In this article, we will look at the best midfielders for your Fantasy Champions League team in the MD 2 in the new 2025/26 season?
This article is part of the series: UCL Fantasy Matchday 2: Tips, Best Pick, Captain and Team Selection
We looked at each price option: budget enablers, mid-priced and premium options.
Budget midfielders (4.5m – 6m)
- Lamine Camara (4.5m, Monaco) – 2/10 – only as an enabler, started 3/4 for Monaco this season, not guaranteed starter
- Hans Vanaken (5.0m, Club Brugge) – 4/10 – Brugge main man, set pieces, already hauled in MD1
- Uzun Can (5m, Frankfurt) – 3/10 – overlooked, younsgter with 5G + 3A in 4 games in Bundesliga this season
- Maghnes Akliouche (5.0m, Monaco) – 2.5/10 – cheap youngster with 2G + 1A in Lique 1 this season
- Marten de Roon (5.5m, Atalanta) – 4/10 – no attacking output, but steady ball recovery points, 7.3 balls recovered per 90 in last season
- Francisco Trincão (6.0m, Sporting) – 3/10 – 3G+1A in 7 league games, hauled in MD1, fixtures are still OK
- Pedro Goncalves (6.0m, Sporting) – 6/10 – key man for Sporting, 5G + 3A in 7 league games this season
- Arda Güler (6.0m, Real Madrid) – 5/10 – nice form with 3G+3A in La Liga this season,
- Kenan Yıldız (6.0m, Juventus) – 4/10 – 1G + 3Assists in Serie A this season, nice fixtures until the end of the league phase
Mid-priced midfielders (6.5m – 8m)
- Serge Gnabry (6.5m, Bayern) – 4/10 – should not be overlooked with his 3G+ 2A in 5 games for Bayern, but his minutes might be at risk
- Joey Veerman (6.5m, PSV) – 4.5/10 – main man for PSV, 3G+3A in 6 Eredivisie games this season
- Tijjani Reijnders (6.5m, Man City) – 3.5/10 – 1G + 2A for City in PL, but rotation risk, mixed fixtures
- Joshua Kimmich (6.5m, Bayern) – 6/10 – slow and steady output due to occasional goal threat, and occasional balls recovered
- Declan Rice (7.0m, Arsenal) – 5.5/10 – slow and steady output due to occasional goal threat, set pieces, and occasional balls recovered
- Hakan Calhanoglu (7m, Inter) – 7/10 – Inter’s main creator, on set pieces, penalties, sometimes points from balls recovered
- Vitinha (7.0m, PSG) – 3/10 – slow and steady output due to occasional goal threat, and occasional balls recovered, but fixtures are tough, and 7m price might be too much for just Balls recovered points
- Mohammed Kudus (7.0m, Tottenham) – 6/10 – historically very explosive UCL Fantasy asset, good fixtures for Spurs, “only” 3A in PL this season
- Scott McTominay (7.0m, Napoli) – 6/10 – very interesting pick from MD2 onwards when Napoli’s fixtures improve. 12G + 4A in Serie A last season, occasional balls recovered points also on the table
- Michael Olise (8.0m, Bayern) – 8.5/10 – 3G + 2A for Bayern this season in Bundesliga, likely the most nailed of the midfielders
- Foden (8m, Man City) – 5/10 – slowly getting back to his form from few seasons ago, but rotation risk
Premium midfielders (8.5m – 10.5m)
- Florian Wirtz (9.0m, Liverpool) – 5/10 – he is struggling for Liverpool so far, but still, he is the wonder boy, and had an amazing UCL season last year, but he is wait and see for us now
- Vinícius Júnior (9.5m, Real Madrid) – 9/10 – exciting new MID classification, great fixture in MD, captaincy candidate, 3G+4A in La Liga
- Saka (9.5m, Arsenal) – 7/10 – shoul not be overlooked, back from injury, main man for Arsenal, but mix of fixtures
- Mohamed Salah (10.5m, Liverpool) – 9.5/10 – on penalties, main man for Liverpool, excellent last season in Premier League, captaincy candidate in any matchday, and surprisingly low onwership
Tips for picking the best midfielders for your UCL Fantasy team
When selecting a defender for your UCL Fantasy team you consider:
- If you pick a premium midfielder, make sure he is also a good captaincy option.
- If you pick cheap midfielders (less than 5.5 million), make sure they are good at balls recovered
- Also, consider midfielders who are talismans for their teams as they could get awarded MOTM
- Form and fixtures are also important parts of your decision-making process
- Consider probabilities when picking midfielders. Let bookies any time goalscorer odds to help you with that. You can find them here: Champions League Goalscoring Odds.
- Make sure you have all playing midfielders and no non-starters in your team – you can sub off players when they blank for a player who is yet to play
- Think about the structure of your midfield. It could be something like:
- 10m (premium captaincy option)
- 7m (talisman)
- 7m (talisman)
- 6m (differential with good fixture)
- 5m (balls recovered hero)
Musiala is a better choice than Sane
Zorgane from Union Saint Gilloise at 5.0 could be very good for ball recoveries. The hard fixtures could make ball recovery potential even better. Florucz from Union Saint Gilloise at 4.5 is also a very good option since he’s been their main man this season and been on pens, although the hard fixtures could minimize his goal threat and he’s also serving a suspension for the first game it seems.