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  "competition": "fifa_world_cup_fantasy",
  "round": 6,
  "article": "defenders",
  "title": "Best defenders — Round 6",
  "generated_at": "2026-07-08T00:31:14.645167+00:00",
  "sims": 50000,
  "methodology": "Market odds (de-vigged) → Dixon-Coles scorelines → 50k Monte-Carlo simulations, scored on the official FIFA World Cup Fantasy points table.",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "name": "William Saliba",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "name": "Lisandro Martinez",
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      "rank": 6
    },
    {
      "name": "Pau Cubarsi",
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      "rank": 7
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    },
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      "name": "Cristian Romero",
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    {
      "name": "Ezri Konsa",
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      "price": 4.8,
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      "kickoff": "2026-07-11T21:00:00+00:00",
      "rank": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "M. Llorente",
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      "position": "DEF",
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      "price": 5.5,
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      "rank": 11
    },
    {
      "name": "Nico O'Reilly",
      "team": "England",
      "position": "DEF",
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      "ceiling_ratio": 1.0,
      "price": 4.7,
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      "value": 0.63,
      "kickoff": "2026-07-11T21:00:00+00:00",
      "rank": 12
    },
    {
      "name": "Marc Guehi",
      "team": "England",
      "position": "DEF",
      "x_points": 2.85,
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      "ceiling_ratio": 1.0,
      "price": 5.1,
      "ownership_pct": 6.2,
      "value": 0.559,
      "kickoff": "2026-07-11T21:00:00+00:00",
      "rank": 13
    },
    {
      "name": "Nahuel Molina",
      "team": "Argentina",
      "position": "DEF",
      "x_points": 2.61,
      "captain_ev": 5.22,
      "ceiling": 2.61,
      "ceiling_ratio": 1.0,
      "price": 4.4,
      "ownership_pct": 3.3,
      "value": 0.593,
      "kickoff": "2026-07-12T01:00:00+00:00",
      "rank": 14
    },
    {
      "name": "V. Livramento",
      "team": "England",
      "position": "DEF",
      "x_points": 2.49,
      "captain_ev": 4.99,
      "ceiling": 2.49,
      "ceiling_ratio": 1.0,
      "price": 4.6,
      "ownership_pct": 0.1,
      "value": 0.542,
      "kickoff": "2026-07-11T21:00:00+00:00",
      "rank": 15
    }
  ],
  "source": "https://evmax.ai",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "license_text": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution to evmax (https://evmax.ai)"
}