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World Cup June 13

World Cup 2018 Predicted Line-ups and Team News

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After weeks of research, we’ve predicted the starting line-up for every team’s opening fixture at this summer’s World Cup.

We’ve put these together using information gathered from qualifying matches, international friendlies and team news information from managers.

Some of them are more set in stone than others and ultimately they are predictions based on the interpretation of the data by our team of writers.

Hopefully it will help World Cup Fantasy managers pick their teams.

GROUP A

RUSSIA

3-4-2-1: Igor Akinfeev; Fedor Kudryashov, Ilya Kutepov, Vladimir Granat; Yuri Zhirkov, Alexandr Golovin, Roman Zobnin, Alexandr Samedov; Aleksei Miranchuk, Alan Dzagoev; Fedor Smolov

SAUDI ARABIA

4-2-3-1: Abdullah Al-Maiouf; Mansour Al-Harbi, Omar Hawsawi, Osama Hawsawi, Yasir Al-Shahrani; Abdullah Otayf, Salman Al-Faraj; Salem Al-Dawsari, Tassir Al-Jassim, Yahya Al-Shehri; Mohammed Al-Sahlawi.

EGYPT

4-2-3-1: Mohamed El-Shenawy; Mohamed Abdel Shafy, Ahmed Hegazi, Ali Gabr, Ahmed Fathy; Tarek Hamed, Mohamed Elneny; Ramadan Sobhi, Abdallah Said, Mohamed Salah; Marwan Mohsen.

URUGUAY

4-4-2: Fernando Muslera; Diego Laxalt, Diego Godin, Jose Gimenez, Guillermo Varela; Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Rodrigo Bentancur, Matias Vecino, Nahitan Nandez; Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani

GROUP B

PORTUGAL

4-4-2: Rui Patricio; Raphael Guerreiro, Pepe, Jose Fonte, Cedric Soares; Joao Mario, William Carvalho, Joao Moutinho, Bernardo Silva; Andre Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo

SPAIN

4-2-3-1: David de Gea; Jordi Alba, Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Dani Carvajal; Thiago Alcantara, Sergio Busquets; Andres Iniesta, Isco, David Silva; Diego Costa

MOROCCO

4-1-4-1: Munir Mohamedi; Achraf Hakimi, Medhi Benatia, Romain Saiss, Nabil Dirar*; Karim El Ahmadi; Noureddine Amrabat, Mbark Boussoufa, Younes Belhanda, Hakim Ziyech; Khalid Boutaib

*Dirar is a fitness concern for Morocco’s opening group fixture.

IRAN

4-5-1: Alireza Beiranvand; Milad Mohammadi, Morteza Pouraliganji, Rouzbeh Cheshmi, Ramin Rezaeian; Mehdi Taremi, Ehsan Hajsafi, Masoud Shojaei, Omid Ebrahimi*, Alireza Jahanbakhsh; Sardar Azmoun

*Saeid Ezatolahi is suspended for Iran’s first game, but will possibly replace Ebrahimi upon becoming available for selection.

GROUP C

FRANCE

4-3-1-2: Hugo Lloris; Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Blaise Matuidi, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante; Antoine Griezmann; Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe

AUSTRALIA

4-2-3-1: Mat Ryan; Aziz Behich, Mark Milligan, Trent Sainsbury, Joshua Risdon; Mile Jedinak, Aaron Mooy; Robbie Kruse, Tom Rogic, Mathew Leckie; Andrew Nabbout

PERU

4-2-3-1: Pedro Gallese; Miguel Trauco, Alberto Rodriguez, Christian Ramos, Luis Advincula; Yoshimar Yotun, Renato Tapia; Christian Cueva, Jefferson Farfan, Andre Carrillo; Paulo Guerrero.

DENMARK

4-2-3-1: Kasper Schmeichel; Jens Larsen, Andreas Christensen, Simon Kjaer, Henrik Dalsgaard; Thomas Delaney, William Kvist; Pione Sisto, Christian Eriksen, Yussuf Poulsen; Nicolai Jorgensen.

GROUP D

ARGENTINA

4-2-3-1: Willy Caballero; Nicolas Tagliafico, Federico Fazio, Nicolas Otamendi, Fabricio Bustos; Giovani Lo Celso, Lucas Biglia*; Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Maximiliano Meza; Sergio Aguero

*Ever Banega, another option in central midfield, is a fitness concern ahead of Argentina’s first group match.

ICELAND

4-4-2: Hannes Thor Halldorsson; Hordur Magnusson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Kari Arnason, Birkir Saevarsson; Birkir Bjarnason, Aron Gunnarsson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Johann Berg Gudmundsson; Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson, Alfred Finnbogason

CROATIA

4-2-3-1: Danijel Subasic; Ivan Strinic, Dejan Lovren, Vedran Corluka, Sime Vrsaljko; Ivan Rakitic, Milan Dadelj; Ivan Perisic, Luka Modric, Ante Rebic; Mario Mandzukic.

NIGERIA

3-5-2: Francis Uzoho; John Ogu, Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong; Brian Idowu, John Obi Mikel, Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi, Shehu Abdullahi; Victor Moses, Odion Ighalo

GROUP E

BRAZIL

4-3-3: Alisson; Marcelo, Joao Miranda, Thiago Silva, Danilo; Philippe Coutinho, Casemiro, Paulinho; Neymar, Gabriel Jesus, Willian.

SWITZERLAND

4-2-3-1: Yann Sommer; Ricardo Rodriguez, Manuel Akanji, Fabian Schar, Stephen Lichsteiner; Granit Xhaka, Valon Behrami; Steven Zuber, Blerim Dzemaili, Xherdan Shaqiri; Haris Seferovic

COSTA RICA

3-4-2-1: Keylor Navas; Oscar Duarte, Geancarlo Gonzalez, Johnny Acosta; Bryan Oviedo, David Guzman, Celso Borges, Christian Gamboa; Joel Campbell, Bryan Ruiz; Marco Urena

SERBIA

4-2-3-1: Vladimir Stojkovic; Aleksandr Kolarov, Dusko Tosic, Nikola Milenkovic, Antonio Rukavina; Luka Milivojevic, Nemanja Matic; Filip Kostic, Adam Ljajic, Dusan Tadic; Aleksandr Mitrovic

GROUP F

GERMANY

4-2-3-1: Manuel Neuer; Jonas Hector, Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng, Joshua Kimmich; Toni Kroos, Sami Khedira; Marco Reus, Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller; Timo Werner.

MEXICO

4-3-3: Guillermo Ochoa; Carlos Salcedo, Hector Moreno, Hugo Ayala, Jesus Gallardo; Hector Herrera, Miguel Layun, Andres Guardado; Hirving Lozano, Carlos Vela, Javier Hernandez

SWEDEN

4-4-2: Robin Olsen; Ludwig Augustinsson, Andreas Granqvist, Victor Lindelof, Mikael Lustig; Emil Forsberg, Albin Ekdal, Sebastian Larsson, Viktor Claesson; Marcus Berg, Ola Toivonen

SOUTH KOREA

4-4-2: Kim Seung-gyu; Kim Min-woo, Kim Young-Gwon, Jang Hyun-soo, Lee Yong; Lee Sung-woo, Jung Woo-Young, Ki Sung-yeung, Lee Jae-Sung Il; Son Heung-min, Hwang He-chan.

GROUP G

BELGIUM

3-4-2-1: Thibaut Courtois; Toby Alderweireld, Derdryck Boyata*, Jan Vertonghen; Thomas Meunier, Kevin De Bruyne, Axel Witsel, Yannick Carrasco; Dries Mertens, Eden Hazard; Romelu Lukaku

*Vincent Kompany should start if he is passed fit.

PANAMA

4-5-1: Jaime Penedo; Luis Ovalle, Roman Torres, Fidel Escobar, Adolfo Machado; Jose Rodriguez, Anibal Godoy, Gabriel Gomez, Armando Cooper, Edgar Barcenas; Blas Perez

TUNISIA

4-3-3: Aymen Mathlouthi; Dylan Bronn, Syam Ben Youssef, Yassine Meriah, Ali Maaloul; Ellyes Skhiri, Ferjani Sassi, Saif-Eddine Khaoui; Anice Badri, Naim Sliti, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef

ENGLAND

3-5-2: Jordan Pickford; Gary Cahill, John Stones, Kyle Walker; Kieran Trippier, Dele Alli, Jordan Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Danny Rose; Raheem Sterling Harry Kane

GROUP H

COLOMBIA

4-2-3-1: David Ospina; Johan Mojica, Davinson Sanchez, Yerry Mina, Santiago Arias; Carlos Sanchez, Abel Aguilar; Mateus Uribe, James Rodriguez, Juan Cuadrado; Radamel Falcao.

POLAND

3-4-3: Lukasz Fabianski; Michal Pazdan, Jan Bednarek*, Lukasz Piszczek; Jakub Blaszczykowski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Karol Linetty, Maciej Rebus; Piotr Zielinski, Kamil Grosicki, Robert Lewandowski

*Kamil Glik, first choice centre-half for Poland, is injured for his country’s first two group matches.

SENEGAL

4-2-3-1: Abdoulaye Diallo; Lamine Gassama, Kalidou Koulibaly, Salif Sane, Youssouf Sabaly; Idrissa Gueye, Cheikhou Kouyate; Ismaila Sarr, Sadio Mane, M’Baye Niang; Diafra Sakho

JAPAN

4-2-3-1: Eiji Kawashima; Yuto Nagatomo, Yomoaki Makino, Maya Yoshida, Gotoku Sakai; Makoto Hasebe, Hotaru Yamaguchi; Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa, Genki Haraguchi; Yuya Osako.

Further Analysis

Our comprehensive World Cup guide can be found here.

Group A – Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

Group B – Iran, Morocco, Portugal, Spain

Group C – Australia, Peru, France, Denmark

Group D – Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria

Group E – Brazil, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Serbia

Group F – Mexico, Germany, Sweden, South Korea

Group G – Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England

Group H – Senegal, Japan, Poland, Colombia

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  1. HamezMace
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone considering Pogba?

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    1. Sune
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      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Not really, no.

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

    Draft #6:

    Uzoho
    Meunier - Kimmich - Pavard - Varela
    Ziyach - Meza - Willian
    Cavani - Messi - Lukaku

    El Kajoui - J Rod - C Sanchez - Sabaly

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    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Looks good - I like that someone has finally gone for Messi.

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      1. Sune
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers! That involvement...

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        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Where has this Pavard guy come from? Is he a usual starter?

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          1. andy85wsm
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            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Back up right back for France. Sidibe hasn't training and may miss the first game.

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            1. HamezMace
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Cool, so it's just a one week punt? I see Mojica not in the predicted starting line ups either which is a concern.

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              1. Neetan
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                He is, just a different name

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                1. HamezMace
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 10 months ago

                  Ah okay....like the Morocco keeper....confusing, I hope this kinda stuff stops after Brexit

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  3. RabidImp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Which combination would you go with?

    A) Cavani, Paulinho, Ziyech, Danilo
    B) Jesus, Paulinho, Carrasco, Kimmech
    C) Jesus, Eriksen, Ziyech, Danilo
    D) Cavani, Eriksen, Carrasco, Danilo

    Standard last minute tinkering 😛

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    1. Sune
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      C

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    2. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      D I believe

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    3. Neetan
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      D

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    4. Totalfootball
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      C

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  4. johnnybeefcake
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Who is the best 6.5 midfielder??? Personally don't like carrasco

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

      Ljajic?

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

      I guess Ljajic is your man.

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

        Is he definitely nailed??

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    3. Neetan
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I like Carrasco - he'll be playing literally as a winger Vs Panama and Tunisia

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      1. Balls of Steel
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        This

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  5. MGD
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    A different game:

    What do you think?

    Courtois
    Pavard - Hector - Godin - Trippier
    Neymar - J Rod - Alli
    Cavani - Lewa - Werner

    Fodder - Modric - Trauco - Hamed

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

      Idk about Alli but could do well. Team looks, pretty solid

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

        Thanks. He is only 7.0 in this game and its the same budget so i think he is worth the price 🙂

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

      neymar???

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

        Why, you woldnt?

        He is listed as a MF in this game, but for 12.5..

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  6. Indio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Morning all - I'll spare you an RMT, but could you please help with following?

    Is it stupid to have two cheap mids in starting team playing same day/match, and a big hitter on bench to come in for whoever performs worst?

    For example, both Golovin and Aldawsari starting in a 4-3-3, and one of Muller or Eriksen on bench to sub in? (I currently have these four mids, along with Carasco).

    Thanks, and good luck all!

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    1. moz_1983
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      It's a sound plan, as long as you remember to bring those bench players in!

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      1. Indio
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks - getting to that point where I'm losing faith in my picks, and just confusing myself. Good luck mate.

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  7. Lewa
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    This might just be it! RMT
    GTG?

    Muslera

    Marcelo--Meunier--Kimmich--Trippier

    Eriksen--Cueva--Ziyach

    Lukaku--LEWA--Mbappe

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    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Too much doe spend on defenders imo

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

        Yeah but in this game that i play defenders can get you a lot of points. (if defender scores it is 7 pts and assist 4, For attacker goal 4 assist 2)

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  8. timPgoodwin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Any one else using the Maximum Captain chip for GW Round 1? Think I am.

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    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      On whom? Lukaku I presume?

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      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Max captain automatically picks the best captain choice for you, not the same as triple captain in FPL

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        1. FC Hakkebøf
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          That is dope

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  9. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Spread the funds?

    A) Muslera; Llajic, Ziyach
    B) El Kajoui; Mueller, AlDawsari

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    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      A

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    2. jimbo90
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      A

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  10. nedvedjunior
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Muslera Uzohu

    Meunier Pavard Godin Trippier Danilo

    Meza Sanchez (COL) Carrasco James Willian

    Cavani Lewandowski Lukaku

    Looking to use Bench Boost for first round so I'm looking for sure starters. Got 0,5M ITB. Where would you upgrade?

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    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Do we think Willian will defo start?

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      1. timPgoodwin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        It was leaked yesterday that Brazil will play the same starting XI as they did the friendly last weekend. Willian started in that game.

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        1. Balls of Steel
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Legend mate, cheers

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          1. timPgoodwin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Was leaked by one of Neymar's 'advisers' who was watching him train yesterday (behind closed doors), leaked it on Instagram ha ha !

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    2. Kasper the ghost keeper
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Who does pavard play for?

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

        France

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

          Sidibe injured

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  11. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    How nailed do you guys considered Pavard is?

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

      First game pretty nailed but after that... Not so much

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  12. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    A little help? I need to bench one of these players

    A) Granat
    B) Taglifiaco
    C) Meza

    Note: Russia plays twice in the first round in my domestic fantasy league.

    Currently on C

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

      That is a tough one. Meza looks like a great pick and Taglifiaco is pretty nailed.

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  13. CROCosta
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    croatia incorrect line-up,
    out: corluka, badelj
    in: vida, kramaric (modric playing cdm)

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  14. puddingbrood
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    What are everyone's thoughts about Alexey Miranchuk for the first 2 GWs? 6.5m midfielder playing as shadow striker.

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    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Not too bad imo

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    2. milanista10
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I'm monitoring him, will be in my team if he starts today.

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  15. Spainota
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Please Which combination would you go with?

    A) Pickford / James Rodriguez / Gabriel Jesus
    B) Szczesny / Ljajic / Messi

    thanks

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    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      A

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    2. jimbo90
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      A

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  16. SuperAlly77
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Kimmich and Griezmann

    Or

    Pavard and Neymar?

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

      Kimmich/Neymar

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      1. SuperAlly77
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Don't have that 2m spare unfortunately

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    2. Mr_Moore
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Kimmich and Griezmann

      The German offers more than Pavard, and Pavard isn't nailed on anyway. Although Neymar may finish ahead of Griezmann for goals I don't think it will be by much.

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

        kimmich/Griezmann

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  17. Mr_Moore
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Lloris
    Kimmich / Trippier / Advincula / Y.Mina
    Lingard / Coutinho / T.Mueller
    Mitrovich / Cavani / T.Werner

    Ki SungYueng likely to come in for worst player

    Thoughts anyone?

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  18. johnnybeefcake
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Gtg?

    Muslera Uzoho

    Kimmich Meunier Danilo Varela Pavard

    Eriksen JRod Meza Ljajic Aldawsari

    Cavani Jesus Lukaku

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  19. applebonkers
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    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    some group D lineup predictions, essentially bits that differ from the above.

    croatia: kramaric to actually be the most nailed CF, albeit that might mean playing at RW when mandzukic finally looks 100%.
    corluka doubtful for the opener. struggles with pace and was really exposed against senegal, first game is nigeria. he's a difficult one as he was never available to the new manager in qualifying. due to the nature of that injury (ruptured achilles) i think it's understandable he's been given as much time as possible in recent friendlies to re-prove himself. i personally wouldn't read it as a sign that he's a nailed option. the back 4 from the playoff games looks a very viable option.

    iceland: at least for the opener them to go 4411, hallfredsson into CM and gylfi AM (other sigurdsson benched). would predict the 4411 for every game tbh barring nigeria.

    argentina: macsherano to start. as of now the only doubts seem to be the CF spot, the CB spot alongside otamendi and the RB spot. and as of now the front runners in those positions looks like being aguero, rojo (slow news days since the lanzini hammer-blow mean his blisters are the biggest story) and salvio shoe-horned into RB.
    fabricio bustos isn't in the squad!

    nigeria: in relative terms they are a mess. a fairly solid bet for 4th spot imo and that's largely due to the coach clearly having no idea even now what his best XI and best formation is (also because when victor moses takes your set-pieces you have a problem). the impression i get is the coach is fairly set on a 433/4231 but has had to reluctantly entertain the 352 because of the dramatic change within the england match suddenly backing up the 4-2 win over argentina in november. the sheer disappointment of the last friendly however may have killed the chance of the change. long story short i'd say the only real dilemma they have is who partners mikel in the middle 3 (current drama revolves around onazi, with questions of the manager faking an injury for him after a training ground fight with mikel).

    vrsalijko, lovren, vida, strinic - badelj, rakitic - kramaric, modric, perisic - manzukic.

    saevarsson, r.sigurdsson, arnason, magnusson - j.gudmundsson, gunnarsson, hallfredsson, bjarnasson - gylfi - finnbogason.

    salvio, otamendi, rojo, tagliafico - mascherano, biglia - meza, messi, di maria - aguero.

    shehu, troost-ekong, balogun, idowu - ndidi, mikel, obi - moses, ighalo, iwobi.

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    1. RubeRx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      lots of permutations for croatia potential lineup, you could also throw brozovic in there too as a potential DM option

      nice catch on the argentina lineup

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      1. applebonkers
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        • 14 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        yeah had brozovic to start alongside rakitic until the last friendlies. the flexibility of brozovic, kramaric, mandzukic and rakitic makes them very hard to predict, albeit a strength in reality

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  20. Dreyzies
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Caballero (Uzoho)

    Danilo Kimmich Meunier (Sabaly) (Idowu)

    Cueva Eriksen Ziyach J Rod (Belhanda)

    Cavani Jesus Lukaku

    Thoughts on the team??

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  21. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Pick one

    A Reus Adm/Eriksen
    B Messi Meza

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  22. raoulduke71
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    When are people using max captain & bench boost?

    Surely earlier the better against lesser teams?

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  23. LosBlancos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Better to BB gw1 or gw3?
    And can we WC and BB in gw3? (ie in a single gw)

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  24. johnnybeefcake
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    A) Zyiech and 4.5 Mid
    B) Ljajic and Aldawsari

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  25. nick8070
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Pickford (Uzoho)
    Marcelo, Kimmich, Meunier, Godin (Hegazi)
    J Rod, Isco, Carrasco (C Sanchez, Guzman)
    Griezmann, Cavani, Jesus

    Good to go? In particular:
    - J Rod or Eriksen?
    - Cavani or Werner?

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  26. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone? Please help

    A) Muslera; Llajic, Ziyach; Jesus
    B) El Kajoui; Mueller, AlDawsari; Jesus
    C) El Kajoui; Llajic, Carassco; Werner

    Thanks, much appreciated!

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    1. jimbo90
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      A

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      1. Mind över Mata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks mate

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  27. jimbo90
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    GTG?

    Uzoho / Pickford
    Pavard / Varela / Boateng / Meunier / Sabaly
    Isco / Coutinho / Cueva / Ziyach / Sanchez
    Cavani (C) / Messi / Mbappe

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    1. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah, looks great mate

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      1. jimbo90
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        cheers

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  28. Boere Mafia
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Any advice would be appreciated. I'm thinking of going Bench boost straight out the gate:

    Caballero
    Kimmich / Meunier / Danilo / Varela
    Meuller / Coutinho / Belhanda
    Jesus / Saurez / Lukaku

    Uzoho / Idowu / Aljassam / Uribe

    I was thinking of Nandez in for one of my three 5.5 mf's and maybe upgrade one of them. But I think I have a good team for a bench boost

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  29. iCon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    How much are we trusting the predicted lineups posted yesterday? Surely Flores is a starter for Peru or is there some news I missed on that?

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

      Uzoho / (pickford)
      Pavard / Granqvist / Danilo / Trippier / (Meunier)
      Eriksen / Grosicki / Meza / Cueva / (Carrasco)
      Cavani / Griezman / (Lukaku)

      Hesitating about the combination Grosicki (7,5M), Cueva (6M) , Cavani (9,5M) --> 23M

      Any better combinations for 23M? 2 Mid & a forward?

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

      Don't trust it for 100%, but good guideline imo. (first comment wasn't meant to be there)

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  30. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    Is Llajic nailed, or should I go for Carassco?

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

      Carassco is starting 100%, good option against panama & tunesia

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

        this

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