Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 12 February

From expected line-ups to advice on substitutions and captain changes, the scout notes offer a helping hand to managers on #UCLfantasy, presented by Playstation.

Fantasy decisions

• The deadline for captain changes and substitutions on Wednesday is 18:45 CET – the kick-off time for Club Brugge vs Atalanta.

• Fantasy managers have the opportunity to bring up to three outfield players and a goalkeeper off the bench to replace anyone in their original starting XI.

• Those looking for a higher Matchday 9 return from their captain can opt to switch to another player prior to Wednesday's deadline.

Fixtures

18:45 CET
Club Brugge vs Atalanta

21:00 CET
Celtic vs Bayern München
Feyenoord vs Milan
Monaco vs Benfica

Key Fantasy players

Hans Vanaken (€6.2m) – Club Brugge
Club Brugge's joint-top points scorer during the league phase has two goals in his last three league games.

Isak Hien (€4.9m) – Atalanta
The top Fantasy scorer in the Atalanta squad having picked up four clean sheets, an assist, 64 ball recoveries and a Player of the Match award.

Charles De Ketelaere (€5.8m) – Atalanta
The joint-most assists in the league phase with five, also scoring four goals himself.

Mateo Retegui (€5.5m) – Atalanta
Nine goals in his last eight games in all competitions, including four against Verona in Serie A on Saturday.

Daizen Maeda (€6.7m) – Celtic
Scored three times in the league phase and has eight goals in his last six club appearances.

Minjae Kim (€5.2m) – Bayern
Top for both ball recoveries (63) and Fantasy points (48) in the Bayern squad and also scored on Matchday 5 against Paris Saint-Germain.

Harry Kane (€10.7m) – Bayern
Twenty-eight goals in 28 club appearances this season including four in his last two Bundesliga matches.

Igor Paixão (€6.7m) – Feyenoord
Five attacking returns during the league phase and was also on target in Saturday's Eredivisie win against Sparta Rotterdam.

Santiago Giménez (€6.5m) – Milan
Scored on his Serie A debut on Saturday and registered five goals for Matchday 9 opponents Feyenoord in the league phase.

Thilo Kehrer (€4.8m) – Monaco
Two double-figure returns in this season's competition makes him Monaco's highest points scorer from those available on Matchday 9.

Nicolás Otamendi (€5.0m) – Benfica
Goals in each of his last two league games and is top for ball recoveries (53) among Benfica players.

Vangelis Pavlidis (€6.5m) – Benfica
Seven goals in his last four starts in all competitions and only features in 1% of Fantasy squads.