UCL Predicted Lineups Matchday 5: Champions League Expected Starting XIs

Get UCL Fantasy predicted lineups and team news before you transfer. Knowing who starts protects you from benching points and helps you avoid rotation risks.

Likely starting XIs, rotation risk and injury updates, refreshed as team news lands.

AEK Athens predicted line-up — away to Como

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 5, 2026-11-24 21:00, ranked by how likely each player is to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Alberto Brignoli	GK	99%	89
Filipe Relvas	DEF	99%	88
Harold Moukoudi	DEF	99%	88
Lazaros Rota	DEF	99%	87
Stavro Pilios	DEF	99%	87
Luka Jovic	FWD	99%	81
Milan Vitalis	MID	99%	81
Lovro Majer	DEF	99%	75
Razvan Marin	MID	99%	75
Barnabas Varga	FWD	99%	74
Kervin Arriaga	MID	16%	24

Arsenal predicted line-up — home to Borussia Dortmund

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
David Raya	GK	88%	79
Declan Rice	MID	82%	69
Gabriel	DEF	81%	74
Martin Ødegaard	MID	79%	66
Christos Tzolis	MID	78%	57
Ezri Konsa	DEF	75%	67
Riccardo Calafiori	DEF	68%	60
Kai Havertz	FWD	68%	57
William Saliba	DEF	60%	56
Ben White	DEF	51%	40
Noni Madueke	MID	50%	45

Aston Villa predicted line-up — away to Galatasaray

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 5, 2026-11-24 18:45, ranked by how likely each player is to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Zion Suzuki	GK	100%	90
Victor Nilsson Lindelöf	DEF	100%	88
Pau Torres	DEF	100%	87
Matty Cash	DEF	100%	86
Boubacar Kamara	MID	100%	85
Ian Maatsen	DEF	100%	85
John McGinn	MID	100%	80
Joao Gomes	MID	100%	80
Nicolas Jackson	FWD	100%	80
Johan Manzambi	MID	100%	74
Alysson Edward	MID	100%	68

Atletico Madrid predicted line-up — home to Viking

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 5, 2026-11-25 21:00, ranked by how likely each player is to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Jan Oblak	GK	82%	74
Pablo Barrios	MID	74%	60
Alejandro Grimaldo	DEF	70%	65
Kang-In Lee	MID	68%	54
Marcos Llorente	MID	66%	61
David Hancko	DEF	66%	62
Marc Pubill	DEF	63%	55
Giuliano Simeone	MID	62%	58
Álex Baena	MID	59%	53
Ademola Lookman	MID	52%	40
Koke	MID	51%	46

Barcelona predicted line-up — away to Sabah FK

Our model's most likely starting eleven for Matchday 5, 2026-11-25 18:45, ranked by how likely each player is to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Lamine Yamal	MID	80%	69
Joan Garcia	GK	75%	68
Pedri	MID	73%	62
Raphinha	MID	71%	59
Pau Cubarsi	DEF	67%	60
Fermin Lopez	MID	64%	55
Gerard Martin	DEF	62%	56
Marc Bernal	MID	60%	54
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	58%	51
Frenkie de Jong	MID	56%	56
Anthony Gordon	MID	56%	49

Bayern München predicted line-up — away to Lille

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Jonas Urbig	GK	87%	78
Dayot Upamecano	DEF	84%	73
Aleksandar Pavlovic	MID	82%	67
Harry Kane	FWD	81%	69
Michael Olise	MID	81%	71
Joshua Kimmich	MID	78%	70
Konrad Laimer	DEF	77%	67
Tom Bischof	MID	57%	53
Josip Stanisic	DEF	55%	53
Jamal Musiala	MID	55%	41
Nathaniel Brown	DEF	54%	49

Bodø/Glimt predicted line-up — home to LASK

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Nikita Haikin	GK	100%	90
Odin Lurås Bjørtuft	DEF	100%	88
Fredrik Sjøvold	DEF	100%	86
Patrick Berg	MID	100%	85
Fredrik André Bjørkan	DEF	100%	82
Sondre Auklend	MID	100%	81
Sondre Brunstad Fet	MID	100%	81
Ole Blomberg	MID	100%	79
Jens Petter Hauge	MID	100%	79
Håkon Evjen	MID	100%	77
Ola Brynhildsen	FWD	100%	74

Borussia Dortmund predicted line-up — away to Arsenal

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Gregor Kobel	GK	99%	89
Waldemar Anton	DEF	93%	82
Nico Schlotterbeck	DEF	92%	80
Daniel Svensson	DEF	91%	77
Serhou Guirassy	FWD	91%	74
Felix Nmecha	MID	85%	69
Joane Gadou	DEF	78%	67
Jobe Bellingham	MID	71%	63
Joey Veerman	MID	65%	55
Julian Ryerson	DEF	56%	50
Maximilian Beier	FWD	55%	51

Club Brugge predicted line-up — home to Liverpool

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Yann Sommer	GK	99%	89
Brandon Mechele	DEF	99%	87
Jorne Spileers	DEF	99%	86
Joaquin Seys	DEF	99%	85
Hans Vanaken	MID	99%	84
Freddie Potts	MID	99%	83
Kyriani Sabbe	DEF	99%	81
Carlos Forbs	MID	99%	79
Nicolo Tresoldi	FWD	99%	79
Hugo Vetlesen	MID	99%	76
Jan Virgili	MID	99%	75

Como predicted line-up — home to AEK Athens

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Lucas Da Cunha	MID	76%	61
Anastasios Douvikas	FWD	70%	60
Nico Paz	MID	69%	56
Assane Diao	MID	67%	49
Yan Couto	DEF	65%	55
Trevoh Chalobah	DEF	64%	55
Jacobo Ramon	DEF	60%	61
Marc-Oliver Kempf	DEF	57%	52
Jean Butez	GK	55%	50
Luis Milla	MID	54%	50
Martin Baturina	MID	54%	39

FC Porto predicted line-up — away to Feyenoord

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Diogo Costa	GK	99%	89
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	99%	86
Victor Froholdt	MID	99%	85
Alberto Costa	DEF	99%	83
Jan Bednarek	DEF	99%	81
Pablo Rosario	MID	99%	81
Zaidu Sanusi	DEF	99%	80
Pepe	MID	99%	79
Gabriel Veiga	MID	99%	72
Borja Sainz	MID	99%	72
Samuel Aghehowa	FWD	99%	71

Fenerbahçe predicted line-up — away to Shakhtar Donetsk

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Ederson Moraes	GK	99%	89
Milan Skriniar	DEF	99%	87
Kojo Peprah Oppong	DEF	99%	86
Münir Levent Mercan	DEF	99%	84
N'Golo Kante	MID	99%	83
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	99%	82
Oguz Aydin	MID	99%	78
Nelson Semedo	DEF	99%	77
Kerem Akturkoglu	MID	99%	77
Irfan Can Kahveci	MID	99%	76
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	99%	74

Feyenoord predicted line-up — home to FC Porto

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Tjark Ernst	GK	99%	89
Anis Hadj Moussa	MID	96%	81
Givairo Read	DEF	95%	79
Tsuyoshi Watanabe	DEF	95%	78
Gjivai Zechiel	MID	94%	79
Charles Vanhoutte	MID	92%	73
Luciano Valente	MID	89%	74
Nacho Ferri	FWD	81%	63
Oussama Targhalline	MID	76%	65
Javi Lopez	DEF	46%	47
Gaoussou Diarra	MID	31%	29

Galatasaray predicted line-up — home to Aston Villa

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Ugurcan Cakir	GK	100%	90
Abdülkerim Bardakci	DEF	100%	87
Ismail Jakobs	DEF	100%	86
Davinson Sánchez	DEF	100%	85
Evren Eren Elmali	DEF	100%	84
Roland Sallai	DEF	100%	83
Mario Lemina	MID	100%	83
Lucas Torreira	MID	100%	79
Baris Alper Yilmaz	MID	100%	77
Aleksey Batrakov	MID	100%	76
Yunus Akgün	MID	100%	74

Inter predicted line-up — home to VfB Stuttgart

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Alessandro Bastoni	DEF	75%	63
Marcus Thuram	FWD	73%	61
Nicolo Barella	MID	66%	60
Manuel Akanji	DEF	64%	59
Josep Martinez	GK	63%	57
Yann Aurel Bisseck	DEF	61%	52
Carlos Augusto	DEF	59%	58
Federico Dimarco	DEF	58%	50
Andy Diouf	MID	56%	50
Francesco Pio Esposito	FWD	55%	45
Piotr Zielinski	MID	53%	48

LASK predicted line-up — away to Bodø/Glimt

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Lukas Jungwirth	GK	100%	90
Andres Andrade	DEF	100%	88
Xavier Mbuyamba	DEF	100%	85
Melayro Bogarde	MID	100%	84
Kasper Jørgensen	DEF	100%	82
Yvan Dibango	DEF	100%	82
Sascha Horvath	MID	100%	80
Moses Usor	FWD	100%	78
Robert Ljubicic	MID	100%	78
Samuel Adeniran	FWD	100%	75
George Bello	DEF	0%	13

Lens predicted line-up — away to RB Leipzig

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Robin Risser	GK	99%	89
Samson Baidoo	DEF	99%	86
Ruben Aguilar	DEF	99%	85
Matthieu Udol	DEF	99%	83
Jean-Clair Todibo	DEF	99%	82
Saud Abdulhamid	DEF	99%	81
Michaël Cuisance	MID	99%	80
Florian Thauvin	MID	99%	79
Amadou Haidara	MID	99%	77
Thorgan Hazard	MID	99%	76
Florian Sotoca	FWD	99%	75

Lille predicted line-up — home to Bayern München

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Berke Özer	GK	99%	89
Tanguy Nianzou	DEF	99%	86
Isaac Cossier	DEF	99%	86
Nathan Ngoy	DEF	99%	84
Benjamin André	MID	99%	83
Ngal Ayel Mukau	MID	99%	80
Hákon Arnar Haraldsson	MID	99%	80
Calvin Verdonk	DEF	99%	80
Soriba Diaoune	MID	99%	79
Maurits Kjaergaard	MID	99%	78
Dilane Bakwa	MID	99%	76

Liverpool predicted line-up — away to Club Brugge

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Alisson Becker	GK	91%	82
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	85%	76
Florian Wirtz	MID	82%	66
Jérémy Jacquet	DEF	81%	71
Alexander Isak	FWD	80%	66
Milos Kerkez	DEF	76%	68
Bradley Barcola	MID	75%	62
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	75%	68
Ronald Araujo	DEF	73%	61
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	67%	58
Cody Gakpo	FWD	66%	55

Manchester City predicted line-up — home to Napoli

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Gianluigi Donnarumma	GK	85%	77
Erling Haaland	FWD	83%	72
Ruben Dias	DEF	81%	74
Iliman Ndiaye	MID	72%	59
Elliot Anderson	MID	71%	63
Enzo Fernández	MID	70%	60
Marc Guehi	DEF	69%	58
Josko Gvardiol	DEF	64%	58
Jérémy Doku	MID	60%	55
Matheus Nunes	DEF	58%	55
Rayan Cherki	MID	58%	49

Manchester United predicted line-up — away to Sporting CP

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Senne Lammens	GK	96%	87
Bryan Mbeumo	FWD	94%	81
Harry Maguire	DEF	93%	80
Amad Diallo	MID	91%	73
Bruno Fernandes	MID	86%	74
Diogo Dalot	DEF	84%	73
Youri Tielemans	MID	78%	64
Lisandro Martinez	DEF	74%	66
Kobbie Mainoo	MID	72%	64
Leny Yoro	DEF	66%	56
Luke Shaw	DEF	46%	37

Napoli predicted line-up — away to Manchester City

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	95%	80
Scott McTominay	MID	90%	75
Rasmus Højlund	FWD	88%	69
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	84%	74
Noa Lang	MID	71%	57
Mathias Olivera	DEF	70%	61
Kevin De Bruyne	MID	64%	60
Matteo Politano	MID	64%	52
Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa	MID	57%	51
Alex Meret	GK	55%	50
Leonardo Spinazzola	DEF	53%	49

PSV Eindhoven predicted line-up — away to Real Madrid

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Matej Kovar	GK	99%	89
Mauro Junior	DEF	93%	77
Guus Til	MID	93%	75
Sergino Dest	DEF	92%	79
Armando Obispo	DEF	90%	78
Kodai Sano	MID	88%	76
Ruben van Bommel	MID	82%	66
Lutsharel Geertruida	DEF	70%	61
Sven Mijnans	MID	65%	59
Ivan Perisic	MID	63%	51
Ricardo Pepi	FWD	41%	40

Paris Saint-Germain predicted line-up — home to Roma

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Matvey Safonov	GK	99%	89
Illia Zabarnyi	DEF	99%	87
Willian Pacho	DEF	99%	87
Lucas Hernández	DEF	99%	85
Joao Neves	MID	99%	82
Fabián Ruiz	MID	99%	82
Vitinha	MID	99%	81
Achraf Hakimi	DEF	99%	79
Senny Mayulu	MID	99%	79
Désiré Doué	MID	99%	76
Maghnes Akliouche	MID	99%	71

RB Leipzig predicted line-up — home to Lens

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Willi Orban	DEF	83%	73
Neil El Aynaoui	MID	77%	65
Ezechiel Banzuzi	FWD	76%	61
Maarten Vandevoordt	GK	75%	67
David Raum	DEF	70%	61
Castello Lukeba	DEF	66%	57
Antonio Nusa	MID	65%	54
Brajan Gruda	MID	58%	49
Christopher Nkunku	FWD	55%	46
Romulo Cruz	FWD	55%	49
Rocco Reitz	MID	52%	41

Real Betis predicted line-up — away to Slovan Bratislava

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Álvaro Vallés	GK	86%	77
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli	MID	76%	64
Natan	DEF	69%	63
Juan Hernández	FWD	64%	50
Pablo Fornals	MID	62%	55
Marc Roca	MID	62%	54
Hector Bellerin	DEF	61%	56
Francisco Garcia	DEF	60%	54
Isco	MID	59%	47
Antony	MID	50%	45
Diego Llorente	DEF	46%	40

Real Madrid predicted line-up — home to PSV Eindhoven

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Kylian Mbappé	FWD	76%	68
Federico Valverde	MID	76%	62
Thibaut Courtois	GK	75%	68
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	74%	68
Jude Bellingham	MID	70%	62
Aurélien Tchouaméni	MID	70%	63
Dean Huijsen	DEF	70%	64
Arda Güler	MID	67%	52
Vinicius Junior	MID	61%	56
Marc Cucurella	DEF	60%	59
Yan Diomande	MID	58%	53

Roma predicted line-up — away to Paris Saint-Germain

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Bryan Cristante	MID	90%	76
Paulo Dybala	FWD	84%	67
Evan N'Dicka	DEF	80%	72
Kouadio Koné	MID	76%	59
Matias Soulé	FWD	76%	66
Donyell Malen	FWD	75%	61
Mario Hermoso	DEF	68%	56
Gianluca Mancini	DEF	65%	55
Wesley	DEF	64%	57
Nahuel Molina	DEF	57%	49
Marten de Roon	MID	56%	50

Sabah FK predicted line-up — home to Barcelona

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Stas Pokatilov	GK	99%	89
Steve Solvet	DEF	99%	88
Akim Zedadka	DEF	99%	87
Tymoteusz Puchacz	DEF	99%	87
Ivan Lepinjica	MID	99%	85
Du Queiroz	MID	99%	85
Kaheem Parris	MID	99%	84
Umarali Rakhmonaliyev	MID	99%	84
Joy-Lance Mickels	MID	99%	84
Veljko Simic	MID	99%	80
Abdulakh Khaybulayev	MID	30%	27

Shakhtar Donetsk predicted line-up — home to Fenerbahçe

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Dmytro Riznyk	GK	99%	89
Valeriy Bondar	DEF	99%	88
Mykola Matviyenko	DEF	99%	87
Pedro Henrique	DEF	99%	85
Vinicius Tobias	DEF	99%	84
Oleg Ocheretko	MID	99%	82
Yegor Nazaryna	MID	99%	81
Kaua Elias	FWD	99%	80
Marlon Gomes	MID	99%	78
Alisson Santana	MID	99%	78
Gleiker Mendoza	FWD	99%	72

Slavia Prague predicted line-up — home to Villarreal

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Nazar Domchak	GK	99%	89
Tomas Holes	DEF	99%	87
David Zima	DEF	99%	85
Michal Sadilek	MID	99%	84
Oskar Kubiak	MID	99%	83
Wiktor Nowak	MID	99%	81
Ange N'Guessan	DEF	99%	80
Tomas Vlcek	DEF	99%	78
David Moses	MID	99%	77
Mubarak Suleiman	MID	99%	73
Emmanuel Ayaosi	MID	99%	73

Slovan Bratislava predicted line-up — home to Real Betis

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Aleksandar Popovic	GK	99%	89
Svetozar Markovic	DEF	99%	88
Sahmkou Camara	DEF	99%	88
Alen Mustafic	MID	99%	83
Kevin Wimmer	DEF	99%	82
Cesar Blackman	DEF	99%	82
Samuel Kozlovsky	DEF	99%	81
Cristian Martinez	MID	99%	80
Andraz Sporar	FWD	99%	79
Alexej Maros	MID	99%	74
Suleiman Camara	FWD	99%	70

Sporting CP predicted line-up — home to Manchester United

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Rui Silva	GK	99%	89
Goncalo Inacio	DEF	99%	87
Eduardo Quaresma	DEF	99%	87
Sergi Altimira	DEF	99%	85
Maximiliano Araujo	MID	99%	85
Issa Doumbia	MID	99%	80
Luis Suárez	FWD	99%	79
Silas Andersen	MID	99%	77
Geny Catamo	MID	99%	74
Fotis Ioannidis	FWD	99%	71
Kaique	GK	1%	1

VfB Stuttgart predicted line-up — away to Inter

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Angelo Stiller	MID	87%	72
Dennis Seimen	GK	83%	75
Josha Vagnoman	DEF	82%	67
Jeff Chabot	DEF	74%	66
Chris Führich	MID	74%	60
Ramon Hendriks	DEF	74%	66
Maximilian Mittelstaedt	DEF	68%	63
Deniz Undav	FWD	68%	58
Ermedin Demirovic	FWD	60%	53
Luca Jaquez	DEF	57%	45
Bilal El Khannouss	MID	56%	49

Viking predicted line-up — away to Atletico Madrid

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Peter Christiansen	FWD	87%	73
Gianni Stensness	DEF	86%	75
Henrik Falchener	DEF	86%	68
Kristoffer Askildsen	MID	86%	70
Henrik Heggheim	DEF	77%	64
Joe Bell	MID	75%	61
Zlatko Tripic	MID	75%	66
Erik Botheim	FWD	74%	61
Kristoffer Haugen	DEF	73%	61
Arild Østbø	GK	70%	63
Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal	MID	63%	55

Villarreal predicted line-up — away to Slavia Prague

Player	Pos	Chance of starting	Projected minutes
Péter Gulácsi	GK	82%	74
Renato Veiga	DEF	77%	69
Tajon Buchanan	MID	72%	58
Juan Foyth	DEF	69%	56
Pape Gueye	MID	69%	62
Alberto Moleiro	MID	67%	55
Ilias Akhomach	MID	57%	44
Santi Comesana	MID	57%	48
Ayoze Pérez	FWD	52%	45
Sergi Cardona	DEF	49%	43
Alex Freeman	DEF	48%	47

Why predicted lineups matter

A great pick is worthless on the bench. Predicted lineups help you back nailed-on starters and dodge rotation traps before deadlines.

Likely starting XI per team
Rotation and injury risk flags
Updated as team news is confirmed

How our predicted lineups are built

Most predicted lineups are one person's guess, published and never checked. Ours start from many independent sources per competition, and every one of them is scored afterwards against the eleven players who actually walked out - so a source earns its influence from its record in that specific league rather than from its reputation.

Sources that publish near-identical XIs are grouped and share a single vote, so an outlet copying another does not get counted twice. The output is a chance of starting for each player rather than a flat list of eleven names, and that percentage is what feeds projected minutes and predicted points.

Many sources per league, scored against the real XI after every match
Weighted by measured accuracy in that specific competition
Sources that mirror each other share one vote instead of counting twice
A start percentage per player, not a flat eleven-name team sheet
Replaced by the confirmed XI when the official team sheet lands

Frequently asked questions

How accurate are UCL Fantasy predicted lineups?

Every source we read is scored against the eleven players who actually started, and weighted on its record in that competition - so accuracy differs by league, and the per-league measurements are published in our guide to how predicted lineups are made. Whatever the league, accuracy rises as kick-off approaches and official team news lands: a predicted XI with one or two names off is the normal case, not a failure.

When are lineups updated?

Throughout the build-up to each round, and again when confirmed XIs are released before kick-off.

What does the starting percentage next to each UCL Fantasy player mean?

It is that player's chance of being in the starting eleven, not a yes-or-no call. A player at 95% and a player at 60% both appear in an eleven-name list and are completely different propositions for a captaincy decision - and the percentage is what feeds his projected minutes and predicted points on this site.