Scout Notes
19 June 2018 1057 comments
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Household Fantasy Premier League names Romelu Lukaku and Harry Kane were the stars of World Cup day five.

Both strikers scored twice for their nations and recorded double-figure hauls. With favourable fixtures coming up for them both, they are expected to earn some transfer interest today.

We’ve got all the goals, assists and talking points from the latest round-up of World Cup matches.

BELGIUM 3-0 PANAMA

Romelu Lukaku (£10.0m) continued his prolific form for Belgium as Panama were eventually swept aside 3-0.

The Manchester United striker now has 10 goals and two assists in his last seven matches for his country.

Kevin De Bruyne (£10.0m) and Eden Hazard (£10.0m) provided the assists for Lukaku’s brace after Dries Mertens (£9.0m) had opened the scoring shortly after half-time.

Belgium started the livelier of the two sides and created more chances, but lacked any conviction in the final third at first. Panama were able to ask questions on the counter-attack but lacked the quality to really punish the Red Devils.

Roberto Martinez’s half-time team-talk had impact though, as Belgium raced out of the traps in the second-half to score their opening goal.

Mertens finally broke the deadlock for Belgium shortly into the second half with a wonderful volley over goalkeeper Jaime Penedo (£4.5m), after his initial shot was headed back in his direction by Ramon Torres (£5.0m).

Lukaku put a more familiar look on the score-line in the 68th minute after his close-range header connected with an outstanding pass from De Bruyne.

And in the 75th minute he was put through by Hazard and chipped it over Penedo beautifully to round off the scoring.

BELGIUM XI (3-4-2-1): Courtois, Alderweireld, Boyata, Vertonghen; Meunier, Witsel (Chadli 90′), De Bruyne, Carrasco (Dembele 73′); Mertens (T Hazard 83′), E Hazard (c); R. Lukaku.

PANAMA XI (4-1-4-1): Penedo; Murillo, Escobar, R Torres, Davis; Gomez; Barcenas (G Torres 63′), Godoy, Cooper, Rodriguez (Diaz 63′); Perez (Tejada 73′).

TUNISIA 1-2 ENGLAND

Harry Kane (£11.0m) registered a double-figure haul as he scored a late winner for England against Tunisia.

The Tottenham forward, fresh from another fantastic FPL season, scored a brace for the Three Lions.

The first was scored after John Stones (£5.5m) header from a corner was well-saved by Hassen, Kane slotting in the re-bound from close-range.

Prior to that, Raheem Sterling (£9.0m) and Jesse Lingard (£7.0m) both had guilt-edged chances to find the net.

Tunisia did not offer much attacking threat in the game and their equaliser came agains the run of play.

Fakhereedine Ben Youssef went down in the penalty box and was awarded a penalty. Kyle Walker (£6.0m) was deducted two Fantasy points for his alleged role in the incident.

Sliti scored the spot-kick with Jordan Pickford (£5.5m) getting a glove on the ball before it went in.

England continued to mount their attack in the second-half and Kane scored his second in stoppage time, unmarked at the back post after Harry Maguire (£5.0m) had knocked the ball down from a corner.

TUNISIA XI (4-1-4-1): Hassen (Ben Mustapha 15’); Maaloul, Meriah, S Ben Youssef, Bronn; Schiri; Sliti (Ben Amor 74’), Badri, Sassi, F Ben Youssef; Khazri (Khalifa 85’).

ENGLAND XI (3-5-2): Pickford; Maguire, Stones, Walker; Young, Lingard (Dier 93’), Henderson, Alli (Loftus-Cheek 80’), Trippier; Sterling (Rashford 68’), Kane.

SWEDEN 1-0 SOUTH KOREA

Defender Andreas Granqvist (£5.0m) was the Fantasy hero for Sweden on Monday as he scored the penalty that sealed victory over South Korea.

Despite the ITV commentary team acting surprised to see the centre-back stepping up to take the spot-kick, won by Viktor Claesson (£5.5m), we at Fantasy Football Scout were fully aware of his set-piece responsibilities.

As pointed out by our recent set-pieces article, the Swedish defender scored three penalties in qualifying and continued his record from the spot by sending Jo Hyeon-woo (£4.5m) the wrong way to score in the

Sweden were the livelier side for most of the game with Marcus Berg (£8.0m) and eventual match-winner Granqvist both having excellent chances to score in the first-half.

Striker Berg had a close-range shot well-saved by Jo after Granqvist’s run into the box was well-stopped. The latter also added aerial threat at corners to his already huge Fantasy appeal.

Son Heung-min (£8.0m) was quiet in the opening period, only once causing Sweden problems on their left-side. His run into the box stretched the Swedish defence but his cut-back wasn’t accurate enough and it was easily cleared.

There was heartbreak for Park Joo-Ho (£4.0m) in the 28th minute when he picked up a hamstring injury stretching for a loose ball. Kim Min-woo (£4.0m) came on as his replacement.

SWEDEN XI: (4-4-2): Olsen, Lustig, Granqvist, Augustinsson, Jansson, Larsson (Svensson 79’), Ekdal (Hiljemark 71’), Forsberg, Claesson, Berg, Toivonen (Thelin 77’).

SOUTH KOREA XI (4-2-3-1): Cho; Park, Kim Young-gwon, Jang, Lee Yong; Koo (Lee Sung-woo 72’), Ki, Lee Jae-sung; Son, Kim Shin-wook (Jung 66’), Hwang.

  1. Jay_
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Looks like no James

      https://twitter.com/lcvelez/status/1009018302348349441?s=19

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Ffs

        1. Eden Wizard
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          Fantasy Football Scout?

          1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 10 months ago

            Just letting everyone know where we are. Before they ask

            1. Eden Wizard
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 10 months ago

              I see what you did there 😆

      2. Tommytour
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Feck

      3. Emiliano Sala
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        No no no

    • Eden Wizard
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Why do people stink up this place asking the most basic questions in the world which, Google would answer in 0.004 seconds?

      Perhaps an FPL IQ test at sign-up is a good mitigation?

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Bone idleness

      2. SW6
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Some unbelievably stupid questions get asked constantly. I'm amazed how these people make it through an average day

      3. Atwood
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Can I rotate captain in the McDonalds game whilst simultaneously playing both chips and wildcarding?

        1. Eden Wizard
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          "What time does the COL-JAP game kick off?"
          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/06/19/world-cup-braces-for-fpl-stars-kane-and-lukaku/?hc_page=6#hc_comment_18276785

          Sub in inui for a 2 pointer, thinking no but... Does he even start? Is he attacking or def player, don't tink Japan up too much"
          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/06/19/world-cup-braces-for-fpl-stars-kane-and-lukaku/?hc_page=5#hc_comment_18276741

        2. Eden Wizard
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          TBF you can do most of that simultaneously so that's a better Q than most

      4. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Sure, and while we're at it, why not start a eugenics programme?

    • Siva Mohan
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Neymar or Costa?

      1. Gazpilicueta
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Costa

      2. Christina.
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Silva for me.

        L@l

        1. Siva Mohan
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          have Silva as well

          1. Christina.
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 10 months ago

            noice.

    • VS10_
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Sampaoli has two lineups different lineups ready for Argentina's next game: https://twitter.com/RoyNemer/status/1008762565508370433

    • OldBenKenobi
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Surely not the worst captain options for Round 2?

      Day 1 - Salah
      Day 2 - Ronaldo or Cavani or Isco
      Day 4 - Coutinho
      Day 5 - Kroos

      1. Tommytour
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Kroos is pretty rubbish

        1. OldBenKenobi
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          looked good to me?

    • Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      RMWCT

      Ochoa Uzoho
      Danilo Varela Dalsgaard Maguire Akanji
      Coutinho Siggy Isco Bentancur Cheryshev
      Ronaldo Salah Lukaku

    • Ten Season Wonder
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Been debating what my next move should be;

      A). Dzagoev out for ____?
      B). Take a -4 to potentially bring in Kane/CR7 & mid enabler (& ditch Jesus)
      C). Wildcard?

      Akinfeev - Uzoho
      Varela - Danilo - Meunier - Trippier - Sakai
      *DZAGOEV* - Coutinho - Muller - Carrasco - C.Sanchez
      Cavani - Jesus - Lukaku

      Thanks in advance 🙂

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Cheryshev (5.5) will play instead of Dzagoev so why not just get him

        1. Spike ⚽️
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          Is Dzagoev definitely out then?

          1. Ten Season Wonder
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 10 months ago

            out for the rest of thew group games

            1. Spike ⚽️
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 10 months ago

              Thanks KJ. Very helpful 🙂

    • Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      What time does the COL-JAP game kick off?

      1. Ten Season Wonder
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        1pm UK time

      2. Eden Wizard
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Google o'clock

    • Christina.
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      maccy D's not loading.

      all the WC's....

      1. Eden Wizard
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Did you have a season out 17-18? Can remember you from 16-17 but not last...

        1. Christina.
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          yeah took off last season. had a baby.

          1. Eden Wizard
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 10 months ago

            'Grats! Keep the banter coming 😆

      2. Eden Wizard
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Milkshake machine broken

    • Rains of Castamere
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Got a feeling we'll all be talking about Quintero (5.5) as an option after 3pm today.

    • Bambi
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      On a wildcard:

      A) Suarez, Siggy
      B) Cavani, Coutinho

      1. Rains of Castamere
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        B

    • Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      REPOST

      Muslera/Uzuho
      Trippier/Meurnier/Danilo/Hegazy/Kimmich
      Aldawsari/James/C. Sanchez (COL)/Golovin/Willian
      Jesus/Kane/Mertens

      1FT for GW2
      A Danilo to Godin
      B Willian to Isco
      C Jesus to Costa
      D Jesus to Salah
      E Aldawsari to Sassi/Bentancur

    • palace ash
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      A) 2 points
      B) Sabaly

      1. Rains of Castamere
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        I'd bank the 2. Good chance of Sabaly scoring 1.

      2. Eden Wizard
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        B all day.

      3. SW6
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Not risking much by playing Sabaly

      4. Tommytour
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Im going B for sure

      5. suddenorgan
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        roll the dice

    • nicecat
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Any Pavard/Sidibe info? Is Pavard likely to start or should I replace him? Thanks.

      1. Firmino
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Sidibe played against Spartak U19 and wasn't good.

    • Shels
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      No James why? Should I swap him out for rnd 2 whats the issue with him

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        is he out?

      2. VS10_
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Calf injury. Doesn't sound promising that a week ago it was just reported as a rest and he would be fine for the game. Don't want to deal with that so he is out for me.

    • Atimis
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      RD2 can be good to use max C?

      1. Tommytour
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        If you have Cavani Costa Ronaldo playing on same day I'd use it

        1. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          Will have Costa Cavani, want to play BB RD# so maybe now is the good choice

          1. Atimis
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 10 months ago

            BB RD3

      2. GoonerByron
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        I'd prefer to use it later on when there aren't many days to swap the captain around

    • Emiliano Sala
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Thoughts?
      Gallese uzoho
      Boateng danilo varela trippier guerreiro
      Isco draxler layun gazinsky A.Ndiaye
      Messi Neymar Costa

    • Atwood
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      A- Muller > Coutinho (much better captaincy rotation)
      B - Werner > Costa (Werner rotation risk?)
      C - Other

      Muslera / Uzoho
      Varela /Trippier / Pavard / Mojica / Meunier
      Isco / Muller / Cueva / Grosicki / Colindres
      Cavani / Lukaku / Werner

    • Beans on Toast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      A) Muller to Isco
      or
      B) Pavard to Akanji

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        B

    • JLAEST
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      A) Werner > Costa
      B) Eriksen/James > Isco/Coutinho
      C) Cueva > Layun

      1. Pras (FPL)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        James->Isco

        1. JLAEST
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          Janes confirmed not to start? :/

          1. Pras (FPL)
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 10 months ago

            It doesnt matter - he plays Poland next vs Isco playing Iran

      2. Tommytour
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        James > Isco

    • studge15
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Looking like no JRod in the starting 11 today. Anyone subbing him on for a 1/2 pointer and hoping for a cameo?

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        How do you know?

      2. Atwood
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Haven't got him but if I did I would still sub him on for a 1 pointer.

        1. studge15
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          Not worth subbing him on for a 2 pointer?

          1. Atwood
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 10 months ago

            Yeah that too. I'd take the gamble.

        2. trinzoo
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          How do you know if he's coming in?

          1. Atwood
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 10 months ago

            I don't know anything. Just saying I would willingly sacrifice two points in the hope that he did come on.

      3. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        If he is out, they wont risk him imo from the bench

        1. studge15
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          Agree. Think I might do it though with Inui to play. Worst case scenario, I lose two points.

    • Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Pick one:

      Muslera,Uzoho
      Kimmich,Meunier,Pavard,Idowu,Sabaly
      Coutinho,Mueller,JRod,Sanchez,Al-Dawsari
      Jesus,Cavani,Lukaku

      A) Jesus to Costa
      B) Mueller to Isco
      C) Something else

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        C JRod to Isco

    • JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Will Jesus start against Costa Rica? What’s the chances?

    • Bambi
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      No mention of claesson on here? Against a very shaky German defence who will give him space, then up against Korea at which point Sweden will probably need a win

      1. SW6
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        He's already played Korea. Sweden were poor attacking wise. Not sure they'll score vs Germany or Mexico

        1. Bambi
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          my bad, I guess back to the drawing board again, thanks

    • ZakAFC_
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Any ideas for this team?

      Muslera
      Meunier, Godin, Umtiti, Kimmich
      Carrasco, Müller, Isco
      Griezmann, Cavani, Jesus

      Uzoho, Hegazy, Sanchez, Ndiaye

    • Bambi
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Please rate my wildcard team:

      Sommer - Elshanawy
      Kimmich - Varela - Akanji - Dalsgaard - Salaby
      Isco - Siggy - Cheryshev - Claesson - Layun
      Ronaldo - Suarez - Kane

    • Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      One more:

      A) Is Silva alot worse option than Costa? Silva could be a nice differential.

      B) Is JRod risk for round 2 too? Kinda worried.

    • Atimis
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      If James is confirmed out...
      Jesus James to Costa Coutinho for a hit?

      1. studge15
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Hits are bad with no bonus points. I think James -> Isco is the move if you don't have Spain coverage and don't take the hit. Jesus will probably play against Costa Rica who aren't that good.

      2. Firmino
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        James -> Isco does basically the same thing without a hit

      3. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Jesus time can be limited, no?

        1. Firmino
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 10 months ago

          Maybe but Tite is known to trust the same players so I expect Jesus to start

    • Emiliano Sala
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Please help!
      A) messi, gallese, trippier
      B) kane, ochoa, pique

    • yakirh
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 months ago

      Can Hakim Ziyech do something against Portugal and Spain?

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Ofc, he is central in his team and goal can be scored

      2. Christina.
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        nope

      3. Firmino
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 10 months ago

        Yes, I think Morocco can win against Portugal