Best Forwards to pick (Watchlist & Ratings)

In this article, we will look at the best forwards to pick for your Fantasy Champions League team in Matchday 1 of the new 2025/26 UCL season.

This article is part of the series: UCL Fantasy MD1: Tips, Best Pick, Captain and Team Selection

We looked at each price option: budget enablers, mid-priced and premium options.

Budget forwards

• Luis Suárez (5.0m, Sporting) – 4/10 – great form (4G in one game for Columbia, 3G+2A in 5 for Sporting),  amazing MD1 fixture vs Kairat, then mix of fixtures, one to consider if you plan MD2 wildcard
• Jonathan David (6.0m, Juventus) – 4.5/10 – historically good in UCL, 1G + 1A in 3 in Serie A this season
• Vangelis Pavlidis (7.0m, Benfica) – 5/10 – main man for Benfica in UCL last season, good MD1 fixture

Mid-priced forwards

• Victor Osimhen (7.5m, Galatasaray) – 6/10 – main man for Galatasaray, althoug injury doubt. We are looking at him potentially from MD3 onwards
• Joao Pedro (7.5, Chelsea) – 4/10 – good form for Chelsea in PL, but unreliable fantasy asset
• Serhou Guirassy (8.0m, Dortmund) – 7.5/10 – top UCL Fantasy forward 24/25, main man for Dortmund, continues in his form, 4G in 3 Bundelsiga games this season
• Viktor Gyökeres (9.0m, Arsenal) – 6/10 – historically good UCL Fantasy asset, Arsenal with OK fixtures

Premium forwards

Note: They will all score goals, accept that, just try to pick the best of them

• Harry Kane (10.5m, Bayern) – 9.5/10 – you will want him mainly in MD2 as your captain, but can score in any game
• Erling Haaland (10.5m, Man City) – 9.5/10 – can score in any game, captaincy option in any game
• Kylian Mbappé (10.5m, Real Madrid) – 10/10 – in red hot form

Picking the best forwards to your Fantasy Champions League team

When picking strikers into your UCL Fantasy team, you should consider:

• Historically, forwards are the best captains in Fantasy Champions League
• Make sure you have two great captaincy options among forwards – one for Tuesday and one for Wednesday (unless you plan to captain premium midfielder in one day)
• Pick forwards who are in form and have easy fixture – this will allow you to maximize points potential from your captain
• Consider probabilities when picking forwards. Let bookies any time goalscorer odds to help you with that. You can find them here: Champions League Goalscoring Odds.
• Think about structure. For example, you could go:
  • 11m – captain for Tuesday
  • 11m – backup captain for Wednesday
  • 6m – in-form differential with an easy fixture

Matej Šuľan

Fantasy Football enthusiast with two top 1k finishes in FPL. Best FPL overall rank: 119th in 2019/20 season. Five top 500 finishes in UCL Fantasy, best overall rank: 23rd in 2018/19 season. Founder of Fantasy Football Reports.