Round 2 is the live deadline for Sofascore Fantasy Serie A right now, and the team news is worth a look before locking anything in. Juventus talisman Kenan Yıldız has fractured a foot and is expected to be out until mid-November, so despite being the most-owned midfielder in the game he does not feature below. Inter’s Lautaro Martínez also sits out of this squad — the reigning talisman has had a quiet start to the campaign, and there are simply sharper options in attack right now.

On the fixture side, Serie A’s difficulty ratings currently stretch four rounds beyond this one. Juventus and Inter have the two kindest runs over that period, with AC Milan close behind, and Fiorentina and Roma rounding out a group of five clubs whose schedules all look better than average heading into the international break.

Here is our full 15-man squad for Round 2 — 2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders and 3 forwards — assembled for €97.3M, comfortably inside the €100M budget cap, and without a single player parked purely to gather dust on the bench.

Best fixture runs, Rounds 2-5

Club	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Juventus	vs Parma (H)	vs AC Milan (H)	at Sassuolo	vs Atalanta (H)
Inter	at Cagliari	vs SSC Napoli (H)	vs Udinese (H)	at AS Roma
AC Milan	vs Venezia (H)	at Juventus	at Lazio	vs Lecce (H)
Fiorentina	vs Frosinone (H)	vs Torino (H)	at Venezia	vs SSC Napoli (H)
AS Roma	at Lecce	vs Atalanta (H)	at Torino	vs Inter (H)

Juventus get about as gentle a Round 2 as it gets, hosting Parma, before a home date with Milan and a testing trip to Sassuolo — still one of the two best combined runs in the division. Inter are right there too, and AC Milan, Fiorentina and Roma round out a group whose fixtures all look kinder than average over the coming month.

GOALKEEPERS

Mike Maignan — AC MILAN vs VENEZIA

€6M, owned by 32.8%. The most-selected goalkeeper in the game, and Milan’s fixture list is one of the kindest in the league over the next month, starting with a home date against newly promoted Venezia.

Filip Stanković — VENEZIA at AC MILAN

€4.5M, owned by 2.6%. Rather than a backup who never plays, Stanković is Venezia’s undisputed No.1 as they fight to establish themselves back in the top flight. A tough trip to Milan awaits this week, but 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 when the clean sheet does not arrive.

DEFENDERS

Gleison Bremer — JUVENTUS vs PARMA

€6.6M, owned by 21.5%. The form defender in Serie A by some distance after Round 1, Bremer anchors a Juventus defence with arguably the best run of fixtures in the division.

Mario Gila — AC MILAN vs VENEZIA

€7M, owned by 6.3%. Gila has settled into Milan’s back line impressively and gets a favourable home fixture against Venezia this week, backed by one of the league’s kinder schedules.

Wesley — AS ROMA at LECCE

€6.5M, owned by 21.4%. An attacking full-back who already has a strong return to his name this season, Wesley plays behind a Roma side with a genuinely useful run of fixtures over the coming weeks.

Armel Bella-Kotchap — VENEZIA at AC MILAN

€4M, owned by 2.5%. A genuine starting centre-back rather than a bench option. Venezia are rated as facing one of the toughest fixtures of the round away at Milan, which usually means a busy afternoon at the back — the sort of workload that gives a budget defender a real chance of defensive-contribution points even without a clean sheet.

Cristiano Biraghi — TORINO vs SASSUOLO

€4M, owned by 1.6%. Another nailed-on starter rather than a name picked purely for the price tag, Biraghi should see plenty of the ball at a Torino side that tends to spend long spells defending against stronger opposition.

MIDFIELDERS

Manuel Locatelli — JUVENTUS vs PARMA

€9M, owned by 7.9%. With Yıldız now sidelined, Locatelli steps up as the senior name in Juventus’ midfield, and he does it behind the best fixture run in the league.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu — INTER at CAGLIARI

€8.5M, owned by 13.6%. Inter’s chief creator from midfield, Çalhanoğlu has started the season well and gets a trip to Cagliari that is rated as one of the easier away days on the calendar.

Adrien Rabiot — AC MILAN vs VENEZIA

€7M, owned by 10.3%. One of the form midfielders in Serie A after Round 1, Rabiot gets a home date with newly promoted Venezia — about as favourable a fixture as this round offers.

Nicolò Barella — INTER at CAGLIARI

€7.5M, owned by 7.1%. A reliable source of returns from open play and set pieces, Barella plays behind an Inter side with one of the two kindest fixture runs in the division.

Francisco Conceição — JUVENTUS vs PARMA

€7M, owned by 9.1%. With Yıldız out injured, Conceição is set for an expanded role on the wing for Juventus, and he arrives with form already on his side and the best run of fixtures in Serie A behind him.

FORWARDS

Donyell Malen — AS ROMA at LECCE

€8.1M, owned by 32.2%. The form forward in the entire division after Round 1, Malen leads the line for a Roma side with a genuinely favourable run of fixtures ahead.

Paulo Dybala — AS ROMA at LECCE

€7.1M, owned by 16.8%. Fully fit and among the standout performers of Round 1, Dybala gives the squad a second route into a Roma attack that should keep picking up points over the coming weeks.

Paul Mendy — CAGLIARI vs INTER

€4.5M, owned by 0.2%. The final piece of the puzzle at floor price, Mendy is a genuine starter for Cagliari and offers a cheap way to round out the budget, even against a tough opponent this week.

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Combined value of this 15-man squad: €97.3M, comfortably inside the €100M budget cap. Fancy building your own team for Round 2? Head over to Sofascore Fantasy and get your squad in before the deadline.