A tenth of World Cup Fantasy managers will be hoping their Gameround 2 purchase of Diego Costa (£9.0m) will pay off when Spain play Iran tonight.
The Atletico Madrid striker scored twice in the 3-3 draw with Portugal in Gameround 1, having largely been overlooked.
He was in just one percent of squads for that match but earned 94,000+ new owners after his brace, only Ronaldo picked up more (132,000+). His ownership now stands at 11.4%.
Sergio Ramos (£6.5m) is the most popular player in this fixture, though. Iran are not expected to trouble the Spanish defence, having registered nine shots in their win over Morocco.
Furthermore, Ramos is believed to be Spain’s penalty taker and with VAR awarding more spot-kicks than we’re used to at World Cups, goals are hardly unlikely from the Real Madrid man.
David De Gea (£6.5m) has suffered a drop-off in owners since conceding three goals to Ronaldo. He went into Spain’s opening match with the backing of 21% of World Cup Fantasy but that has decreased to 15.5% for Gameround 2.
Iran are not expected to offer much threat to Spain, with Fantasy managers largely agreeing with that prediction.
Every single one of their players has below two percent ownership on McDonald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy.
Starting Line-ups
SPAIN XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Alba, Ramos, Pique, Carvajal; Iniesta, Busquets; Vazquez, Isco, D Silva; Costa
IRAN XI (4-2-3-1): Beiranvand; Hajsafi, Pouraliganji, Hosseini, Ramin; Ezatolahi, Omid; Amiri, Mehdi, Karim; Sardar
World Cup Data
We’re delighted to offer World Cup data as an early addition to our regular season offering to help those playing Fantasy games over the summer.
We’ve secured Opta data, not only for the tournament itself, which begins on June 14 but also from the Qualifying Rounds for Europe and South America and for international friendlies involving the participating nations. This includes all the matches played right up to the tournament kick-off.
Just to stress, this World Cup offering comes packaged with the regular Fantasy Football Scout membership.
Check out this new trailer previewing the World Cup content below…
McDonald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy
Join our McDonald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy league ‘FantasyFootballScout’ using the code: HEWJPVYR
Fantasy iTeam
Fantasy Football Scout is supporting Fantasy iTeam, a free World Cup game available on a number of mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPodTouch and Android. We have an official Fantasy Football Scout League open to UK users only, with a £1000 of Amazon vouchers to give out, split between the top three performers. There’s also the small matter of £10k worth of prizes available in the main competitions: Overall World Championship and Manager of the Gameround.
Click here for details and here to sign up.
Our League name is Fantasy Football Scout and the pin is 1887.
Please note, users must be over 18 and based in the UK to join our league.
