EURO 2020 Fantasy Football Matchday 1 – head-to-head comparisons: Kylian Mbappe vs Antoine Griezmann

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Both French players who are set to play Germany in their opening matches, the choice between Kylian Mbappe (€12.0m) and Antoine Griezmann (€11.0m) comes down to whether Mbappe is worth the extra million it costs to acquire is services over Griezmann. EURO Fantasy managers seem to have made their decision, with Mbappe’s ownership level at 36% compared to Griezmann’s 3%. The choice however is a little more nuanced than these levels would suggest, though not from a domestic perspective. While Mbappe has enjoyed the best goalscoring season of his career so far, surpasseing the 40-goal mark for the first time in his career, Greizmann has scored just the twenty times this season in 51 matches for Barcelona. It’s his second worst return in the last eight seasons.

However, it all looks a little different on the international front. With Mbappe injured for most of the qualifying campaign, it was Griezmann who took centre stage for France. Despite just scoring the single goal, Griezmann was responsible for seven assists, the joint most of anyone from any nation, and only didn’t record an attacking return in two of France’s eight qualifiers. Form also favours Griezmann who has two goals and an assist in his last three international appearances compared to Mbappe’s no goals and no assists. Finally, Griezmann also has serious form when it comes to matches against Germany. In his last three starts against the German’s Griezmann has scored four times, including a brace in their 2016 European Championship semi-final meeting.

Verdict: Antoine Griezmann

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