In FIFA 18 runs parallel to the World Championship in Ultimate Team the Festival of FUTball. Every Wednesday a “Team of the Week” is released. The players receive strong upgrades that even surpass TOTS ratings.
A third of the World Cup preliminary round has already been played and we have seen each team at least once. As part of the “Festival of FUTballs”, EA releases a “Team of the Matchday” (TOTMD) for each matchday.
The first “Team of the Week” will be released on Wednesday, June 20, at 7 PM. The complete team was announced as early as 5 PM.
Even though many eyes are already on news about FIFA 19, the new special cards in FUT could still cause a stir, as the ratings will be significantly enhanced.
Festival of FUTball TOTMD 1: The “Team of the Matchday” for the first matchday
In the meantime, the entire team has been announced on Twitch. Of course, Portugal’s CR7 (98) and Germany’s nightmare, the Mexican Hirving Lozano (91), are also included.
The cards can be found in sets starting at 7 PM. Unlike the MOTM cards for each game, they will appear in the regular Ultimate Team.
If you have a PTG card of a player who makes it into the team, they will also receive an upgrade. OTW cards will no longer be upgraded.
This was the Prediction for the Team of the Matchday
As with the TOTW, there are predictions for the Team of the Week. The predictions include the 23 players who performed best in the first World Cup matchday. Even if predictions often match largely, they still differ from the official team. Therefore, it is risky to act on the transfer market based on these.
Starting XI:
?? GK: Kasper Schmeichel – Leicester City
?? CB: Andreas Granqvist – FC Krasnodar
?? CB: José María Giménez – Atlético Madrid
?? RB: Aleksandar Kolarov – Roma
?? CM: N’Golo Kanté – Chelsea
?? CM: Luka Modrić – Real Madrid
?? CAM: Alexandr Golovin – CSKA Moscow
?? LW: Hirving Lozano – PSV
?? ST: Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid
?? ST: Diego Costa – Atlético Madrid
??????? ST: Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur
Substitutes:
?? GK: Yann Sommer – Borussia Mönchengladbach
?? RB: Nacho Fernández – Real Madrid
?? CM: Héctor Herrera – FC Porto
?? CAM: Coutinho – Barcelona
?? RW: Yussuf Poulsen – RB Leipzig
?? ST: Romelu Lukaku – Manchester United
?? GK: Hannes Þór Halldórsson – Randers FC
??????? CB: Harry Maguire – Leicester City
?? LM: Karim Ansarifard – Olympiacos CFP
?? FW: M’Baye Niang – Torino
?? ST: Yūya Ōsako – 1. FC Köln
The prediction is from the Spanish Ultimate Team site todoultimateteam and was posted before the “leak” from EA. Therefore, Isco is not yet included in the prediction and the card design is probably not correct.
