With four games being played on Matchday 3 the action came thick and fast, and managers are sure to have been left with plenty to ponder after a thrilling day of football.
Clean sheets for Scotland and Australia saw goalkeepers and defenders putting up decent returns, while was among the standout attacking stars to open their scoring accounts.
The joint-highest scorer from this match benefitted from two quirks of the Fantasy game. Switzerland defender Ricardo Rodriguez was substituted off just before his side conceded their late equaliser, meaning he kept his clean sheet bonus, on top of which managers with him in their XI also secured a two-point scouting bump on account of his 1.5% ownership.
DEF Ricardo Rodriguez (Switzerland) | $4.5m | 9 points FWD Breel Embolo (Switzerland) | $7.5m | 9 points DEF Homam El Amin (Qatar) | $3.6m | 7 points
DEF Miro Muheim (Switzerland) | $4m | -1 point MID Fabian Rieder (Switzerland) | $6.2m | 1 point MID Johan Manzambi (Switzerland) | $5.6m | 1 point
Brazil's Vinicius Jr repaid those Fantasy managers who plumped for him as one of their luxury midfield picks by making an immediate , but Morocco forward Ismael Saibari tallied the most points thanks to his goal and a scouting bonus (0.5% ownership).
MID Ismael Saibari (Morocco) | $6.8m | 10 points MID Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil) | $6.8m | 8 points MID Vinicius Junior (Brazil) | $10m | 8 points
MID Casemiro (Brazil) | $6.3m | 0 points DEF Ibanez (Brazil) | $4.4m | 0 points FWD Matheus Cunha (Brazil) | $7.3m | 1 point
Haiti threw everything they had at this game but ultimately couldn't break down a resolute Scotland, with centre-back Grant Hanley and goalkeeper Angus Gunn earning clean sheet and scouting bonuses and claiming the joint-highest point total of the day.
MID John McGinn (Scotland) | $6m | 11 points DEF Grant Hanley (Scotland) | $3.5m | 9 points GK Angus Gunn (Scotland) | $3.6m | 9 points
FWD Findlay Curtis (Scotland) | $4m | 0 points MID Kenny McLean (Scotland) | $4.8m | 0 points MID Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Haiti) | $4.7m | 1 point
Socceroos shot-stopper Patrick Beach was sensational on his World Cup debut and repelled everything Türkiye fired his way, while Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe both picked up solid hauls thanks to clinical finishes at the other end of the pitch.
GK Patrick Beach (Australia) | $3.5m | 11 points MID Connor Metcalfe (Australia) | $5.3m | 11 points FWD Nestory Irankunda (Australia) | $5.1m | 10 points
FWD Yunus Akgun (Türkiye) | $4.9m | 0 points MID Kenan Yildiz (Türkiye) | $7m | 1 point FWD Baris Alper Yilmaz (Türkiye) | $6.1m | 1 point
For those looking to pivot the captaincy or utilise their substitutes, there are plenty of options to consider ahead of another day of action.
Four-time World Cup winners Germany get their campaign started against debutants Curaçao, and with Joshua Kimmich (33.9%) and Florian Wirtz (22.9%) both in the top ten of most-owned players, many will be hopeful of big tallies from their heavy hitters.
Elsewhere, dark horses Japan take on the Netherlands, and having defeated both Germany and Spain at Qatar 2022 it will be interesting to see if the Samurai Blue can cause any more upsets – and which players can thrill their Fantasy managers if they do so.
Sources: FIFA Official
