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UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2019/20

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UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2019/20

UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2019/20

Hello everyone and welcome to UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2019/20. The Champions League returns in earnest this coming Tuesday, all ready to mess with your best laid FPL plans with words like ‘rotated’, ‘rested’ and ‘Oh, FFS!’ on the horizon. That’s not a reason to shun it though, more one to embrace it, because at least if you don’t see Kun on a Saturday you may get a chance to do so in midweek…. We jest of course, but if you’ve never played Fantasy CL before we highly recommend you give it a whirl. It’s by no means a set and forget job, it does take a little bit of interaction inbetween game days (we shall come onto that later) but we think you’ll find it is worth it.

Personally I love nothing more (well ok, cricket, but…) than settling down on an autumn Tuesday evening and putting on the BT Sports CL show and seeing how my fantasy team perform live. For those lucky enough to have access to it they do a show which is basically Soccer Saturday on steroids; it’s an around the grounds job but with live action. This isn’t a sponsored plug by the way, I was just setting the scene. Here’s what you need to know for this season, and probably some stuff you don’t too…

The Game Itself and the FF247 League Codes

You can access the game here – Fantasy Champions League

We have two leagues running;
Our official FF247 league code is 32NQYUI4KW
This one is the usual open air league that all and sundry are welcome to join;

Our Regs League is now closed to new entrants
Please email us on contact@fantasyfootball247.co.uk if you want the code.

Fanteam’s €100,000 Champions League Fantasy Game
As well as the usual free game there are other options if you fancy having a flutter and one is the FanTeam game which has a huge prize pool. You can find more details here and don’t miss the chance to enter our very own competition to win free entry to this one by simply posting your FanTeam username in our comments section on that article. There are three such prizes up for grabs.

The Rules
As far as the rules go, you can access them here via – THIS LINK but let us give you a quick rundown of what they are.

The main crux of the game at this stage though is the subtle difference between ‘Match Days’ and ‘GW’s’. CL is split into a Tuesday and a Wednesday format within the same GW. For Captains as well as Manual Subs you treat Tuesday as phase 1 of the GW and Wednesday as phase 2. And you can make changes to both inbetween these. That’s what we meant in the intro by it being a bit hands on / interactive.

    • SCORING
      The scoring itself is pretty much as per FPL. The only real differences that we would notice is that there are no bonus points and we will not get an assist if our player wins a penalty that is scored, but the player will get 2 points for winning said penalty no matter if it results in a goal or not.
    • FORMAT
      The format is a bit like the World Cup fantasy. For those who aren’t familiar with this it basically means a tad more planning as you can sub players in before they have played to replace those that already have. A quick example would be to pick a Man United guy, let’s call him Paul, for arguments sake. And maybe a Liverpool guy, let’s call him Sadio. Given as Paul plays on Day 1 you can put him in your X1 and see how he does, whilst placing Sadio on your bench. If you like what you see from Paul then you can leave him in the team. If he has a stinker (likely) then you can simply activate manual subs and bring Sadio in to replace him for his later game. Simples, really. Don’t pick Paul :no:
    • MANUAL SUBS / AUTO SUBS
      If you activate a manual sub then your right to auto subs (as per FPL) disappears. You have the option to do either. Manual subs is your best bet we feel as you control who comes in and you get 4 more shots at getting it right, basically.
    • CAPTAIN
      The Captain Armband works in much the same way as fantasy world cup and not FPL. You may change your captain after each match day (if he was not sent off) with a player from your squad whose team is yet to play.
    • TRANSFERS
      Before the game begins: UNLIMITED
      Matchday 1–6: 2 per matchday
      Between matchday 6 and round of 16 1st leg: Unlimited
      Before round of 16 2nd leg: 3 transfers
      Before quarter-final 1st leg: 5 transfers
      Before quarter-final 2nd leg: 3 transfers
      Before semi-final 1st leg: 5 transfers
      Before semi-final 2nd leg: 3 transfers
      Before final: 5 transfers

      Be aware of this little nugget “Only one free transfer can be carried forward between matchdays. A user can make a maximum of 3 free transfers during the group stages. No free transfers can be carried forward in the knockout stage.”

      So basically it’s like FPL in terms of being able to carry 1 transfer over. However once we reach the knockout stage we will not have the option of carrying a free transfer with us, you don’t use it, you lose it.

    • Deadlines
      Deadlines are subject to change and will be at the time of kick-off of the first match of the matchday. So unlike FPL you do get to see the line-ups in advance and adjust accordingly. Just be aware that all 6 GW’s in the group stages now kick off with two early games so the deadline each time is 5.55pm UK time. Which also means you get to see the team sheets for four teams, not the full lot as in previous (and better!) seasons.

CHIPS?
There are a couple;

Wildcard
You get 1 regular wildcard and you can play it anytime you like prior to the start of a round. It acts the same way it does in FPL.

Limitless Wildcard
This is a different type of wildcard here, one that many will find very appealing. It is very similar to the “Free Hit” chip we have in FPL. However, there is one major difference… “The Limitless Wildcard enables the user to create a team without any budget restrictions and affords them unlimited transfers for one matchday.” So for one matchday you can afford whatever team you like. You do still have to meet the criteria for players from one team and formations and all that, but there is no budget, so spend away. Once the matchday is over, just like the free hit chip, our teams revert back.

UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football Tracker

This tracker has placed each team in the place that oddsmakers are expecting them to finish in said group. While it won’t hold true in every group, this should at least give you a better idea of what players to target. Also, the teams on the left all play on the same exact days through the group stages. This of course means that the teams on the right do the same. For those of you who want to use your manual subs, this tracker should help you in picking out players from both days of a matchday (the equivalent of a gameweek) so you have cover for any players who don’t perform well.





UEFA Champions League Player Tips
When time is of the essence sometimes we need to call on our friends and we have done just that here. Jamie and his team at FantasyBet have written a series of articles detailing their picks for each position and their best picks from each price bracket, and given as we read them and couldn’t have put it any better ourselves we have decided to simply link each one here for you;

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

UEFA Champions League Penalty Takers List

And they have one of these too! Just CLICK HERE

So that’s the basics, in as much of a small nutshell as we could manage, without boring the pants off you. If you have any further questions or queries or if there are any clarifications you need then as always please feel to ask below.

Please feel free to post any RMT’s on the issue or indeed as ever, especially as we’ve slightly interrupted the FPL weekend for this, just carrying on talking about that!

Thanks for reading UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2019/20.


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  1. Hey guys. My first try with whatever knowledge I have. What say? Is Messi not going to start tonight? If not, then him to Lewi??

    • Word is Messi is fit and will play. I appreciate Toloi is a €4.0 enabler but Atalanta is yet to keep a CS this term. With City and Shakhtar (always attacking) I prefer Tomori or Leipzig’s Orban.
      No idea who your PSG guy is. You need 15 playing players in this format.

    • He’s in the squad, whether he starts or not is a different matter. I’ve left him out for the time being.

      Rest looks good although there is better value to be had than de Jong. Mito was waffling on about just this on the last page and there are good suggestions within that thread.

    • You need to switch your keepers as Benfica play first.

  2. This is me! In Lautaro we trust (or not if he doesn’t start). €1 itb for a rainy day. Good to go?

  3. Afternoon all

    Rip away ….

    • Hey Madhatter. Solid picks in general tho I think Toussart is more of a defensive mid. That’s about the only ‘weakness’ I see. Good luck mate!

  4. Hey lads, how’s the UCL tinkering going? Only getting to my team now (gulp) as just got back home from a long weekend wedding. Any glaring problems?! Have spent way more on attackers than defenders at the mo but might tinker a bit more… Cheers!

    • Bold and awesome. Just worry about Jesus playing time.
      I have Sterling and close to swapping him for Mane.

    • Something always feels unsual about picking the keeper for a team where you have 3 attacking players going against him. Not saying that is wrong it just feels weird to me, so I try and avoid it.

      Parejo is criminally underpriced, but that team is a circus right now, so not sure if to go with him right now or not, plus also stuck in two minds about building a team for GW1 and wildcarding right away or just building for several weeks. Rest looks good to me, I agree that Jesus should start so thinking that will work out.

      • Mito — Haha, true re/ Ospina! Was looking at post-Liverpool games, tho Napoli haven’t been the tightest defensively.

        • Switched things around and did Parejo–>Pizza plus Ospina–>Gulacsi (Leipzig)..

        • I had Gulacsi and took him out for the Benfica keeper and Ederson, but thinking about putting Gulacsi back in.

        • Mito — yeah Vlachodimos is decent value. Tough one.

    • Is Tavares nailed? I didn’t see him feature in Benfica’s last few matches in lineup

      • Coys — yeah, a bit of a punt as he’s only 19, but has started a few games and chipped in w/ goals/assists. Other Benfica defenders who are nailed are available at same price range fyi.

        • And they are all shite!!!

        • DMC — HAHA! How’s it going mate? You all set or still tinkering?

  5. Anyone know if Pjanic will start? Seems like he was training yesterday.
    Any other words of advice? I have Haland in as an enabler. How important is it to have everyone playing in CL?
    1 mib to bring in Messi.
    Cheers and thanks all.

    • Hard to know on Pjanic, he is in the squad, but who knows about the XI. It is ideal that everyone plays, because you get a chance to replace any bad scores with the guys on your bench, unless they get a red card. So if you have a zero, one and one, they can all go out for someone who has not played. I would say it is very important, but if you need money there are players who are likely to start and are super cheap so just get them in and you get to use your budget on the players you want and still have a guy on the bench that can come in if you need him. You have one in Lodi, another one is likely to be Orban (defender) and you have Haland. So you do have cheap options who play, think you should be good, if Pjanic plays.

  6. Hey guys, I think I’m pretty settled with this squad. It’s bit top heavy but this is basically the plan. Please let me know if you have any inputs :yes:

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