Best set-piece and penalty takers for World Cup Fantasy quarter-finals

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Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Wilson	FUL	5.9m	81.7%	Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.9m	86.4%	Likely
Virgil	LIV	6.0m	28.0%	Likely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	97.8%	Likely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	87.5%	Likely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.7m	97.9%	Maybe
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	89.7%	Maybe
Maguire	MUN	4.3m	94.6%	Maybe
Scott	BOU	5.0m	88.8%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	90.7%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	87.0%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	85.1%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	22.0%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	75.7%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.1m	75.5%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	63.5%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	68.0%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	67.9%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	61.1%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	61.4%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	61.8%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	58.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	55.6%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	55.7%	Unlikely
Raúl	FUL	6.1m	43.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	53.9%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	53.7%	Unlikely
Madueke	ARS	6.8m	55.5%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	2.7%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.7m	46.9%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.8m	13.0%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	45.0%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	37.1%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	42.2%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	41.5%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	38.3%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	40.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	38.5%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	38.9%	Unlikely
Buendía	AVL	5.3m	38.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	73.9%	Likely
Minteh	BHA	5.6m	97.8%	Likely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	95.8%	Likely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	98.5%	Maybe
Kilman	WHU	4.2m	97.0%	Maybe
Alleyne	MCI	4.1m	81.9%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	91.0%	Unlikely
Kluivert	BOU	7.0m	90.1%	Unlikely
Bentancur	TOT	5.3m	90.0%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.8m	15.0%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	88.3%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.9m	79.2%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	87.1%	Unlikely
Trésor	BUR	4.4m	87.0%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	86.8%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.6m	64.1%	Unlikely
Collins	BRE	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	84.4%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	81.5%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.8m	81.4%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	73.8%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.5m	78.1%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.6m	78.0%	Unlikely
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	76.4%	Unlikely
Fredricson	MUN	3.8m	78.6%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	77.4%	Unlikely
Perri	LEE	4.5m	63.4%	Unlikely
Ekdal	BUR	3.9m	74.4%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	75.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	77.6%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	77.7%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	71.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	73.8%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	70.4%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	69.0%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	67.2%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	64.4%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.5m	48.4%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.5m	60.1%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	66.3%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Raya Martin	ARS	C
Up	Martinez	AVL	A, Vs
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 21 Feb, 2026 7:48am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	van Dijk	LIV	A, Vs
Down	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B
Up	Hill	BOU	A, Vs, £
Up	Andersen	FUL	C, Vs
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	B
No Change	Marc Guehi	MCI	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
Up	Kayode	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs

Last updated: 21 Feb, 2026 7:55am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Salah	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B, Vs
Up	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
Down	Rice	ARS	B
Up	Rayan	BOU	A, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Ndiaye	EVE	B, VsX

Last updated: 21 Feb, 2026 8:15am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
No Change	Watkins	AVL	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Kroupi	BOU	C, Vs, Rest, £
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C

Last updated: 21 Feb, 2026 8:19am

GW28 Chip Poll

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4 July 2018 757 comments

DavidMunday815

Set-pieces are still proving important for World Cup Fantasy managers as we head into the quarter-finals.

Once again, we’ve pulled together all the relevant data so Fantasy Football Scout members can work out which nations are the best to invest in for the next round.

At this stage, it looks like England and Brazil are the most likely to score from set-piece situations in the quarter-finals, based on their respective match-ups while Croatia and Russia both look susceptible to balls into the box.

Our research includes the penalty and corner-takers for each country, based on who has taken them either in Russia or, in some cases, in qualification. If there is no number next to a player’s name it’s because they took at least one in qualifying and/or warm-up games but are yet to take one at the World Cup itself.

We’ve also calculated which teams concede the most fouls and attempts from set-plays too to help you work out which nations are the most likely to get set-pieces in the first place.

To clarify, the ‘Attempts from set plays’ section combines those who have shot from direct free-kicks or those who have latched onto the end of a corner.

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anish10
7 years, 7 months ago
Golovin actually a good option? Hasn't got many points since the first game.
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DantheManinaPan
7 years, 7 months ago
Hit rock bottom 🙁

Ok, plan is to take a -4 to remove my non-players.

Current team:

Muslera, Subasic
Pavard, Granqvist, Maguire, CARVAJAL, RROD
Modric, Coutinho, Claesson, PAVON, ISCO
Kane, Lukaku, Mertens

Can just afford: WILLIAN + GOLOVIN + TRIPPIER + FAGNER.

Any complaints there? Any obvious mistakes?
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1. Funkyav
  7 years, 7 months ago
  is danilo still out?
  
  other than that makes sense
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  1. DantheManinaPan
    7 years, 7 months ago
    I'm not sure - even if he hasn't, Fagner looks safe.
    
    If I want to be safe, I can get Lovren/Strinic and Miranda/Trippier, if it looks like Fagner is at risk
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CaTriEm
7 years, 7 months ago
I know most people are expecting a close, exciting game for Brazil vs Belgium but I can see Brazil swatting them aside.

Paddy Power offering 18/1 on Brazil winning 3-0 with money back as a free bet (max tenner) if Neymar or Lukaku score in 90 minutes.
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1. Pierce34
  7 years, 7 months ago
  I don't gamble but I agree - especially the way Brazil are defending and Belgium looked clueless for a lot of the match vs. Japan.
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  1. CaTriEm
    7 years, 7 months ago
    Brazil's wingers vs those Belgian "wing-backs" could be a bloodbath.
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2. Camzy
  7 years, 7 months ago
  I think Brazil will win too but not high scoring. Something like 2-0. Brazil's defense is the real gem of this tournament. They haven't looked like conceding in any of the last 3 games.
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  1. teneighty
    7 years, 7 months ago
    Silva and Miranda look solid and Fagner has done ok but Felipe Luis doesn't quite fill Marcelo's boots. Hopefully he is back for the coming games.
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    1. I Member
      7 years, 7 months ago
      Marcelo is obviously a far superior player and a million times better going forward but Filipe Luis is actually better defensively.
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OldBenKenobi
7 years, 7 months ago
5 England players and 4 Brazil players too much?
For me nows the time to gamble on individual teams progressing....
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1. OldBenKenobi
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Neymar Kane Hazard
  Willian* Lingard Coutinho
  Maguire* Trippier Marcelo* Pavard
  Pickford
  
  Mvogo Claesson Granqvist Inui
  
  Players out* Isco Ramos Carvajal
  Players in* Willian Marcelo Maguire
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2. DantheManinaPan
  7 years, 7 months ago
  For me, now is the time to make sure you spread your players, so no matter if there are any shocks, you still have the available transfers to get a full squad of 15 for the semis.
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  1. Camzy
    7 years, 7 months ago
    Impossible to get 15 for the semis I think with just 5 transfers. 12 maybe.
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    1. DantheManinaPan
      7 years, 7 months ago
      I will have 15 for the quarters - if Sweden, Belgium, Uruguay/France and Russia go out, which is fairly likely, then I will lose 6 players, so you're right, I won't quite reach 15 without a hit (but I will probably take the hit) - if any of Brazil, England, Croatia get knocked out instead, I would lose an extra 1 player per team.
      
      That means even in the most unlikely circumstance (Sweden, Belgium, Russia progressing) I can still get 12 with a hit.
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      1. Camzy
        7 years, 7 months ago
        I just don't see the point in getting 15 mediocre players vs getting 12 really solid ones. Hedging is great in FPL because it's a long-term game. I feel like you get better success here with a different more aggressive strategy.
        
        I'm thinking of picking up a 3rd Brazilian defender for instance and banking on them doing a Spain to victory.
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        DantheManinaPan
        7 years, 7 months ago
        This game is massively more focussed on spreading your bets with the substitutions - I don't have 15 mediocre players - I have 15 really solid ones, though I lack Neymar for example - it has been the way all tournament so far that giving yourself 15 shots at getting decent points is better than having fewer.
        
        I guess we can agree to disagree on this point - it just seems way too sensible and obvious to me to get as many chances as possible to get points.
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    2. MDK
      7 years, 7 months ago
      Surely it all depends on who you have in your team and who progresses?
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3. Richd
  7 years, 7 months ago
  It depends if you wanna go for upside.
  
  I had 4 England increasing to 5 this week. It’s a big gamble but imo worth it.
  
  Brazil more risky. Yes a superior team but a much harder game.
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Louis_Sans_Balls
7 years, 7 months ago
Really tempted to play Max Cap next round with so many scoring options playing on the same day and not much room for Cap rotation plus big returns are still possible especially in match like Brazil Belgium...hmmmm...
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1. DantheManinaPan
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Wouldn't argue if it suits your team. With Lukaku + Kane and no Neymar in my team, it makes much more sense for me personally to captain the golden boot contenders on consecutive days
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    7 years, 7 months ago
    yeah in my case i have all strikers playing on the same day and all are capable of returns
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    1. CaTriEm
      7 years, 7 months ago
      That was my logic when I used the MC chip in Round 2; Ronaldo vs Morocco, Costa vs Iran & Cavani vs KSA.
      
      Armband ended up on Lingard...
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      1. Louis_Sans_Balls
        7 years, 7 months ago
        let's say you have two players that end up with the same amount of pts, how does the game decide who to max cap?
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        CaTriEm
        7 years, 7 months ago
        No idea. My guess is that it will just land on whoever played first/last depending on how it's coded.
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      2. Louis_Sans_Balls
        7 years, 7 months ago
        was that the game vs Panama? So it worked out in the end right?
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        CaTriEm
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Yeah vs Panama.. and no not really. I was moving the armband around anyway for the hell of it, obviously would have twisted from the aforementioned strikers to Coutinho and who got 7(x2) points.
        
        Would have twisted to Lingard anyway after seeing the amount of chances he got against Tunisia so chip wasted really.
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        Louis_Sans_Balls
        7 years, 7 months ago
        yeah but in that case you still had the option to rotate, what if they had all played on the same day?
        Then you would have missed out on a big return, no?
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        CaTriEm
        7 years, 7 months ago
        If Cavani, Costa, Ronaldo, Coutinho and Lingard all played on the same day? Maybe. Lingard got 10 while Cavani got 2. The rest got 6 or 7.
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2. MDK
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Two trains of thought on when to play your MC:
  
  1. The QF's are the last round with multiple games on the same day, so less chance to move the armband around especially if you have multiple options playing on the same day i.e. Lukaku, Neymar, Mbappe etc
  
  2. As the tournament progresses differentials become fewer so being able to maximise captaincy will set you apart i.e. Everyone captains Neymar in the final only for Willian to score a hat-trick
  
  I can't make my mind up when to play it.
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    7 years, 7 months ago
    yeah it's a tough one, I believe the MC chip is intended to be best played when their's the most uncertainty on whom to Cap. Right now the way I picked my team for the QFs I have very limited rotation, I'm thinking in the Semi's and Final the choice might be a bit more obvious. That said, you make a good point that it really is your last wildcard chip to be played and could really make a difference in that final round.
    
    Another thing to consider is if you think the last round will be high scoring due to that 3rd place game. I see Sweden possibly sneaking in there and if they do I just don't see high returns possible. So I'm really being swayed to playing it now vs later but still not sure.
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    1. MDK
      7 years, 7 months ago
      Good point(s).
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CaTriEm
7 years, 7 months ago
While I'm on the subject of gambling, I usually do well on the football, much better than the horseracing at least.. but this World Cup has been kind to the bookies. So many shocks and so many unpredictable games, I bet Germany ruined thousands upon thousands of accas. The only pre-tournament bet I still have going is Kane for Golden Boot at 16/1.
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1. HamezMace
  7 years, 7 months ago
  I've lost much more than I've won this tournament, and I usually do pretty well as well. Just so much unpredictability.
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2. Stats Don\'t Lie
  7 years, 7 months ago
  I've got Croatia and England to win, will cash out on one or both at some point
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JoshHuntCUFC
7 years, 7 months ago
Any thoughts on either Chadli or Fellaini starting V Brazil?
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1. Louis_Sans_Balls
  7 years, 7 months ago
  strong possibility at least one starts judging by last match but Martinez is pretty stubborn to make changes in the starting squad
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I Member
7 years, 7 months ago
Alisson, 3.9
Meunier, Trippier, Carvajal*, Granqvist, Lovren
Coutinho, Modric, Isco*, Quintero*, Inui*
Kane, Hazard, Lukaku

Gonna do Carvajal to Maguire. Need two mids to replace Isco and Quintero for 15m.

A) Lingard + 7.4m
B) Willian + 6.6m

Not really seeing any good options at those prices.
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1. UshFPL
  7 years, 7 months ago
  B with Golovin
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Mr. Jenkins
7 years, 7 months ago
I have Cout and TSilva, Meunier and Lukaku. Too much to take in Neymar aswell?
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The Yorkshire Pirlo
7 years, 7 months ago
Already own Subasic and Trippier. So which double up would you prefer?

A) England - Trippier, Maguire

B) Croatia - Subasic, Lovren
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1. Wally banter
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Mag
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2. Pierce34
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Would have to say Maguire as well, although England have failed to keep a single clean sheet all tournament so I don't get all the double/triple ups.
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JoshHuntCUFC
7 years, 7 months ago
First draft of Wildcard for the quarters - Any suggestions more than welcome. Struggling here!

Muslera, Pickford.
Miranda, Maguire, Pavard, Strinic, Granq.
Coutinho, Modric, Carrasco, Bentancur, Cheryshev.
Neymar, Kane, Mbappe.

France (2) v (2) Uruguay
Brazil (3) v (1) Belgium
England (3) v (1) Sweden
Croatia (2) v (1) Russia

Best case scenario: 10 players left with 5 free transfers
Worst case scenario: 5 players left with 5 free transfers
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1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
  7 years, 7 months ago
  carasco is crap
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stat
7 years, 7 months ago
Thoughts on this WC? Also playing max cap.

Alisson - Pickford
Pavard - Lovren - Maguire - Trippier - Granqvist
Coutinho - Modric - Cheryshev - Claesson - Bentancur
Kane - Suarez - Neymar
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1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
  7 years, 7 months ago
  hazard + 2 mil > NEYMAR AS U HAVE THE MAIN MAN COUTS.LIke it but u can get better defense or midfield for neymar.
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  1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    7 years, 7 months ago
    or get griezman as no french attack
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    1. stat
      7 years, 7 months ago
      You have a point, Griezmann + Lingard could be better than Neymar + Claesson for example.
      Thanks
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      1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        7 years, 7 months ago
        🙂
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  2. MDK
    7 years, 7 months ago
    Unless you think Brazil will beat Belgium in which case you'd be better placed having Neymar
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    1. stat
      7 years, 7 months ago
      Yeah I don't want to get Hazard since I feel like he'll be another player I'll have to offload, but I think Griezmann + Lingard is a better option than Neymar + Claesson.
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      1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Agree its safer with griezo but think how everyone are writing of belgium lol.I thought they were bottlers but they have shown character and brasil dont have casemiro .Agree they have fernandinho but casemiro has been the player with most tackles and has saved their backline and is a notch above.Btb if they play carrasco and all they will likely lose but martinez played a good game by bringing fellaini on.Think he wont be foolish to put carasco at wb with brasil pace and play 4-3-3 with dembele .Lets see
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I Member
7 years, 7 months ago
What price are we thinking for Aguero? 11.5m again?
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1. Alex_thekid
  7 years, 7 months ago
  11m he has just been announced
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IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
7 years, 7 months ago
need replacements for isco dsilva ramos.IF i get kane and maguire have 7.9 for a mid help?.Not sure on france cleanie but if pavard instead of maguire have cash for 8.3 mid?.Help?
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Stats Don\'t Lie
7 years, 7 months ago
Price predictions for these lot?

Richarlison - 6.5?
Walcott - 7?
Aguero - 11?
Vardy - 9.5?
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1. Pierce34
  7 years, 7 months ago
  I was just coming here to say - is it too late to influence FPL towers with price selections? If not, I think Aguero should be 10-10.5m - there's a lot of rotation risk with Jesus after all 😛
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  1. Pierce34
    7 years, 7 months ago
    While I'm at it, goalkeepers from promoted sides should be 4.5, and that's the price I expect to see Rui Patricio. Also Fabianski got relegated last season, so should be 4.5 too. 😉
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  2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    7 years, 7 months ago
    Aguero is first choice imo but yes , always going to be the odd game around the CL
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2. stat
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Richarlison - 6
  Walcott - 7
  Aguero - 11.5
  Vardy - 9
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3. I Member
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Richarlison - 6.0
  Walcott - 7.0
  Aguero - 11.5
  Vardy - 9.0
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4. Stats Don\'t Lie
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Boom, nailed it 😎
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teneighty
7 years, 7 months ago
Really like the points for penalty won. FPL should implement this aswell.
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1. stat
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Which means that if a player wins a penalty and the penalty is scored, he gets 5 points (2 for winning it + 3 for the assist).
  That's more points than a striker would get for scoring the penalty.
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  1. Pierce34
    7 years, 7 months ago
    No - scrap the assist. Just penalty won, regardless of the outcome.
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    1. stat
      7 years, 7 months ago
      Alright, but then how would that fit in with winning a free kick that is scored?
      
      Winning a penalty (2 pts)
      Winning a free kick that is scored (3 pts)
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      1. Pierce34
        7 years, 7 months ago
        See below - winning a free kick shouldn't be an assist, just like it isn't in the World Cup.
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  2. I Member
    7 years, 7 months ago
    No, they would remove assists for winning pens just like in the WC game.
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    1. I Member
      7 years, 7 months ago
      The problem then would be giving assists for winning free kicks because surely that shouldn't be worth more than winning a penalty. Maybe change that to 2 points?
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      1. stat
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Exactly, but I don't see how winning a free kick should get a player less points than a regular assist
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        I Member
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Why not? I've always thought it was strange that winning a free kick was worth the same as a regular assist. It's not like if a direct free kick is a clear cut chance.
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        stat
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Not all assists from open play are clear cut chances either.
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      2. Pierce34
        7 years, 7 months ago
        I think they should give assists like FWC do - no assists for winning free kicks, no assist if the ball lightly grazes your hair on the way to someone else, no assist for a sideways pass in the centre of the pitch and your team-mate going on a wonder run and thumps and unstoppable shot.
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        stat
        7 years, 7 months ago
        I don't like the "no assists for winning free kicks" because often creative players get fouled a lot in dangerous areas so I think they should be rewarded if they get fouled and the resulting free kick is scored. By the same logic I don't see why winning a penalty should warrant points if it's not scored; the idea is that by winning a penalty, you create a very good chance for somebody to score, but how is that any different to passing to someone who misses an easy tap in? Why should you be rewarded for creating good chances when they don't result in goals?
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        I Member
        7 years, 7 months ago
        On a different topic, does winning a penalty count as a big chance created in the BPS stats? It really should.
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        Pierce34
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Because a penalty is a clear-cut chance for scoring. Most penalties are scored, but most free kicks are not. Hence why points for penalty won, but not for free kick won.
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        stat
        7 years, 7 months ago
        But then why don't we count passes to players who miss open goals as being assists?
        In most cases if you pass to a player and there is an open goal he is going to score it.
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        Pierce34
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Because assists and penalties won should be different things in my opinion, you're still thinking of them as identical. I think FWC have the assists much, much better than the free-for-all that is FPL.
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        stat
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Yeah fair enough, I am putting everything into the same basket. I doubt that FPL will change their rules but it would be interesting as it would make players who win a lot of penalties like Zaha even more lucrative.
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        UshFPL
        7 years, 7 months ago
        How would you judge the last one? It needs to be clear what is and isn't an assist
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        I Member
        7 years, 7 months ago
        Exactly. The more subjective it is the worse it is for the game.
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  3. teneighty
    7 years, 7 months ago
    The points for winning is instead of the assist points but yeah, if the player who wins the penalty also scores the penalty he would get more points than a goal from open play. Still think it is better than assist points given for winning a penalty only if the penalty results in a goal.
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2. I Member
  7 years, 7 months ago
  So frustrating when a player you own wins a penalty and someone else misses it.
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  1. MDK
    7 years, 7 months ago
    Not as frustrating as a player you own winning a penalty and then missing it
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    1. I Member
      7 years, 7 months ago
      In this case at least you'd get the 2 points for winning the penalty to cancel out the -2 for missing it.
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3. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Yer. Don't like the assiat for earning a FK that leads to a goal in FPL. They could learn so much from FWC
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4. JJO
  7 years, 7 months ago
  2points for winning penalty
  (no points if penalty is awarded after handball)
  +1point if penalty is scored
  1point for winning FK from which is scored
  
  3 points for real assist (like in WC fantasy)
  2 points for fantasy assist
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stat
7 years, 7 months ago
Plenty of options in attack and defence, but midfield is really tough due to the lack of cheap options.
I'm on Modric - Coutinho - Lingard - Cheryshev - Bentancur at the moment, anybody better value than Cheryshev / Bentancur?
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dunas_dog
7 years, 7 months ago
Is it worth-4 to get Neymar for Lukaku or go with existing front line of Lukaku Kane Mbappe with Coutinho and Willian or Paulinho in mid field?
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UshFPL
7 years, 7 months ago
Aguero price confirmed as 11.0. Definitely a good option at that price imo
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1. I Member
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Great fixtures and a longer break than Jesus. Expect to see him in a lot of GW1 teams especially with the signing of Mahrez making City's midfield more of a headache.
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  1. UshFPL
    7 years, 7 months ago
    Yep. Depending on the prices of Mendy (if nailed) and Silva/Sane I could have triple City
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I Member
7 years, 7 months ago
Aguero price drop to 11.0m. Lovely.
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CloudSky
7 years, 7 months ago
Here you go then!

This is how much @aguerosergiokun is going to cost you in 2018/19...

#FPL https://t.co/n2FZQn0ytS
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Stats Don\'t Lie
7 years, 7 months ago
Aguero 11m, Jesus 10.5 then
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seewhyaxe
7 years, 7 months ago
i only have 3 players out, so using that 3 FTs. Saving WC for the semis should do fine.

Mbappe* / Hazard / Kane

Modric / Coutinho / Lingard* / Cheryshev*/ Bentancur

Granq / Tripp / Miranda / Meunier / Lovren

Subasic / Olsen

I got 1.1m ITB, should I upgrade Mbappe to Grizzman? *** are new additions

replied to wrong thread... thanks in advance!
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1. jia you
  7 years, 7 months ago
  You are lucky, triple Swiss ruined my party as I really wanted to keep the WC for the SFs!
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2. jia you
  7 years, 7 months ago
  After that performance by Mbappe, I wouldn't be in any hurry to getrid of him. Griezmann has been very quiet.
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jia you
7 years, 7 months ago
First draft of WC team, thoughts?

Muslera / Pickford
Miranda / Maguire / Lovren / Pavard / Granqvist
Coutinho / Rakitic / Pogba / Carrasco / Bentacur
Suarez / Mbappe / Kane
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1. Shatner's Bassoon
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Looks OK but midfield maybe a little expensive for what they've shown so far?
  
  Would still go Modric over either of Rakitic/Pog + maybe downgrade the other to afford it (Forsberg/Golovin/Lingard).
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  1. jia you
    7 years, 7 months ago
    I've just changed it up actually. Got rid of Pogba and going to double up on Modric + Rakitic! Also prob gonna gamble on Chadli over Carrasco as he might get the nod in that game. Cheers.
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    1. Shatner's Bassoon
      7 years, 7 months ago
      Fair enough! Definitely a gamble on Chad but yeah maybe the goal swings it his way. Will be a differential too.
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MGD
7 years, 7 months ago
Okay guys, have'nt been very active here during the WC but here goes. Playing on a different site. What should i do? Thinking about Costa -> Jesus for example.

Kane - Costa* - Lozano*
Neymar - Sterling - Modric - Hamed* - Rodriguez*
Godin - Trippier - Pavard - Boyata* - Trauco*
Courtois - Abedzadeh*

Any appearant tips?

Cheers!
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azz007
7 years, 7 months ago
England have kept no clean sheets so whats the hype on their defedners?
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1. HamezMace
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Attacking returns, Stones has scored twice, Tripper and Young taking free kicks
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  1. azz007
    7 years, 7 months ago
    stones okay... got lucky...
    
    trippier has he even had an assists yet or young?
    
    meuneir has 2 assists.
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    1. stat
      7 years, 7 months ago
      I wouldn't say that Stones got lucky. He was in the right place at the right time.
      
      Trippier has 1 assist while Young has none, but don't forget both players only started 3 games.
      
      Meunier does have 2 assists but he's much less likely to keep a clean sheet against Brazil than England are against Sweden. Plus Brazil are better defensively.
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2. stat
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Trippier creates a lot of chances, Maguire + Stones are goal threats
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3. Shatner's Bassoon
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Might not be too many clean sheets from here on anyway - would argue Sweden one of the poorest attacking teams along with Russia so still potential for CS, plus goal threat from Mag / Stones + assists from Trippier/Young seems like a good combo.
  Also decently priced.
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  1. azz007
    7 years, 7 months ago
    i get what your saying,,,
    
    but kane should be on them free kicks withing shooting range
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    1. Shatner's Bassoon
      7 years, 7 months ago
      True - but I'd say Kane + Eng Def is ideal at this point.
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stat
7 years, 7 months ago
What's the worst case scenario for your team in terms of the number of transfers you will have to make to have 15 starters in the next round? (Barring injuries and suspensions, just based on teams going out)

For me it would be Brazil (2), Croatia (2) and England (5) going out. Since I'll surely have to spend 2 transfers whether France or Uruguay go out, I'd have to make 11 transfers in that scenario.

Best case scenario: 5 transfers made if Belgium, Russia, Sweden go out regardless of what happens in France vs Uruguay.
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FPL ZB
7 years, 7 months ago
Need 3 players to actually fill an eleven:

Isco, Costa and Carvajal to Neymar, Cheryshev and Pavard? Pretty much exact change
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1. Alex_thekid
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Do it looks good to me
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A19
7 years, 7 months ago
Hi guys, thoughts on this:

Isco-> Lingard
Costa -> Mbappe
Carvajal-> Maggie’s
Lukaku -> Neymar (-4)

Not sure about Kaku -> Neymar, do you think it’s worth it?
Thanks!
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1. Shatner's Bassoon
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Personally wouldn't do it for a hit, no. I don't think ceilings are very high in this fixture so could see them both scoring v similarly.
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FPL ZB
7 years, 7 months ago
Cheryshev or Golovin? One is more attacking but the other is guaranteed mins
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1. Pierce34
  7 years, 7 months ago
  Confused, which is which? 😀
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    7 years, 7 months ago
    Cherry attacking, Gol more minutes
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2. Louis_Sans_Balls
  7 years, 7 months ago
  I really don't fancy either against this Croatian defense but I've counted them out before
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3. Pras (FPL)
  7 years, 7 months ago
  I have the same qn - so far more yesses for Golovin, but perhaps due to nailedness as you say.
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