World Cup 2022 Fantasy Football tips: The best team…

World Cup 2022 Fantasy Football tips: The best team you can pick with $100m

Fantasy football is massive these days and with the World Cup kicking off in Qatar, you can be a part of a whole other footballing community online.

With some of the biggest names on the planet facing off in the Middle East, fans can select a team of international stars from the comfort of their own front rooms to challenge for online honours.

So, without further adieu, here are the details on how you sign up, the rules and the best team you can pick within the budget.

How to sign up to World Cup 2022 Fantasy Football

Simply follow this link to the official FIFA website.

Create a team name and a FIFA account and away you go.

What are the rules?

You get a budget of $100 million (rising to $105 million for the knockout phase).

You buy a squad of 15 players. You select 11 of them to play in each of the seven rounds. They score you points for assists, goals, saves, clean sheets and so on. You make substitutions. You make transfers.

You must pick two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and three forwards. You must choose one of eight formations for each round. You can choose up to three players from one of the 32 teams during the group stage, four from each team for the Round of 16, five for the quarter-finals, six for the semi-finals and eight for the final two matches.

For picking the same national players, it varies at each stage of the competition

Group Stage - Three players per nation
Round of 16 - four players per nation
Quarter-Final - five players per nation
Semi-Final - six players per nation
Final - eight players per nation

Full rules can be found on the official website

What about transfers?

This is what it says on the official site:

Before…

The opening match: Unlimited transfers

Matchday’s 1-3: Two transfers per round

Round of 16: Unlimited transfers

Quarter-finals : Four transfers

Semi-finals: Five transfers

Final two matches: Six transfers

Any additional transfers will cost you three points.

GOOD LUCK MESSAGES: Send your message of support to the Wales football team at the World Cup here

How do you score points?

All players

Appearances for 60 minutes or more = 1 point
Assists = 3 points
Yellow card = minus 1 point
Red card = minus 3 points
Own goal = minus 2 points
Winning a penalty = 2 points
Conceding a penalty = minus one point

What is the best World Cup 2022 Fantasy Football team I can create?

Who would be a manager, eh?

You have a budget of $100million to spend - which would get you one 20-goal-a-season striker in the Premier League these days, but who are we to argue with the mighty FIFA?

Here is an example of a matchday 15 we've selected that we think will give you a fighting chance!

GK: Ederson - $5.5m

DEF: Torres - $5.5m

DEF: Van Dijk - $6m

DEF: Saliba - $5m

DEF: Dest - $5m

MID: Xhaka - $7m

MID: James - $6m

MID: Saka - $8m

MID: De Bruyne - $11m

ATT: Bale - $8m

ATT: Mbappe - $11.5m