The new Team of the Week (TOTW) in FIFA 20 is here. We tell you which players made it into the TOTW 26. The highlights of the current team are Sadio Mané, Kai Havertz and Bernd Leno.
Every week EA Sports puts together a Team of the Week from a total of 23 players. The team is made up of players who were able to attract attention with their performances in real sports last weekend. In the process, the players receive special inform cards whose values have been increased compared to the standard version.
They make it into the TOTW, which is revealed every Wednesday at 16:00 German time. Then, starting at 19:00, the cards can be drawn in packs for a week, which can be purchased for either coins or coins.
This week the release of the Team of the Week was delayed for unknown reasons, but late Wednesday night it was finally done.
TOTW 26 with Leno, Havertz and Mané
The past soccer week held a few surprises. In the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen secured a convincing victory against Eintracht Frankfurt, while BVB narrowly won the Borussia duel to chase FC Bayern Munich.
But there was also a lot going on internationally last weekend. In England, Manchester United increased the lead of league leaders Liverpool FC with a 2-0 win over rivals Manchester City, while Real Madrid suffered a bitter defeat against Betis Sevilla.
An exciting matchday, which of course also provides some surprises in the new TOTW in FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) mode of FIFA 20. Here the complete squad of the TOTW 26 in the overview:
TOTW 26 – Starting eleven:
TW: Bernd Leno (Arsenal London) – 86 OVR
RAV: Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) – 84 OVR
RV: Sean Klaiber (FC Utrecht) – 82 OVR
IV: Sidnei (Betis Sevilla) – 83 OVR
ZM: Aaaron Ramsey (Piemonte Calcio) – 85 OVR
ZM: Parejo (Valencia FC) – 89 OVR
LM: Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle United) – 84 OVR
LF: Sado Mané (Liverpool FC) – 91 OVR
ST: Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria Genoa) – 86 OVR
ST: Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen) – 88 OVR
LS: Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund) – 86 OVR
TOTW 26 – Substitutes:
TW: Ruben Blanco (Celta Vigo) – 84 OVR.
IV: Romain Thomas (Angers SCO) – 81 OVR
ZM: Ross Barkley (Chelsea London) – 82 OVR
ZOM: Michel Vlap (RSC Anderlecht) – 81 OVR
ZOM: Mark Uth (1. FC Köln) – 82 OVR
LF: Flavien Tait (Stade Rennais) – 82 OVR
ST: Kasper Dolberg (OGC Nice) – 84 OVR
TOTW 26 – Reserve:
RAV: Josh Risdon (Western United FC) – 78 OVR.
LAV: George Cooper (Plymouth Argyle) – 73 OVR
ST: Matt Smith (Millwall FC) – 76 OVR
ST: Leigh Griffiths (Celtic Glasgow) – 80 OVR
ST: Manuel Schäffler (SV Wehen Wiesbaden) – 78 OVR
Which special maps have received an update?
In the meantime, FIFA 20 comes up with many different special maps, for example the Shapeshifters, which we have already presented to you in detail.
In contrast, there are also dynamic cards that get special upgrades based on the real-life performance of a player or his team. These include the Ones to Watch (OTW) and Headliner cards.
The following special cards have been improved
FC Bayern Munich secured their fourth league win in a row, which qualifies the Headliner cards for an upgrade. Accordingly, owners of the card of star striker Robert Lewandowski are pleased about an improvement and this despite the fact that the Pole could not play due to injury.
His card now has an overall rating of 95, and his speed and passing values in particular have received a huge boost, making the striker one of the strongest attackers in the game at the latest.
These headliner cards have also been improved:
ZOM: Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) – 90 > 91 OVR.
ZDM: Thomas Delaney (Borussia Dortmund) – 86 > 87 OVR
LM: Mislav Oršic (Dinamo Zagreb) – 84 > 86 OVR
These OTW cards have received an update:
RV: Aaaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) – 84 > 86 OVR
RF: Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle United) – 82 > 84 OVR
RM: Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund) – 84 > 86 OVR
Josip Ilicic of Atalanta Bergamo and Dries Mertens of SSC Napoli are still waiting for their upgrade by four wins in a row. However, owners of the card of the Slovenian striker still have reason to rejoice.
In the Champions League match against Valencia FC, Ilicic contributed all four of his team’s goals and should be named Man of the Match (MotM). This also provides an upgrade to his Headliners card, which should rise from an overall rating of 89 to a 90.
FIFA 23 RELEASE – WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR
FIFA 22 is still in full operation, but in the background the game makers of EA Sports are already working on the next part – FIFA 23 will be released in autumn 2022.
But under which name will the classic game be continued in autumn 2022? As things stand, it is not at all certain that the game will continue to bear the name of the world association FIFA. We have the most important information about FIFA 23 for you, why the game series will get a new name and on which consoles the next part of the soccer simulation will be available.
WHEN WILL FIFA 23 BE RELEASED?
We can’t give you an official launch date for the next part of the FIFA game series yet. EA hasn’t communicated much in this regard yet, so so far we can only assume that FIFA 23 will be released in the period between mid-September and early October 2022, just like its predecessors. In the past years, the latest launch date of a FIFA game was October 06.