Champions League Fantasy Football: Who's in form?
Thursday, December 5, 2024
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Given their recent performances, Mohamed Salah, Charles De Ketelaere, Jude Bellingham, Yann Sommer and Tijjani Reijnders could all be lucrative Fantasy signings on UEFA Champions League Matchday 6.
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UEFA.com selects some standout players from recent weeks heading into Matchday 6 of #UCLfantasy, presented by Playstation.
Mohamed Salah (€10.1m) – Liverpool
Even by his own standards, Salah has been in stunning form this season and is showing no signs of slowing down. The numbers speak for themselves; 17 goals and 12 assists in his 24 appearances for club and country in 2024/25. The Egyptian has found the net in his last seven Premier League appearance and were it not for a missed penalty on Matchday 5, he would have an attacking return from his last seven outings in all competitions. The joint-assist leader in the Champions League, Salah and Liverpool take on Girona in one of Tuesday's early kick-offs.
Yann Sommer (€5.5m) – Inter
Despite the fact that Inter are still to concede a goal after five rounds of league phase fixtures, Sommer – the top points scorer in his position – is only the fifth highest-owned goalkeeper. No other Champions League team has kept five clean sheets and the Italian side will put their perfect defensive record on the line when they face Leverkusen in Germany on Matchday 6. The Bundesliga champions have scored 11 goals in their first five league phase games, but Sommer has reason for confidence having shut out the likes of Manchester City and Arsenal already.
Charles De Ketelaere (€5.5m) – Atalanta
A strong case can be made for a number of Atalanta players, with Gian Piero Gasperini's side unbeaten in 13 games in all competitions and having won their last eight. Particularly impressive during that run has been De Ketelaere, who has three goals and eight assists in his last seven appearances. That includes his massive 19 points in the Matchday 5 win against Sturm Graz, when the budget midfielder joined an elite group of players in recording five goal involvements in a Champions League fixture.
Jude Bellingham (€9.0m) – Real Madrid
Facing off against De Ketelaere on Matchday 6 is a midfielder whose Fantasy popularity has waned since the start of the league phase. That could be about to change, with Bellingham starting to find the net with the same regularity as in large periods of the 2023/24 campaign. The England international has been on the scoresheet in his last four La Liga games and has three assists in his last five games for club and country. Yet to register an attacking return in the Champions League this season, it may only be a matter of time before he transfers his form to the European stage.
Tijjani Reijnders (€5.8m) – AC Milan
Given his budget-friendly price tag, plenty of Fantasy managers have moved for Reijnders ahead of Milan's Matchday 6 fixture at home to Crvena Zvezda. The Dutch midfielder has three goals in his last two games, his last eight club appearances yielding seven goals and an assist. In the Champions League, Reijnders has picked up a ball recovery point in four of Milan's five games in addition to his two goals against Club Brugge and one against Real Madrid on successive matchdays.