In this article, we will look at the best forwards to pick for your Fantasy Champions League team in MD 5 of the new 2024/25 UCL season.
This article is part of the series: UCL Fantasy Matchday 5: Tips, Best Picks & Captain
We looked at each price option: budget enablers, mid-priced and premium options.
Budget forwards for MD5 (4.5m – 6.5m)
Retegui (5.3m, Atalanta) – 2/10
- budget forward
- just could not bring his great Serie A form to Champions League (12G in Seria A, 0 in UCL this season)
- he has one more chance to find the back of the net in UCL
Mid-priced forwards (7m – 8m)
Jonathan David (7.1m, Lille) – 7/10
- good next 2 fixtures for Lille
- 7G for Lille this season in Ligue 1,
- 6G + 2A in Champions League 8 games (including qualifiers)
Watkins (7.5m, Aston Villa) – 6.5/10
- should not be overlooked
- key man for Aston Villa, heavily involved in their goals
- 32 goal involvements last season in Premier League, the same as Haaland, only Palmer had more (33)
Gyokeres (7.5m, Sporting) – 9.5/10
- one of most in-form players in Europe currently
Guirassy (7.8m, Dortmund) – 6.5/10
- your backup captain for MD5
- main man for Dortmund this season
- great form
Havertz (8m, Arsenal) – 5/10
- one of budget forwards to consider, but his form slowly trailed off this season
- 20 goal involvements in Premier League last season
Premium forwards (8.5m – 11m)
Griezmann (9.1m, Atletico) – 7.5/10
- Atletico with nice fixture run in MD5 – MD8
- key man for Atletico, talisman
Lewandowski (9.5m, Barcelona) – 9/10
- captaincy candidate in MD5
- 15G + 2A in La Liga this season
Kane (10.7m, Bayern) – 9/10
- captaincy candidate in any fixture
Haaland (11m, Man. City) – 9/10
- hard not to pick him despite poorer recent form
- he can score in any game
- captaincy option in any matchday
Mbappe (11m, Real Madrid) – 9/10
- he will be involved in goals
Picking the best forwards to your Fantasy Champions League team
When picking strikers into your UCL Fantasy team, you should consider:
- Historically, forwards are the best captains in Fantasy Champions League
- Make sure you have two great captaincy options among forwards – one for Tuesday and one for Wednesday (unless you plan to captain premium midfielder in one day)
- Pick forwards who are in form and have easy fixture – this will allow you to maximize points potential from your captain
- Consider probabilities when picking forwards. Let bookies any time goalscorer odds to help you with that. You can find them here: Champions League Goalscoring Odds.
- Think about structure. For example, you could go:
- 11m – captain for Tuesday
- 11m – backup captain for Wednesday
- 6m – in-form differential with an easy fixture
