Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 9 April

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 deadline for captain changes and substitutions on Wednesday is 21:00 CET – when both fixtures kick off.

• Managers have the opportunity to bring up to three outfield players and a goalkeeper off the bench to replace anyone in their original starting XI.

• Those looking for a higher Matchday 13 return from their chosen captain can opt to switch the armband to another player prior to Wednesday's deadline.

Fixtures

21:00 CET
Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund
Paris Saint-Germain vs Aston Villa

Key Fantasy players

Jules Koundé (€5.6m) – Barcelona
The defender has three assists in this season's Champions League and managed 12 Fantasy points in the round of 16.

Lamine Yamal (€7.3m) – Barcelona
Returned 12 points against Benfica on Matchday 12 and is one of only two players with an ownership of over 40%.

Raphinha (€7.7m) – Barcelona
Leads the Champions League scoring charts ahead of the quarter-finals with 11 goals, and the only player who has passed 100 Fantasy points this season.

Robert Lewandowski (€9.6m) – Barcelona
Has 27 goals in as many games against former club Dortmund; scored 38 in all competitions this season.

Emre Can (€5.2m) – Dortmund
Scored more Fantasy points – 32 – than any of his Dortmund team-mates in the knockout phase.

Karim Adeyemi (€7.4m) – Dortmund
Found the net in the first legs of both the knockout phase play-offs and the round of 16, recording nine points in each of those fixtures.

Serhou Guirassy (€8.2m) – Dortmund
Scored twice against Matchday 13 opponents Barcelona in the league phase and has ten goals and four assists in Europe.

Achraf Hakimi (€5.7m) – Paris
The highest-scoring defender on 85 points, a tally bettered by only Raphinha in any position prior to the quarter-finals.

Nuno Mendes (€5.8m) – Paris
One of the top five best-performing Fantasy players heading into Matchday 13, his 70 points behind only Hakimi among defenders still involved.

Ousmane Dembélé (€8.5m) – Paris
One of the most in-form players set to feature on Matchday 13 with 24 goals in his 20 club appearances in 2025.

Emiliano Martínez (€5.0m) – Aston Villa
Five Champions League clean sheets so far for the Argentinian international, including one on Matchday 12.

Morgan Rogers (€5.1m) – Aston Villa
Villa's highest-scoring Fantasy performer, three goals, three assists and two Player of the Match awards helping him to 55 points.

Marco Asensio (€6.7m) – Aston Villa
Eight goals in as many games for Villa, including three off the bench across both legs of the last-16 triumph against Club Brugge.