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World Cup Fantasy — Today's Optimized Squad

Updated 10 June 2026

The 15-player FIFA World Cup 26 fantasy squad our optimizer picks today: maximum expected points within the $100m budget, position rules, and the 3-per-nation cap — built from official FIFA fantasy prices and live ownership plus match data. The same squad renders on the pitch inside the Zort app, where AskZort can explain any pick.

Research starting point, not a guarantee — lineups rotate and xPts are model estimates. Fantasy is free to play; if you also bet on the tournament, track it honestly. 18+ if betting, BeGambleAware.

F. WirtzCaptain

63.7Expected XI xPts

3-5-2Formation

$1.7mIn the bank

🇨🇭Embolo$7.5m4.8

🇧🇪Lukaku$7.4m4.5

C🇩🇪Wirtz$7.5m6.8

V🇪🇸Yamal$10m6.3

🇩🇪Musiala$8m6.2

🇧🇷Raphinha$8.2m4.7

🇧🇷Júnior$10m4.5

🇩🇪Kimmich$5.5m5.6

🇨🇦Davies$4.9m5.1

🇪🇸Porro$5.5m4.5

🇦🇷Martínez$5m3.8

3-5-2 · pink ring = captain · pink dot = differential (<10% owned) · ! = minutes risk

Bench

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Shankland$5.5m4.3

🇧🇪De Cuyper$4.7m4.3

🇪🇸Cucurella$5.1m4.2

🇦🇺Beach$3.5m3.5

Squad value $98.3m$1.7m of $100m in the bank

Today's calls

CAPTAIN

F. Wirtz leads the squad with 6.83 xPts at just $7.5m — Germany's creative hub doubles down as the standout armband pick this matchday.

VALUE PICK

A. Davies at $4.9m projects 5.09 xPts with only 4.3% ownership — elite attacking returns from a budget defender who almost nobody owns.

FIXTURE EDGE

J. Kimmich (5.63 xPts) and F. Wirtz (6.83 xPts) stack Germany's double threat; owning both maximises exposure to Zort's highest-projected nation in the squad.

CHIP CALL — Maximum Captaincy (confidence: low)

Play it only if your captain call is a coin flip — and hold the Wildcard for MD3, when qualified teams rotate.

The full 15-player squad

Goalkeepers

🇦🇷 E. Martínez (Argentina) — $5m · 3.75 xPts · 22.0% owned
🇦🇺 P. Beach (Australia) — $3.5m · 3.46 xPts · 1.0% owned · differential bench

Defenders

🇩🇪 J. Kimmich (Germany) — $5.5m · 5.63 xPts · 31.4% owned
🇨🇦 A. Davies (Canada) — $4.9m · 5.09 xPts · 4.3% owned · differential
🇪🇸 P. Porro (Spain) — $5.5m · 4.50 xPts · 7.4% owned · differential
🇧🇪 M. De Cuyper (Belgium) — $4.7m · 4.27 xPts · 4.4% owned · differential bench
🇪🇸 M. Cucurella (Spain) — $5.1m · 4.21 xPts · 24.2% owned bench

Midfielders

🇩🇪 F. Wirtz C (Germany) — $7.5m · 6.83 xPts · 22.9% owned
🇪🇸 Lamine Yamal V (Spain) — $10m · 6.35 xPts · 43.5% owned
🇩🇪 J. Musiala (Germany) — $8m · 6.20 xPts · 12.3% owned
🇧🇷 Raphinha (Brazil) — $8.2m · 4.66 xPts · 21.5% owned
🇧🇷 Vinícius Júnior (Brazil) — $10m · 4.52 xPts · 13.4% owned

Forwards

🇨🇭 B. Embolo (Switzerland) — $7.5m · 4.83 xPts · 2.6% owned · differential
🇧🇪 R. Lukaku (Belgium) — $7.4m · 4.47 xPts · 2.1% owned · differential
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 L. Shankland (Scotland) — $5.5m · 4.31 xPts · 0.8% owned · differential bench

How this squad is picked

Every day the optimizer scores all ~1,200 priced players on expected fantasy points — appearance, goals and assists by position, clean sheets, and qualification boosters — weighted by predicted minutes and fixture difficulty, then solves for the best legal 15 under the FIFA game's budget, formation, and nation rules. Players under 10% ownership are flagged as differentials.

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