Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 4 March

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 Matchday 11 deadline is 18:45 CET – the kick-off time for Club Brugge vs Aston Villa.

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

Fixtures

18:45 CET
Club Brugge vs Aston Villa

21:00 CET
PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal
Borussia Dortmund vs LOSC Lille
Real Madrid vs Atlético de Madrid

Key Fantasy players

Brandon Mechele (€4.6m) – Club Brugge
Reached double figures for ball recoveries in each of his last three Champions League appearances.

Ferran Jutglà (€6.6m) – Club Brugge
Has struck four times in his last five outings in all competitions, including goals in both knockout phase play-off matches against Atalanta.

Marco Asensio (€6.7m) – Aston Villa
Four goals in his three starts since joining Aston Villa on loan in January.

Ollie Watkins (€7.5m) – Aston Villa
Recorded three attacking returns – a goal and two assists – in his most recent Champions League fixture against Celtic.

Ryan Flamingo (€4.6m) – PSV
His Matchday 10 strike against Juventus took him to three goals in the 2024/25 Champions League – more than any other Fantasy defender.

Ivan Perišić (€5.5m) – PSV
Goals in both legs of PSV's knockout phase play-off and also found the net in the Dutch Cup on 26 February.

David Raya (€5.6m) – Arsenal
Only Inter's Yann Sommer kept more clean sheets than Raya's five during the league phase.

Gabriel (€5.5m) – Arsenal
Arsenal's top Fantasy points scorer managed four clean sheets, a goal and 40 ball recoveries during his seven league phase appearances.

Nico Schlotterbeck (€5.0m) – Dortmund
Helped BVB keep two clean sheets against Sporting CP in the knockout phase play-offs, making 15 ball recoveries in the process.

Serhou Guirassy (€8.2m) – Dortmund
The competition's top scorer has five goals in his two games since Dortmund's last Champions League fixture.

Jonathan David (€7.2m) – Lille
Recorded seven attacking returns during the league phase and was on target in Lille's last Ligue 1 fixture.

Kylian Mbappé (€10.9m) – Real Madrid
Has scored in four of his last five Champions League appearances, including the hat-trick against Manchester City on Matchday 10.

Vinícius Júnior (€11.2m) – Real Madrid
Remains Real Madrid's top Fantasy points scorer having registered ten attacking returns and won three Player of the Match awards in Europe this season.

Julián Alvarez (€8.3m) – Atlético de Madrid
Five goals in his last five club appearances and scored six times during the league phase.

Antoine Griezmann (€9.1m) – Atlético de Madrid
Has either a goal or an assist in Atleti's last five Champions League games, amassing 44 points in that time.