In this article, we will look at the best goalkeepers to pick for your Fantasy Champions League team in MD15.
This article is part of the series: UCL Fantasy Semifinals: Tips, Best Pick, Captain and Team Selection
We will explore goalkeepers at each price option: budget enablers, midpriced picks and premium options.
Budget Goalkeepers to consider (4m – 4.5m)
Szczesny (4.1m, Barcelona) – 9.5/10
- Barcelona likely to go through
- Barcelona among top teams for clean sheet odds in SF, 30 % probability of clean sheet in the 1st Leg
- the cheapest goalkeeper in the game
Mid-Priced Goalkeepers to consider (5m)
Sommer (5.5m, Inter) – 5/10
- good at save points
- Inter very well organized defensively in UCL this season, but tough fixture
- 12 % clean sheet odds
Premium Goalkeepers to consider (5.5m – 6m)
Donnaruma (5.8m, PSG) – 6.5/10
- could be an option in the 2nd leg
- 20 % clean sheet odds
Raya (5.6m, Arsenal) – 8.5/10
- Arsenal solid defensively
- Arsenal plays on a different day than Barcelona (if Szczesny is your other goalkeeper)
- top for clean sheet odds = 31 %
Tips for picking the best goalkeepers for your UCL Fantasy team
With goalkeepers, you always want a keeper that has a very high chance of a clean sheet.
But what is crucial, it is to have two playing goalkeepers – one that plays on Tuesday and one that plays on Wednesday.
That way, if your Tuesday’s goalkeeper did not score enough points (we use 4 points as our threshold) you can replace him with a goalkeeper that is yet to play on Wednesday.
This will help you maximize the UCL Fantasy points gained from your goalkeepers. Also, when considering a goalkeeper for your UCL Fantasy team, you always have to take a look at fixtures and asses whether a certain keeper has the potential for a clean sheet. Does he have a tough or easy fixture?
You can use our Champions League Clean Sheets Odds to find teams, who are most likely to keep a clean sheet in the next round of Champions League.
And do not forget to consider goalkeepers who are good at saves or penalty saves. You can find which goalkeepers made the most saves in the previous season in our article: Goalkepeers with the most saves in UCL Fantasy.
Now let’s look at goalkeepers at each price option: budget enablers, midpriced picks and premium options.
Here is our watchlist. (Go to the top).
