Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 17 September

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 manual substitutions and captain changes is 18:45 CET on Wednesday – the kick-off times of both Olympiacos vs Pafos and Slavia Praha vs Bodø/Glimt.

• This will be the first opportunity to make manual changes, but you don't need to substitute on any of your Thursday players just yet. That can be done following Wednesday's fixtures.

• For those looking for a new captain, it's best to switch to a player in action on Wednesday at this point, even if you think one of your Thursday options is a stronger choice.

Fixtures

18:45 CET
Olympiacos vs Pafos
Slavia Praha vs Bodø/Glimt

21:00 CET
Paris Saint-Germain vs Atalanta
Liverpool vs Atlético de Madrid
Bayern München vs Chelsea
Ajax vs Inter

Key Fantasy players

Ayoub El Kaabi (€6.0m) – Olympiacos
Scored 27 goals in all competitions in 2024/25 for the Greek league and cup winners.

Chiquinho (€5.5m) – Olympiacos
The 30-year-old midfielder has three goal involvements in his last two domestic appearances.

Virgil van Dijk (€6.0m) – Liverpool
Capable of points via multiple avenues and part of a defence that has kept consecutive clean sheets.

Mohamed Salah (€10.5m) – Liverpool
A total of 57 goal involvements last season, including seven in the league phase.

Nuno Mendes (€6.0m) – Paris
One of just four players to score over 100 Fantasy points last season and the second most-owned defender.

Willian Pacho (€5.0m) – Paris
The most ball recoveries last season with 124, accounting for 37 of his 93 Fantasy points.

Charles De Ketelaere (€6.0m) – Atalanta
Four goals and five assists in the Italian side's most recent Champions League campaign.

Michael Olise (€8.0m) – Bayern München
Has at least one goal involvement in Bayern's last four games in all competitions.

Harry Kane (€10.5m) – Bayern München
Scored 11 goals in the 2024/25 Champions League and already has nine for club and country this campaign.

Cole Palmer (€9.5m) – Chelsea
On the scoresheet at the weekend and a key offensive figure for the Blues; also their first-choice penalty taker.

Denzel Dumfries (€6.0m) – Inter
The attacking full-back is popular after two goals, three assists, seven clean sheets and 80 points last season.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu (€7.0m) – Inter
Scored twice at the weekend and also takes penalties for the 2024/25 Champions League finalists.