EA FC 26: Team of the Week Predictions Week 18
Hello and welcome to Team of the Week Predictions for Week 18. Not the best prediction last time, I think I got half of the players, but this week should be better (or not).
A lot of cup games, a lot of mixed results and a lot of goals. Some games were postponed, some games happened in snow. Everything we love in winter.
Main highlights: Olise and Bayern destroyed Wolfsburg 8-1, Pajor and Barca destroyed Madrid club 12-1. Both players were main highlights and should get nice IFs. McTominay helped Napoli not to lose vs Inter by scoring 2 goals. In Saudi Benzema scored 3 goals, Ruben Neves had a good game with 1G1A too, but main event is tonight: Al-Hilal vs Al-Nassr. 1st vs 2nd.
In FA Cup there were loads of good performances: Barnes and Wilson had good midweek games, so I included their FA Cup heroics too, Strand Larsen, Martinelli, Makama, Riis Jacobsen all scored hat-tricks, so I included everyone. Yeah, I’m generous. In Women’s league: Tullis-Joyce helped United to draw at Arsenal, Baltimore scored 2 goals in 5-0 win for Chelsea.
In Germany, apart from Olise, main highlights were: Borussia Monchengladbach winning 4-0, while Stuttgart won 4-1 at Leverkusen’s home turf.
In La Liga not so much happened, as there was super cup, but Moreno, Moleiro and maybe someone else should get an IF. Didn’t include SuperCup, but if it’s the case – of course Raphinha will be in.
Think I covered everything, but there was certainly lack of defenders (or I couldn’t find them), so of course there is too many attackers and we’ll get some surprises in official TOTW.
FULL List:
Starting 11:
GK: Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United) – 83>86 – 8 saves in 0-0 draw (SAT)
CB: Mario Gila (Lazio) – 79>85 – MOTM and cs in 1-0 win (SUN)
CB: Kevin Diks (Borussia M’gladbach) – 74>84 – 1 goal and cs in 4-0 win (SUN)
LB: Alex Moreno (Girona) – 78>84 – 1 assist and 1 cs in 1-0 win (SUN)
CM: Scott McTominay (Napoli) – 85>87 – 2 goals in 2-2 draw (SUN)
CM: Ruben Neves (Al-Hilal) – 84>87 – 1 goal and 1 assist in 3-0 win (THU)
RW: Harry Wilson (Fulham) – 76>86 – 2 goals and 1 asssist in 2 games
LM: Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea) – 85> 87 – 2 goals in 5-0 win (SUN)
RM: Michael Olise (Bayern) – 86>88 – 2 goals and 1 assist in 8-1 win (SUN)
ST: Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad) – 85>87 – 3 goals in 4-0 win (FRI)
ST: Eva Pajor (Barcelona) – 88>89 – 4 goals in 12-1 win (SAT)
Subs:
CAM: Matias Soule (Roma) – 78> 86 – 1 goal and 1 assist in 2-0 win (SAT)
LM: Moleiro (Villarreal) – 79> 86 – 1 goal and 1 assist in 3-1 win (SAT)
LW: Harvey Barnes (Newcastle) – 80>85 – 4 goals in 2 wins
LW: Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) – 81>85 – 3 goals in 4-1 win (SUN)
ST: Deniz Undav (Stutgart) – 80> 86 – 1 goal and 2 assists in 4-1 win (SUN)
ST: Jorgen Strand-Larsen (Wolves) – 78>84 – 3 goals and 1 assist in 6-1 win (SAT)
ST: Edna Imade (Real Sociedad) – 80> 85 – 3 goals in 5-5 draw (SAT)
Reserves:
ST: Jovan Makama (Norwich) – 63>84 – 3 goals in 5-1 win (SUN)
CB: Maracas (Moreinense) – 72>83 – 1 goal and cs in 1-0 win (SUN)
ST: Kenan Kodro (Zaragoza) – 71> 84 – 3 goals in 3-2 win (SUN)
ST: Jesus Martinez (Nacional) – 69>84 – 3 goals in 3-3 draw (SUN)
ST: Emil Riis (Bristol) – 71> 84 – 3 goals and 1 assist in 5-1 win (SAT)
