FIFA 21 TOTW 1 REVEALED: First Team of the Week of new season announced
FIFA 21 TOTW 1 squad has been revealed today, with EA unveiling the latest Team of the Week line-up at a new regular start time.
FIFA 21 TOTW 1 - UPDATE ONE: The first Team of the Week squad for FIFA 21 has been revealed today by EA Sports.
The official @EASportsFIFA Twitter account has revealed the FIFA 21 TOTW 1 squad, which features players such as Jamie Vardy and Luis Suarez.
The FIFA 21 TOTW 1 squad was announced at the same time that the FIFA 21 Web App was scheduled to go live.
Revealing the FIFA 21 TOTW 1 line-up, the @EASportsFIFA Twitter account posted: "@atletienglish's Luis Suárez @vardy7 And that man @WissBenYedder #FUT21's TOTW 1 is flying out the gates".
You can find out the full FIFA 21 TOTW 1 squad below...
.@atletienglish's Luis Suárez ??????@vardy7 ??????
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) September 30, 2020
And that man @WissBenYedder ??????#FUT21's TOTW 1 is flying out the gates ??????
Available from 6 p.m. UK pic.twitter.com/qwf9cF9BE6
ORIGINAL: FIFA 21 TOTW 1 is getting announced today, with EA setting a new Team of the Week reveal time for the new season.
As seasoned FIFA fans will know, in the past EA has announced new Team of the Week squads like clockwork at 3pm UK time on a Wednesday followed by the cards getting released in packs at 6pm.
However, this is all changing with FIFA 21.
Instead from now on EA will reveal their latest FIFA 21 Team of the Week squad at 6pm UK time on a Wednesday.
The latest FIFA 21 TOTW squad will be revealed by the @EASportsFIFA Twitter with the new cards available at the same time.
The news was revealed by the FIFA Direct Communication Twitter account who posted: "Team of the Week 1 will be unveiled and released Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT/6 p.m. UK.
"Future TOTWs will follow that same pattern."
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Today reveal of the FIFA 21 TOTW 21 squad will coincide with the highly anticipated launch of the FIFA 21 Web App, which is releasing at the same time.
The FIFA 21 Web App will let Ultimate Team players begin work on their squad ahead of the FIFA 21 release date.
The FIFA 21 Web App is going live ahead of EA Play early access for FIFA 21 beginning on Thursday October 1.
As with previous years, this will give EA Play subscribers a 10 hour trial of FIFA 21 ahead of the game's release date next week (Friday October 9).
Ahead of the launch of the FIFA 21 Web App, predictions have been made about who will be included in the FIFA 21 TOTW 1 squad.
In a post online Futhead have given their picks for who will be included in the first FIFA 21 Team of the Week squad.
From the EPL Leicester City's Jamie Vardy - who scored a hat-trick in the 5-2 drubbing of Man City at the Etihad - should feature in the starting XI.
While Luis Suarez - who scored two goals in 23 minutes on his Atletico Madrid debut - is also predicted to feature in the FIFA 21 TOTW 1 squad.
Other players that are expected to be in the line-up are Barcelona's Ansu Fait, Napoli's Hirving Lozano and incoming Manchester City defender Ruben Dias.
Here is the full predicted line-up for FIFA 21 TOTW 1...
FIFA 21 TOTW 1 - FUTHEAD PREDICTIONS FOR TEAM OF THE WEEK
GOALKEEPER
Fernando Pacheco GK - Deportivo Alaves - 82 -> 84
DEFENDERS
Jesus Navas RB - Sevilla - 84 -> 86
Ruben Dias CB - Benfica - 81 -> 84
Arthur Masuaku LWB - West Ham - 77 -> 81
MIDFIELDERS
Hirving Lozano RM - Napoli - 80 -> 83
Papu Gomez CAM - Atalanta - 86 -> 87
Daniel Caligiuri LM - Augsburg - 77 -> 81
Ansu Fati LW - Barcelona - 76 -> 81
FORWARDS
Wissam Ben Yedder ST - Monaco - 84 -> 86
Jamie Vardy ST - Leicester - 86 -> 87
Luis Suarez ST - Atletico Madrid - 87 -> 88
SUBSTITUTES
Walter Benitez GK - OGC Nice - 81 -> 84
James Tavernier RB - Rangers - 75 -> 81
Sergio Oliveira CM - FC Porto - 78 -> 82
Andrej Kramaric ST - Hoffenheim - 82 -> 84
Francesco Caputo ST - Sasuolo - 79 -> 82
Niclas Fullkrug ST - Werder Bremen - 77 -> 81
Adrian Mierzejewski ST - Chongqing Lifan - 77 -> 81
RESERVES
Karl Darlow GK - Newcastle - 73 -> 80
Luca Caldirola CB - Benevento - 72 -> 79
Stefan Mugosa ST - Incheon United - 69 -> 77
Stanislav Iljutcenko ST - Pohang Steelers - 68 -> 76
Andrei Cristea ST - Politehnica Iasi - 67 -> 75