The second of today’s World Cup last-16 ties kicks off at 7pm in Sochi, as Portugal take on Uruguay for a place in the quarter-finals.
For Fantasy managers, the fixture effectively boils down to Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.1m) versus the meanest side in the tournament so far.
Portugal’s captain has been selected by 32.5% of those who are playing McDonald’s FIFA – no forward has a higher ownership percentage.
Ronaldo is also the only Portuguese player whose ownership exceeds 10%, with Pepe (£6.0) and Rui Patricio (£6.0m) the next-most chosen assets from the 2016 European Championship winners.
After sailing through the group stage without conceding a single goal, Uruguay – and their defence in particular – have attracted plenty of Fantasy investment for this round of 16 tie.
Diego Godin‘s (£5.6m) ownership has soared to 27% and the Uruguayan captain is now the second-most owned defender in the McDonald’s FIFA game behind Marcelo.
There has been money too for Jose Gimenez (£5.7m) and Fernando Muslera (£5.6m) as Fantasy managers back Uruguay to keep a fourth straight World Cup clean sheet and their seventh successive shut-out overall: the two-times World Cup winners have yet to concede a goal in 2018.
No side conceded fewer big chances than Uruguay (one) during the group stage.
Owners of Luis Suarez (£10.5m) and/or Edinson Cavani (£9.5m) have essentially got big-money differentials on their hands, as the Uruguayan strike pair are only owned by 6.2% and 5% of Fantasy managers respectively.
This match could be a set-piece square-off: all five of Uruguay’s 2018 World Cup goals have been scored from set-piece situations, while both sides have made a joint-high total of five attempts from direct free-kicks.
World Cup Data
We’re delighted to offer World Cup data as an early addition to our regular season offering to help those playing Fantasy games over the summer.
We’ve secured Opta data, not only for the tournament itself, but also from the Qualifying Rounds for Europe and South America and for international friendlies involving the participating nations. This includes all the matches played right up to the tournament kick-off.
Just to stress, this World Cup offering comes packaged with the regular Fantasy Football Scout membership.
Check out this new trailer detailing the World Cup content below…
McDonald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy
Join our McDonald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy league ‘FantasyFootballScout’ using the code: HEWJPVYR
Fantasy iTeam
Fantasy Football Scout is supporting Fantasy iTeam, a free World Cup game available on a number of mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPodTouch and Android. We have an official Fantasy Football Scout League open to UK users only, with a £1000 of Amazon vouchers to give out, split between the top three performers. There’s also the small matter of £10k worth of prizes available in the main competitions: Overall World Championship and Manager of the Gameround.
Click here for details and here to sign up.
Our League name is Fantasy Football Scout and the pin is 1887.
Please note, users must be over 18 and based in the UK to join our league.
