MD4 DEADLINE: TUESDAY 5th OCTOBER 5:45pm UK
Hello everyone and welcome to UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2024/25.
We have left ‘The basics’ guide below just in case anyone joins late, or still needs a reminder as to how it all works. As for MD2 all you need to know really is that the deadline is as per above, and that prior to it you have 2 FREE TRANSFERS to use.
REGS LEAGUE
MD4 Fixtures
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If you haven’t played before then don’t worry, it’s fairly simple and we shall walk you through the basics below.
If you have played before then it is essentially the same as usual, despite the stark new format of the Champions League itself. Scoring, rules and chips look generally the same. The fixtures in terms of our ‘Matchdays’ follow roughly as what they were previously, only that MD1 (and this alone) is split over 3 midweek days, rather than the usual 2.
To the main business at hand. What we will do here is;
1. Cover the basics.
2. Provide FF247 league details with codes and links.
3. Detail the deadlines.
1. The basics
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 (apart from MD1 – see above) 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 in-between these.
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- 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. A player also gets a point for every 3 ‘ball recoveries’ too. Instead of FPL style bonus points you get 3 points for the ‘Player of the Match’,
- SCORING
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- FORMAT
The format is a bit like the Euro 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 an Arsenal guy, let’s call him Kai, for arguments sake. And maybe a Man City guy, let’s call him Erling. If Kai plays on Day 1 you can put him in your X1 and see how he does, whilst placing Erling on your bench. If you like what you see from Kai then you can leave him in the team. If he has a stinker (likely) then you can simply activate manual subs and bring Erling in to replace him for his later game. Simples, really. Don’t pick Kai :no:
- FORMAT
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- TRANSFERS
- TRANSFERS
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.
The Game Itself
You can access the game here – Fantasy Champions League
2. The FF247 Leagues
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- Our Public FF247 league code is AadmqE
This one is the usual open air league that all and sundry are welcome to join.
Click here for the auto-join link.
- Our Public FF247 league code is AadmqE
- FF247 Regs League – The main one!
The purpose of this one is that it is for folk who are on the FF247 forum regularly and taking part in the regular FF247 CL chat. Please don’t try to join if you aren’t. We will know, and we will boot you out.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO JOIN –
Please email us on contact@fantasyfootball247.co.uk if you want the code for this one.
You must include your FF247 username and your CL team name in the email or we will simply ignore it.
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- 3. 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. Most seem to be at 5.45pm UK time on the group stage. Except for the final one on Jan 29th when it is 8pm and we have all 36 teams playing on the same night!!!
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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 FPL for this, just carrying on talking about that!
Thanks for reading UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2024/25.
Shakhtar v Atalanta
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Kane starts but Guerreiro benched
Assist for Salah
My cheap punt Hancko ended up with an assist for one of the own goals from Girona
Just lost 4 pts bringing in Di Grigoria
Yes, that was a rare UCL fantasy disaster, now we have to burn a FT for a GK
He can sit on the bench if i have better opportunities elsewhere
I was on 89 pts yday. Thanks to him i end up on 87 pts total today. 89 yday, today -2. What a contrast. My other 2 players kane and l diaz did nothing either.
Nah a waste to use transfer for gk. I ll probably wc in either 4 or 5. Can fix gks then. Blaswich my other gk has been terrible too.
Reg, 4 or 5 sounds good but still unclear when will be the actual best time for the WC as the later stage of the group phase will be playoffs for the 3rd and 4th place. A bit more complicated with the new format.
The playoffs are for teams 9-24. Thats after the 8 matchdays and there will be unlimited transfers before the playoffs. And again unlimited transfers after the playoffs and before round of 16
Go AVL!
Happy for Lille!!!
Bad night for Bayern and RM who were expected to do better. That will make the tournament more interesting in the next MDs.
Yes such upsets will make things much more interesting. Real Madrid just look shocking. Well they were poor last year too but opponents kept gifting them wins. Next md we ll have real Madrid vs Dortmund and Barcelona vs bayern.
The premier league teams have been on a roll this year winning 7/8 of their games so far.