One of the most difficult positions to effectively target in all of Daily Fantasy Sports is the Goalkeeper. We’ll have to make some clarification here and specify that we are talking in terms of fantasy soccer. For most lineup construction for fantasy soccer, it is quite easy to pick the attackmen you want to target. Usually, the midfield/attack is loaded with star studded players like Gareth Bale, Sergio Aguero, and Gonzalo Higuain to name a few. Then you turn to the midfield where that requires a bit more soccer analysis. Of course there will be the affronted players such as Mesut Ozil and James Rodriguez but is that who you want.
After doing more soccer research, it is clear that these studs aren’t necessarily who you want. Granted the have increased salary price due to their increase probability to score but that is not everything you are looking for. There’s crosses, corners, free kicks, and the whole defensive side of football that midfielders need to be able to execute if they have a decent fantasy floor (in terms the least amount of fantasy points a player is projected to have). As for picking defenders, that is a crap shoot all in it's own. Sure you can stack and put the cheapest defenders who could get a clean sheet or you could go after a guy like Sergio Ramos who is the cog in the defense but is known to bang home a header every now and then which greatly increases his fantasy value.
Now for keepers. Do you punt or pay up for Manuel Neuer, when Bayern takes on FC Mainz? To be honest, there is no right answer and more so depends on the rest of our lineup. Most of the time, it is best to target a keeper with a sub-prime defense playing against an attacking offense. This greatly decreases your goalies’ opportunity to finish with a Clean Sheet but that’s not what you should be banking on as it is extreme difficult for those to come to fruition. But what it does do is it gives your keeper the opportunity to make saves. On DraftKings, saves are worth two points and penalty saves are worth five. On the other hand, Fanduel gives out three points per save and another six for penalty saves. By accumulating three or four saves, your keeper will already be in a great place to crush value. This fantasy soccer strategy is by no means foolproof but a great way to get the highest possible ceiling for your lineup.
