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Women’s Champions League Fantasy Football: Matchday 5 tips

Two fixtures of the league phase remain in the first-ever edition of Women’s Champions League Fantasy Football, presented by Amazon. UEFA.com looks at which players have delivered the best points scores so far and who could boost managers’ totals on Matchday 5.

Who were the best Fantasy performers on Matchdays 3 and 4?

Ellie Carpenter (€5.0m)
The Chelsea defender scored a sensational goal to open the scoring against Barcelona on Matchday 4, delivering 25 points in two games for her performances against St. Pölten and the Spanish champions.

Wendie Renard (€6.0m) 
The OL Lyonnes defender scored in consecutive games against Wolfsburg and Juventus to boost her Fantasy score by 24 points.

Amaiur Sarriegi (€7.0m) 
The Atleti midfielder’s two goals and an assist against Juventus and Twente contributed to the 23 points the Atleti midfielder collected across the two matchdays.

Lineth Beerensteyn (€7.1m) 
The highest scoring Fantasy forward across Matchdays 3 and 4, the Wolfsburg player scored three times – twice against Manchester United and once against OL Lyonnes – to earn 20 points and become joint leading scorer.

Check out who scored the most points broken down by position on Matchdays 3 and 4.

Women’s Champions League top scorer: Watch Lineth Beerensteyn goals

Key players to look out for on Matchday 5

Lowiese Seynhaeve (€4.5m)
The highest scoring Fantasy goalkeeper on 19 points in total, the OH Leuven shot-stopper faces a PSG side that have yet to pick up a point on Matchday 5. She delivered a Player of the Match performance against Roma and saved 15 shots in her side’s Matchday 3 defeat to Barcelona.

Alessia Russo (€10.5m) 
The Arsenal striker’s double against Real Madrid last time out moved her onto four goals overall and into joint top scorer position. She will hope to add to her tally when the Gunners face Twente, who have conceded eight goals in four games.

Caroline Weir (€5.4m) 
The midfielder scored in both of Real Madrid’s last two league phase games to join Russo as one of the competition’s leading scorers and move to joint-second in the Fantasy rankings, alongside Alexia Putellas.

Alexia Putellas (€10.2m)
Fresh from putting in a Player of the Finals performance to win the Women’s Nations League with Spain, the Barcelona midfielder was on target against CD Tenerife in the Spanish Women’s Premiera División at the weekend. Her 35 Fantasy points total is only bettered by one player – Fiamma.

Fiamma (€6.3m)
The Atleti midfielder’s 40 Fantasy points have come from a mixture of goals, assists, ball recoveries and clean sheets to put her top of the Fantasy rankings after four matchdays.

Watch Alessia Russo’s Arsenal brace vs Real Madrid

Deadlines and decisions

Now might be the time to refresh your squad using a Limitless or Wildcard chip. Limitless unlocks unlimited transfers with no budget restrictions for one matchday only, while Wildcard enables any number of transfers within budget and the additions stay in your squad long-term.

The deadline for making Fantasy changes ahead of Matchday 5 is 18:45 CET on Tuesday 9 December – the kick-off time of St. Pölten vs Juventus.

After the first day of fixtures, Fantasy managers can replace players who didn’t score as highly as hoped with substitutes and switch captains until the teams lock again at 18:45 CET on Wednesday 10 December.

Check out the line-ups from Matchdays 1-4 to see whether members of your squad started the previous two games and recap on all the Fantasy rules here.

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