Three knockout ties, two heavy favorites, and a set-piece edge most of the field ignores. Here are the studs, the core, the value guys, and the ownership board — built to win cash and tournaments.
Three knockout matches on the board, and the betting markets are screaming the shape of it: France are massive favorites over Sweden (−375), Norway are slight favorites over Ivory Coast, and Mexico/Ecuador projects as a cagey, low-scoring coin-flip likely headed toward extra time and penalties.
In knockout soccer DFS, three things drive scoring: goals/assists (the studs in high-total games), set pieces (the designated corner/free-kick taker collects bonus equity every dead ball), and clean-sheet defenders/keepers (cheap points when a favorite shuts the door). The winning rosters pair a stud or two from the smash game with set-piece value and a clean-sheet GK.
Every corner and free kick funnels through one or two players per team. Rostering the set-piece taker is free fantasy equity — crosses, shots, and assist chances the box score rewards. Tonight's takers: Diomandé/Pépé (IVC), Ødegaard/Berg (NOR), Olise/Doué (FRA), Ayari/Stroud (SWE), Alvarado/Gutiérrez (MEX), Yeboah/Vite/Angulo (ECU). Several of these double as your best value plays.
| Player | Team | Pos | DK $ | Proj |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland | NOR | F | $9,900 | 30.6 |
| Kylian Mbappé | FRA | F | $11,100 | 29.2 |
| Ousmane Dembélé | FRA | M/F | $9,800 | 24.7 |
| Alexander Isak | SWE | F | $6,600 | 16.9 |
| Michael Olise | FRA | M | $10,100 | 15.7 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | SWE | F | $7,300 | 15.7 |
| Julián Quiñones | MEX | F | $8,300 | 15.3 |
| Martin Ødegaard | NOR | M | $8,400 | 14.5 |
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