Ivan Herrera 
Welcome to the 2023-2024 UCL Group Stage Rankings!
For each slate, we will go position by position and rank our favorite plays. You will see our core plays, pivots, and value plays at each position in the rankings. After the rankings, a brief synopsis will help you build your lineups. Lastly, you will find my Best Bets for the top bets of the week.
If you are new to soccer DFS, starting lineups don’t get released until an hour before lock, so stay locked into the Discord for any pivots.
DFS Soccer: Fwd/Mid
| Core | Pivots | Value |
| Harry Kane (BAY) 9.9K/24 | Gabriel Jesus (ARS) 7K/20 | Roony Bardghji (CPH) 3.1K/11 |
| Mauro Icardi (GAL) 7.3K/16 | Vinicius Junior (RMA) 9.2K/21 | Elias Achouri (CPH) 4.6K/12 |
| Martin Ødegaard (ARS) 7.6K/18 | Jude Bellingham (RMA) 9.3K/19 | Florian Sotoca (LEN) 4.8K/15 |
| Joshua Kimmich (BAY) 7K/19 | Leroy Sane (BAY) 7.3K/20 | Musa (BEN) $6,100/$16 |
| Luke de Jong (PSV) 7.2K/14 | Kvicha Kvaratskhelia (NAP) 7.5K/19 | Yang Hyun-Jun (CEL) $3,800/$8 |
| Kerem Akturkoglu (GAL) 5.6K/13 | Piotr Zielinski (NAP) 6.8K/17 | Toni Martinez (POR) $5,500/$16 |
| Joey Veerman (PSV) 6.7K/10 | Hirving Lozano (PSV) 5.7K/14 | |
| Bruno Fernandes (MU) 9K/23 | Angel Di Maria (SLB) 7K/18 | |
| Lautaro Martinez (INT) 7.5K/19 | Hakan Calhanoglu (INT) 6.2K/16 | |
| Dodi Lukebakio (SFC) 6.7K/14 |
DFS Soccer: Def
| Core | Pivots | Value |
| Alphonso Davies (BAY) 5.4K/13 | Adria Pedrosa (SFC) 4.9K/11 | Denzel Dumfries (INT) 4.8K/11 |
| Angelino (GAL) 5.3K/10 | Benjamin Pavard (INT) 4.3K/12 | Sergino Dest (PSV) 3.9K/9 |
| Giovanni Di Lorenzo (NAP) 6K/16 | Oleksandr Zinchenko (ARS) 3.9K/9 | Diogo Goncalves (CPH) 4.6K/15 |
| Dayot Upmecano (BAY) 3.3K/9 |
DFS Soccer: Goalkeeper
| Core | Pivot | Value |
| Sven Ulreich (BAY) 6K/14 | David Raya (ARS) 5.5K/12 | Fernando Muslera (GAL) $3,800/$6 |
| Yann Sommer (INT) 5.3K/11 | Alex Meret (NAP) 4.6K/10 | |
| Andre Onana (MU) 5.7K/13 | Walter Benitez (PSV) 5.1K/10 | |
| Marko Dmitrovic (SFC) 4.3K/9 |
Synopsis:
There are plenty of options to choose from in the FWD/MID market. The top of the board has a lot of talent, with players like Kane, Fernandes, and Vini Jr. all having the talent to score and assist. Then you have players like Kimmich, Bellingham, and Sane, who are overall great talents that are crucial to their teams attacking success. I will have at least one of those six players in every lineup. The rest of the players are good options as well, and I’ll be picking and choosing between them to fill up the rest of my spots. Of the remaining, Inter, Arsenal, and PSV players are the best options, as they have the best chances to win outside of Bayern, who have three players in the six I listed at the start.
The goalkeeper situation for this UCL slate is interesting. Outside of Ulreich with Bayern, every other goalkeeper doesn’t have a great shot at ending the game with a clean sheet. But that’s not to say they don’t have high-scoring potential. The games involving Sevilla, Manchester United, Benfica, and Napoli all have high attacking scripts, which means a lot of save potential for both their goalies and their opponents. All seven goalkeepers I listed have the potential to end the day as the GK1 of the slate.
Drago’s Best Bets:
- Arsenal vs Lens Over 2.5 Goals
- Inter ML
- PSV over 1.5 Team Goals
- Bayern Win and Over 2.5 Total Goals
- Manchester Utd and Galatasaray BTTS Yes
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