Dec 14

Euro Fantasy Tips for Matchday 1

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Welcome to our first installment of Euro Fantasy Tips for Matchday 1. Euro 2016 is just around the corner so we've compiled the bookies odds on which teams have the best chance of scoring and keeping a clean sheet. We will also look at strategies that specifically apply to the Euro Fantasy game, including rotating players and captains throughout the Matchday. Before we get things underway, we'd like to remind you to join our Euro Fantasy League. The league pin is 47133KPN and you can read more about the prizes up for grabs here.

Goalscorer Tips For Matchday 1

(Odds To Score 2+ Goals - SkyBet)
Team Odds Implied Chance
France 1.53 65.36%
Spain 1.62 61.73%
Germany 1.67 59.88%
Poland 1.91 52.36%
Austria 1.91 52.36%
Portugal 1.91 52.36%
England 2.20 45.45%
Switzerland 2.25 44.44%
Croatia 2.38 42.02%
Belgium 2.88 34.72%
The bookies have handed their backing to the host nation and rate their chances to put more than two goals past Romania at 65%. Spain and Germany trail narrowly behind ahead of their opening fixtures against Ukraine and Czech Republic respectively. Poland were the highest scoring team (33) during the Euro Qualifiers and are expected to continue their run of goalscoring form with a 52% chance of putting more than two past Northern Ireland. Portugal and Austria are the favourites to progress from Group F and the bookmakers rate their chances the same as Poland's ahead of their fixtures against Iceland & Hungary. Elsewhere, England - who were the second highest scoring team (31) during the Qualifiers - come in with a 45% implied chance of scoring over two goals. Although Russia kept a clean sheet in 50% of their qualifying matches so it'll be a tough opener for the Three Lions.

Captaincy Rotation For Euro Fantasy

Day Captain Stick
1 Giroud, Griezmann 9 points (goal + assist)
2 Kane, Bale 9 points (goal + assist)
3 Lewandowski, Muller 6 points (goal/clean sheet)
4 Ibrahimovic, De Bruyne 6 points (goal/clean sheet)
5 Ronaldo, Janko N/A
As you probably already know, EuroFantasy's rules are slightly different to FPL in that they allow you to change your captaincy throughout the week. As Matchday 1 includes five days of fixtures, this means you'll have five tries to secure as many points as possible. The stick column highlights the amount of points we recommend you should settle with should your player score them. For example, if you captain Giroud on Day 1 and he scores less than 9 points, we recommend that you change him to somebody else for the following day. Ensuring that you have strong captaincy options for at least three of the five opening days will be essential to your success. This is something a lot of casuals won't cotton on to and will give you a substantial advantage in any work mini-leagues.

Clean Sheet Tips For Matchday 1

(Odds To Keep A Clean Sheet - SkyBet)
Team Odds Implied Chance
France 1.44 69.44%
Spain 1.80 55.56%
Switzerland 1.80 55.56%
Poland 1.83 54.64%
Portugal 1.83 54.64%
Austria 2.00 50.00%
Germany 2.00 50.00%
England 2.10 47.62%
Sweden 2.38 42.02%
Croatia 2.38 42.02%
The bookies are once again behind the host nation, giving them a 66% chance of keeping a clean sheet against Romania on Friday. This is somewhat surprising due to the fact the French defence has been forced to deal with a number of injuries and is far from it's strongest. Spain (who conceded just three goals in qualifying) and Switzerland are placed second with a 55% implied chance of keeping a clean sheet when they face Czech Republic and Albania respectively in their opening fixtures. Poland and Portugal are both handed a 54% chance of keeping a clean sheet. The former conceded just five goals during qualification and looked defensively stubborn in their 1-0 defeat to England. Poland face European new-boys Northern Ireland, having conceded 10 goals in qualifying - five of which came against World Champions Germany. Elsewhere, Austria (vs. Hungary) and Germany (vs. Ukraine) are both given a 50% chance, both nations showed in qualifying their defensive qualities with Austria securing six clean sheets, shipping five goals. Germany also kept five clean sheets, but conceded nine. England, who conceded just three goals in qualifying, face Russia in their opening fixture and Roy Hodgson's men will be looking to keep a third successive shutout at the Stade Velodrome after clean sheets against Australia and Portugal.

Defender Rotation For Euro Fantasy:

Day Players From Stick
1 FRA, ROM 6 points (clean sheet)
2 ALB, SWI, WAL, SLO, ENG, RUS 6 points (clean sheet)
3 TUR, CRO, POL, NIR, GER, URK 6 points (clean sheet)
4 SPA, CZE, ROI, SWE, BEL, ITA 6 points (clean sheet)
5 AUS, HUN, POR, ICE N/A
As well as allowing the rotation of captaincies like we previously mentioned, EuroFantasy also allow you to substitute out players who under performed for players who are yet to play. The table above shows which teams play on which day, and the amount of points you should stick with. Strategically selecting your defence so that it enables you to rotate out players who under perform will again be pinnacle to your success in this competition. First and foremost, ensure you have selected goalkeepers that play on different days. If your keepers play on the same day you'll be unable to rotate them. In addition to this, a logical tactic would be to have your three starting defenders playing on either day 1, 2 or 3 and your two substitute defenders playing on either day 4 or 5. Don't shy away from benching your Portugal/Spain/Belgium defenders in favour of your Switzerland/Croatia/England defenders, as you WILL be rotating them out if they under perform. If you have prepared correctly, most of your players should have a run out in your XI each Matchday as this will fully take advantage of EuroFantasy's substitution rule. fplbet_inarticle_900x150