Saturday's DraftKings soccer showdown is a single match, TOT @ LEE, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lock is Sat 11/7 at 7:30 a.m. ET (4:30 a.m. PT), so there's an early start for anyone building lineups.
At the top of our model's board sits Omar Marmoush (TOT) at $10,200 with a ceiling of 20.8, the highest on the slate. Mathys Tel (TOT) is next at $10,000 with a 19.6 ceiling, followed by Mohammed Kudus (TOT) at $9,600 and an 18.0 ceiling. Kudus also carries the best DraftKings average of that group at 11.2, against 6.0 for Marmoush and 7.5 for Tel. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (LEE) is the top LEE bat at $8,200 with a 16.3 ceiling.
The value plays are where our model finds its edge. Jan Paul van Hecke (TOT) costs just $4,200 and carries a 15.3 ceiling and a 9.5 DraftKings average. Andy Robertson (TOT) at $6,200 offers a 17.1 ceiling and a 10.6 average, while James Trafford (LEE) at $5,400 has a 14.5 ceiling and a 9.0 average. Each gives you real upside without eating into the cap. Note that Anton Stach (LEE) is tagged OUT by DraftKings, as are six TOT players: Savio, Xavi Simons, Mykhailo Mudryk, Wilson Odobert, Lucas Bergvall and Tosin Adarabioyo.
The crowd should pile onto the expensive TOT names. Projected ownership has Marmoush at 42%, Tel at 41% and Kudus at 39%. Calvert-Lewin checks in at 33%. Robertson sits at 23% and van Hecke at 14%, so those cheaper pieces offer a way to separate from the field.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,700 of the $50,000. It puts Robertson at captain for $9,300 and fills the FLEX spots with Marmoush at $10,200, van Hecke at $4,200, Kudus at $9,600, Tel at $10,000 and Trafford at $5,400. That build leans on the three popular TOT stars while leaving the captain slot to a lower-owned play.
Lineups lock Sat 11/7 at 7:30 a.m. ET.
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