If you want a last check on your team here’s my predicted line ups for the opening game rounds for each team. I’ve put it together from qualifying stats, injury info and friendly information. I’ve also tried to highlight at least with the bigger teams where the uncertainties will be. Please leave in comments where you think any inaccuracies are. It was a massive task so I can’t promise it’s 100% correct.
World Cup fantasy football 2014 – Predicted team line ups for opening rounds
Algeria
M’Bolhi- Mesbah Bougherra Medjani Goulahm- Taider Yebda Bentaleb – Feghouli Soudanhi Slimani
Lack of friendly and some variation in qualifiers hasn’t helped
Argentina
Romero – Zabaleta F Fernandez Garay Rojo – Gago Mascherano Di Maria – Aguero Messi Higuain
Gago injury doubt. Some concern over Higuain and Garay but dismissed as minor despite no place in last 2 friendlies
Australia
Ryan – Franjic Davidson Spiranovich Wilkinson – Jedinak Milligan Bresciano – Leckie Oar Cahill
Belgium
Courtouis – Alderweireld Vermaelen Kompany Vertonghen – Witsel Dembele – Mertens DeBruyne Hazard – Lukaku
Vermaelen and Van Buyten plus Mirallas or Mertens are areas of contention
Bosnia
Begovic – Mujda Sunjic Spahic Kolasinac – Besic Pjanic Lulic – Misimovic – Ibisevic Dzeko
Brazil
Cesar – Alves Marcelo Luiz Silva – Gustavo Paulino Oscar – Hulk Neymar Fred
All of the back 4 apart from Silva have good cover but this should be the back 4. Ramires/ Paulino main debating point.
Cameroon
Itandje – Nyom NKoulou Chedjou Bedimo – Song Enoh Mbia – ChoupoMating Makoun Eto’o
Another tricky one due to lack of friendlies and changes in qualifying
Chile
Bravo – Isla Medel Jara Mena – Carmona Diaz Aranguiz – Sanchez Valvida Vargas
Vidal looks unlikely to start. Carmona or Gutirrez here. Medel has some injury doubt and his CB partner is difficult to predict
Colombia
Ospina – Zuniga Zapata Yepes Armero – Cuadrado Sanchez Torres Rodriguez – Gutirrez Bacca
Lots of competition here. Bacca v Martinez. Sanchez or Torres also have competition
Costa Rica
Navas – Gamboa Gonzalez Duarte Umana – Borges Tjeda Diaz Bolanos – Ruiz – Campbell
Croatia
Pletikosa – Srna Corluka Lovren Prjanic – Modric Rakitic – Perisic Kovacic Olic – Jelavic
Mandzukic suspended for game 1. Will return for game 2
Ecuador
Bangera – Parades Guagua Erazo Ayovi – A Valencia Montero Noboa Gruezo – Caicedo E Valencia
Gruezo and Noboa have competition
England
Hart – Johnson Baines Jagielka Cahill – Gerrard Henderson – Sterling Rooney Lallana – Sturridge
Sterling Welbeck Lallana Milner and Henderson could all compete for 3 spots. Everyone else settled.
France
LLoris-DebuchyVarane Sakho Evra – Pogba Matuidi Valbuena Cabaye – Giroud Benzema
Any selection is possible here. How anyone could play Debuchy and Sakho instead of Koscielny and Sagna is beyond me. 2 strikers are possible. Griezmann has been on fire but only from the bench. Benzema Evra Lloris Pogba and Cabaye are the certainties
Germany
Neuer – Lahm Mertesacker Boateng Durm – Khedira Kroos – Muller Ozil Schurrle – Gotze
Dilemmas all over the place. Lahm at FB or CDM. LB uncertainty. Khedira or Schweinsteiger. Schurrle or Podolski. Gotze or Klose.
Ghana
Dauda – Opare Boye Mensah Afful – Essien Muntari – A Ayew Asamoah Boateng – Gyan
GK Dauda on basis that Kwarasy injured
Greece
Karnezis – Torosidis Manolas Moras Holebas – Tziolis Maniatis Karagounis – Salpingidis Samaras Mitroglu
Holland
Cillesen – Janmaat De Vrij Vlaar Martins Indi Blind – De Jong De Guzman – Sneijder – RVP Robben
Should be a fairly safe lineup. De Guzman or Fer main debating point.
Honduras
Valladares – Beckeles Bernardez Figueroa Izaguirre – Palacios Garrido Espinoza Garcia – Costly Bengtson
Iran
Davari – Sadeghi Hosseini Montazeri Beikzadeh – Nekounam Teymourian Dejagh Shojael – Jahanbakhsh Ghoochannejad
Italy
Buffon- Abate Bonucci Chiellini De Sciglio – Pirlo De Rossi Marchiso Veratti – Ballotelli Immobile
2 strikers or 1? Veratti or another midfielder. Cerci in a 4-3-3? Insigne also in the mix?
Ivory Coast
Barry – Aurier K Toure Bamba Boka – Serey Die Tiote – Gervinho Kalou Gradel – Drogba
YYT the big injury doubt in for Serey Die or Gradel
Japan
Kawashima – Uchida Yoshida Konno Nagatomo – Endo Yamaguchi- Okazaki Honda Kagawa – Osako
Mexico
Corona – Aquilar Marquez Moreno Layun Rodriguez – Herrera Vaquez Pena – Dos Santos Peralta
Dos Santos or Hernandez the big issue
Nigeria
Enyeama – Ambrose Omeruo Oboabona Elderson – Moses Onazi Obi Mikel Odemwingie Azeez – Emenike
Injury doubt over Musa if returns will replace Azeez .
Portugal
Patrico – Pereira Pepe Alves Coentrao – Meireles Moutinho Veloso – Varela Postiga Ronaldo
Varela or Nani? Ronaldo will be fit and play
Russia
Akinfeev – Yeschenko Kombarov Ignashevich Berezutski – Shatov Zhirkov Samedov Fayzulin Denisov – Kokorin
RB Yeschenko main area of doubt
Spain
Casillas – Juanfran Ramos Pique Alba – Iniesta Alonso Busquets Xavi Pedro – Costa
Impossible to predict the midfield with Fabregas Koke and Silva also competing for a spot. RB is the other area of competition with Azpilicueta also competing
Switzerland
Benaglio – Lichtsteiner Schlar Von Bergen Rodriguez – Inler Behrami – Shaqiri Xhaka Stocker – Drimic
USA
Howard – Johnson Cameron Besler Beasley – Bradley Jones Zusi Bedoya – Dempsey Altidore
The midfield is the area of competition with a number of options possible
Uruguay
Muslera – Perira Lugano Godin Caceres – Ramirez Gargano Arelavo Rodriguez – Forlan Cavani
Suarez likely to return game 2 against England and not be risked against Costa Rica in game 1
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World Cup fantasy football 2014
World Cup fantasy football 2014
World Cup fantasy football 2014
