, I feel that if a manager does this sort of thing behind his boss' back, it kind of shows a lack of respect. Also, going to Real Madrid, one of the two biggest teams in SPAIN, mind you, would present a huge conflict between the RealMadrid-Barcelona contingent of the squad. Would Sergio Busquets want to be ordered around by a future Real boss? Would Gerard Pique open himself up to a coach who will use that knowledge against him in a few months time?
  It's a massive blunder by Lopetegui, he already has the most coveted position in Spanish Football, and to toss it aside in the manner he did by publicly showing his commitment to a big Spanish club is unprofessional and ill advised.
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  1. aflickering
    7 years, 6 months ago
    agreed, i think the FA handled this situation better than any other party involved tbh. the more i think about it the more i think it was the only option.
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  2. Ógie
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Of course the timing of the announcement could have been handled better by RM.
    
    I get you what you are saying about the division in Spanish football and Lopetegui being appointed manager might rub a few of the Catalans up the wrong way but i can not see how appointing Hierro who was a big stalwart for RM over the years would solve that.
    
    The way i read it is that Luis Rubiales got a rush of blood to the head made a bad decision and is going to pay the price with his own head when the dust settles.
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Sean.
7 years, 6 months ago
Bottomed out,
Mojica not in the predicted line -ups ?
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1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
  7 years, 6 months ago
  There is a few that I'm not sure about
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2. Prøfeßör …
  7 years, 6 months ago
  He is. It's just not his full name.
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3. UNDERSCORE
  7 years, 6 months ago
  he is the Johan Palacio guy
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  1. Sean.
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Thanks, was getting worried there.
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4. michudagawd
  7 years, 6 months ago
  He is. They have him down as Johan Palacio. His full name is Johan Andrés Mojica Palacio, so it's needlessly confusing.
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edgardavids
7 years, 6 months ago
Belhanda 5M vs Jahanbakhsh 5M vs Salem Al-Dawsari 4,5M

which one is better and why? I don´t know much about those players, except Belhanda
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1. DrunkPhilosophy
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Belhanda and Salem?
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  1. edgardavids
    7 years, 6 months ago
    But what's the appeal on them? I know that Belhanda shares some set pieces but I like only his first game
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    1. DrunkPhilosophy
      7 years, 6 months ago
      They are all punts, Belhanda is young and has potential, I have a trio of 5.5, 5, and 5 midfielders.. if one of them delivers, I'm thankful!
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      1. Pigeon
        7 years, 6 months ago
        Belhanda is 28
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        DrunkPhilosophy
        7 years, 6 months ago
        Ooops, well I'm 28 and I think I'm young and have potential haha
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2. Prøfeßör …
  7 years, 6 months ago
  If they were all priced the same/ similar in McDonald's, I'd be tempted by Jahanbakhsh. Terrific player.
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  1. edgardavids
    7 years, 6 months ago
    so you think Jahanbakhsh will outscore Belhanda? (both 5M mids)
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Patch
7 years, 6 months ago
Surely you get more points from auto subs then trying to be clever and manually picking each day...

If a manager substitution or captain change is made, then no automatic substitutions will take place in your team for that Round.

Kane - Neymar - Kaku.

Eriksen - Mueller - Cueva.

Meunier - Mojica - Varela - Hakimi.

Smeichel.

Uzoho - Sabali - Colindres.
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1. _Make
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Your man comes on for 2 minutes and you're screwed though.
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2. Patch
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Players who are substituted out will score 0 points.
  
  If you do play the subbing game then surely you only do that on the penultimate day of games so you don't lose out...or is my logic flawed
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  1. Patch
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Oh sorry that was a bad call, you can't wait to penultimate day:
    
    After all matches on a single day have finished and before the next Round of matches start
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    1. Patch
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Actually no this doesn't make sense...I really don't understand why anyone would sub out a player at any time except on the penultimate game day of each round
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  2. Rainer
    7 years, 6 months ago
    You leave your players playing latest on the bench.
    
    Mine is currently Lukaku, Meunier, JRod & the Nigerian GK. GK comes in if starter doesn't have a CS. Other 3 will come in for blankers.
    
    As much as we like to think every pick will do well, there will be blanks and surprising ones too, strong squad and bench will be valuable.
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    1. Patch
      7 years, 6 months ago
      Penny dropped thank you for explaining...really spun my head!!!
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Rhinos
7 years, 6 months ago
Ive got no idea what I'm doing but then again i don't in FPL either so why not give it a whirl. Going defence heavy, mainly coz I've bot heard of most of the mids 😆
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We Will Klopp you
7 years, 6 months ago
Final check before I order my team. Anything amiss or that could be improved (even slightly)? Or GTG?

Muslera Ozoho
Kimmich Meunier Pavard Varela Sabaly
Mueller Rodriguez Ljajic Cueva Belhanda
Cavani Jesus Lukaku
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1. OPTA FPL
  7 years, 6 months ago
  Cueva is going to start?
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  1. We Will Klopp you
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Would think so, 16 starts in qualifying
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2. thekingiii
  7 years, 6 months ago
  I'm not convinced on Ljajic (fixtures) but other than that g2g
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  1. We Will Klopp you
    7 years, 6 months ago
    Cheers. I think they have enough about them to hurt both Costa rica and Switzerland, maybe even Brazil
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