Who to replace Semenyo with in Fantasy Premier League and Champions League Fantasy
Manchester City winger Antoine Semenyo will miss about two months due to injury – who to replace the player in a Fantasy lineup?
Yesterday we talked about Antoine Semenyo's injury and his recovery timeline, and today we offer replacement options for the player in Fantasy EPL and Fantasy Champions League.
For starters, let's look at Antoine Semenyo's stats in Fantasy EPL and UCL this season. We also compare the price of the Ghanaian winger in both these games.
In the English Premier League Fantasy, Semenyo has managed to collect 37 points for his owners over 7 played matches. Antoine is worth 8.3 million pounds in this fantasy. The maximum number of points the winger earned was in the 5th round match against Sunderland (5:3), where he immediately gave the owners 17 points! Then he scored 2 goals and added 1 assist.
As for the Champions League Fantasy, Semenyo's stats are slightly more modest.The winger has only 4 points for 2 played matches. Antoine's price in the Fantasy Champions League – 7 million euros.
Who to replace Semenyo with in Fantasy EPL?
If you intend to replace Semenyo solely with a Manchester City player, hoping to earn points thanks to the successes of that specific team, then there are two logical options here.
Rayan Cherki – value 8 million, points scored – 40
Phil Foden – value 6.8 million, points scored – 18
Cherki is the true leader of the Citizens this season, and his stats speak for themselves. The Frenchman enjoys the full confidence of head coach Enzo Maresca and justifies it with goals and assists. Sharkey already has 4 goals in the Premier League season, and 2 assists.
As for Foden, it is Phil who can become a direct replacement for Semenyo in the starting lineup. Of course, there is also an option with Doku, but the Belgian is currently plainly out of form, whereas Foden is definitely fine, with confidence that he proved it in the recent Champions League match against AEK, scoring a hat-trick.
However, to replace Semenyo in Fantasy EPL you can also consider players from other clubs:
Cole Palmer (Chelsea) – price 9.7 million, points scored – 38
Pascal Gross (Brighton) – price 6.2 million, points scored – 58
The first option is “more expensive”, the second “cheaper”. Yet you can’t immediately say which one is more reliable. After all, Gross, like all of Brighton, hasn’t tired of surprising this season. And Palmer is a kind of quality seal. Although not always consistently delivering points to his owners. For example, from the last 4 EPL rounds, in 2 of them Cole scored only 2 points each. But ahead Chelsea has two principal opponents in Tottenham and Man United, and such irritants can make Palmer show his best football.
Who to replace Semenyo with in Champions League Fantasy?
For replacing Semenyo in Fantasy CL the already mentioned two options from the Man City squad – Cherki and Foden – are suitable. But if you still hope to find an alternative to the Ghanaian winger in the “rosters” of other participants of the main European football competition, here are three decent, in our view, options.
Rafinha (Barcelona) – price 9.7 million, points scored – 18
The Brazilian attacking midfielder of Barça, often literally used at the very tip of the Catalans' attack, is one of the most popular choices in the Champions League Fantasy League, and Rafinha's owners can understand why – he plays efficiently. The main thing is to manage without injuries.
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) – price 8.5 million, points scored – 5
At the time of writing this article, Jude has not played his match of the 3rd Champions League round, but we think that Bellingham’s selection for future matches does not depend on this factor. After all, Real’s next opponent in the main European tournament will be the modest Greek AEK, and the Galacticos could score many against such an opponent. And Bellingham is fully capable of taking part in this goal feast.
Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) – price 7.1 million, points earned – 23
The Frenchman is one of the most prolific players in the current Champions League, and next on Liverpool’s calendar is Turkish Fenerbahçe, whose defense, judging by recent results, does not look like a model of reliability at all. Therefore we expect goals from the English favorite, as well as from his explosive attacking midfielder.