EURO 2024 Fantasy Football: Scout notes as Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Kvaratskhelia and Ronaldo all enter the action

From team news to advice on manual substitutions and captain changes, the daily notes offer a helping hand throughout UEFA EURO 2024 for managers on EURO Fantasy Football, presented by Visit Qatar.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Cristiano Ronaldo play their first games on Tuesday as Türkiye, Georgia and Portugal all kick off in Group F.

Fantasy decisions

• The matchday deadline is 18:00 CET – the Türkiye vs Georgia kick-off – so Fantasy managers need to ensure that their final manual substitutions and captaincy changes have been made by then.

• For those still looking for more points from their captain, this is the final chance to change on Matchday 1.

TÜRKIYE VS GEORGIA (18:00 CET)

Türkiye

Predicted starting line-up: Günok; Ayhan, Demiral, Bardakcı, Kadıoğlu; Özcan, Çalhanoğlu; Güler, Yıldız, Aktürkoğlu; Yılmaz

Some key defenders were lost to injury in the run-up to the tournament, but Türkiye nonetheless possess a mix of exciting young talent and experience in their squad, with Arda Güler and Kenan Yıldız combining with captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu.

Key Fantasy players

Arda Güler (€6.0m) scored six times in 12 games for Real Madrid in 2023/24, including four in his final three appearances.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu (€6.5m), who typically takes Türkiye's penalties, scored 15 goals in all competitions for Inter in 2023/24.

Karem Aktürkoğlu (€7.0m) also scored 15 times, for Galatasaray, in 2023/24, and also struck twice during Türkiye's qualifying campaign.

Georgia

Predicted starting line-up: Mamardashvili; Kverkvelia, Kashia, Dvali; Kakabadze, Kiteishvili, Kochorashvili, Shengelia, Chakvetadze; Kvaratskhelia, Mikautadze

Solomon Kverkvelia is likely to recover in time to start in defence, and it is a similar outlook for Otar Kiteishvili, who picked up a knock against Montenegro.

Key Fantasy players

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (€7.0m) averages a goal every two games for Georgia, and has scored 25 across his last two seasons with Napoli.

Giorgi Chakvetadze (€4.5m), the highest-owned midfielder in his price bracket in every team, recorded a goal and four assists during qualifying.

PORTUGAL VS CZECHIA (21:00 CET)

Portugal

Predicted starting line-up: Diogo Costa; João Cancelo, Pepe, Rúben Dias, Nuno Mendes; João Palhinha, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandes; Rafael Leão, Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva

Roberto Martínez has a fully-fit squad at his disposal and boasts strength in depth across all positions. Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to lead the line, while Pepe is poised to become the oldest player to feature at a EURO tournament.

Key Fantasy players

Cristiano Ronaldo (€10.0m) features in 24% of Fantasy teams as he aims to score in a record-extending sixth EURO tournament in succession.

Bruno Fernandes (€9.0m) was directly involved in 14 goals during qualifying, and is owned by more Fantasy bosses (32%) than any other Portugal player.

João Cancelo (€6.0m) is a popular premium-priced defender who is capable of scoring Fantasy points at both ends of the pitch.

Czechia

Predicted starting line-up: Staněk; Holeš, Hranáč, Krejčí; Coufal, Souček, Provod, Barák, David Jurásek; Kuchta, Schick

West Ham duo Vladimír Coufal and Tomáš Souček form a key part of the Czechia squad, with Ivan Hašek expected to set his team up in a 3-5-2 formation.

Key Fantasy players

Patrik Schick (€7.0m) was the joint-top scorer with Ronaldo at EURO 2020 on five goals, and is the most prolific player overall in the Czechia squad with 19.

Tomáš Souček (€6.0m) struck three times during qualifying, and found the net ten times in all competitions for West Ham in 2023/24.

Jindřich Staněk (€4.0m) is expected to start in goal and is one of a small number of goalkeepers at the lowest price in line to play at EURO 2024.