Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 5 November

Liverpool take on Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield in an eye-catching fixture on Tuesday, alongside eight other games as UEFA Champions League Matchday 4 begins.

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

• PSV vs Girona and Slovan Bratislava vs GNK Dinamo both kick-off at 18:45 CET on Tuesday, the Matchday 4 Fantasy deadline.

• Fantasy managers should ensure that any players they own who are in action on Tuesday are in their starting line-up rather than on the bench.

• Matchday 4 once again takes place over two days, meaning there will be two opportunities to select a high-scoring captain.

Fixtures

18:45 CET
PSV Eindhoven vs Girona
Slovan Bratislava vs GNK Dinamo

21:00 CET
Celtic vs Leipzig
LOSC Lille vs Juventus
Borussia Dortmund vs Sturm Graz
Real Madrid vs Milan
Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen
Sporting CP vs Manchester City
Bologna vs Monaco

Key Fantasy players

Stefan Ristovski (€3.9m) – GNK Dinamo
Named Player of the Match on Matchday 3 thanks to a clean sheet, two assists and five ball recoveries against Salzburg, earning the defender 16 Fantasy points.

Daizen Maeda (€6.7m) – Celtic
Scored on the opening two matchdays and hit a hat-trick in the Scottish League Cup on Saturday.

Benjamin Šeško (€7.6m) – Leipzig
Three league phase goals and has 11 in all competitions for club and country in 2024/25.

Jonathan David (€7.0m) – Lille
Nine goals in his last eight club games, including a Matchday 2 winner against Real Madrid and a double at Atlético de Madrid on Matchday 3.

Dušan Vlahović (€8.2m) – Juventus
Provided an assist on Matchday 1 and returned 14 points in his last away game with two goals and the Player of the Match award against Leipzig on Matchday 2.

Sehrou Guirassy (€7.7m) – Dortmund
Has an attacking return in all three of his Champions League appearances this season and 13 goals in 13 appearances for club and country in 2024/25.

Jamie Gittens (€5.3m) – Dortmund
Three goals in the league phase, and also won a penalty in a 7-1 home win against Celtic on Matchday 2.

Viktor Gyökeres (€7.6m) – Sporting CP
Scorer and Player of the Match on both Matchdays 1 and 3 and has scored 18 domestic goals already this season for the Portuguese champions.

Vinícius Júnior (€11.0m) – Real Madrid
Recorded a fine second-half hat-trick against Dortmund on Matchday 3, earning 17 Fantasy points.

Tijjani Reijnders (€5.5m) – Milan
Followed his 15 points on Matchday 3 against Club Brugge, when he scored twice and picked up the Player of the Match award, with the winner against Monza on Saturday.

Mohamed Salah (€10.0m) – Liverpool
Produced three attacking returns over the last two matchdays and has seven goals and five assists in ten Premier League appearances this season.

Florian Wirtz (€7.7m) – Leverkusen
With two double-figure hauls only Raphinha, with 37, has returned more Fantasy points than Wirtz's 36.

Erling Haaland (€11.0m) – Manchester City
The Norwegian has 44 career Champions League goals in just 42 games, including three in his last two appearances.

Maghnes Akliouche (€5.2m) – Monaco
Has either scored or provided an assist in all three of Monaco's league phase games.