Sunday's DraftKings showdown is a single game, AVL @ MU, with a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary and a $50,000 cap. Lineups lock Sun 11/8 at 11:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. PT).
Bruno Fernandes (MU) leads our model's board at $10,600, with a ceiling of 26.3 against a DraftKings average of 17.5. No one else on the sheet comes close to that ceiling. Bryan Mbeumo (MU) is next at $9,600 with a 21.2 ceiling, and Nicolas Jackson (AVL) follows at $10,400 with a 20.7 ceiling.
The value plays sit lower on the salary scale. Johan Manzambi (AVL) costs $8,400 and carries a 17.6 ceiling with a 13.4 DraftKings average. Zion Suzuki (AVL) is the cheapest standout at $5,000, with a 15.7 ceiling and a 9.3 average.
The crowd is likely to gather around the headliners. Fernandes is projected at 42% ownership, Jackson at 41%, and John McGinn (AVL) at 38%. Manzambi at 32% and Suzuki at 17% are far less popular, which gives them some leverage if you want to stand apart from the field.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with Fernandes at captain for $15,900, then adds Manzambi at $8,400, Suzuki at $5,000, Mbeumo at $9,600, Senne Lammens at $5,400, and Boubacar Kamara at $5,600.
Lineups lock Sun 11/8 at 11:30 a.m. ET.
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