UEFA Champions League (UCL) Fantasy: Best Matchday 3 captains

UEFA Champions League (UCL) Fantasy: Best Matchday 3 captains

The 2024/25 UEFA Champions League (UCL) returns on Tuesday – and so does the competitors’s official Fantasy sport.

Not like in Fantasy Premier League (FPL), the place it’s hands-off administration after the deadline passes, there are adjustments UCL Fantasy managers could make halfway via a Matchday, together with captaincy.

Beneath, we’ve put collectively a information to the league section calendar so you’ll be able to see who the most effective armband candidates are on daily basis.

There’s extra concentrate on Matchday 3 however we’ve namechecked gamers who might be made skipper in future Matchdays to return.

BEST DAY-BY-DAY UCL FANTASY CAPTAINS: MATCHDAY 3

TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER

There are many choices we may look to for captaincy on Tuesday.

The damage to Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka (€9.0m) is a major one. If we get information he’ll begin then he stays the most suitable choice, but it surely feels unlikely. 

In that case, Milan’s house fixture in opposition to Membership Brugge stands out.

These searching for a high-ceiling possibility may choose Theo Hernandez (€5.5m), who has each defensive and offensive potential this week.

UCL Fantasy managers aiming for a extra conservative method may captain penalty-taker Christian Pulisic  (€7.5m).

Differential choices embody the likes of Ollie Watkins  (€7.5m) and Sporting ahead Victor Gyokeres (€7.6m) who faces Sturm Graz. 

WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER

Most UCL Fantasy managers can have their sights set on Erling Haaland (€11.0m) for captaincy.

While he’s, by far, the most effective captaincy possibility on Wednesday, Ademola Lookman (€6.5m) or Mateo Retegui (€5.5m) might be attention-grabbing alternate options.


DAY-BY-DAY CAPTAINCY PICKS: MATCHDAY 4-8

Trying additional forward, right here’s a briefer have a look at among the most eye-catching fixtures and captains in Matchdays 4-8.

Loads can change between at times, after all.

Nonetheless, for planning functions (as many people might want to look long-term with our transfers), listed here are among the greatest choices.

Matchday 4
  • Tuesday 5 November: Haaland (Sporting a)
  • Wednesday 6 November: Kane (Benfica h), Yamal/Lewandowski (Crvena Zvezda a)
Matchday 5
  • Tuesday 26 November: Yamal/Lewandowski (Brest h), Haaland (Feyenoord h)
  • Wednesday 27 November: That is the trickiest day to navigate, with Liverpool up in opposition to Actual Madrid at Anfield. A punt on a Borussia Dortmund participant in opposition to Dinamo could be your greatest wager.
Matchday 6
  • Tuesday 10 December: Salah (Girona a), Kane (Shakhtar Donetsk a)
  • Wednesday 11 December: Saka (Monaco h)
Matchday 7
  • Tuesday 21 January: Salah (Lille h)
  • Wednesday 22 January: Saka (Dinamo h), Mbappe (Salzburg h)
Matchday 8
  • Wednesday 29 January: Kane (Slovan Bratislava h), Haaland (Membership Brugge h), Mbappe (Brest a)