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Fantasy: Positional rankings for Week 12 games this week and weekend

Jamiro Monteiro - Philadelphia Union - Fantasy

Double-game weeks have been the norm for the condensed 2020 fantasy season, but fortunately only four teams have DGW in Week 12. However, this is not a time to catch your breath as games start Monday night at 7:30 pm ET with the New England Revolution hosting the Philadelphia Union. Both teams have players that fantasy managers may consider so be sure to have a lineup ready. Hereā€™s a look at other top players who youā€™ll want to consider as Week 12 heats up.


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Goalkeepers


Compared to the first year performance of other expansion teams, Nashville SC has been a respectable bet for a clean sheet in 2020. With two shots for a shutout this week, Joe Willis jumps to the top of my Week 12 goalkeeper list. Additionally, Nashvilleā€™s early games make their players ideal switcheroo targets and Willisā€™ lower price pairs great with a Keeperoo

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Joe Willis
NSH
vs. DAL, vs. NE
$8.7
2 
Andre Blake
PHI
at NE, vs. TOR
$6.7
3 
Matt Turner
NE
vs. PHI, at NSH
$8.5
4 
Dayne St. Clair
MIN
at CIN
$11.5
5 
Brad Guzan
ATL
vs. DC
$8.8

Value Goalkeepers

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Pablo Sisniega
LAFC
vs. LA
$5.9
2
John McCarthy
MIA
vs. ORL
$5.6
3
JT Marcinkowski
SJ
vs. VAN
$4.4

Defenders

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Zimmerman and Willis are two of the top options this week | USA Today Sports


Walker Zimmerman is the heart of the Nashville defense and a big reason for their success in 2020. As a fantasy option, heā€™s a triple threat. The DGW gives him a good shot at a clean sheet, his size makes him a regular goal threat on set pieces and he regularly generates good defensive bonus points.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Walker Zimmerman
NSH
vs. DAL, vs. NE
$11.1
2
Henry Kessler
NE
vs. PHI, at NSH
$8.6
3
Mark McKenzie
PHI
at NE, vs. TOR
$11.3
4
Dave Romney
NSH
vs. DAL, vs. NE
$7.5
5
Reto Ziegler
DAL
at NSH, at RSL
$11.0
6
Anton Tinnerholm
NYC
vs. MTL
$11.3
7
Romain Metanire
MIN
at CIN
$10.0
8
Eddie Segura
LAFC
vs. LA
$6.8
9
Harrison Afful
CLB
at HOU
$8.5
10
Brooks Lennon
ATL
vs. DC
$8.4

Value Defenders

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
MIA
vs. ORL
$4.4
2
Bressan
DAL
at NSH, at RSL
$4.0
3
Taylor Washington
NSH
vs. DAL, vs. NE
$4.0

Midfielders


There are a lot of great single-game week players for Round 12, but one DGW midfielder you donā€™t want to sleep on is Jamiro Monteiro. Over his last three games, Monteiro has been on a nice run of form scoring 11 points twice during that time. A DGW is a great opportunity for him to shine

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Jamiro Monteiro
PHI
at NE, vs. TOR
$10.7
2
Lewis Morgan
MIA
vs. ORL
$12.9
3
Lee Nguyen
NE
vs. PHI, at NSH
$7.3
4
Bebelo Reynoso
MIN
at CIN
$10.4
5
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
vs. POR
$16.3
6
Alejandro Pozuelo
TOR
at PHI
$14.9
7
Michael Barrios
DAL
at NSH, at RSL
$7.1
8
Diego Valeri
POR
at SEA
$11.7
9
Johnny Russell
SKC
vs. COL
$11.4
10
Nani
ORL
at MIA
$10.2
11
Pedro Santos
CLB
at HOU
$13.2
12
Alvaro Medran
CHI
vs. NYRB
$12.3
13
Chris Mueller
ORL
at MIA
$7.6
14
Darwin Quintero
HOU
vs. CLB
$12.2
15
Memo Rodriguez
HOU
vs. CLB
$8.1
16
Kevin Molino
MIN
at CIN
$10.8
17
Pablo Piatti
TOR
at PHI
$9.5
18
Joal Paulo
SEA
vs. POR
$11.2
19
Eduard Atuesta
LAFC
vs. LA
$8.0
20
Sebastian Lletget
LA
at LAFC
$8.5

Value Midfielders

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Ethan Finlay
MIN
at CIN
$6.7
2
Jesus Medina
NYC
vs. MTL
$6.3
3
Tommy Thompson
SJ
at VAN
$5.3

Forwards

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Bunbury could be a good value option this week | USA Today Sports


Week 12 is set up perfectly to take advantage of Teal Bunburyā€™s current form. At the bargain price of $7.0m you can get a forward whoā€™s scored in each of his last two games, and can stay on your bench as a switcheroo before the bulk of games kick off on Saturday. There is a chance Gustavo Bou could start instead but thatā€™s an easy switch if you leave a little in your bank.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Teal Bunbury
NE
vs. PHI, at NSH
$7.0
2
Kacper Przybylko
PHI
at NE, vs. TOR
$10.6
3
Gonzalo Higuain
MIA
vs ORL
$7.5
4
Jordan Morris
SEA
vs. POR
$11.9
5
Kei Kamara
MIN
at CIN
$7.2
6
Robert Beric
CHI
at RBNY
$9.9
7
Gyasi Zardes
CLB
at HOU
$10.1
8
Bradley Wright-Phillips
LAFC
vs. LA
$9.8
9
Cristian Pavon
LA
at LAFC
$11.5
10
Jeremy Ebobisse
POR
at SEA
$7.6

Value Forwards

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Lucas Cavallini
VAN
vs. SJ
$6.9
2
Tom Barlow
RBNY
at CHI
$4.1
3
Patrick Mllins
TOR
at PHI
$4.0

Captain

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Lewis Morgan
MIA
vs. ORL
$12.9
2
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
vs. POR
$16.3
3
Lee Nguyen
NE
vs. PHI, at NSH
$7.3