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UCL Fantasy Matchday 3: 21st in world’s team reveal

21 October 2025 34 comments
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The 2025/26 UEFA Champions League (UCL) resumes with Matchday 3 on Tuesday – and so does the competition’s official Fantasy game.

We’ll have plenty of UCL Fantasy coverage before the deadline to help you with your teams.

Here, one of our Pro Pundits, FPL Milanista (aka Obay), shares his current team and some expert tips on the game. Obay knows what he’s talking about, too, with finishes of 344th, 141st and 31st in recent seasons and a current rank of 21st!

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What a week Matchday 2 turned out to be! Ending on 127 points was an absolute dream, catapulting me to 21st overall in the global rankings. At this stage, it’s an incredible position to be in and a testament to the value of strategic planning and a little bit of luck falling into place.

The ‘big three’ up front – Harry Kane (€10.6m), Erling Haaland (€10.5m) and Kylian Mbappe (€10.6m) – delivered the goods, showing exactly why they’re the cornerstone of so many successful squads.

My double-up on Inter’s defence also paid off handsomely, rounding out a brilliant week. But there’s no time to rest on laurels. It’s time to shift focus towards Matchday 3 and make the most of all opportunities ahead.

Targeting Barca

Barcelona are firmly on my radar this week, as a favourable run of fixtures begins at home against Olympiacos. Despite dealing with several injuries, they remain a force, particularly at home.

Particularly appealing is them being part of an early kick-off, meaning we’ll get to see their starting XI before the deadline. It’s a golden opportunity to make informed transfers.

With injuries piling up, interesting options emerge, like Marcus Rashford (€7.1m) and Fermin Lopez (€6.5m) have emerged. Lamine Yamal (€10.0m) remains their best asset, but at a price tag that many could find tough to reach. Grabbing a Barcelona defender also seems smart because Olympiacos aren’t looking very threatening on the road.

Be careful with Bayern

This Matchday’s other standout fixture sees Bayern Munich host Club Brugge. While the Belgian side has surprised many with their strong performances, Bayern’s attack is on fire and this matchup has the potential to be a one-sided goal fest.

Kane and Michael Olise (€8.0m) stand out, but they need a word of caution. If you’re not planning to use a chip in Matchdays 4 or 5, Bayern’s next fixtures are away at Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal. So, while targeting them today makes sense, tread carefully if it compromises your long-term setup.

Elsewhere, there are some differential teams to exploit. Athletic Club are at home to Qarabag, who’ve surprisingly won both of their opening fixtures. Still, I believe the Bilbao giants will end this run. Their players are reasonably priced, but none have more than 1% ownership. A defensive or midfield punt could massively boost your rank, if it pays off.

Atalanta pulled off a late Matchday 2 comeback and now face a mediocre Slavia Prague in Bergamo. The likes of Ademola Lookman (€7.0m) and Mario Pasalic (€5.5m) offer a strong attacking threat, while Marco Carnesecchi (€4.6m) continues to look like one of the best budget goalkeepers.

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  1. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 14 days ago

    Bring Timber in this week for Romero (wish I did it last week ffs) or wait until Palace out the way?

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    1. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Do it

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    2. Esraj
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Bring him in. Offer him a nice cup of tea.

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    3. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Go for it. I did Reinildo to Timber on October 4th when he was 5.8 to avoid being priced out.

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  2. Count Olaf
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 14 days ago

    Would you bench boost this? Posting the full team to see if you would bench someone else.

    Sanchez (Dubravka)
    Gabriel Porro Rodon (Munoz Andersen*)
    Saka Semenyo Xavi KDH (Stach)
    Haaland Woltemade Pedro

    *Andersen will be my FT, thinking of Timber or a Chelsea def

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  3. Froes
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 14 days ago

    Who shall i bring from united: Mbeumo or cunha ?

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    1. Count Olaf
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Mbeumo I think. He looks more threatening, moving closer to the box, Cunha does more ball carrying.

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    2. z13
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Mbeumo, better underlyings, minutes, etc.

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      • Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Mbeumo seems more nailed. Cunha will share minutes with mount/sesko

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      • Feanor
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Boomo by a mile

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    3. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Fantasy CL. I have Vinicius. Hold or sell?

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      1. GCHILD2K16
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Sell. Spread the cost to sane, chelse def or bonny inter

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    4. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Any good games on tonight or are you all watching Ars if anything?

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      1. Mother Farke
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Arsenal v Ateli is the pick form wise even with FPL specs on lol

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    5. Tsparkes10
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      This worth a hit??

      Rich, VDV to Kroupi, James (bench Sarr and then bench Kroupi onwards)

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      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Not for me

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    6. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Was walking down the road this afternoon when a guy came up to me and said "are you the one who got 87,87 and 93 points in 3 consecutive gameweeks". I just smiled and walked away. Stay humble.

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      1. iFash@FPL
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 14 days ago

        😉

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      2. John Colby (C)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Very well played mate. Clearly you’re not a Kudus owner lol. What would you do as a Gordon and Kudus owner mate?

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      3. KanuLenoMeeMoCash
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        I had similar

        He walked up and said 'are you the guy that got 59 followed by 44?' Then he laughed and walked away

        Good Times:)

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    7. Vasshin
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      If you have a minileague where every week a winner gets a payout and at the end of the season the overall winners(1-3) at the end of season gets a payout.

      So if you are 160/170 points behind your league leaders and 30/35 people in front of you. Chances of you gaining that 160/170 points and being overall 1-3 is kind of slim.

      So how would you play the league going forward:
      1. Try to play to gradually close the gap and aim for overall 1-3 at the end of season.
      2. Give up on overall and target on just weekly
      A. Target medium to short range of weeks(4/5 weeks) at one time. For example: make unlimited transfers this week without worrying about this week’s point but just to gain advantage for next 4/5 weeks and win those weeks.
      B. Same thing as A but target for only 2-3 weeks after this week.
      C. Just target 1 week. Do unlimited transfers this week so you could win next week and repeat the process

      Or quit everything and don’t try anything 🙂

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      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        C is the answer there.

        Good luck.

        Play rouge.

        What's the weekly prize out of interest?

        You'll need to also play slightly counter intuitive with a few differentials a week ahead.

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        1. Vasshin
          • 6 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          Not much prize(only 20 per week). It is just for pride when you meet them in the weekend for drinks 🙂

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          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            Fair enough

            You need to have 7 players with good fixtures and also pick some differentials to outscore hundreds or tens of people

            You're playing for short term gain I'd say for bragging rights and £20 every other week.

            You'll tank your OR rank with hits but that doesn't matter every other week to set yourself up.

            Good luck

            Be interesting to see how it goes

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        2. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          *rogue

          Not slightly red/pink!

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          1. Vasshin
            • 6 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            🙂

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      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        By the way, is the weekly score with or without chips?

        Because that complicates things.

        Would also enable a cartel to gang up with say 10 people splitting the funds and 20 BB/TC to use each half of the season.

        That could be a stich up, they wouldn't win each week but would have a clear edge if Chip points count.

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      3. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        C should not be allowed in any properly managed weekly prize league... hits should count

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    8. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      0 ITB, so I can't afford to do Pedro to Mateta. Roll and BB?

      Dubravka
      Gabriel, Timber, Tarkowski, Senesi
      Semenyo, Gordon, Kudus, Grealish
      Haaland (c), Pedro

      Vicario-Gyokeres-Reijnders-Porro

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      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Porro to James is an option, I suppose

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    9. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Best Paqueta replacement

      A - Bruno
      B - Mbeumo
      C - Enzo

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      1. z13
          1 month, 13 days ago

          A

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      2. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Time to bandwagon Thiago with Loserpool coming up?

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        1. z13
            1 month, 13 days ago

            apart from burnley at home the fixtures are terribl

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