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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Schade	BRE	6.9m	96.5%	Maybe
Stach	LEE	4.7m	95.9%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.6m	93.7%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	85.9%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	85.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	82.8%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	80.1%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	77.7%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.2m	68.7%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	75.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	73.7%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	73.1%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	68.7%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.1m	62.3%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	70.3%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	69.9%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	69.3%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	62.5%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	64.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	64.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	61.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	59.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	55.1%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	54.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	52.9%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	51.5%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	46.5%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.8%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	47.1%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	46.8%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	45.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	42.9%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	44.3%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	41.0%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.4m	42.2%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	40.9%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	40.8%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	38.2%	Unlikely

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E.Le Fée	SUN	5.0m	100.3%	Very Likely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	101.9%	Very Likely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	100.0%	Very Likely
Isidor	SUN	5.1m	99.3%	Maybe
Soler	BOU	4.0m	99.5%	Maybe
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	98.5%	Maybe
Scott	BOU	5.1m	95.7%	Maybe
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	93.3%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	92.9%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	92.6%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.5m	91.5%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	90.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	88.8%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	87.3%	Unlikely
Abraham	AVL	6.0m	85.1%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	86.1%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	82.3%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	85.6%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.0%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	82.8%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	81.5%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	81.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.2%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	79.8%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	84.2%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.6m	76.1%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	78.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	79.6%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	77.0%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	76.5%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	72.4%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	72.1%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	71.6%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	70.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	70.2%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:01pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:03pm

Dugout Discussion

20 November 2022 601 comments

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The first match of the 2022 World Cup takes place at the Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday afternoon, as hosts Qatar meet Ecuador in Group A.

Kick-off is at 16:00 GMT.

Qatar have largely operated in a 3-5-2 formation and look set to continue in that shape today, with the experienced Akram Afif and Almoez Ali in attack.

$4.0m ‘keeper Saad Al Sheeb – currently owned by 5.1 per cent in the official FIFA game – also starts.

Hassan Al-Haydos, meanwhile, is named as captain.

As for Ecuador, Brighton and Hove Albion’s Pervis Estupinan and Moises Caicedo both start, with teammate Jeremy Sarmiento named among the substitutes.

Another $4.0m goalkeeper – Hernan Galindez – is included in the starting XI, while former West Ham United forward Enner Valencia leads the line.

MATCHDAY 1 LINE-UPS

Qatar XI: Al Sheeb, Al Rawi, Khoukhi, Hassan, Ro-Ro, Al Haydos, Boudiaf, Hatem, Ahmed, Afif, Ali

Ecuador XI: Galindez, Preciado, Torres, Hincapie, Estupinan, Plata, Mendez, Caicedo, Ibarra, Valencia, Estrada

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DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
3 years, 4 months ago
What’s the prizes on the official fantasy game?
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1. Hooky
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Tube of smarties
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2. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
  3 years, 4 months ago
  The friends you make along the way.
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3. Louis_Sans_Balls
  3 years, 4 months ago
  A free ride on the tube during a hot sweltering summer
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4. Scapegoat Salah
  3 years, 4 months ago
  I’ll let you know next month
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Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
3 years, 4 months ago
Feel doubly bad for Mané, could have got golden boot in a single game.
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
3 years, 4 months ago
Qatar are shocking
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1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Talksport said Qatar would be pretty good as they won the last Asia Cup, they look like a pub team
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Feloh
3 years, 4 months ago
Qatar had close to 10 years to build a competitive team for the World Cup and they came up with this crap?
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1. Nomar
  3 years, 4 months ago
  I was actually just thinking this. They have had enough time to buy the best International team that money can buy!
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2. Scapegoat Salah
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Bit harsh the kids they breeded are too young to play
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3. Louis_Sans_Balls
  3 years, 4 months ago
  no experience, no serious competition, what do you expect? they should have volunteered for Copa America or something like that
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DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
3 years, 4 months ago
What's the FFS WC league ID?
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1. Louis_Sans_Balls
  3 years, 4 months ago
  https://play.fifa.com/fantasy-classic/join-league/01CLYNZG
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  1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    3 years, 4 months ago
    Thanks
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☈☾
3 years, 4 months ago
OMG LOUIS_SANS_BALLS you're back cause it's world cup season!
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1. Feloh
  3 years, 4 months ago
  He comes on here once every 4 years.
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    3 years, 4 months ago
    I do, this is true!
    
    Always nice to meet a fan! Cheers!
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  2. Louis_Sans_Balls
    3 years, 4 months ago
    correction I do sometimes make an exception for the Euros, so 2 yrs or so 😉
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Patio Kev
3 years, 4 months ago
Never a yellow card but of course it’s against Ecuador so let’s give it.
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The Philosopher
3 years, 4 months ago
Don't remember seeing a World Cup host being this embarrassingly bad on the opening day.
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1. Feloh
  3 years, 4 months ago
  They are worse that South Africa in 2010. Worse that Equatoria Guinea when they hosted Afcon.
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2. Scapegoat Salah
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Hosts have never lost first game…
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bso
3 years, 4 months ago
Any Qatari women in the stands? Trying to find one.
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1. Saka Punch
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Absolutely not
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Hazz
3 years, 4 months ago
What a header!
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DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
3 years, 4 months ago
Damn wish I had Valencia
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Patio Kev
3 years, 4 months ago
This will surely get ruled out
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
3 years, 4 months ago
OMG valencia
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Feloh
3 years, 4 months ago
Why didn't I buy Valencia on my FPL. 30 minutes hatrick.
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dunas_dog
3 years, 4 months ago
So who has Enner Valencia in team?
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1. fantasist
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Didn't even consider with all the other options
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Scapegoat Salah
3 years, 4 months ago
Valencia already my hero
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Patio Kev
3 years, 4 months ago
Checking for offside of course
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
3 years, 4 months ago
Offside? Ha
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3 years, 4 months ago
Valencia non-owners SEEEEETHING!
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1. Louis_Sans_Balls
  3 years, 4 months ago
  that's like most of us if not all lol
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Thiga
3 years, 4 months ago
Can't wait to see the Qatar pass map.
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Nightcrawler
3 years, 4 months ago
Really excited for this wc. Would like to see Messi win it to cap off a legendary career. Also think these Qatar fixing jokes will run their course faster than I expected
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Freshy
3 years, 4 months ago
Classy header
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Patio Kev
3 years, 4 months ago
Bye Bye Qatar and good riddance
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3 years, 4 months ago
OMG!
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1. :
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Row ZZZ
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Baked baines
3 years, 4 months ago
12th man to have 2 dutch and 2 dutch forwards against Qatar
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1. Freshy
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Louie will empty his bench
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  1. Louis_Sans_Balls
    3 years, 4 months ago
    I will!
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2. Baked baines
  3 years, 4 months ago
  defenders*
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
3 years, 4 months ago
Elbow
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Feloh
3 years, 4 months ago
Qatar are playing like a pub team full of drunkards in the starting 11.
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Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
3 years, 4 months ago
I hope Netherlands get a draw against Senegal and it becomes a goal difference shootout in the final game between them and Ecuador.

13-0 Depay double hat-trick
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nerd_is_the_werd
3 years, 4 months ago
Valencia already "won" a penalty right?
He must already be on like 12 points or something after 30 mins, lol
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1. Freshy
  3 years, 4 months ago
  10 checked
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2. Feloh
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Did he win the pen?
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  1. Gandalf
    3 years, 4 months ago
    Yup
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Botman and Robben
3 years, 4 months ago
Lol, I start the game off with a Caicedo mustard 🙂
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1. Feloh
  3 years, 4 months ago
  Defensive mids are never valuable.
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