In this article, we will look at the best goalkeepers to pick for your EURO 2024 Fantasy team in the Matchday 1.
We will look at goalkeepers at each price options: budget enablers, midpriced picks and premium options for our fantasy teams in MD1.
How to pick the best goalkeepers for your EURO 2024 fantasy team
- With goalkeepers, you always want a keeper that has a very high chance of a clean sheet. You can use our EURO 2024 Clean Sheets Odds to find nations, who are most likely to keep a clean sheet in Matchday 1.
- It is also best to have two playing goalkeepers – Both who play on a different day so you could use substitution if the first one will not keep a clean sheet. (If their match starts on the same day, you couldn’t make substitutions)
- That way, if the goalkeeper who plays earlier does not score enough points (we use 4 points as our threshold) you can replace him with a goalkeeper that is yet to play on another day within the same matchday.
- This will help you maximize fantasy points gained from your goalkeepers.
- Also, when considering a goalkeeper for your 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? And as we mentioned, our clean sheet odds will help you with that.
- Also, asses save potential of a goalkeeper you would like to pick
- Not sure how are goalkeepers scoring points in EURO 2024 Fantasy? Check our article: How are points awarded in EURO 2024 Fantasy?
Now let’s look at goalkeepers at each price option and our rating.
Budget Goalkeepers (4m – 4.5m)
Moldovan (4m, Romania) – 3/10
- likely the best 4m goalkeeper for EURO 2024
- He is predicted to be number 1 for Romania at the tournament
- Romania solid defensively in the Qualifiers, with just 5 goals conceded and 5 clean sheets in 10 matches
Lunin (4.5m, Ukraine) – 4/10
- A perfect budget goalkeeper for the first two matchdays (against Romania and Slovakia)
- Great option for managers who will use limitless wildcards or regular wildcards in MD3 – so they will transfer out Lunin for his fixture against Belgium
- He was perfect asset to own in UCL Fantasy this year, as he was very good at collecting save points for Real Madrid – 4.75 saves per match
- Ukraine should concede shots so there is high potential he will get points for saves
- 36 clean sheet odds in MD1
Verbruggen (4.5m, Netherlands) – 6.5/10
- He will be number 1 goalkeeper for Netherlands at EUROs
- disadvantage is, that he is not as good pick for managers who will use limitless in MD3, because they have a tough fixture on MD2 against France
- Good pick solely for Matchday 1
Mid-priced Goalkeepers (5m)
Pickford (5m, England) – 9/10
- very good price
- Hero of Fantasy Premier League season this year – top scoring goalkeeper in FPL with 13 clean sheets this season
- England with very good group – clean sheet potential in every match in the group stage
- He is good set and forget goalkeeper for the group stage
- 45 % clean sheet odds in MD1 – 3rd best of all teams
- England had the most clean sheets (5) in previous EURO in 2021
- in Qualifiers, England had 4 clean sheets in 8 games
Diogo Costa (5m, Portugal) – 5/10
- Portugal with the best defense in the qualifiers – they kept 9 clean sheets in 10 matches and conceded just 2 goals (in the game against Slovakia
- But in the recent big tournaments their defense was not as solid as in the qualifiers
- Good at saving penalties
Casteels (5m, Belgium) – 7.5/10
- should be starting goalkeeper for Belgium as they will be without Courtois
- Good group for Belgium, all 3 fixtures have clean sheet potential
- 5 clean sheets for Belgium in 8 games in Qualifiers
Premium Goalkeepers for EURO 2024 Fantasy (5.5m – 6m)
Given Pickford’s price, it is hard to pick more expensive goalkeepers given that their points potential is very similar to Pickford’s.
Maignan (5.5m, France) – 5/10
- France were second for clean sheets in Qualifiers (6 in 8 games)
- But the price tag is high – we prefer Pickford or Casteels at better price points
- Tougher group, 40 % clean sheet odd in MD1
Neuer (6m, Germany) – 5.5/10
- very high price tag, however, Germany has a good group for clean sheets
- But they did not play Qualifiers – hard to say how “prepared” they are for the tournament
- If you also have Mitelsdadt, your team would be too reliant on Germany keeping clean sheets
- But top for clean sheet odds in MD1 (55 %)
