Champions League Fantasy Football: The Scout squad for Matchday 12

The Scout's squad for the second leg of the semi-finals is a mixture of established big-name players such as Kevin De Bruyne, Sadio Mané and Karim Benzema, and those such as Ibrahima Konaté and Aymeric Laporte, who are proving to be canny lower-priced picks on #UCLfantasy, presented by Playstation.

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Goalkeepers

Given only Liverpool kept a clean sheet in last week's first legs, it would seem remiss not to again include Alisson Becker (€6.4m) for the second leg at Villarreal. The Brazilian has already kept a clean sheet in this season's knockout rounds and has not conceded for four games in all competitions.

A shut-out looks more unlikely for either Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois or Ederson (€6.3m) at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday, but the City keeper's four clean sheets from five games in this season's knockouts mean he is favoured for selection.

Defenders

Once again budget considerations start to come into play in the outfield positions, although thankfully Ibrahima Konaté (€5.7m) is proving a solid mid-range pick with 26 points across the last three matchdays. Aymeric Laporte (€5.7m) has also been good value in the knockout rounds, picking up 32 points from his five appearances, while City team-mate Nathan Aké (€5.3m) may get the nod to start in Madrid and scored in the Premier League at the weekend.

At the lower end of the price scale, Juan Foyth (€5.0m) has picked up 12 of his 28-point total via the ball recovery system and is likely to be busy in that regard again at home to Liverpool, while Real Madrid's Mario Gila (€4.0m) is a budget enabler.

Midfielders

The defensive savings mean there is scope to splash out at the top end of the price spectrum in midfield. Kevin De Bruyne (€11.2m) and Bernardo Silva (€7.9m) both found the net for City in the first leg, while Sadio Mané (€10.5m) will look to exploit any space Villarreal leave on the counterattack.

Tyler Morton (€4.5m) and Nikita Iosifov (€4.5m) are necessary selections in order to field a full team with lower-priced options in midfield and attack thin on the ground.

Forwards

Karim Benzema (€10.7m) is as close as it's possible to get to an automatic selection up front, although given his nine goals in the knockout rounds already, it's perhaps surprising the Real Madrid forward features in only 33% of teams at the time of writing. Also in form is Gabriel Jesus (€8.5m), who has scored in Manchester City's last three games, while Luis Díaz (€8.5m) will look to replicate the 12-point haul he managed in his last UEFA Champions League away game, at Benfica in the quarter-finals.