Daily Fantasy Soccer Picks for UEFA Champions League – DraftKings 2/23/16
Daily Fantasy Soccer Picks for UEFA Champions League - DraftKings 2/23/16 Editor's note: Welcome Rob Banner who'll be covering Soccer (Football to all you Non-Americans) for us. Really excited to have him on board and you can give him a Twitter follow @RobBanner_ There’s UEFA Champions League action taking place in midweek as the favorites to win the competition, Barcelona travel to England to face Arsenal and last year’s finalists, Juventus host Bayern Munich on Tuesday. 24 hours later Dynamo Kyiv will play Manchester City at the NSK Olimpiyskiy Stadium and Atletico Madrid travel to Holland to face top of the Eredvisie, PSV. Playing other daily fantasy sports like NBA or NHL? If you want to grab a free trial of the winning projections, check out our lineup builder and Google Chrome extension that auto-populates your lineups into FanDuel. While the seasons overlap, you'll get access to our tools for the NBA and NHL (and MLB when the time comes)! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with DFS? Be sure to read our free NBA Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Goalkeeper Jan Oblak – DK 3,900 Opponent - PSV Unlike any other position, goalkeepers receive points if their side wins and that’s partially why Jan Oblak is at the top of my list. The Atletico Madrid goalkeeper faces PSV who are one of the poorest sides left in the competition, therefore it’d be no surprise to see Atletico come away from Holland with a victory. Furthermore goalkeepers receive five points for a clean sheet and are deducted two each time they concede. In the group stages, Oblak kept four clean sheets in the six games he played and Atletico Madrid boast the best defensive record in La Liga by some margin. Joe Hart – DK 4,000 Opponent – Dynamo Kyiv First of all, Manchester City are the better of the two sides and are more than capable of beating Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday, thus potentially earning Joe Hart five points for winning the match. Secondly, Man City are a very sound side defensively even if their Champions League results to date don’t tell that story. In the Premier League this season, they’ve conceded fewer shots than any other side and that’s significant because shots are a product of goals and are more predictive of future performances than goals are. It should also be noted that the Manchester City captain, Vincent Kompany has returned to action after a lengthy spell on the side-lines and he immediately decreases the likelihood of Joe Hart conceding. Forward Luis Suarez – DK 9,400 Opponent...