Champions League Fantasy Football: Who's in form?

UEFA.com selects five players who have caught the eye of late as managers prepare for Matchday 13 of #UCLfantasy, presented by Playstation.

Michael Olise (€6.8m) – Bayern München 

Olise has scored five goals in Bayern's Champions League campaign as well as providing an assist and a Player of the Match award, and has been displaying the kind of form of late that indicates he could manage more attacking returns in the quarter-finals. The winger both scored and set up goals in France's recent UEFA Nations League contest against Croatia, and followed that up with two Bundesliga assists with St. Pauli. Olise's last seven starts for club and country have yielded three goals and four assists.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu (€6.9m) – Inter

Çalhanoğlu has been a consistent performer for Inter throughout the campaign, and his strike against city rivals Milan in a recent Coppa Italia fixture took him on to ten club goals in all competitions this season. Also on target for Türkiye in the international window, the 31-year-old has four goals and an assist in his last seven appearances for club and country, including a penalty against Feyernoord in Inter's last Champions League fixture. Owned by just 3% of Fantasy managers, Çalhanoğlu is a differential option worth considering on Matchday 13.

Mikel Merino (€6.9m) – Arsenal

Injuries to Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus in the Arsenal squad have prompted Merino to be pushed into a forward role and the Spanish international's output has increased as a result. With goals in three of his last four games for club and country, Merino also scored and made an assist against PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of the round of 16, scoring 11 Fantasy points in the process. Owned by just 1% of managers, he represents a tempting out-of-position midfielder when the Gunners welcome Real Madrid on Matchday 13.

Marcus Rashford (€6.5m) – Aston Villa

Since making a loan move to Villa at the beginning of February, Rashford has been enjoying a new lease of life having contributed three goals and four assists in all competitions. The three goals have come in his last two games, while he laid on an assist in Villa's last Champions League fixture, the 3-0 victory over Club Brugge that sealed their quarter-final berth. There is strong competition for attacking places in Unai Emery's side, but Rashford's recent output puts him in a strong position to start against Paris on Matchday 13.

Désiré Doué (€4.9m) – Paris Saint-Germain

While the exploits of Ousmane Dembélé have taken the headlines, Doué has also caught the eye lately and is having an increasing impact on this Paris side. Recently rewarded with his first international appearance for France, the 19-year-old has struck three times in his last two club outings, both of which he started, and also converted the winning kick in the penalty shoot-out against Liverpool in the round of 16. With six goal involvements in this season's Champions League, Doué could prove an excellent budget enabler.