World Cup dark horses Croatia take on Denmark in Nizhny Novgorod in this evening’s last-16 tie, a match which features the player who has been bought by more Fantasy managers than anyone else since the group stage ended.
Luka Modric (£9.1m) was purchased by more than 400,000 McDonald’s FIFA managers ahead of Saturday afternoon’s deadline and is now owned by 36.2% of Fantasy bosses.
The Real Madrid midfielder has two goals to his name already and is on spot-kick and corner-taking duties for his country. Modric has also created six chances for his team-mates and fired in 12 crosses in his three appearances to date.
Dejan Lovren‘s (£5.1m) ownership has crept past the 20% mark, while goalkeeper Daniel Subasic (£5.6m), who kept clean sheets in both of his group stage appearances, is in 9.5% of McDonald’s FIFA squads.
No Denmark player has a double-digit ownership, meanwhile. Kasper Schmeichel (£5.1m), who also registered two shut-outs in the group stage and delivered save points in all three of his appearances in this tournament, is the Danes’ most popular player from a Fantasy perspective: 9.8% of McDonald’s FIFA managers own the Leicester City goalkeeper.
With a goal and an assist to his name already, Christian Eriksen (£9.1m) finds himself in 8.2% of Fantasy squads. No Denmark player has had more shots on goal at this year’s World Cup than the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder (nine).
Budget defender Jonas Knudsen (£4.0m), owned by 2.8% of Fantasy managers, is a surprise inclusion in Denmark’s starting XI.
Russia’s victory over Spain in this afternoon’s last-16 tie is significant to this match, too: whoever triumphs this evening will take on the host nation in the quarter-finals next Saturday night.
Croatia XI (4-2-3-1):Â Subasic; Vrsaljko, Vida, Lovren, Strinic; Brozovic, Rakitic; Rebic, Modric, Perisic; Mandzukic
Denmark XI (5-4-1):Â Schmeichel; Dalsgaard, Zanka, Kjaer, Christensen, Knudsen; Delaney, Eriksen, Braithwaite, Poulsen; Cornelius
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.
