{"id":716398,"date":"2026-06-05T06:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716398\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:53:19","slug":"supercoach-wc26-kat-haddads-four-strikers-to-pick-four-to-avoid-for-your-fantasy-football-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716398\/","title":{"rendered":"SuperCoach WC26: Kat Haddad\u2019s four strikers to pick, four to avoid for your fantasy football squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first instalment of our 4-4-2 video series by fantasy expert Kat Haddad, here are four strikers to pick and four to avoid \u2013 in under two minutes.<\/p>\n

This will help you select the ultimate team for the SuperCoach<\/a> competition starting on Friday, June 12 (Game 1 kickoff 5am AEDT, Mexico v South Africa).<\/p>\n

FOUR TO PICK<\/p>\n

Kylian Mbappe, FRA: A captain you can set and forget<\/p>\n

Harry Kane, ENG: Goals, assists, always on set pieces. For me, a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

Lautaro Martinez, ARG: A clinical finisher. Will be part of whatever Argentina produce.<\/p>\n

Lamine Yamal, ESP: Best of his generation. If Spain do anything this competition, it will be at the feet of Yamal.<\/p>\n

FOUR TO AVOID<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi, ARG: His minutes will be managed. From a SuperCoach perspective, might not translate into points.<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo, POR: He\u2019s not the main scorer for Portugal.<\/p>\n

Vinicius Junior, BRA: Brazil is a tad unsettled. But it is a side I will be watching closely and one of the first players I will bring in if they do well.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Salah, EGY: I\u2019m thinking the same here as with Junior and Brazil. But if Egypt is performing, bring him into your side.<\/p>\n

NEXT UP: 4 midfielders to pick, 4 to avoid.<\/p>\n

Start your SuperCoach WC26 squad here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the first instalment of our 4-4-2 video series by fantasy expert Kat Haddad, here are four strikers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,2057,347627,347628,596,29475,250716,48081,3595,2020,85],"class_list":["post-716398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-europe","tag-fantasy-expert","tag-fantasy-football-squad","tag-football","tag-harry-kane","tag-kat-haddad","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-southern-europe","tag-spain","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}