Matchday two of the World Cup fantasy is about to start and it looks to be an interesting one.
We’ve all seen how our various matchday one players performed and we know which players have proven to be great picks and which ones haven’t been the best of picks.
In this article, we’d be playing our wildcard booster, we’d be creating three World Cup fantasy teams with our wildcard. We’d be looking to create a pretty good team that’d see us through the group stages.
This means that the wildcard teams we’d be creating, would have the long term in mind.
Some important things to keep in mind as you wildcard in matchday two
If your World Cup strategy involves you wildcarding in matchday two, here are couple of things you should keep in mind:
- You want to target players that are starters and not rotation risk
- You want to target teams with easy fixtures and teams that have something to play for
- You also want to target players that play on different days, it won’t be the best of ideas to target players that play in just one day
- As you create your matchday two wildcard team, you also need to keep matchday three in mind. This means you don’t want to select so many players from teams that are almost guaranteed a place in the round of 16, as such players could be rested in matchday three.
You can use this fixture ticker created by @UCL_Beercules to help you as you create your matchday 2 wildcard team:
1. Matchday two world cup fantasy wildcard team: Going big at the back
In our first matchday two wildcard team, we’ve decided to go all in on defenders. What this means is we’ve tried to select premium defenders who have good fixtures, are starters and also have a high chance of getting goals, assists and cleansheets.
In this team we’ve got Cancelo, Dumfries, Luke Shaw and Marquinhos as our premium defenders. These premium defenders have done well in matchday one and we’d be hoping they carry their form into matchday two as well.
We’ve not just tried to get in solid defenders, we’ve also gone on to pick a team that has pretty decent midfielders and strikers as well.
We’ve got De Brunye, Neymar, Giroud and Saka in our team as well. This does not mean that players like Mbappe and Harry Kane are bad picks, we just have to stay within our budget.
You can find out what other World Cup fantasy defenders would be great defender picks, in this article below:
The best defender player picks for your 2022 World Cup fantasy team
2. Matchday two world cup fantasy wildcard team: Going all in on midfielders
In our second matchday two wildcard draft, we’ve decided to go all in on midfielders and just like we did with defenders, we’ve decided to select premium midfielders that have good fixtures, and have a chance of getting a goal, an assist or both.
In this draft, we’ve gone with De Brunye, Fernandes, Di Maria, Saka and Asensio. We’ve also not allowed our selecting premium midfielders, affect the balance of our team.
We have still got a pretty good team. We have a solid defense, a good attack and a bench that has starters as well. So if you want to go with this strategy, then feel free to try it out.
We do think that on paper, this is a much better team than the one we’ve got above, which is our going all in on defenders team. If you want to see more midfielders you can target for your matchday two wildcard team, then check out our:
best players for 2022 FIFA World cup fantasy -midfielder picks
3. Matchday two world cup fantasy wildcard team: Going all in on forwards
Our final matchday two wildcard draft, is one where we go all in on forwards. In this draft we’ve tried to target premium forwards that have pretty good fixtures and have a high tendency of scoring and assisting.
However, the thing with this draft, is that because of how expensive premium forwards are we really can’t afford to pick alot of premiums.
We’ve had to take out a couple of premium midfielders and defenders, in order to get in these premium forwards. This strategy could still work, but we might have to reduce the amount of premium forwards that we are selecting.
You might have to go for players like Giroud and Raheem Sterling instead of Mbappe and Messi, if you want to have a really good balanced team.
We can see that most forwards are the ones getting the goals, this means that we need most of them in our teams. So it’d be good to take the concept of all three wildcard teams and use it to then create the ultimate matchday two wildcard team.
We know that Harry Kane is a doubt for England’s next game and if you’re looking for an alternative, then you can check out our: The best FIFA World cup fantasy forward player picks – Mbappe, Benzema, Kane, Messi
Players being targeted in out matchday two wildcard draft teams
Here are the players we’ve targeted in our various matchday two wildcard teams:
Defenders to target for your matchday two wildcard:
- DUMFRIES DEFENDER | NETHERLANDS | $6M
- SHAW DEFENDER | ENGLAND | $5M
- CASH DEFENDER | POLAND | $4M
- GVARDIOL DEFENDER | CROATIA | $4M
- SOSA DEFENDER | CROATIA | $3.5M
- GVARDIOL DEFENDER | CROATIA | $4
- MAEHLE DEFENDER | DENMARK | $4.5M
- CANCELO DEFENDER | PORTUGAL | $6M
- ALBA DEFENDER | SPAIN | $6M
Defenders to target for your matchday two wildcard:
- SAKA MIDFIELDER | ENGLAND | $8M
- BERGWIJN MIDFIELDER | NETHERLANDS | $7M
- ASENSIO MIDFIELDER | SPAIN | $8.5M
- DI MARIA MIDFIELDER | ARGENTINA | $8.5M
- GHOLIZADEH MIDFIELDER | IR IRAN | $4.5M
- OLMO MIDFIELDER | SPAIN | $8M
- DE BRUYNE MIDFIELDER | BELGIUM | $11M
- FERNANDES MIDFIELDER | PORTUGAL | $9.5M
Forwards to target for your matchday two wildcard:
- MESSI FORWARD | ARGENTINA | $10.5M
- NEYMAR FORWARD | BRAZIL | $10.5M
- MBAPPE FORWARD | FRANCE | $11.5M
- GIROUD FORWARD | FRANCE | $7.5M
- GAKPO FORWARD | NETHERLANDS | $7M
- SARR FORWARD | SENEGAL | $6.5M
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