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Lukaku favourite to unlock Tunisia for Belgium

World Cup Fantasy managers are hoping for points returns from familiar Belgian faces once again as they take on Tunisia today.

Romelu Lukaku (£10.0m) heads into the match as the most popular asset with 15.8 percent ownership after netting a brace in the 3-0 win over Panama.

Meanwhile, 15.2 percent of managers continue to look to the budget midfielder Yannick Carrasco (£6.5m), who was not involved in any of the goals against Panama but still had a bright game.

Kevin De Bruyne (£10.0m), who assisted Lukaku’s first on Monday afternoon, has picked up more owners and now sits in 13 percent of squads.

Thomas Meunier (£6.0m) was another player who performed well last time out despite not picking up any attacking returns. He has the support of 9.5 percent of managers who are drawn to him by his classification as a defender and the fact that he pulled in four points for a clean sheet against Panama.

At the other end of the pitch, Thibaut Courtois (£6.0m) has been backed by 13.3 percent of managers to register another clean sheet, after Tunisia registered fewer shots in the box (five) than any other side in Gameround 1.

It should be no surprise then that Fantasy managers have largely steered away from Tunisia once again. The most popular player in their squad is forward Ahmed Khalil (£4.5m) who did not feature against England. The 4.4 percent invested in him clearly trusting him with a place their squads based on his price and nothing more.

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  1. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Michy with that hot under 5.5 bet on his acca.

    1. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      😎

  2. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    It’s ideal to WC for QF however I’m gonna do it now. Else it’s throwing away points for unknown future gains.

    WC shall be fun. Back to back basically.

    1. Union_Jacks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Why is it throwing away points?

      1. Ghost Gooner
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Your team is not optimised. Players rested, bad matchups, injuries, carrying a non starter fodder etc

        1. Richd
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Yeah exactly this. It’s the most niche week. Every other game is just teams trying their hardest to win with strongest lineup possible.

    2. Louis_Sans_Balls
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      That's what I'm thinking too might be better strategy later on but there's no guarantee on returns plus you're right it's more fun cuz you get 2 back to back cracks at it.

      I have to do it anyway since my midfield is depleted

      1. Louis_Sans_Balls
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Also you get to bring in the players you want before the price increase

      2. Mysterion
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        There's no guarantee on returns now either. R16 and QF are also back to back 😛

        1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Some of us casuals set up for the first two weeks without realising that the Qfs were the best option, so next week we're left with dodgy teams

  3. DJDave1979
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Pleased for him, to be honest. Must have been feeling bad.

  4. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Tunisa vs Panama now a battle to avoid being the worst side at the World cup...Saudi's -6 GD the score to beat

    1. Louis_Sans_Balls
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      so much for goal differential

  5. Shels
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Normal service resume

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Khazri haul!

    He shut Phil Neville right up 🙂

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      People having a go at Alex Scott as a pundit, but Phil Neville is proper crap IMO.

  7. Union_Jacks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Meunier -1

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Lovely.

    2. Louis_Sans_Balls
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Phuk!!!!

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    WGTA for the Batshuayi goal?

    1. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Tielemans

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Tielemans

  9. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Well, that helped.

  10. BlzE_94
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    For people who still have their wildcard, when are you planning on using it?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Already pressed it. When are you using yours?

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Before Round 3 starts. Set up my team for the first two rounds so now time to get Germans, Swiss, Brazillians and Colombians in.

  11. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    If player get 2 yellow cards in group stage he cant play in next knockout game?

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Reset at semis

  12. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Eden HAZARD
    BELGIUM
    has been elected Budweiser Man of the Match

  13. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    New record going without a 0-0. 27 games straight now without 0-0.
    26 games in the 1954 world cup wiped out of the books

  14. DMP
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    5 Belgium goals and no returns for KDB. Wow

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Plays too deep

  15. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Benteke used to be the number 1 striker for Belgium...

    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Haha. Amazing.

    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      And Crystal Palace.....

      1. Red Dagger ✪
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        And Liverpool at one point.

  16. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Lukaku taken off at 59 minutes

    1. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Did the pigeon carrier got shot halfway through?

      1. Louis_Sans_Balls
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        ROFL

  17. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Joe Morrison - TV football presenter - dreadful.....anyone know this punk?

    1. Siva Mohan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      we have to live with his analysis in India when Sony acquires the rights 🙁

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        'Analysis' 😆

        He's like a bloke sat at the end of the bar in a pub.....lowest quality hosting/punditry/analysis I think I've ever seen.

        The Sony Ten 2 panel before, HT and after games is pure junk.

        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          He's like a total football novice.....an zero personality. Yikes, utter guff.

          1. Siva Mohan
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            he worked for BBC

            1. Jafooli
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              And Newcastle FC

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morrison_(TV_presenter)

              He's kind like Richard 'Hairy Hands, Great, Smashing, Super' Keys - they just get on the circuit and keep get given gigs despite be filth.

        2. Siva Mohan
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          where are you watching? thought we only have to suffer with this crap

          1. Jafooli
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Afghanistan...via Dish TV

            It really is such poor quality - what was Wes Brown like 😆

            1. Siva Mohan
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              better to switch to other channels during breaks than to hear expert analysis of Luis Garcia, Wes Brown, Sunil etc

              1. Jafooli
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                Wes Brown can't actually finish a sentence.......he just kinda runs out of words 😛

                1. redbeard
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 10 months ago

                  Kerala Blasters legend

                  1. Siva Mohan
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 10 months ago

                    he played in ISL?

                    ah! I understand why they chose these 'pundits' 😐

        3. redbeard
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Try Sony ten 3 😆

          1. Jafooli
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            What happens there?

            1. redbeard
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              The Hindi version

              1. Jafooli
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                Will probably make more sense, despite me not being a Hindi speaker 😀

  18. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    If Martinez takes this team to the title, he'll be one very lucky fella.....sitting on the shirt tails of a great bunch of players.

  19. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    I am upset. Kane better deliver now. Told numerous times that Tunisia were tougher opposition than Panama, so swapped Kaku for Kane as it made sense. Regret that now.

    1. Siva Mohan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Tunisia & Panama are same for Belgium..

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Fair enough. Should have stuck w my gut

        1. Euro Raiders
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Better to get your gut instinct wrong than having listened to others. Trust yourself.

    2. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Why would you do that when Lukaku plays before Kane?

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Wym? I transferred out kaku for kane on my WC, at the advice of lots of people

    3. Euro Raiders
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      You took out a man that had scored two goals? Not a good move, eh.

    4. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I would made that move. Kane on penalties & could haul vs panama

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Lets hope so!

  20. Norman Conquest
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    it will be good to see england vs belgium next week to see what we will be up against in the final

    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Yup.

      1. Norman Conquest
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        has that other fella joined our fffrog tourney yet red dagger

        1. Red Dagger ✪
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Yeah finally did yesterday.

          1. Norman Conquest
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            nice 1

            1. Red Dagger ✪
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              I hope he did well this week. I'm not sure what his team name is are you?

              1. Norman Conquest
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                skillage fc not sure what score he got though

                1. Red Dagger ✪
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 10 months ago

                  I'll check now

                2. Red Dagger ✪
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 10 months ago

                  He is having a good week this week (around 70) with some Germans left to go.

  21. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    If Belgium get a good R16 opponent, lukaku straight back into my team

    1. Norman Conquest
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      i will be getting him back anyway if fit, anyone from the senegal/colombia group will be fine

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Could be Senegal or Japan!

  22. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Mexico v S Korea- what score do you think?

    2-0 to Mexico?

    1. Norman Conquest
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      i will settle for that with some layun involvement

      1. Chandler Bing
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        this

    2. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      3-0

  23. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Disappointed with only one meunier assist...

    1. Louis_Sans_Balls
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      and -1

  24. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    That last minute ghazzri goal was a mood killer as a meunier owner

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      100%

  25. Gringo Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Akinfeev/El Kajou
    Danilo/Meunier/Pavard/Granqvist/Varela
    Eriksen/JRod/Cuevas/Ziyach/Meza
    Cavani/Lukaku/Costa

    1FT, 0.0 c

    WC or stick?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      WC

    2. Louis_Sans_Balls
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      My squad is pretty similar and I'm also most likely to WC

  26. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Did Lukaku pick up an injury? Or just a tactical sub?

    1. Siva Mohan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      dead rubber after 4-1 .. rested/subbed

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        He had a knock too.

  27. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    7
    6 | 6 | 6 | 4
    7 | Layun/Inui | 7
    6 | 6 | 18

    good round 2 after a disastrous round 1 ..

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Jealous

    2. Chandler Bing
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Quite similar to mine bar having a 2 point forward (Cavani; the idiot) and another 6 point defender.

      1. Siva Mohan
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        who are you subbing out Cavani for?

        1. Chandler Bing
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          On bench boost. Bench consists of Ochoa Layun Maguire and Isco

  28. seanie3
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    meunier fail for me in the last two games, expensive defender no real returns

    1. Siva Mohan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      1 CS & 1 Assist .. not bad returns

    2. Louis_Sans_Balls
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I feel the same for the amount of money he costs and what he did during qualifiers I was expecting a lot more than a CS and an assist. Def moving him out

  29. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    did Southgate confirm Sterling would be on bench against Panama?

    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      No but the leaked team suggested that. Not official yet.

      1. Siva Mohan
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        ok.. need him to play in my domestic FL.. differential punt!

        1. Red Dagger ✪
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Be careful tho... It's very likely he wont start I think. Perhaps will get last 20 min.

  30. noahzark22
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Wild Card gamble for GW3:

    Find cheap EGY (v. KSA), TUN (v. PAN), or SUI (v. CRC) defenders + Sabaly (4.0) to load up on offensive talent.

    Ronaldo, wants golden boot
    Costa, wants golden boot
    Salah, against KSA
    Mouninho, against IRN
    Modric vs ISL
    Coutinho vs Serbia
    Ozil vs Korea
    Meza vs NGA on bench

    Any other good matchups or teams that must score lots for the last game that I should look at?