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Fantasy Focus: Otamendi goes big
Wearing the No30 shirt for Portuguese power SL Benfica, Nicolas Otamendi ($5.2m) got halfway to that figure in fantasy points on a day when he produced the second highest defensive haul of the tournament.
The self-proclaimed CA River Plate fan was jumping for joy as he helped hold their bitter rivals CA Boca Juniors to a 2-2 draw in Miami and he had fantasy investors leaping alongside him with a goal, an assist and the scouting bonus all adding up to that 15-point return.
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Elsewhere, the market proved accurate as four of the five-highest owned players of the matchday all delivered positive returns. Pedro Neto ($6.5m) had a fine nine-point, outing for Chelsea FC while CR Flamengo string-puller Giorgian de Arrascaeta ($6.2m) was on target in a clash where forward Luiz Araujo ($6.0m) grabbed a goal, an assist and the scouting bonus in a 12-point haul.
Heavily backed by more than a quarter of all owners, Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer ($9.6m) only returned three points but in a match where he was lively and earned the praise of head coach Enzo Maresca there’s no need to be panicking and trading out a player with genuine game-changing ability.
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Chelsea FC 2-0 LAFC
Star players
DEF Levi Colwill (Chelsea, $5.3m) – 9 points
MID Pedro Neto (Chelsea, $6.5m) – 9 points
GK Robert Sanchez (Chelsea, $5.3m) – 8 points
Low returns
GK Hugo Lloris (LAFC, $5.2m) – 2 points
MID Cole Palmer (Chelsea, $9.6m) – 3 points
MID Noni Madueke (Chelsea, $6.5m) – 3 points
CA Boca Juniors 2-2 SL Benfica
Star players
DEF Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica, $5.2m) – 15 points
MID Angel Di Maria (Benfica, $7.3m) – 10 points
MID Rodrigo Battaglia (Boca, $6.3m) – 10 points
Low returns
MID Ander Herrera (Boca, $5.6m) | -1 point
DEF Antonio Silva (Benfica, $4.7m) – 1 point
FWD Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica, $7.8m) -1 point
CR Flamengo 2-0 Espérance
Star players
FWD Luiz Araujo (Flamengo, $6.0m) – 12 points
GK Agustin Rossi (Flamengo, $5.3m) – 9 points
DEF Guillermo Varela (Flamengo, $4.9m) – 9 points
Low returns
FWD Yan Sasse (Espérance, $4.4m) – 1 points
FWD Pedro (Flamengo, $6.8m) – 2 points
FWD Youcef Belaili (Espérance, $5.6m) – 2 points
Next up (Tuesday 17 June)
Fluminense FC v Borussia Dortmund
CA River Plate v Urawa Red Diamonds
Ulsan HD v Mamelodi Sundowns FC
CF Monterrey v FC Internazionale Milano
Highest owned players in action
DEF Denzel Dumfries (Inter, $6.3m) – 39.8%
GK Yan Sommer (Inter, $5.4m) – 28.4%
MID Franco Mastantuono (River Plate, $4.3m) – 26.2%
GK Franco Armani (River Plate, $4.0m) – 18.8%
FWD Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund, $9.0m) – 15.7%
Differentials
There’s plenty of highly-owned heavyweights in action on day four of the tournament but still value to be found in lesser-owned, probable point producers.
In Seattle, River forward Sebastian Driussi ($6.4m) at 0.5% and Urawa’s Matheus Savio ($5.4m) at just 0.1% ownership are both in a prime position to deliver attacking returns while the clash between Ulsan and Mamelodi is likely to be one that both are desperate to win given their opponents thereafter. That likely brings Sundowns’ Lucas Riberio ($5.7m), listed as a midfielder, right into play.
Finally, with Dumfries set to miss Inter’s opener through injury, Federico Dimarco ($5.8m) looms as a savvy start for those that had invested.
