Those of you lucky enough to have a crystal ball in your possession will be cackling with glee at the whopping 190-point haul the Matchday 12 Team of the Week chalked up over the weekend. Robert Lewandowski and Arturo Vidal starred for Bayern Munich in their victory over fellow Bavarians Augsburg, Max Kruse and Fin Bartels combined multiple times for Werder Bremen’s first win of the season, and there was a fruitful defensive showing from Mainz in the Carnival clash with Cologne. Here’s this week’s team in all its glory!
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GoalkeeperJiri Pavlenka (Bremen, 15 points)
It may come as a surprise to hear that the best goalkeeper so far in Official fantasy Bundesliga with 82 points has only just notched up his first win of the season, but the Werder custodian just keeps racking up those points. Seven saves against Hannover and a clean sheet rounded off a perfect day for Pavlenka as Florian Kohfeldt’s side collected their first three points of this campaign.
Bremen goalkeeper continued his points-scoring run with another clean sheet against Hannover. © imago DefendersStefan Bell (Mainz, 14 points)
The Mainz captain likewise kept a clean sheet in the 05ers' 1-0 win at home to fellow Carnival club Cologne. He had a busy afternoon against muscular strikers Jhon Cordoba and Sehrou Guirassy, but more than held his own, winning a colossal 16 duels to rack up 14 fantasy points.
Naldo (Schalke, 14 points)
Now a regular in the Bundesliga Team of the Week, the 34-year-old centre-back looks to be maturing like a fine wine. Winning a monumental 20 challenges against Hamburg – including 12 of his 13 against teenager Jann-Fiete Arp – the Brazilian was a nuisance in attack as well as defence as the Royal Blues climbed up to the heavy heights of second place for the first time in exactly five years.
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