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World Cup Fantasy — Today's Optimized Squad

Updated 2 July 2026

The 15-player FIFA World Cup 26 fantasy squad our optimizer picks today: maximum expected points within the $105m 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.

Vinícius JúniorCaptain

84.0Expected XI xPts

4-5-1Formation

$1.9mIn the bank

🇪🇸Oyarzabal$8.1m7.0

C🇧🇷Júnior$10m7.7

V🇪🇸Yamal$10m7.6

🇫🇷Dembélé$10m7.3

🇫🇷Olise$9.5m7.3

🇵🇹Fernandes$8.5m6.9

🇲🇦Hakimi$6m6.6

🇵🇹Mendes$5.8m6.6

🇪🇸Cucurella$5.1m6.4

🇧🇷Magalhães$5.5m6.4

🇪🇬Shobeir$3.5m6.3

4-5-1 · pink ring = captain · pink dot = differential (<10% owned) · ! = minutes risk

Bench

🇦🇷Romero$4.9m6.3

🇨🇴Suárez$5.7m5.7

🇦🇷Martínez$5m5.7

!🇧🇷Endrick$5.5m5.5

Squad value $103.1m$1.9m of $105m in the bank

Today's calls

Scouting Bonus

Shobeir (Egypt) — 2% owned, 6.3 xPts, and under the 5% line where a 4-point game pays +2 extra.

Captain

Júnior — top xPts in the XI at 7.7.

Best Value

Shobeir (Egypt) at $3.5m — 6.3 xPts.

CHIP CALL — Qualification Booster (confidence: high)

Up to +22 if your whole XI advances — strongest now, while matchups are at their most predictable.

The full 15-player squad

Goalkeepers

🇪🇬 Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt) — $3.5m · 6.33 xPts · 1.5% owned · differential
🇦🇷 E. Martínez (Argentina) — $5m · 5.66 xPts · 22.0% owned bench

Defenders

🇲🇦 A. Hakimi (Morocco) — $6m · 6.64 xPts · 21.9% owned
🇵🇹 Nuno Mendes (Portugal) — $5.8m · 6.63 xPts · 43.1% owned
🇪🇸 M. Cucurella (Spain) — $5.1m · 6.43 xPts · 24.2% owned
🇧🇷 Gabriel Magalhães (Brazil) — $5.5m · 6.39 xPts · 22.2% owned
🇦🇷 C. Romero (Argentina) — $4.9m · 6.30 xPts · 4.9% owned · differential bench

Midfielders

🇧🇷 Vinícius Júnior C (Brazil) — $10m · 7.74 xPts · 13.4% owned
🇪🇸 Lamine Yamal V (Spain) — $10m · 7.63 xPts · 43.5% owned
🇫🇷 O. Dembélé (France) — $10m · 7.29 xPts · 18.1% owned
🇫🇷 M. Olise (France) — $9.5m · 7.25 xPts · 28.4% owned
🇵🇹 Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) — $8.5m · 6.90 xPts · 50.8% owned

Forwards

🇪🇸 M. Oyarzabal (Spain) — $8.1m · 7.03 xPts · 18.0% owned
🇨🇴 L. Suárez (Colombia) — $5.7m · 5.70 xPts · 2.6% owned · differential bench
🇧🇷 Endrick (Brazil) — $5.5m · 5.49 xPts · 2.4% owned · differential · minutes risk 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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