Champions League Fantasy Football: Forwards

UEFA.com is on hand to highlight a selection of forwards who could be set to produce significant returns for #UCLfantasy managers on Matchday 5.

Robert Lewandowski (€11.8m) continued his formidable UEFA Champions League form on Matchday 4, registering a hat-trick at home to Benfica to take his overall goals tally to a competition high of eight. Those three goals – and an assist – earned Lewandowski awarded the Player of the Match award, contributing to his 18 #UCLfantasy points. Next time out Bayern travel to Dynamo Kyiv, against whom Lewandowski scored twice on Matchday 2 in Munich. However, with the German champions having qualified for the knockout stage, Julian Nagelsmann may be tempted to rotate his side so be sure to wait for the line-ups to be announced before committing to Lewandowski.

The 33-year-old's hat-trick meant he overtook Sébastien Haller (€9.1m) at the top of the scoring charts in this season's UEFA Champions League. The Ajax forward struck his seventh goal of the group stage as Erik ten Hag's side booked their place in the knockout stage with a 3-1 victory at Borussia Dortmund and will be aiming to extend his record of scoring in all of Ajax's group stage fixtures so far against Beşiktaş on Matchday 5.

It would be remiss not to also mention Haller's team-mates Antony (€7.6m), provider of five assists so far in this season's competition, and Dušan Tadić (€8.9m), who has recorded an attacking return in each of the last three matchdays.

Since returning to Manchester United this summer, no one has been more reliable for the Red Devils in front of goal than Cristiano Ronaldo (€11.2m). The Portuguese forward extended his all-time record UEFA Champions League tally to 139 goals with a crucial double in the 2-2 draw with Atalanta on Matchday 4. Ronaldo has found the net in all four group stage fixtures so far this campaign, scoring five goals in total and accumulating 31 #UCLfantasy points, and next visits a Villarreal side who have kept just one clean sheet in their four Group F games.

Paris Saint-Germain will be looking to secure their place in the knockout stage on Matchday 5 by beating Manchester City for the second time in Group A. Mauricio Pochettino's side beat the English champions 2-0 in France on Matchday 2 and their front line will be looking to cash in against a City defence yet to keep a clean sheet. Lionel Messi (€11.2m) scored his first Paris goal in that fixture and has racked up 17 Fantasy points across his last two appearances, while Kylian Mbappé (€10.7m) has picked up an attacking return on all four Matchdays so far.