Champions League Fantasy Football: Popular picks and potential differentials

Matchday 6 of the UEFA Champions League is the last round of league phase fixtures in 2025 and UEFA.com considers a selection of high-owned options and differential selections who command attention on #UCLfantasy, presented by PlayStation.

GOALKEEPERS

Popular pick

David Raya (€5.5m) vs Club Brugge (A)
While Raya conceded for the first time in this season's league phase on Matchday 5, the Arsenal No1 remains highly popular in Fantasy quarters. By far the highest-owned goalkeeper, Raya has registered a score of six points or more in four of his five appearances in 2025/26 and next faces a Club Brugge side that have failed to score in two of their last three fixtures.
Owned by 33%

Potential differential

Marco Carnesecchi (€4.7m) vs Chelsea (H)
No goalkeeper has been more consistent than Carnesecchi when it comes to Fantasy returns. Atalanta's 3-0 triumph at Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 5 gave the Italian his third consecutive clean sheet and seven-point score, having registered at least three saves in each of those wins. Atalanta face a tough Matchday 6 assignment at home to Chelsea, but Carnesecchi's form, price tag and low ownership warrant consideration.
Owned by 5%

DEFENDERS

Popular pick

Nuno Mendes (€6.3m) vs Athletic Club (A)
In Paris Saint Germain's two away fixtures Mendes has registered a goal, two assists, 12 ball recoveries and 23 points, having been named Player of the Match in both games. Assuming he overcomes a recent injury, he next takes on an Athletic Club team that have failed to score in three of their five games including each of the last two.
Owned by 50%

Potential differential

Alejandro Grimaldo (€6.0m) vs Newcastle (H)
Eight goals in all competitions already this season underlines the attacking threat posed by Grimaldo, who opened the scoring in Leverkusen's Matchday 5 win at Manchester City. The Spaniard has 22 points across the last two matchdays and is part of a Leverkusen defence that have shut out the opposition in four of their last six games overall.
Owned by 9%

MIDFIELDERS

Popular pick

Michael Olise (€8.2m) vs Sporting CP (H)
Olise is the most popular midfielder in Fantasy squads and his ownership could rise further with Bayern München looking to bounce back from defeat at Arsenal on Matchday 6. Ahead of the visit of Sporting CP, Vincent Kompany's side have scored three or more goals in each of their last four home games in all competitions, Olise recording five goal involvements in a single Bundesliga fixture last month.
Owned by 42%

Potential differential

Estêvão (€6.0m) vs Atalanta (A)
Chelsea's Brazilian youngster has found the net in each of his three league phase starts. Since the start of October Estêvão has earned 26 Fantasy points and recorded eight or more on all three matchdays in that period. A trip to Atalanta serves as Estêvão's next big test, the Italian side having kept three successive Champions League clean sheets.
Owned by 4%

FORWARDS

Popular pick

Kylian Mbappé (€10.8m) vs Man City (H)
Mbappé hit new heights on Matchday 5, scoring four times in the Champions League for the first time, his second hat-trick already in this season's competition earning 22 Fantasy points. The Real Madrid forward leads the competition's goalscoring charts with nine and is comfortably the highest-owned Fantasy player ahead of Matchday 6, when he renews acquaintances with a City side against whom he scored four times in last season's knockout phase play-offs, including a second-leg hat-trick.
Owned by 70%

Potential differential

Ayoub El Kaabi (€6.0m) vs Kairat Almaty (A)
Mbappé was not the only striker on the scoresheet at Olympiacos on Matchday 5, El Kaabi hitting his 11th goal of the season in all competitions for the Greek champions and also providing an assist, picking up nine Fantasy points. A regular scorer in domestic football El Kaabi is starting to transfer that form into Europe with three goal involvements in his last three Champions League appearances.
Owned by 1%