Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 10 December

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

• The Matchday 6 deadline is 18:45 CET – the kick-off times of both GNK Dinamo vs Celtic and Girona vs Liverpool.

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

Fixtures

18:45 CET
GNK Dinamo vs Celtic
Girona vs Liverpool

21:00 CET
Brest vs PSV Eindhoven
Leipzig vs Aston Villa
Atalanta vs Real Madrid
Club Brugge vs Sporting CP
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bayern München
Salzburg vs Paris Saint-Germain
Bayer Leverkusen vs Inter

Key Fantasy players

Daizen Maeda (€6.7m) – Celtic
Has scored in three of Celtic's five league phase fixtures, including a Matchday 5 strike against Club Brugge that earned him the Player of the Match award.

Mohamed Salah (€10.1m) – Liverpool
In addition to 21 attacking returns in 14 Premier League games this season, Salah also has a goal and four assists in Europe.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (€6.0m) – Liverpool
Provided two assists in his most recent Premier League outing and is averaging over seven points per appearance in the Champions League.

Benjamin Šeško (€7.6m) – Leipzig
Goals in his last two Leipzig appearances and has struck three times in the league phase.

Emiliano Martínez (€5.0m) – Aston Villa
The second-highest points scorer among goalkeepers with 32 having conceded just once in the league phase.

Sead Kolašinac (€4.8m) – Atalanta
Has both a goal and an assist in the Champions League this season as part of an Atalanta defence that has kept four clean sheets.

Mateo Retegui (€5.3m) – Atalanta
Struck twice against Young Boys on Matchday 5, and is the leading scorer in Serie A with 12 goals.

Jude Bellingham (€9.0m) – Real Madrid
Has been on the scoresheet in five successive La Liga games for Real Madrid – a personal best.

Malik Tillman (€7.1m) – PSV
Three goals in his last three appearances in all competitions and has returned 36 points over the last two matchdays.

Ismael Saibari (€6.5m) – PSV
Five goals and eight assists in his last nine club appearances in all competitions, including four attacking returns against Twente on Friday.

Viktor Gyökeres (€7.8m) – Sporting CP
Scored in his last match to make it 18 goals in his last 12 games for club and country and 34 in 28 overall.

Jamal Musiala (€9.0m) – Bayern
Two goals against Heidenheim on Saturday made it ten in the midfielder's last 12 games for club and country.

Florian Wirtz (€7.7m) – Leverkusen
The leading Fantasy points scorer in all positions with 57 over the first five matchdays.

Yann Sommer (€5.5m) – Inter
A perfect record of five clean sheets from as many games in the league phase, making him the top-scoring goalkeeper on Fantasy.