Sunday's DraftKings showdown is a single game, BRE @ BHA, with a $50,000 salary cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks Sun 11/8 at 9:00 a.m. ET (6:00 a.m. PT).
Our model's top-ranked play is Pascal Groß of BHA at $10,400. His ceiling is 26.3, the highest on the board, against a DraftKings average of 15.6. Maxim De Cuyper (BHA) is right behind at $8,600 with a ceiling of 25.2 and a 14.9 average, which makes him the better price for the production. Charalampos Kostoulas (BHA) costs $10,000 with a 19.2 ceiling, while Igor Thiago (BRE) at $9,600 and Dango Ouattara (BRE) at $9,200 carry ceilings of 20.5 and 20.7 for the visitors.
Value is easier to find. Bart Verbruggen (BHA) is only $5,600 but has a 15.2 ceiling and an 11.6 DraftKings average, the strongest average among the cheaper options on the board. Diego Gomez (BHA) at $8,200 shows a 17.1 ceiling and a 10.1 average, and Yasin Ayari (BHA) matches those numbers at $8,800. Both are mid-priced ways to get exposure to BHA without paying for the top names.
The crowd is likely to gather around the headliners. Groß is projected at 42% ownership, Kostoulas at 40% and Thiago at 38%. Ouattara checks in at 36%, Ayari at 35% and De Cuyper at 34%. Verbruggen is projected at only 20%, so he offers the most leverage among the top-ranked plays if you want to differ from the field.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,200 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Groß in the captain slot at $15,600, then adds Kostoulas at $10,000, Caoimhin Kelleher at $4,600, Verbruggen at $5,600, Luka Vuskovic at $4,800 and De Cuyper at $8,600. The build leans hard on BHA, pairing the top-end salaries with cheaper goalkeeper and defender slots to fit under the cap.
Note that Pascal Struijk (BHA) carries a Q tag, so check his status before the slate locks Sun 11/8 at 9:00 a.m. ET (6:00 a.m. PT).
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