Champions League Fantasy Football: The Scout squad for Matchday 14

Paris Saint-Germain provide the most players to The Scout's Matchday 14 squad on UCL Fantasy, presented by PlayStation.

The holders have five representatives for the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second legs, including first-leg goalscorers Khvicha Kavaratshkelia and Désiré Doué, while Viktor Gyökeres leads a four-strong Arsenal contingent and there is also room for Bayern pair Harry Kane and Michael Olise, Lamine Yamal of Barcelona and Atleti's Julián Alvarez.

Goalkeepers

Both goalkeepers selected kept clean sheets in last week's first legs. Matvei Safonov (€4.4m) scored six points as Paris Saint-Germain beat Liverpool 2-0, his second successive shut-out and his third in this season's Champions League.

David Raya (€5.5m) was the top-scoring goalkeeper on Matchday 13, finishing with ten points. The Spaniard's clean sheet in Arsenal's 1-0 victory at Sporting CP was his seventh in ten appearances this season, the Player of the Match award taking him to 56 Fantasy points for the campaign, taking him above Thibaut Courtois as the overall highest scorer in his position.

Defenders

Paris and Arsenal both supply two players among the defenders. Budget constraints mean no place for Nuno Mendes and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk, the two top scorers in defence; however, Willian Pacho (€5.0m) is third on that list, only five Fantasy points behind, and is a significantly cheaper option, as is Paris captain Marquinhos (€5.0m), with both players collecting a percentage of their totals via ball recoveries, generally a reliable source of points.

Gabriel (€5.7m) is level with Marquinhos on 57 Fantasy points, making the Brazilian the top scorer in the Arsenal back line. Ben White (€4.6m) scored six points at Sporting last week, his fourth six-point return in his last five appearances. The defence is completed by Matteo Ruggeri (€4.3m), whose ten points in Atleti's first-leg win at Barcelona included his third assist and first clean sheet of the season.

Midfielders

There is also a Paris double-up in midfield, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (€8.3m) now the top scorer in the game following his 11 points in the first leg, also more than any other player. The Georgian is also a strong contender for the Fantasy captaincy on Tuesday. Désiré Doué (€8.1m) got Paris' other goal in the first-leg win against Liverpool, making it 40 points in his five knockout appearances.

Michael Olise (€8.3m) now has eight assists in this season's Champions League after Bayern's win at Real Madrid in the first leg; the French winger has 23 points from just two appearances in the knockout phase. Lamine Yamal (€9.9m) will likely be central to Barcelona's hopes of mounting a comeback at Atleti and averages seven Fantasy points per game from Matchday 11 onwards while Atleti's Giuliano Simeone (€6.2m) is a budget enabler who has two goals, an assist and two Player of the Match awards this season.

Forwards

Of the three positions for strikers, two of the players are arguably must-haves for Fantasy managers. Harry Kane (€10.8m) has 20 points in his last two appearances and 78 for the season thanks mostly to 11 goals and four Player of the Match awards. Julián Alvarez (€9.3m) has four goals and two assists in Atleti's last three fixtures to move on to 85 Fantasy points with nine goals and four assists helping the Argentinian to be named Player of the Match three times.

Viktor Gyökeres (€9.0m) failed to find the net in Arsenal's first-leg win at his former club Sporting but was on target in the Premier League at the weekend to make it six goals in his last five games for club and country. Three of the Swede's four Champions League goals this season have come at the Arsenal Stadium.