Champions League Fantasy Football: Scout notes 20 January

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 Matchday 7 deadline is 16:30 CET on Tuesday, with Kairat Almaty vs Club Brugge the first fixture.

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

• Matchday 7 takes place over two days, meaning there will be two opportunities to select a high-performing captain.

Fixtures

16:30 CET
Kairat Almaty vs Club Brugge

18:45 CET
Bodø/Glimt vs Manchester City

21:00 CET
Inter vs Arsenal
Tottenham vs Borussia Dortmund
Sporting CP vs Paris Saint-Germain
Olympiacos vs Bayer Leverkusen
Villarreal vs Ajax
Real Madrid vs Monaco
Copenhagen vs Napoli

Key Fantasy players

Erling Haaland (€10.7m) – Man City
Has found the net at least once in five of his six appearances this season; joint-second top scorer overall.

Yann Sommer (€6.0m) – Inter
Inter have conceded only four league phase goals and kept four clean sheets in their last six Serie A encounters.

Gabriel (€5.7m) – Arsenal
Goal and assist in the league phase, also scoring two of his last four Premier League appearances.

Gabriel Martinelli (€7.8m) – Arsenal
Arsenal's top points scorer this season having been on target in all five of his appearances.

Felix Nmecha (€5.9m) – Dortmund
Budget midfielder who has scored three goals in the 2025/26 league phase – all from outside the box.

Luis Suárez (€5.0m) – Sporting CP
Eight goals and two assists in his seven appearances since Matchday 6.

Vitinha (€7.2m) – Paris
Top midfield points scorer, adding five attacking returns to 38 ball recoveries and a Player of the Match award.

Ousmane Dembélé (€9.9m) – Paris
His last four starts have brought five goals and an assist; owned by just 3% of Fantasy managers.

Alejandro Grimaldo (€6.1m) – Leverkusen
Only owned by 9% of managers despite his 45 Fantasy points being second-most among defenders.

Kylian Mbappé (€10.9m) – Real Madrid
The top Fantasy points scorer having hit nine goals in the league phase – three more than any other player.

Vanja Milinković-Savić (€4.1m) – Napoli
Budget-friendly goalkeeper whose side have six clean sheets in eight games across all competitions.