Seeing as I have got a little bit of free time at the moment, I thought I might try something a little different. I may begin posting articles previewing some big matches in the near feature; these articles might include statistics, potential key battles, score predictions and, of course, potential in-forms! Can't forget the in-forms...
So, we're currently midway through an international break and lets be honest, it's not exactly every football fan's favourite time of the season. However, there are still plenty of reasons to be excited throughout these periods where league football is scarce, especially if you're a FUT player.
The Netherlands vs Turkey
When the draw was made for these qualifying groups, you would not have expected to see both the Netherlands and Turkey sat outside of the automatic qualification places approaching the 5th matchday, sat in 3rd and 4th respectively. The two meet in Amsterdam on Saturday and both will be desperate for a win. The Dutch will be without two of their star men in Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie, however their squad still boasts plenty of quality including the likes of Klass-Jan Huntelaar and FUT fan favourite Wesley Sneijder. The Turks on paper have a decent squad, however they're really yet to fire this qualifying campaign; their only win coming at home to Kazakhstan last time out, and they'll have to be on their game to take anything away from the Amsterdam Arena.
Possible In-Form: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke/Netherlands)
Israel vs Wales
A complete reversal of the situation the Netherlands and Turkey find themselves in. When the draw was made for these groups, you really would not have expected to see both Israel and Wales occupying the two automatic qualifying spots heading into matchday 5, especially given Group B contains two other nations that were present at the World Cup in Brazil last year. Israel have three wins from a possible three; the pick of these wins coming in their last qualifying fixture as they beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 in Haifa. Wales remain unbeaten after four games, however the 2,500 trip to Israel is a tricky one to make and the likes of Gareth Bale will have to fire if they want their unbeaten record to remain intact.
Possible In-Form: Omer Damari (RB Leipzig/Israel)
Belgium vs Andorra
Belgium are another side that have only played three qualifiers so far, so perhaps find themselves in a false position sat in 4th in Group B, however they have a fantastic opportunity to break into the top two automatic qualifying spots as they take on whipping boys Andorra at home on Saturday night. Romelu Lukaku and Steven Defour are the only injury concerns for the Red Devils and they'll be hoping the in-form duo of Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne can turn on the style in Brussels.
Possible In-Form: Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium)
Spain vs Ukraine
A potential banana skin this for the Spanish - the Ukrainian's, despite their political issues and potential distractions, match the Spaniards progress throughout the qualification stage so far; three wins and a loss, the loss coming against group leaders Slovakia. They will again have to deal with the absence of Diego Costa, which leaves Alvaro Morata as the only recognised striker in the Spanish squad. Therefore they may have to look to other areas of the pitch for attacking intent; I feel someone like Jordi Alba, who may have his work cut out defensively dealing with someone as good as Dynamo Kiev's Andriy Yarmolenko, may be an example of someone from the Spanish side who can get some joy down the flanks.
Possible In-Form: Alvaro Morata (Juventus/Spain)
All of Group D: Georgia vs Germany, Scotland vs Gibraltar & Ireland vs Poland
Shaping up to be a very interesting group is Group D, with any of four teams in strongly in the running for the two automatic qualification spots. Poland lead the way, mainly after their 2-0 victory over World Cup holders Germany last October, but they face a tricky trip to the Aviva Stadium to face the Irish who themselves picked up a point against Germany earlier on in the qualification stage. Scotland vs Gibraltar may well be a case of how many and the Scots could be looking to set pieces as they hope to gain what, to most teams, should be a routine three points. Georgia vs Germany should really be another case of how many, but after their slip up against Australia last time out, the Germans need to guard against complacency. If they do that, mind, they should run out easy winners.
Possible In-Forms: Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich/Germany) & Russell Martin (Norwich/Scotland)
England vs Lithuania
Nothing quite gets the pulse racing like the sound of England vs Lithuania, right guys? Right? Well, perhaps England matches aren't quite as highly anticipated as they used to be, but us English genuinely have something to be excited about at the moment! When was the last time we had a dilemma as to which 20 goal-a-season striker we should play up front?! Hopefully Roy will break out the diamond against and hopefully the intensity will be high from the off; do that, and England should win pretty comfortably.
Possible In-Form: Raheem Sterling (Liverpool/England)
Bulgaria vs Italy
When I looked at the Italian squad before writing this article I thought to myself "Blimey, I didn't expect to see you here! Or you! And what about you?!". Defensively, they're a sound and experienced unit, however the rest of the midfielders and the forwards that Conte has called up have a mere 84 caps between them. Barmy that when you think about it, especially when you consider that Marco Verratti is Italy's most experienced central midfielder in the squad! Still, they should have enough about them to see off Bulgaria. Shan't be easy, but I'm predicting a close fought 2-1 away win with Zaza finding the net twice for the Azzurri.
Possible In-Form: Simone Zaza (Sassuolo/Italy)
Portugal vs Serbia
Is there a national team more underwhelming than Portugal in the world at the moment? Perhaps I'm being harsh, but they've only managed to find the net twice in their three qualifiers so far - disappointing for a side that possesses some of the attacking and creative talent that they do. At least they do have a nice new away shirt, mind. The Serbs really have not had a quiet campaign so far to the say the least; the scenes as they took on Albania last October were disgraceful enough, let alone the fact they then went an conceded twice to Lord Bendtner in the following fixture! Cristiano Ronaldo vs Branislav Ivanovic could be an interesting duel to watch...
Possible In-Form: Rui Patricio (Sporting CP/Portugal)
Below are some other cards that I feel have a chance of getting an in-form this week. Note, I'm obviously not 100% aware as to whether all of the aforementioned players or players in the squad below will actually be making an appearance for their various countries over the coming days, I've only had a limited amount of time to do research and read previews of certain matches, etc. Of course there's a very good chance you may disagree with my choices and if you do so, feel free to let me know in the comments.
Squad Link - Possible In-Forms: Euro 2016 Qualifiers Matchday 5: http://www.futwiz.com/en/custom-squad/104833
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