World Cup Fantasy managers have kept faith in reigning champions Germany, their defence especially, despite their shock defeat to Mexico.
Just under a quarter will be looking for Joshua Kimmich (£6.5m) to add to his tally of two goals and nine assists during qualifying.
His last outing was a match that showcased the best and worst of the Bayern Munich man, considered the long-term replacement for Phillip Lahm. While he had 50 touches in the final third (more than any defender at that point in the tournament), he left his team’s defence very exposed to the counter-attack.
Manuel Neuer (£6.0m) also comes into this game with heavy backing sat in 21.5 percent of squads, while 13.2 percent went for Mats Hummels (£6.0m) and 8.6 percent own Jerome Boating (£6.0m).
Further up the field is more complicated for Germany as rotation can often limit the game-time of the midfield and forwards.
However, Thomas Mueller (£9.5m), classified as.a midfielder still has 13.5 percent of World Cup Fantasy managers invested in him. Up front Timo Werner (£9.5m) has just 4.5 percent.
Sweden’s 1-0 win over a poor South Korea side has not forced any great transfer market shift. They come into tonight’s match with no player owned by more than 2.4 percent – the ownership levels of budget midfielder Gustav Svensson (£4.5m), who played just nine minutes in Gameround 1.
There has been an increase from 0.9 to 1.9 percent ownership for defender Andreas Granqvist (£5.0m), who takes Sweden’s penalties. The most fashionable stopper for the Swedes is Manchester United man Victor Lindelof (£5.0m), yet to play any part in Russia after an illness ruled him out of the win over South Korea.
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, 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…
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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.
