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Champions League October 22

UCL Fantasy expert’s Matchday 3 strategy + sides to target

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The 2024/25 UEFA Champions League (UCL) campaign returns today – and so does the competition’s official Fantasy game.

Here, FPL Milanista, another one of our European football experts who finished 31st in the world in 2022, gives us his UCL Fantasy Matchday 3 team reveal, plus a few sides to target.

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After hitting another century in Matchday 2 – securing 118 points – it’s time to start analysing the next set of fixtures to build upon this strong start.

Unlike this season’s Fantasy Premier League (FPL), high-scoring results have started UCL Fantasy and aggressive managers have experienced fruitful results during the first two Matchdays. However, we still have six more in this league phase so, if you’ve had a tough start, don’t give up. Try chasing the upside in these remaining rounds, before things get more template and stable in the latter stages.

STRONG START TO WILDCARD

As much as I wanted to save my Wildcard until Matchday 4 or 5, injury concerns around Kylian Mbappe (€11.0m), Pedro Goncalves (€6.6m), Harry Kane (€10.6m) and Federico Gatti (€5.0m) combined with a poor opening display from Salzburg duo Janis Blaswich (€4.5m) and Kamil Piatkowski (€4.0m), swaying me towards a last-minute activation.

Ultimately, it was an attempt to pinpoint the big-performing teams that would excel from Matchday 2 onwards. For example, going big on Barcelona and Manchester City, plus Mohamed Salah (€10.0m) and Karim Adeyemi (€7.0m), justified the move. It meant the Wildcard team massively outscored my original lot, moving me into the top 200 worldwide.

Once I activated it, I had two routes to choose from. Either attack that week and have a relatively strong team for Matchdays 4 and 5, or have a more balanced team that can also cover Matchday 3 fixtures. I decided to go with the first approach, hence the Barcelona triple-up and two names from Dortmund, Liverpool and Stuttgart.

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  1. FPL Sanky
    • 1 Year
    4 months, 15 days ago

    Having a disaster of a season but feeling very light after transferring in Palmer....out of all the premium assets, he is the one I am most afraid of not owning....he is a class player and surely will challenge Haaland for the golden boot.... season keeper for me if he stays fit throughout

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    1. Agger
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      I sold Palmer last week and waiting for GW16 to get him back in

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      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 15 days ago

        16? 12 should be the latest you bring him back.

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    2. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Quality player, but it’s a stretch to suggest he’ll challenge Haaland for the golden boot (barring injury). Could challenge him for most FPL points though, which is what matters here

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  2. Jet5605
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    2 FT and 3.9 ITB. Have just the right cash to make these moves for a -4. Yay or nay? Will likely be priced out after tonight's rises.

    Robinson > RAN
    Martinelli > Salah
    Mateta > Raul

    Henderson
    Gabriel - Konsa - Robinson
    Martinelli - Johnson - Palmer - Mbuemo
    Haaland - Mateta - Wood

    Valdi - Myko - Winks - Mosquero

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  3. gaz676
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    Hi lads,
    I’m trying to start a FPLish related channel on YouTube, not the usual “which captain should I pick” type content, but videos about the content itself and FPL and mental health, basically I’m trying to create content which is a bit different from the standard content out there. I’m finding getting started hard in terms of viewers/attention, especially as I’m not on Twitter/Instagram etc and so I can’t promote myself on there. If you would consider watching and (if you like it) sharing on of my first couple videos on your socials, I’d much appreciate it! Here is the link to my first one, it’s basically a tier list/ranking of the YouTube FPL content creators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz-ySWeTRf0&t=1533s
    Here is a link to my second one, which is basically discussing if FPL deadlines are helpful to listen to or not (both FPL performance wise and more generally): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWim5PvOGhs
    Cheers!
    Gary

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    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Get yourself on FPL Twitter and get in the circlejerk and you can make some filthy lucre $€¥$€¥$€¥$€¥

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    2. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      I liked how you called the Hub and FPL Mate a bunch of cu*ts in the first one

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      1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 15 days ago

        Which is why he will fail, even if he is just being honest. He is the bottom of a pyramid scheme and the only way to climb it is to suck all the CCs off in the vague hope they throw him some crumbs. Not towing the line with everyone popular is a first class ticket to the dustbin. It's a dirty world out there.

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        1. Funkyav
          • 15 Years
          4 months, 15 days ago

          not necessarily, there are a lot of fantasy players, including me, who have no time for certain content creators, calling them out is refreshing as long as its not abusive

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          1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
            • 10 Years
            4 months, 15 days ago

            He's never ever going to get any significant numbers though. If he is happy to do it just as a hobby then fine, but if he wants the fame and the cash he needs to play the game. And it is a grubby game.

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          2. Studs Up
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 15 days ago

            Calling them out and u no better a player than them is also kinda pointless imo.

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    3. Funkyav
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      yeah you are gonnna need socials to promote the pod, dont see any way around that

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    4. Hooky
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Are you related to Triggerlips?

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  4. Agger
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    I've had 4.6m ITB for 3 GWs now and I'm struggling to even make a transfer. Front 3 has been Delap, Watkins and Wood for 5 GWs, and my midfield is perfect. Nice problems to have!

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  5. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    I need funds to do saka and Diaz for Palmer and son.

    Who to lose?
    Havertz for Raul
    Or
    Taa to ait nouri.

    I am tempted by havertz as taa has 3 nice fixtures coming up.

    Cheers.

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    1. Cojones of Destiny
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      TAA

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    2. One for All
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Havertz

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  6. Esraj
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    When did Everton get out of the relegation zone?

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    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      When Dycheball started clicking

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      1. Esraj
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 15 days ago

        Got to give credit to the man. He's somehow kept them in the premier league, with one of the worst Everton teams in recent memory.

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  7. Tonyawesome69
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    With the KDB injury news, I'm expecting Haaland out to afford Salah in GW10 will gather some momentum

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    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Depends what he does in GW9.

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    2. Cojones of Destiny
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      what if he gets a hat trick gainst sou?

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  8. Cojones of Destiny
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    have exact funds to do saka + diaz to foden + palmer for free ? have good bench in case smth goes not as planned
    a. do it !
    b. wait till deadline

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    1. The Mentaculus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 3 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      What makes you think Foden will start? I bought him last week & he's going right back out again. If you're just targeting City's fixtures I honestly think you'd be better off with Gundogan / Savio.

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      1. Cojones of Destiny
        • 6 Years
        4 months, 15 days ago

        Hey Menta KDB seems still unfit plus we know what Foden is capable of even off bench

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        1. The Mentaculus
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 15 days ago

          Yeah, but even without KDB... I feel like last week, having started the previous 2 games, it was still plausible that Pep had been using him sparingly only due to illness/fitness, but now it's hard to deny that it's a tactical preference to leave him out.

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          1. RamaJama
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 months, 15 days ago

            This, KDB was out for weeks already, Bobb and Rodri long term, and Pep still doesn’t see Foden as a starter.

            A no go for me until he has started 3-4 matches in a row and proven he’s a regular to be put that lot of cash in

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  9. La Roja
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    59 pts and GW rank is 332

    Sober decisions aren’t bad then..

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    1. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      332k rather

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      1. Riverside Red
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 months, 15 days ago

        Not sober currently?

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  10. GW9 fixtures and clean sheet odds
    G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    GW9 fixture odds can be found here:
    https://prnt.sc/icpxddOthzmc
    (Provided by William Hill.com)

    GW8 clean sheet results:
    MCI: 45% ❌
    ARS: 38% ❌
    MNU: 36% ❌
    NFO: 36% ✅
    TOT: 33% ❌
    IPS: 29% ❌
    LIV: 29% ❌
    CRY: 28% ❌
    SOU: 28% ❌
    FUL: 27% ❌
    NEW: 27% ❌
    EVE: 25% ✅
    LEI: 24% ❌
    AST: 23% ❌
    BHA: 17% ✅
    BOU: 15% ✅
    BRE: 13% ❌
    CHE: 13% ❌
    WHU: 11% ❌
    WOL: 8% ❌

    Highest weekly clean sheet % odds success rate this season currently: 22.22% (down from 25% on the previous GW)

    GW9 clean sheet odds:
    MCI: 57%
    BHA: 38%
    BRE: 36%
    AST: 31%
    TOT: 30%
    CHE: 29%
    EVE: 29%
    FUL: 29%
    NFO: 29%
    ARS: 28%
    LEI: 28%
    MNU: 24%
    LIV: 23%
    WHU: 20%
    BOU: 17%
    CRY: 17%
    IPS: 17%
    NEW: 15%
    WOL: 13%
    SOU: 5%
    (Provided by FantasyFootballPundit.com)

    Clean sheet totals:
    Liverpool: 5
    Man Utd: 4
    Arsenal: 3
    Brighton: 3 (+1)
    Nottingham Forest: 3 (+1)
    Chelsea: 2
    Everton: 2 (+1)
    Newcastle: 2
    Spurs: 2
    Aston Villa: 1
    Bournemouth: 1 (+1)
    Crystal Palace: 1
    Fulham: 1
    Ipswich: 1
    Leicester: 1
    Man City: 1
    West Ham: 1
    *(+1) denotes team kept a clean sheet in the past GW.

    Had a decent week tbh, did you?

    G

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    1. Esraj
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      How long will man city keep defying the odds?

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    2. Ginkapo FPL
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Can we have a metric tracked of cleansheets in top half of list vs cleansheets in bottom half of the list. Feels very inaccurate right now

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      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 14 days ago

        Top vs bottom

        3:1 or 0.25, greater than 0.75 would indicate good accuracy

        Rankings

        (4+12+15+16)/4 × (n/20) = 11.75.

        Again not indicating that the data is reliable. I expect these metrics to increase over a season as bookies learn.

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    3. Sharkytect
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 14 days ago

      So...this probably wasn't the best week to bring in a wolves defender?

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      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 7 Years
        4 months, 14 days ago

        😆

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  11. Pep Roulette
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    Which option?

    A. RAN
    B. Rico

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    1. One for All
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      A

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    2. Bobby Digital
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      A

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  12. One for All
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    Flekken
    Taa, Aina, Lewis
    Son, Palmer, Mbeumo, Rogers
    Haaland, Wood, Raul

    Vald, Semenyo, Gabriel, Greaves

    0 FT0.4 ITB

    Gtg?

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Yeah Gtg

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  13. Solly The Seagull
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    Play one?

    A) RAN
    B) VDB
    C) Davis

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Got same players and playing VDB

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    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      VdB

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  14. Esraj
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    How's ivan toney doing in saudi?

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    1. Minion
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      3 goals and 2 assists in 5 games, so not bad.

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      1. iFash@FPL
        • 1 Year
        4 months, 15 days ago

        You can bet on that!

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    2. Bobby Digital
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      4 goals 2 assists in 9 games

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  15. gellinmagellan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 15 days ago

    Flekken Fabianski
    TAA Lewis Gabriel Faes Greaves
    Mbuemo Diaz Rogers Semenyo Saka
    Havertz Wood Haaland

    Any suggestions here? 4 FT 0.4 ITB.

    Should I go ahead with Diaz + Havertz > Palmer + Raul or wait for Saka and other team news?

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 15 days ago

      Wait for Saka news, apparently not spotted in training

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