Thursday's main DraftKings soccer slate has nine games and a $50,000 salary cap. It locks at 3:00 p.m. ET on 11/5, which is 12:00 p.m. PT. The matches run from OFI @ HBS through JUV @ AZ, with LEV, SLB, DIN and BSK all supplying names near the top of our model's ranking.
Jonas Hofmann of LEV is the standout at $6,000. He has a ceiling of 42.9 and a DraftKings average of 40.6, both the highest figures on the board for a player at that price. Nick Woltemade of JUV costs $9,800 and has a 34.6 ceiling, while Dion Beljo of DIN sits at $9,600 with a 34.3 ceiling. Each carries a DraftKings average of 23.6.
Hofmann is the clearest value, since his ceiling tops everyone else's while his salary is well below the $9,600 to $11,600 forwards around him. Beljo and Woltemade are priced like stars but have ceilings that justify it. At the other end of the pricing scale, our model's lineup leans on cheap defenders in Sergio Carreira at $3,900 and Guy Mizrahi at $3,500, plus Svit Seslar at $4,800 in midfield.
The crowd is heading toward LEV. Patrik Schick is the most popular play at 42% projected ownership at $11,600. Ibrahim Maza and Aleix Garcia are both at 40%, priced at $11,200 and $11,000. Schick, Maza and Garcia all carry ceilings between 28.2 and 29.9, well below Hofmann's, so paying up for the field's favorites is a choice, not a necessity. Woltemade (35%) and Beljo (34%) are also owned heavily, though Hofmann projects at just 21%.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,700 of the $50,000 cap. It pairs Jorge Aguirre ($5,100) and Beljo ($9,600) at forward, Seslar and Hofmann in midfield, Carreira and Mizrahi on defense, Anatoliy Trubin in goal at $6,000, and Woltemade at UTIL. Lock is 3:00 p.m. ET.
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