Bruno Fernandes, Romelu Lukaku and other players who thrived during Euros qualifying
DREAM TEAM managers currently tinkering with their Euros fantasy XI should consider which players thrived during qualifying for this summer's tournament.
We understand that many gaffers don't have the time or patience to seek out spreadsheets and bar graphs so we've assembled all the headline stats here in one convenient location.
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First up, let's take a look at the top goalscorers during Euro 2024 qualifying.
MOST GOALS
- 14 - Romelu Lukaku (£5.5m)
- 10 - Cristiano Ronaldo (£6m)
- 9 - Kylian Mbappe (£7.5m)
- 8 - Harry Kane (£7.5m)
- 7 - Scott McTominay (£2.5m), Rasmus Hojlund (£4m)
Belgium's target man particularly enjoyed himself against the likes of Estonia and Azerbaijan but a hat-trick away to Sweden plus goals in both fixtures against group runners-up Austria meant he was no flat-track bully.
When things go wrong for Lukaku they tend to go spectacularly wrong but that shouldn't obscure the fact he's a potent threat when everything clicks - he's scored 83 goals in 114 caps in international football.
How about McTominay rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in world football?
The Manchester United midfielder has been talismanic for Scotland lately and may well prove to be a smart differential option in Dream Team Euros if Steve Clarke's side continue to punch above their weight this summer.
MOST ASSISTS
CLEAN SHEETS
- 6 - Diogo Costa (£4m)
- 5 - Martin Dubravka (£1.5m), Dominik Livakovic (£3.5m), Mike Maignan (£4.5m)
- 4 - Angus Gunn (£2m), Jan Oblak (£3m), Jordan Pickford (£4m), Wojciech Szczesny (£2.5m)
Portugal's favourable group also allowed their first-choice goalkeeper to top the charts for clean sheets in qualifying.
Costa is currently the fourth-most popular asset in his position among gaffers but it wouldn't be a shock if he cracked the top three before the Matchday 1 deadline.
Dubravka's price suddenly looks very reasonable although it's worth noting that Slovakia play Belgium in their opening game.
SAVES
- 35 - Giorgi Mamardashvili (£2m)
- 27 - Martin Dubravka (£1.5m)
- 25 - Horatiu Moldovan (£1.5m)
- 22 - Denes Dibusz (£2.5m)
- 21 - Dominik Livakovic (£3.5m), Anatoliy Trubin (£2.5m)
Clean sheets are like goals to keepers but with one point earned for every two saves completed it's worth considering each individual's workload too.
Andre Onana finished as the top goalkeeper in our regular season game, mostly because he was forced to make a huge volume of saves over the course of the campaign.
Again, we've omitted those who failed to qualify and Georgia's No1 tops the pile as a result - the Valencia keeper is highly rated by those in the know.
The stats suggest Dubravka ticks both boxes in terms of clean sheets and saves but it's worth noting Slovakia finished runners-up to Portugal in that favourable qualifying group - Luxembourg finished third for context.