Friday's main soccer slate on DraftKings has three games: WRE @ SHU, ESP @ VIL and LEN @ LIL. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks at 4:00 p.m. ET (1:00 p.m. PT).
Our projections are not built for this slate, so there is no model ceiling, ownership read or lineup to hand you. What we can offer is the DraftKings averages from the fact sheet, which are a record of past scoring and not a forecast.
Mathieu Gorgelin (LEN, GK) has the highest average on the board at 18.5 for $4,200. Florian Thauvin (LEN, F) follows at 15.7, though his $10,500 salary is steep. Mezian Mesloub (LEN, M) averages 13.1 for $4,400. Dilane Bakwa (LIL, F) comes in at 13.0 for $3,600. Edu Exposito (ESP, M) is at 12.1 for $7,800.
The cheapest of those names are the clearest value in the averages. Bakwa at $3,600 and Mesloub at $4,400 both post numbers well above what their salaries would suggest, and Gorgelin's 18.5 at $4,200 is the best return of anyone listed. Romain Perraud (LIL, D) is a pricier option at $6,500 with an 11.3 average.
On the VIL side, Georges Mikautadze (VIL, F) averages 11.1 at $9,200 and Nicolas Pepe (VIL, F) averages 10.8 at $10,100. Both cost a lot for those averages. Carlos Romero (VIL) carries a Q tag. Ilias Akhomach, Pape Gueye and Nathan Saliba (all VIL) are tagged OUT, as are Hamza Igamane and Tiago Santos (LIL), Kike Garcia (ESP) and Abdallah Sima (LEN). Check the tags again before lock.
We have no ownership data for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land. Build your own lineup from the salaries and averages above, then confirm statuses. Lock is 4:00 p.m. ET.
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