Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 21 January

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 7 deadline is 18:45 CET – the kick-off times of both Atalanta vs Sturm Graz and Monaco vs Aston Villa.

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

• Matchday 7 once again takes place over two days, meaning there will be two opportunities to select a high-performing captain.

• Possible line-ups and team news

Fixtures

18:45 CET
Atalanta vs Sturm Graz
Monaco vs Aston Villa

21:00 CET
Club Brugge vs Juventus
Bologna vs Borussia Dortmund
Crvena Zvezda vs PSV Eindhoven
Atlético de Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen
Liverpool vs LOSC Lille
Benfica vs Barcelona
Slovan Bratislava vs Stuttgart

Key Fantasy players

Antoine Griezmann (€9.1m) – Atlético
Atlético's highest points scorer across all positions and has three goals, an assist and a Player of the Match award over the last three rounds of fixtures.

Julián Alvarez (€8.1m) – Atlético
Has scored three goals and 21 Fantasy points in his last two Champions League games.

Alejandro Grimaldo (€5.7m) – Leverkusen
The top points scorer among defenders with four clean sheets for Leverkusen supplemented by two goals and an assist.

Florian Wirtz (€7.8m) – Leverkusen
No other Fantasy player has returned more points than Wirtz, who is unique in winning four Player of the Match awards this season.

Ademola Lookman (€6.7m) – Atalanta
On target on Saturday and has three goals, an assist and two Player of the Match awards in the Champions League.

Mateo Retegui (€5.4m) – Atalanta
Has struck in his last two league games and is Serie A's top scorer this season with 14 goals.

Thilo Kehrer (€4.8m) – Monaco
A scorer in Monaco's most recent Ligue 1 fixture, the centre-back has also scored, provided an assist and won a Player of the Match award in the Champions League.

Emiliano Martínez (€5.0m) – Aston Villa
The joint-second highest points scorer among goalkeepers in the league phase with Aston Villa having kept four clean sheets.

Virgil van Dijk (€6.0m) – Liverpool
Five clean sheets, a goal and 33 ball recoveries has made the Netherlands international the highest Fantasy points scorer in the Liverpool squad.

Mohamed Salah (€10.1m) – Liverpool
Twenty-one club goals in all competitions this season for Salah, who is also the joint assist leader in the 2024/25 Champions League on four.

Raphinha (€7.7m) – Barcelona
Has 20 goals in all competitions this season and is tied on 60 points with Wirtz at the top of the Fantasy scoring charts across all positions.

Robert Lewandowski (€9.6m) – Barcelona
The Champions League's top scorer this season on seven goals also has three double-figure Fantasy totals in 2024/25.

Jamie Gittens (€5.3m) – Dortmund
The budget-priced midfielder has six goals in his last ten appearances and has scored four times in the league phase.

Serhou Guirassy (€7.8m) – Dortmund
Still only 6%-owned yet has six goals in the league phase – second only to Lewandowski.