EURO 2024 Fantasy Football: Scout notes with Lewandowski set for first tournament appearance
Friday, June 21, 2024
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Robert Lewandowski could make his first appearance of UEFA EURO 2024 on Friday, when Virgil van Dijk and Theo Hernández will be two of the most popular Fantasy players in action.
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From team news to advice on 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.
Robert Lewandowski could make his first appearance of the tournament, while Virgil van Dijk and Theo Hernández are two popular Fantasy assets set to feature on Friday.
Fantasy decisions
• With another three fixtures taking place, Fantasy managers have plenty more captaincy options to consider should they wish to make an armband switch.
• With another 15:00 CET deadline, the Slovenia vs Ukraine kick-off marks the cut-off for managers to make manual changes.
SLOVAKIA VS UKRAINE (15:00 CET)
Slovakia
Predicted starting line-up: Dúbravka; Pekarík, Vavro, Škriniar, Hancko; Kucka, Lobotka, Duda; Schranz, Boženík, Haraslín
After their Matchday 1 win against Belgium, Francesco Calzona could opt for an unchanged line-up for the meeting with Ukraine.
Key Fantasy players
Denis Vavro (€4.5m) was an injury doubt for the first game but came through unscathed, helping keep a clean sheet and making more ball recoveries than any other Slovakia defender.
Stanislav Lobotka (€5.5m) earned the Player of the Match award in the victory over Belgium and finished on nine points.
Ivan Schranz (€5.5m) scored the Matchday 1 winner and has huge differential potential given his tiny ownership.
Ukraine
Predicted starting line-up: Lunin; Konoplia, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Stepanenko, Shaparenko; Tsygankov, Sudakov, Mudryk; Dovbyk
Vitaliy Mykolenko is a doubt; should he be passed fit, he will play at left-back to allow Oleksandr Zinchenko to push into his usual midfield role.
Key Fantasy players
Artem Dovbyk (€7.5m) scored 24 goals for Girona in 2023/24 and is the highest-owned Ukrainian outfield player in EURO Fantasy.
Mykhailo Mudryk (€7.0m) was Ukraine's most productive attacking player during qualifying and is owned by just 3% of Fantasy managers.
Oleksandr Zinchenko (€5.5m) recorded 11 ball recoveries on Matchday 1 and could feature in a more attacking role against Slovakia.
POLAND VS AUSTRIA (18:00 CET)
Poland
Predicted starting line-up: Szczęsny; Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior; Frankowski, Moder, Romanczuk, Zieliński, Zalewski; Urbański; Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski will be given every chance to make his first EURO 2024 appearance, although Michał Probierz may opt to use him from the bench.
Key Fantasy players
Jakub Kiwior (€4.5m) hit double figures for ball recoveries against the Netherlands and features in just 1% of Fantasy teams.
Adam Buksa (€5.5m) has budget differential appeal and is already off the mark in the tournament having scored Poland's goal on Matchday 1.
Jan Bednarek (€4.0m) is an even cheaper alternative to Kiwior in the Poland defence and one of the more consistent starters for his country.
Austria
Predicted starting line-up: Pentz; Posch, Danso, Wöber, Mwene; Seiwald, Laimer; Wimmer, Sabitzer, Baumgartner; Gregoritsch
No fitness issues have been reported although Ralf Rangnick may decide to make a tactical adjustment, with Marko Arnautović in contention to start in attack.
Key Fantasy players
Marcel Sabitzer (€6.5m) led Austria for combined goals and assists in qualifying, and has 17 goals in national colours.
Christoph Baumgartner (€6.5m) scored in five consecutive international appearances in the run-up to EURO 2024.
Patrick Pentz (€4.0m) made three saves against the Netherlands and is the joint-cheapest starting goalkeeper in EURO Fantasy.
NETHERLANDS VS FRANCE (21:00 CET)
Netherlands
Predicted starting line-up: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Reijnders, Schouten, Veerman; Simons, Depay, Gakpo
Brian Brobbey has returned to training and could make the squad although it could be the same XI that defeated Poland with match winner Wout Weghorst again a bench option.
Key Fantasy players
Cody Gakpo (€7.5m) was his team's highest Fantasy scorer on Matchday 1 with an outside-the-box goal and Player of the Match award earning him ten points.
Nathan Aké (€5.5m) was credited with Fantasy assists for both of Netherlands' goals against Poland, finishing on nine points.
Bart Verbruggen (€4.5m) earned four Fantasy points on Matchday 1 despite conceding thanks to his six saves.
France
Predicted starting line-up: Maignan; Koundé, Saliba, Upamecano, Hernández; Griezmann, Kanté, Rabiot; Dembélé, Giroud, Thuram
France's all-time leading goalscorer, Olivier Giroud, is likely to start in place of Kylian Mbappé, set to miss out after breaking his nose against Austria.
Key Fantasy players
Antoine Griezmann (€9.0m) is likely to take over penalty duties in the likely absence of Mbappé, and could play a more prominent role in attack.
Olivier Giroud (€8.0m) has a good chance of starting on Matchday 2 and will be looking for his third career goal against the Netherlands.
Jules Koundé (€5.0m) is one of the cheaper options in the French defence and finished on nine points against Austria having made nine ball recoveries.