Round 5 is the live deadline for Sofascore Fantasy Serie A right now, and it opens with a genuine heavyweight clash as AS Roma host Inter. On the team news side, Juventus remain without both Kenan Yıldız (broken foot, not expected back until mid-to-late November) and Manuel Locatelli (out since a meniscus injury, not expected back until January), so neither features below — Edon Zhegrova continues to benefit from the extra responsibility in Juventus’ attack in their absence.

On the fixture side, Serie A’s difficulty ratings currently stretch five rounds beyond this one, and Inter have the kindest run of the lot. AS Roma and AC Milan are close behind, with Juventus and SSC Napoli rounding out a group of five clubs whose schedules all look better than average over the coming month and a half. Roma also happen to be in the form of their lives right now — Mario Hermoso and Gianluca Mancini have been the two best defenders in the entire division these last few weeks, while Paulo Dybala and Donyell Malen keep the goals coming at the other end.

Here is our full 15-man squad for Round 5 — 2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders and 3 forwards — assembled for €97.4M, comfortably inside the €100M budget cap, and without a single player parked purely to gather dust on the bench.

Best fixture runs, Rounds 5-9

Club	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9
Inter	at AS Roma	vs Parma (H)	at Bologna	vs Fiorentina (H)	at Venezia
AS Roma	vs Inter (H)	at Como	vs Genoa (H)	at SSC Napoli	vs Cagliari (H)
AC Milan	vs Lecce (H)	at Sassuolo	vs Atalanta (H)	at Udinese	vs Bologna (H)
Juventus	vs Atalanta (H)	at Cagliari	vs Lazio (H)	at Lecce	at Genoa
SSC Napoli	at Fiorentina	vs Frosinone (H)	at Venezia	vs AS Roma (H)	at Monza

Inter’s run is the standout of the group over this stretch, even with this week’s derby-flavoured trip to Roma factored in — home dates against Parma and Fiorentina sandwich a manageable run elsewhere. Roma and Milan are not far behind, and Juventus and Napoli round out a set of five clubs whose fixtures all look kinder than average heading into November.

GOALKEEPERS

Mike Maignan — AC MILAN vs LECCE

€6M, owned by 32.4%. The most-selected goalkeeper in the game, Maignan sits behind one of the two kindest fixture runs in Serie A, starting with a home date against newly promoted Lecce.

Filip Stanković — VENEZIA vs LAZIO

€4.6M, owned by 2.6%. Rather than a backup who never plays, Stanković remains Venezia’s undisputed No.1 as they fight to establish themselves back in the top flight. A tough home test against Lazio awaits this week, and a newly promoted side tends to face a heavy volume of shots — exactly the sort of workload that gives a budget goalkeeper a real chance of save points even without a clean sheet.

DEFENDERS

Mario Hermoso — AS ROMA vs INTER

€6.9M, owned by 8%. The form defender in the entire division by a distance, Hermoso has been directly involved in Roma’s rock-solid recent form and plays behind one of the best fixture runs in the league.

Gianluca Mancini — AS ROMA vs INTER

€7.7M, owned by 15.5%. The other half of a Roma defence that has been nearly unplayable of late, Mancini continues to deliver big returns regardless of the opponent, and this week it’s a heavyweight home date with Inter.

Manuel Akanji — INTER at AS ROMA

€7.1M, owned by 12.9%. Akanji has settled impressively into Inter’s back line and travels to Roma for the round’s headline fixture, backed by the best overall run of fixtures in the division.

Amir Rrahmani — SSC NAPOLI at FIORENTINA

€6.7M, owned by 10.4%. One of the form defenders in Serie A this season, Rrahmani anchors a Napoli side with one of the five kindest fixture runs over the coming month and a half.

Ricardo Mangas — MONZA vs SASSUOLO

€4.1M, owned by 1.8%. A recognised first-choice full-back rather than a bench option, Mangas has quietly been one of the form defenders in the entire division at the budget end of the game, and a side fighting to stay up tends to spend long spells defending — the kind of volume that keeps producing defensive-contribution points regardless of the scoreline.

MIDFIELDERS

Nicolò Barella — INTER at AS ROMA

€7.8M, owned by 12.8%. The form midfielder in the entire division right now, Barella travels to Roma for the biggest fixture of the round backed by the best overall run of fixtures in Serie A.

Diego Moreira — AC MILAN vs LECCE

€7.1M, owned by 2.6%. One of the form players in the whole game over the last month, Moreira gets a home date with newly promoted Lecce that’s rated among the friendliest fixtures of the round.

Stanislav Lobotka — SSC NAPOLI at FIORENTINA

€6.1M, owned by 5.6%. Napoli’s chief creator from deep continues to be one of the form midfielders in the division, backed by a genuinely useful run of fixtures ahead.

Yunus Musah — AC MILAN vs LECCE

€4.5M, owned by 0.5%. A cheaper route into the same Milan midfield, Musah has found good early-season form and gets the same favourable home fixture against Lecce.

Edon Zhegrova — JUVENTUS vs ATALANTA

€4.7M, owned by 0.9%. With Yıldız and Locatelli both still sidelined, Zhegrova has stepped into an expanded creative role for Juventus, arriving with genuine recent form and a home date against Atalanta that’s rated as one of the friendlier matchups of the round.

FORWARDS

Paulo Dybala — AS ROMA vs INTER

€7.6M, owned by 24.2%. Fully fit and among the standout performers of the season so far, Dybala leads a red-hot Roma attack into the biggest fixture of the round.

Donyell Malen — AS ROMA vs INTER

€8.5M, owned by 40.9%. The most-owned forward in the game, Malen gives the squad a second route into a Roma attack that has barely stopped scoring, even against a tough Inter side this week.

Marcus Thuram — INTER at AS ROMA

€8M, owned by 7.8%. Thuram travels with Inter to Roma for the standout fixture of the round, arriving with good recent form and playing behind the best overall run of fixtures in the division.

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Combined value of this 15-man squad: €97.4M, comfortably inside the €100M budget cap. Fancy building your own team for Round 5? Head over to Sofascore Fantasy and get your squad in before the deadline.