Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 11 February

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

• With unlimited transfers for this matchday, Fantasy managers can make as many changes as they like ahead of the deadline. The budget has been increased by €5.0m and four players can now be selected from each team.

Note there are also unlimited transfers ahead of Matchday 11, when the round of 16 begins.

• The Matchday 9 deadline is 18:45 CET – the kick-off time for Brest vs Paris Saint-Germain.

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

• Matchday 9 will take place over two days, meaning there will be two opportunities to select a high-performing captain.

Fixtures

18:45 CET
Brest vs Paris Saint-Germain

21:00 CET
Manchester City vs Real Madrid
Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven
Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund

Key Fantasy players

Ludovic Ajorque (€5.9m) – Brest
Three assists in the league stage and has scored in each of Brest's last five Ligue 1 games.

Willian Pacho (€4.8m) – Paris
The competition leader for ball recoveries with 71 during the league phase – comfortably the most among his team-mates.

Achraf Hakimi (€5.5m) – Paris
Paris' top Fantasy scorer with a goal, three assists, three clean sheets, 44 ball recoveries and a Player of the Match award helping him to 55 points.

Ousmane Dembélé (€8.4m) – Paris
Has 16 goals in his last ten appearances in all competitions, including a hat-trick on Matchday 8 against Stuttgart.

Erling Haaland (€11.0m) – Man City
Has scored 25 goals in all competitions in 2024/25 including six during the league phase, four of those at home.

Jude Bellingham (€9.0m) – Real Madrid
An attacking return in each of his last three Champions League appearances with two goals, two assists and a Player of the Match award in that time.

Vinícius Júnior (€11.2m) – Real Madrid
Seven goals, an assist and two Player of the Match awards means the Brazilian is Real Madrid's highest Fantasy scorer on 50 points.

Kylian Mbappé (€10.9m) – Real Madrid
Five attacking returns during the league phase and nine goals in his last eight appearances in all competitions.

Randal Kolo Muani (€7.1m) – Juventus
Five goals in his three Serie A outings since his loan move from Paris in January.

Johan Bakayoko (€7.0m) – PSV
On target against Liverpool on Matchday 8 and has three goals in his last four appearances in all competitions.

Viktor Gyökeres (€7.9m) – Sporting CP
Returned from injury on Friday and already has six goals and three Player of the Match awards in this season's Champions League.

Serhou Guirassy (€8.0m) – Dortmund
The joint-top scorer in the competition with nine goals, and more Fantasy points than any other forward (65).