For all those players that plan to build an FUT 16 team based on the Barclays Premier League, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.
Here is our guide to the top English league in FIFA 16 Ultimate Team.
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Introduction to the FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Guide
Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 16 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, this is because the budget may not allow it, but it needs to be the player’s stature for him to obtain success.
When choosing which players to play with, you will have to look carefully at their attributes. Choosing a team based on ratings is one of the most common mistakes on FUT 16. It’s precisely this aspect that this guide focuses on. For each position, and focusing on the truly important attributes, we’ll show you who are the best athletes to choose.
It’s also important that the player checks to see if the player he chooses fits the formations he likes to play in. For example, a good full back will be useless if the player only uses a formation with three defenders. According to these formations, the player must be cautious and look at the work rate. Try to relate them with the ones we advise in our Formations Guide.
Last but not least, it’s mandatory that you tune all of your team so that the individual and team chemistry will be as high possible. For this last step to be easier, the majority of the players start to define the type of team they’re building. Some choose to gather players of the same nationality, while others decide to form a team of players from the same league. There are also more experienced players that can form hybrid teams without damaging team chemistry a lot.
All of these steps are necessary to have; or it could mean that the team is not always well built as it could be. This article aims to help those that want to form a FIFA 16 Ultimate Team based on players from the Barclays Premier League. Even the players that have a BPL team, could take out some valuable conclusions from this guide that could help you make your team even better.
We received thousands of comments about similar guides that we have published in previous years. Most of them have asked us to help improve their teams and the players they had. It’s important that the readers understand that this guide is simply guidance. It’s a theme too vast and the player combinations are almost infinite. Besides, there are various factors that influence the choices, like one’s style of play, the formations used, the available budget, the preferences or even the time spent playing. There’s still one uncertain component: a good player for someone might not be for another. If there was a better team everyone would fight to get it. Part of the fun of FIFA 16 Ultimate Team is this: everyone has their personal club and players.
Another important point and that must stay very clear is that whoever is reading this guide, it’s about some criteria we chose and should be of everyone’s knowledge:
- In this guide we didn’t consider silver or bronze player. Most players don’t assume them to be a better option than gold players, so to simplify the guide’s analysis we didn’t include them. In the future we may come to publish guides exclusively talking about these categories.
- In this guide we didn’t consider In Forms (IF). They’re extremely expensive and in most cases are not considered good value for money. They should only be used by players with generous budgets, that already have the best team possible and that want small upgrades.
- In this guide we didn’t consider players that have been transferred to other clubs or that have been reviewed (UP). Only players that started their season in the Barclays Premier League and with their original attributes were considered.
- In this guide we didn’t consider changes made on a players performance such happens when applying training or chemistry styles cards.
- To make the comprehension of this guide easier we divided the players in nine distinct groups in order of their original position: Goalkeeper (GK), central backs (CB), right backs (RB and RWB), left backs (LB and LWB), central defensive midfielders (CDM) central midfielders (CM and CAM), right midfielders (RM, RW and RF), left midfielders (LM, LW and LF) and forwards (CF and ST).
- In the chapter where FIFA 16 Ultimate Team BPL teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: October 2015. It’s natural that the prices have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so we added a link where you can check the updated prices.
Barclays Premier League
No league is as spectacular as the main football competition in the United Kingdom. The champions in the second biggest league in the world are made through the made points system. Whichever team gathers the most points wins the league. The top four teams gain access to the champions league of the proceeding year, while the last three trade places with the first three promoted teams from the Football League Championship. Every season starts in August and finishes in May, having 38 game weeks with 10 matches each, being a total of 380 matches per season.
The Barclays Premier League is the most watched football league in the world, broadcasted in 212 countries and in more than 600 million homes. It’s also the second football league with more assists and the second best league classified in the UEFA league coefficients.
Since the competition began in 1992 the Premier League has only been conquered by 5 clubs. The dominant club is Manchester United, with a total of 13 titles. London’s teams together only won the league seven times while Manchester City won it twice and Blackburn Rovers once.
As of last season, the BPL lost many good players such as Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray SK), Adama Traoré (FC Barcelona), Juan Cuadrado (Juventus), Didier Drogba (Montreal Impact), Filipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid), Iago Aspas (Celta de Vigo), Mario Baloteli (AC Milan), Steven Gerrard (LA Galaxy), Lazar Markovic and Robin Van Persie (Fenerbahce), Edin Dzeko (AS Roma), Frank Lampard (New York City FC), Stevan Jovetic (Inter), Javier Hernández (Bayer 04), Adnan Januzaj (Borussia Dortmund) and Roberto Soldado (Villarreal), they’re good examples of this. But, the biggest outgoing transfer was Di Maria’s move to PSG for £44 million pounds.
These transfers didn’t necessarily make the league weaker. The English teams spent £870 million pounds on strong reinforcements, more £35 million than in the previous season. The most popular transfers were Pedro Rodriguez (Chelsea), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Kevin de Bruyne e Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City), Alseksandar Mitrovic and Giorginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United), Cédric Soares (Southampton), Shaqiri Xherdan (Stoke City), Heung-Min (Tottenham Spurs), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Bastian Schweinsteiger e Sergio Romero (Manchester United). But the biggest signing of the season was made by Manchester United, with the purchase of Memphis Depay by the Red Devils for £25 million pounds.
The team making decisions are made tougher, but in a good way because of the vast quality of players in the league. Keep in mind since it is in the United Kingdom where FUT 16 is played the most, the Barclays Premier League is the most seen inside game’s teams. This means it is also the most expensive league, so it is not recommended for players with a limited budget.
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Total Players: 623
Gold Players: 300
Average Rating (Global): 72
Best New Cards:
Schweinsteiger
Kevin De Bruyne
Otamendi
Pedro
Highest Upgrades:
Héctor Bellerín (13)
Harry Toffolo (13)
Dele Alli (12)
Highest Downgrades:
Robbie Brady (-6)
Falcao (-5)
Simon Mignolet (-4)
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Goalkeepers
GK
Goalkeepers are the players that are used least on the field. Because of this they are also first ignored when building a team. Most players start their purchases with a forward, later they strengthen the midfield, the defence and only later the goal. The truth is a good goalkeeper may be worth a lot of goals. They are a good investment because they are normally the most economically accessible players.
The goalkeepers with most prestige in the Barclays Premier League are the young stars Thibaut Courtois and David De Gea. With having the best rating they are also the most searched for by this league’s teams so this makes them more expensive.
MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS | |||
De Gea | 86 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Thibaut Courtois | 86 | Chelsea | BEL |
Petr Čech | 85 | Arsenal | CZ |
Hugo Lloris | 84 | Spurs | FRA |
Joe Hart | 83 | Manchester City | ENG |
Victor Valdés | 82 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Asmir Begović | 82 | Chelsea | BOS |
Michel Vorm | 80 | Spurs | NED |
Tim Howard | 80 | Everton | USA |
Tim Krul | 79 | Newcastle Utd | NED |
When choosing a good goalkeeper it’s not only down to his rating. There are two fundamental attributes for choosing a good goalkeeper: reflexes and diving.
The first measures a goalkeeper’s agility when making a save. The best on this aspect are Hugo Lloris, De Gea and Courtois.
GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES | |||
De Gea | 89 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Thibaut Courtois | 88 | Chelsea | BEL |
Hugo Lloris | 88 | Spurs | FRA |
Joe Hart | 86 | Manchester City | ENG |
Adrián | 85 | West Ham | ESP |
Petr Čech | 84 | Arsenal | CZ |
Asmir Begović | 84 | Chelsea | BOS |
Michel Vorm | 84 | Spurs | NED |
Tim Krul | 84 | Newcastle Utd | NED |
Ben Foster | 84 | West Brom | ENG |
Diving is a fundamental attribute when choosing a goalkeeper. It measures the capacity for a goalkeeper to make a save when jumping.
De Gea is also the best one with this attribute, with a slight advantage over Lloris. For those who are looking for the cheaper solution, Joe Hart is a valid alternative.
GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING | |||
De Gea | 88 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Hugo Lloris | 86 | Spurs | FRA |
Joe Hart | 85 | Manchester City | ENG |
Thibaut Courtois | 84 | Chelsea | BEL |
Petr Čech | 83 | Arsenal | CZ |
Asmir Begović | 83 | Chelsea | BOS |
Michel Vorm | 83 | Spurs | NED |
David Ospina | 83 | Arsenal | COL |
Victor Valdés | 82 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Tim Howard | 82 | Everton | USA |
The most experienced Ultimate Team players know that another leaning factor on a goalkeeper’s performance without considering the remaining four attributes: height. The more tall a goalkeeper is, better his chances of having a clean sheet.
This is where Courtois is better than De Gea. Even though he can’t be considered a short goalkeeper, the truth is United’s goalkeeper is 10 cm short of the mighty Costel Pantilimon, this gold goalkeeper holds the title of tallest Barclays Premier League Goalkeeper. Cech and Hart are both very tall goalkeepers.
TALLEST GOALKEEPERS | |||
Costel Pantilimon | 203 / 6′8″ | Sunderland | ROM |
Fraser Forster | 201 / 6′7″ | Southampton | ENG |
Asmir Begović | 200 / 6′7″ | Chelsea | BOS |
Thibaut Courtois | 199 / 6′6″ | Chelsea | BEL |
Maarten Stekelenburg | 197 / 6′6″ | Southampton | NED |
Joe Hart | 196 / 6′5″ | Manchester City | ENG |
Petr Čech | 196 / 6′5″ | Arsenal | CZ |
John Ruddy | 193 / 6′4″ | Norwich City | ENG |
Simon Mignolet | 193 / 6′4″ | Liverpool | BEL |
Alex McCarthy | 193 / 6′4″ | Crystal Palace | ENG |
To start this guide: we have a tie!
In our opinion, this position is in good hands (literally) whether you choose Thibaut Courtois or David De Gea. The two goalkeepers are similar stat-wise for the most important attributes. De Gea is better in the other less important attributes but Courtois is 6 cm taller. If we had to pick one, it would be De Gea who has superior reflexes and diving.
In terms of cheaper goalkeepers, our suggestion is Asmir Begović. Only a few EPL goalkeepers have better reflexes and diving than him. Besides, he’s also the third tallest of them all, which should remove any doubt about his ability. For those who want an even cheaper option, Michel Vorm is also a good alternative.
GOALKEEPERS
Best Players
#1 David De Gea
#2 Thibaut Courtois
#3 Hugo Lloris
#4 Joe Hart
Economic Choice
Asmir Begović
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Goalkeeper
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Centre Backs
CB
A goalkeepers task is made easier if in front of him are quality central backs. Their function is to stop the opponent from getting dangerously close to your team’s goal.
John Terry and Vincent Kompany are the centre backs with best reputation in the Barclays Premier League.
HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS | |||
John Terry | 85 | Chelsea | ENG |
Vincent Kompany | 85 | Manchester City | BEL |
Nicolás Otamendi | 84 | Manchester City | ARG |
Per Mertesacker | 83 | Arsenal | GER |
Laurent Koscielny | 83 | Arsenal | FRA |
Gary Cahill | 83 | Chelsea | ENG |
Jan Vertonghen | 82 | Spurs | BEL |
Martin Škrtel | 81 | Liverpool | SVK |
Mamadou Sakho | 81 | Liverpool | FRA |
Marcos Rojo | 81 | Manchester Utd | ARG |
Phil Jagielka | 81 | Everton | ENG |
Martín Demichelis | 81 | Manchester City | ARG |
José Fonte | 81 | Southampton | POR |
Toby Alderweireld | 81 | Spurs | BEL |
Ashley Williams | 80 | Swansea City | WAL |
On a centre back, two attributes assume particular importance on their performance: defending and physical, which represents strength, stamina, aggression and jumping.
A player with good at defending will have an easier chance of dispossessing the opponent and avoid him reaching your box.
It’s the case of the two best rated players, Kompany and and Terry, and also Mertesacker. It’s really hard to get past them. The most experienced players are normally those who have a higher rating with this attribute..
CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING | |||
Per Mertesacker | 88 | Arsenal | GER |
John Terry | 87 | Chelsea | ENG |
Vincent Kompany | 86 | Manchester City | BEL |
Nicolás Otamendi | 86 | Manchester City | ARG |
Gary Cahill | 86 | Chelsea | ENG |
Laurent Koscielny | 84 | Arsenal | FRA |
José Fonte | 84 | Southampton | POR |
Jan Vertonghen | 83 | Spurs | BEL |
Phil Jagielka | 83 | Everton | ENG |
Martín Demichelis | 83 | Manchester City | ARG |
Toby Alderweireld | 83 | Spurs | BEL |
Chris Smalling | 83 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Angelo Ogbonna | 83 | West Ham | ITA |
Martin Škrtel | 82 | Liverpool | SVK |
Ryan Shawcross | 82 | Stoke City | ENG |
The physical attribute shows the old heading capability but also how likely the players are to win game with their body. This is a crucial attribute when looking for the best centre back.
In this chapter Mangala, Micah Richards and Huth are the strongest ones.
CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PHYSICAL | |||
Eliaquim Mangala | 85 | Manchester City | FRA |
Micah Richards | 85 | Aston Villa | ENG |
Robert Huth | 85 | Leicester City | GER |
Mamadou Sakho | 84 | Liverpool | FRA |
Ryan Shawcross | 84 | Stoke City | ENG |
Virgil van Dijk | 83 | Southampton | NED |
Jores Okore | 83 | Aston Villa | DEN |
Nicolás Otamendi | 82 | Manchester City | ARG |
Martin Škrtel | 82 | Liverpool | SVK |
Marcos Rojo | 82 | Manchester Utd | ARG |
Ashley Williams | 82 | Swansea City | WAL |
John Terry | 81 | Chelsea | ENG |
Vincent Kompany | 81 | Manchester City | BEL |
Jan Vertonghen | 81 | Spurs | BEL |
Phil Jagielka | 81 | Everton | ENG |
Defending and heading may be useless against fast opponents. It’s necessary to fight fire with fire. No one likes feeling impotent when seeing you get overrun by extremely fast players. Even though, in a way, centre backs aren’t that fast, every team needs one of these players with a high pace attribute.
This is where Terry is weak. Even Kompany’s pace was downgraded this year, making him less interesting than in previous games. There are much faster players in the Barclays Premier League. The first on the list is Chancel Mbemba. We don’t consider him a viable option since he lacks the remaining attributes necessary for a good central back. Koscielny, Mangala and Otamendi are also fast players. They possess these attributes and in that way they make themselves a viable option for a defence based on the BPL.
CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PACE | |||
Chancel Mbemba | 82 | Newcastle Utd | DRC |
Jores Okore | 81 | Aston Villa | DEN |
Laurent Koscielny | 78 | Arsenal | FRA |
Eliaquim Mangala | 77 | Manchester City | FRA |
Micah Richards | 76 | Aston Villa | ENG |
Chris Smalling | 76 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Nicolás Otamendi | 75 | Manchester City | ARG |
Gary Cahill | 73 | Chelsea | ENG |
Angelo Ogbonna | 73 | West Ham | ITA |
Winston Reid | 73 | West Ham | NZL |
Kurt Zouma | 73 | Chelsea | FRA |
Steven Caulker | 73 | Southampton | ENG |
Geoff Cameron | 73 | Stoke City | USA |
Marcos Rojo | 72 | Manchester Utd | ARG |
Papy Mison Djilobodji | 72 | Chelsea | SEN |
Kompany and Otamendi are our first choices for this position. Being fast with good defending and attacking attributes, they are the most expensive of all centre backs in the Barclays Premier League for a good reason.
In our opinion, Koscielny, Vertonghen, Cahill and Mangala are the centre backs who are closest to Kompany and Otamendi in terms of overall quality.
Pace is still very important in FIFA 16 and for that reason, unless you play with three centre backs, we suggest you avoid using Terry and other very slow defenders.
CENTRE BACKS
Best Players
#1 Nicolás Otamendi
#2 Vincent Kompany
#3 Laurent Koscielny
#4 Gary Cahill
Economic Choice
Micah Richards
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Centre Backs
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Right Backs
RB | RWB
Full backs have the role of troubling the job of wingers. In addition, good full backs also support their team mates on offensive manoeuvres.
Choosing the best right back for a Barclays Premier League Team is an extremely hard choice. There are various valid options depending on the style of play.
HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS | |||
Pablo Zabaleta | 82 | Manchester City | ARG |
Matteo Darmian | 81 | Manchester Utd | ITA |
Séamus Coleman | 81 | Everton | IRL |
Nathaniel Clyne | 81 | Liverpool | ENG |
Branislav Ivanović | 80 | Chelsea | SRB |
Mathieu Debuchy | 80 | Arsenal | FRA |
Kyle Walker | 79 | Spurs | ENG |
Bacary Sagna | 79 | Manchester City | FRA |
Cédric | 78 | Southampton | POR |
Allan-Roméo Nyom | 77 | Watford | CAM |
There are very important attributes for any right back: defending and pace.
Since they’re defenders they should have good defending capacities. This reduces a team’s risk of conceding.
Ivanovic is the player that best fits this aspect. The only other player that offers him any type of competition is the City’s Pablo Zabaleta.
RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING | |||
Branislav Ivanović | 87 | Chelsea | SRB |
Pablo Zabaleta | 85 | Manchester City | ARG |
Matteo Darmian | 82 | Manchester Utd | ITA |
Bacary Sagna | 82 | Manchester City | FRA |
Séamus Coleman | 81 | Everton | IRL |
Mathieu Debuchy | 80 | Arsenal | FRA |
Nathaniel Clyne | 79 | Liverpool | ENG |
Joel Ward | 79 | Crystal Palace | ENG |
Àngel Rangel | 79 | Swansea City | ESP |
Allan-Roméo Nyom | 78 | Watford | CAM |
A flanked game tends to be faster than a game based in the middle of the field. The players that fill these spaces are obligated to be fast, both penetrating defensive and attacking moves of the team. Pace is one of the most important requirements for a good full back. Even in FIFA 16.
Kyle Walker is the fastest gold right back in FIFA 16 Ultimate Team. The English international player is far superior in this aspect when compared to every BPL full back. Besides Kyle Walker, only Nathaniel Clyne may be considered reasonably fast.
RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST PACE | |||
Kyle Walker | 90 | Spurs | ENG |
Nathaniel Clyne | 86 | Liverpool | ENG |
Allan-Roméo Nyom | 81 | Watford | CAM |
Séamus Coleman | 80 | Everton | IRL |
Matteo Darmian | 79 | Manchester Utd | ITA |
Kieran Trippier | 79 | Spurs | ENG |
Cédric | 78 | Southampton | POR |
Glen Johnson | 77 | Stoke City | ENG |
Joel Ward | 76 | Crystal Palace | ENG |
Mathieu Debuchy | 75 | Arsenal | FRA |
Pablo Zabaleta is the highest rated right back but once again, that doesn’t necessarily mean he is the best choice for this position. In our opinion, he and Ivanović are the kind of players who have good ratings but are not recommended as attacking full backs.
On the other hand there are players like Kyle Walker and Nathaniel Clyne. They have a fantastic pace and their high attacking work rate make them good players for those that use full backs as second wingers. They are our top choices.
For those who want an intermediate solution, in other words a player that defends and attacks well, we advise Séamus Coleman. He is a very balanced athlete, a cheaper player and, as a result, our economic choice.
RIGHT BACKS
Best Players
#1 Kyle Walker
#2 Nathaniel Clyne
#3 Séamus Coleman
#4 Pablo Zabaleta
#5 Matteo Darmian
Economic Choice
Séamus Coleman
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Right Backs
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Left Backs
LB | LWB
Left backs have exactly the same role of their team mates on the other flank. In other words, they try to make a winger’s job hard and participate in the team’s offensive manoeuvres.
There are three BPL players that stand out in this position: the solid Leighton Baines, the champion Azpilicueta and the speedy Gaël Clichy.
HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS | |||
Leighton Baines | 83 | Everton | ENG |
Azpilicueta | 82 | Chelsea | ESP |
Nacho Monreal | 80 | Arsenal | ESP |
Kieran Gibbs | 80 | Arsenal | ENG |
Gaël Clichy | 80 | Manchester City | FRA |
Alberto Moreno | 79 | Liverpool | ESP |
Aleksandar Kolarov | 79 | Manchester City | SRB |
Ryan Bertrand | 78 | Southampton | ENG |
Abdul Rahman Baba | 78 | Chelsea | GHA |
Luke Shaw | 77 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Azpilicueta is the left back who defends better in this league.
LEFT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING | |||
Azpilicueta | 84 | Chelsea | ESP |
Leighton Baines | 82 | Everton | ENG |
Nacho Monreal | 81 | Arsenal | ESP |
Aleksandar Kolarov | 81 | Manchester City | SRB |
Kieran Gibbs | 80 | Arsenal | ENG |
Gaël Clichy | 80 | Manchester City | FRA |
Ryan Bertrand | 78 | Southampton | ENG |
Luke Shaw | 77 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
José Enrique | 76 | Liverpool | ESP |
Jose Holebas | 76 | Watford | GRE |
The promising, Anfield tied Alberto Moreno is the fastest left back in the English league. He makes his speed his biggest threat, and only Clichy and Baba can be compared with him in this stat.
LEFT BACKS WITH BEST PACE | |||
Alberto Moreno | 87 | Liverpool | ESP |
Abdul Rahman Baba | 86 | Chelsea | GHA |
Gaël Clichy | 84 | Manchester City | FRA |
Jose Holebas | 84 | Watford | GRE |
Martin Olsson | 83 | Norwich City | SWE |
Luke Shaw | 82 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Danny Rose | 82 | Spurs | ENG |
Kieran Gibbs | 81 | Arsenal | ENG |
José Enrique | 81 | Liverpool | ESP |
Pape Souaré | 81 | Crystal Palace | SEN |
Azpilicueta and Leighton Baines are with no question the best left back choices playing in the Barclays Premier League. Azpilicueta is faster, but the Englishman is generally a more complete player.
Clichy is a valid alternative to these two players. He’s a good choice for more attacking teams due to his pace but lacks in passing and shooting.
Of all the remaining players, Holebas is our cheap choice. He lacks a little in quality compared to those mentioned above but he’s fast enough to cause some offensive damage, has remarkable long shots and possesses reasonable defending.
LEFT BACKS
Best Players
#1 Azpilicueta
#2 Leighton Baines
#3 Gael Clichy
#4 Jose Holebas
#5 Alberto Moreno
Economic Choice
Jose Holebas
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Left Backs
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Defensive Midfielder
CDM
Many of the FIFA 16 Ultimate Team formations require some midfielders that have a natural aptitude to defend. Central defensive midfielders distinguish themselves for being especially aimed to help the more retreated line of their teams. According to their attributes and their work rates, they can also be useful for starting attacks. They are players that occupy a very strategic position in the field.
Now that Gerrard plays in another league, Matic and Morgan Schneiderlin are the players highest rated in this position.
HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS | |||
Nemanja Matić | 84 | Chelsea | SRB |
Morgan Schneiderlin | 82 | Manchester Utd | FRA |
Ramires | 80 | Chelsea | BRA |
James McCarthy | 80 | Everton | IRL |
Gökhan Inler | 80 | Leicester City | SUI |
Daley Blind | 80 | Manchester Utd | NED |
Cheick Tioté | 79 | Newcastle Utd | IVC |
Alexandre Song | 79 | West Ham | CAM |
Fernando | 79 | Manchester City | BRA |
Lucas Leiva | 79 | Liverpool | BRA |
Yohan Cabaye | 79 | Crystal Palace | FRA |
Gareth Barry | 79 | Everton | ENG |
Claudio Yacob | 78 | West Brom | ARG |
Youssouf Mulumbu | 78 | Norwich City | DRC |
Yann M’Vila | 78 | Sunderland | FRA |
There are a variety of attributes in a central defensive midfielder that you have to give attention: defending, so that the first defender of team works; strength, so that you win all brawls in a prone area of the field; heading, to win possession in aerial moves like goal kicks; pace, so that you cover the most terrain on the field as possible; stamina, so they can equally participate in offensive and defensive moves (especially useful for players with high/high work rates); passing and possession so that he can properly start attacks. In our opinion the two first are the most important.
Normally using a central defensive midfielder is associated with having a deficit of elements in your defence. So, it makes sense that when you search for a player to occupy this position you’d want players that can defend.
The best central defensive midfielder plays for Chelsea: Matic. He is a good choice for teams that want to complicate an opponent’s game in the space between the midfield and the defence.
CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DEFENDING | |||
Nemanja Matić | 82 | Chelsea | SRB |
Fernando | 81 | Manchester City | BRA |
Morgan Schneiderlin | 80 | Manchester Utd | FRA |
Gareth Barry | 80 | Everton | ENG |
Cheick Tioté | 79 | Newcastle Utd | IVC |
Lucas Leiva | 79 | Liverpool | BRA |
Claudio Yacob | 79 | West Brom | ARG |
Ramires | 78 | Chelsea | BRA |
James McCarthy | 78 | Everton | IRL |
Victor Wanyama | 78 | Southampton | KEN |
John Obi Mikel | 78 | Chelsea | NIG |
Mile Jedinák | 78 | Crystal Palace | AUS |
Alexandre Song | 77 | West Ham | CAM |
Youssouf Mulumbu | 77 | Norwich City | DRC |
Lee Cattermole | 77 | Sunderland | ENG |
The area of the field occupied by the central defensive midfielders is the one where most ball disputes happen. Strong players will have a higher probability of winning the ball.
There’s a lot of muscle between the Barclays Premier League. Tioté, Obi Mikel, Matic, Wanyama, Carlos Sánchez and Kouyaté are good examples of that. On the other hand there’s Ramires. Even though he’s a really special player, Chelsea’s Brazilian rarely wins a physical brawl due to being the weakest central defensive midfielder in the BPL.
CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PHYSICAL | |||
Victor Wanyama | 89 | Southampton | KEN |
Nemanja Matić | 88 | Chelsea | SRB |
Cheick Tioté | 88 | Newcastle Utd | IVC |
John Obi Mikel | 88 | Chelsea | NIG |
Carlos Sánchez | 87 | Aston Villa | COL |
Cheikhou Kouyaté | 87 | West Ham | SEN |
Alexandre Song | 83 | West Ham | CAM |
Mile Jedinák | 83 | Crystal Palace | AUS |
Morgan Schneiderlin | 82 | Manchester Utd | FRA |
Fernando | 82 | Manchester City | BRA |
James McCarthy | 81 | Everton | IRL |
Etienne Capoue | 81 | Watford | FRA |
Youssouf Mulumbu | 80 | Norwich City | DRC |
Lee Cattermole | 80 | Sunderland | ENG |
Valon Behrami | 80 | Watford | SUI |
In our opinion, Matic is the right choice for this position. He is the CDM who gives more security to the back line but he is also a good offensive player.
Ramires has a highly desirable cocktail of work rates, pace and stamina which allows him to be a presence all over the pitch. He is the fastest CDM player of the Barclays PL but is also the weakest.
There are also very good options that are available at a cheap price who are still good quality-wise, like Kouyaté and Tioté.
CENTRE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Best Players
#1 Nemanja Matic
#2 Ramires
#3 Morgan Schneiderlin
#4 Cheikhou Kouyaté
#5 Cheik Tioté
Economic Choice
Cheikhou Kouyaté
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Central Defensive Midfielders
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Centre Midfielders
CM | CAM
A lot of games are decided in the midfield and not close to the goals. The players that play in these zones are the ones that should create the game and define its rhythm.
It’s in midfield that there’s more quality in the Barclays Premier League. Some of the world’s best footballers play there. It’s the case of the Touré, Ozil, David Silva and the newcomers Kevin De Bruyne and Shweinsteiger.
HIGHEST RATED CENTRE MIDFIELDERS | |||
David Silva | 88 | Manchester City | ESP |
Mesut Özil | 87 | Arsenal | GER |
Cesc Fàbregas | 87 | Chelsea | ESP |
Bastian Schweinsteiger | 86 | Manchester Utd | GER |
Kevin De Bruyne | 86 | Manchester City | BEL |
Yaya Touré | 85 | Manchester City | IVC |
Santi Cazorla | 85 | Arsenal | ESP |
Oscar | 84 | Chelsea | BRA |
Coutinho | 84 | Liverpool | BRA |
Christian Eriksen | 83 | Spurs | DEN |
Aaron Ramsey | 82 | Arsenal | WAL |
Roberto Firmino | 82 | Liverpool | BRA |
Jack Wilshere | 81 | Arsenal | ENG |
Dimitri Payet | 81 | West Ham | FRA |
Bojan | 81 | Stoke City | ESP |
Centre midfielders are responsible for discovering lines that break the opponents defence. Their passing quality has to be really good so they can assist forwards.
Even though David Silva and De Bruyne have a great passing stat, Fábregas is the one who does it better in the whole Barclays Premier League.
CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING | |||
Cesc Fàbregas | 90 | Chelsea | ESP |
David Silva | 89 | Manchester City | ESP |
Kevin De Bruyne | 86 | Manchester City | BEL |
Mesut Özil | 85 | Arsenal | GER |
Santi Cazorla | 85 | Arsenal | ESP |
Bastian Schweinsteiger | 84 | Manchester Utd | GER |
Christian Eriksen | 84 | Spurs | DEN |
James Milner | 83 | Liverpool | ENG |
Dimitri Payet | 82 | West Ham | FRA |
Mikel Arteta | 82 | Arsenal | ESP |
Yaya Touré | 81 | Manchester City | IVC |
Oscar | 81 | Chelsea | BRA |
Coutinho | 81 | Liverpool | BRA |
Jack Wilshere | 81 | Arsenal | ENG |
Tomáš Rosický | 81 | Arsenal | CZ |
A Centre midfielder usually needs creativity. Good dribbling allows the team to move forward, creating potential disequilibrium’s.
David Silva is the player with best dribbling. Two other players share the second place of this list: Cazorla and Coutinho.
CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING | |||
David Silva | 89 | Manchester City | ESP |
Santi Cazorla | 87 | Arsenal | ESP |
Coutinho | 87 | Liverpool | BRA |
Mesut Özil | 86 | Arsenal | GER |
Bojan | 85 | Stoke City | ESP |
Kevin De Bruyne | 84 | Manchester City | BEL |
Oscar | 84 | Chelsea | BRA |
Roberto Firmino | 84 | Liverpool | BRA |
Jack Wilshere | 84 | Arsenal | ENG |
Ander Herrera | 84 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Georginio Wijnaldum | 84 | Newcastle Utd | NED |
Christian Eriksen | 83 | Spurs | DEN |
Tomáš Rosický | 83 | Arsenal | CZ |
Adam Lallana | 83 | Liverpool | ENG |
Moussa Dembélé | 82 | Spurs | BEL |
Kevin de Bruyne is the most interesting player in the Barclays Premier League midfield. He is level with the best players in various attributes including passing, shooting, vision, crossing and stamina making him our pick.
David Silva is our second choice. His passing, dribbling, vision and ball control are simply amazing but is let down slightly by his 2 star weak foot.
Another top player is Yaya Touré in large part because of his amazing strength and stamina. He is a very balanced player (although not as good defensively now) but his new medium-low work rate doesn’t allow him to give everything he has to give to the team. In our opinion, he was the best player in this position in previous games but is not any more. Obviously, he is still a wonderful player but if you have used him in the past, you will notice a considerable difference to him in FIFA 16.
Oscar and Eriksen are cheaper players that can perform well as centre midfielders.
Our budget choice falls to Jack Wilshere. He is a very balanced player and a great example of good value for money.
CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
Best Players
#1 Kevin De Bruyne
#2 David Silva
#3 Yaya Touré
#4 Cesc Fàbregas
Economic Choice
Jack Wilshere
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Centre Midfielders
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Right Wingers
RM | RW | RF
The wingers are responsible for giving game width in the attack. They’re normally very explosive players.
Mata and Willian are the most popular right wingers of this league.
HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS | |||
Juan Mata | 84 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Willian | 82 | Chelsea | BRA |
Theo Walcott | 81 | Arsenal | ENG |
Jesús Navas | 81 | Manchester City | ESP |
Xherdan Shaqiri | 80 | Stoke City | SUI |
Antonio Valencia | 79 | Manchester Utd | ECU |
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 79 | Arsenal | ENG |
Erik Lamela | 79 | Spurs | ARG |
Adam Johnson | 78 | Sunderland | ENG |
Víctor Ibarbo | 78 | Watford | COL |
Deulofeu | 78 | Everton | ESP |
Wilfried Zaha | 77 | Crystal Palace | ENG |
Aaron Lennon | 77 | Everton | ENG |
Florian Thauvin | 76 | Newcastle Utd | FRA |
Aiden McGeady | 76 | Everton | IRL |
There are three fundamental attributes for a winger: pace, dribbling and passing.
Pace is probably the biggest weapon of these players. They use it to evade opponents and getting to the other side, many times via sprints on the side lines.
The Barclays Premier League is extremely well served in this chapter. Four gold players have pace over 90, being the highlighted sprinter Theo Walcott, the fastest player of FIFA 16 Ultimate Team.
FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS | |||
Theo Walcott | 96 | Arsenal | ENG |
Víctor Ibarbo | 92 | Watford | COL |
Deulofeu | 91 | Everton | ESP |
Nathan Dyer | 91 | Leicester City | ENG |
Willian | 89 | Chelsea | BRA |
Jesús Navas | 89 | Manchester City | ESP |
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 89 | Arsenal | ENG |
Aaron Lennon | 89 | Everton | ENG |
Andros Townsend | 89 | Spurs | ENG |
Joel Campbell | 88 | Arsenal | COS |
Xherdan Shaqiri | 87 | Stoke City | SUI |
Wilfried Zaha | 87 | Crystal Palace | ENG |
Aiden McGeady | 82 | Everton | IRL |
Antonio Valencia | 81 | Manchester Utd | ECU |
Florian Thauvin | 81 | Newcastle Utd | FRA |
Just being fast doesn’t cut it to reach the opponents box, having good dribbling to surpass the opponents’ players that appear on the way.
There are a lot of players gifted in dribbling, being Juan Mata and Deulofeu the best.
RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBLLING | |||
Juan Mata | 87 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Deulofeu | 87 | Everton | ESP |
Willian | 85 | Chelsea | BRA |
Xherdan Shaqiri | 85 | Stoke City | SUI |
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 84 | Arsenal | ENG |
Erik Lamela | 84 | Spurs | ARG |
Aaron Lennon | 84 | Everton | ENG |
Jesús Navas | 83 | Manchester City | ESP |
Adam Johnson | 83 | Sunderland | ENG |
Wilfried Zaha | 83 | Crystal Palace | ENG |
Víctor Ibarbo | 82 | Watford | COL |
Aiden McGeady | 82 | Everton | IRL |
Theo Walcott | 81 | Arsenal | ENG |
Nathan Dyer | 81 | Leicester City | ENG |
Florian Thauvin | 81 | Newcastle Utd | FRA |
When reaching the opponents box the winger has to decide what to do. Normally, they choose to cross to the forwards. That is why it’s important for them to have good passing.
The weakest point of the Barclays Premier League Wingers is surprising – passing. Only Juan Mata offers good quality passing. Deulofeu, for example, could’ve been an option to consider filling this slot in virtue of his fantastic pace and dribbling, but he’s affected negatively for missing frequently passes to his more forward team mates.
RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING | |||
Juan Mata | 84 | Manchester Utd | ESP |
Willian | 78 | Chelsea | BRA |
Erik Lamela | 78 | Spurs | ARG |
Xherdan Shaqiri | 77 | Stoke City | SUI |
Antonio Valencia | 77 | Manchester Utd | ECU |
Adam Johnson | 77 | Sunderland | ENG |
Jesús Navas | 76 | Manchester City | ESP |
Theo Walcott | 74 | Arsenal | ENG |
Florian Thauvin | 74 | Newcastle Utd | FRA |
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 73 | Arsenal | ENG |
Aiden McGeady | 72 | Everton | IRL |
Joel Campbell | 72 | Arsenal | COS |
Aaron Lennon | 71 | Everton | ENG |
Steven Berghuis | 71 | Watford | NED |
Andros Townsend | 70 | Spurs | ENG |
Willian is our favourite to occupy this position in a team without budget restraints. He may not the best in any of the base attributes but he is always close to the top in this position.
Mata is not a natural winger and because of that he is not our first choice despite having the highest overall rating. He also has the best dribbling, the best passing and is one of the best at shooting of all the right sided wingers. Impressive. However, he is also one of the slowest players in this position and only Navas is weaker than him.
From the most popular there is also Shaqiri and Walcott. The Swiss player is a very balanced player while the Arsenal winger’s main strengths are speed and shooting.
For those with a more modest coin total, there is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. This four star skiller is as fast as Willian, has better dribbling than Navas and Walcott and has much better physical stats than Walcott and Willian making him great value for money.
RIGHT MIDFIELDERS
Best Players
#1 Willian
#2 Juan Mata
#3 Xherdan Shaqiri
#4 Theo Walcott
Economic Choice
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Right Wingers
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Left Wingers
LM | LW | LF
The left wingers have exactly the same role as their team mates from the other side.
Now that Alexis Sánchez has changed his position, Eden Hazard has finally competition to his position.
HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS | |||
Eden Hazard | 89 | Chelsea | BEL |
Alexis Sánchez | 86 | Arsenal | CHI |
Pedro | 83 | Chelsea | ESP |
Samir Nasri | 83 | Manchester City | FRA |
Raheem Sterling | 82 | Manchester City | ENG |
Memphis Depay | 81 | Manchester Utd | NED |
Ashley Young | 80 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Kevin Mirallas | 80 | Everton | BEL |
Dušan Tadić | 79 | Southampton | SRB |
Jeremain Lens | 79 | Sunderland | NED |
Max Gradel | 79 | Bournemouth | IVC |
Nacer Chadli | 79 | Spurs | BEL |
André Ayew | 79 | Swansea City | GHA |
Marko Arnautović | 78 | Stoke City | AT |
Heung Min Son | 77 | Spurs | KOR |
Just like it happens in the opposite side, there are four left wingers with pace equal or higher than 90.
LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PACE | |||
Raheem Sterling | 93 | Manchester City | ENG |
Christian Atsu | 92 | Bournemouth | GHA |
Eden Hazard | 90 | Chelsea | BEL |
Memphis Depay | 90 | Manchester Utd | NED |
Jefferson Montero | 89 | Swansea City | ECU |
Kevin Mirallas | 88 | Everton | BEL |
Max Gradel | 88 | Bournemouth | IVC |
Yannick Bolasie | 88 | Crystal Palace | DRC |
Alexis Sánchez | 87 | Arsenal | CHI |
Heung Min Son | 86 | Spurs | KOR |
Ashley Young | 85 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Bakary Sako | 85 | Crystal Palace | MAL |
Jeremain Lens | 84 | Sunderland | NED |
Jay Rodriguez | 83 | Southampton | ENG |
Pedro | 82 | Chelsea | ESP |
There’s a proportional quality between the left winger and his dribbling. It’s natural that Hazard and Alexis Sánchez are the ones most highlighted in this chapter.
LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING | |||
Eden Hazard | 92 | Chelsea | BEL |
Alexis Sánchez | 88 | Arsenal | CHI |
Raheem Sterling | 87 | Manchester City | ENG |
Samir Nasri | 86 | Manchester City | FRA |
Memphis Depay | 85 | Manchester Utd | NED |
Pedro | 84 | Chelsea | ESP |
Kevin Mirallas | 83 | Everton | BEL |
Dušan Tadić | 83 | Southampton | SRB |
Yannick Bolasie | 83 | Crystal Palace | DRC |
Ashley Young | 82 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Max Gradel | 82 | Bournemouth | IVC |
Jeremain Lens | 82 | Sunderland | NED |
Steven Pienaar | 82 | Everton | SAF |
André Ayew | 81 | Swansea City | GHA |
Jefferson Montero | 81 | Swansea City | ECU |
Now that David Silva is back to the centre, Hazard is clearly the best fitted passer between the remaining left wingers.
LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING | |||
Eden Hazard | 84 | Chelsea | BEL |
Samir Nasri | 83 | Manchester City | FRA |
Dušan Tadić | 80 | Southampton | SRB |
Steven Pienaar | 79 | Everton | SAF |
Alexis Sánchez | 78 | Arsenal | CHI |
Ashley Young | 78 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Leon Osman | 78 | Everton | ENG |
Pedro | 77 | Chelsea | ESP |
Kevin Mirallas | 77 | Everton | BEL |
Marko Arnautović | 77 | Stoke City | AT |
Ibrahim Afellay | 77 | Stoke City | NED |
Jeremain Lens | 76 | Sunderland | NED |
Nacer Chadli | 76 | Spurs | BEL |
Jurado | 76 | Watford | ESP |
André Ayew | 75 | Swansea City | GHA |
Hazard’s price prohibits him from being affordable for most, proving the worth of the player. He is without a doubt the best Barclays Premier League left winger. He’s the best dribbler, the best passer, one of the fastest and only Sánchez is better at shooting than him. He possesses a series of other highly rated attributes such as balance, agility, acceleration and ball control. And if you are not convinced yet, you should know that his work rates are now high/medium.
For those who don’t want to pay so much for the Belgian, we suggest Sánchez. It’s impossible to talk about this player without comparing him to Hazard. He is not as good as the Chelsea’s winger overall but is far better value for money.
Kevin Mirallas is the most complete affordable player and for that reason, our cheapest choice. He is faster than Sánchez and has better shooting and passing than Sterling. A great player especially for low budget teams.
LEFT MIDFIELDERS
Best Players
#1 Eden Hazard
#2 Alexis Sánchez
#3 Memphis Depay
#4 Raheem Sterling
Economic Choice
Kevin Mirallas
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Left Wingers
Best FIFA 16 Barclays Premier League Forwards
CF | ST
The forwards are the players on which fall the most responsibility of scoring goals.
In the Barclays Premier League, the most popular are players that could play in any club in the world: Sergio Aguero, Rooney and Diego Costa
HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS | |||
Sergio Agüero | 87 | Manchester City | ARG |
Wayne Rooney | 86 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Diego Costa | 86 | Chelsea | ESP |
Daniel Sturridge | 83 | Liverpool | ENG |
Falcao | 83 | Chelsea | COL |
Olivier Giroud | 82 | Arsenal | FRA |
Christian Benteke | 82 | Liverpool | BEL |
Loïc Rémy | 81 | Chelsea | FRA |
Wilfried Bony | 81 | Manchester City | IVC |
Salomón Rondón | 80 | West Brom | VEN |
Romelu Lukaku | 80 | Everton | BEL |
Danny Welbeck | 79 | Arsenal | ENG |
Jermain Defoe | 79 | Sunderland | ENG |
Emmanuel Adebayor | 79 | Spurs | TOG |
Shinji Okazaki | 78 | Leicester City | JAP |
Sadio Mané | 78 | Southampton | SEN |
Harry Kane | 78 | Spurs | ENG |
Mame Diouf | 78 | Stoke City | SEN |
Papiss Demba Cissé | 78 | Newcastle Utd | SEN |
Andy Carroll | 78 | West Ham | ENG |
To score goals shooting is necessary. If either by foot or head, the most important attribute for a forward are: shooting, heading and pace.
Most goals are scored with the foot so good shooting is a necessary attribute for a forward.
The best forwards are the ones that best shooting: Aguero, Rooney, Diego Costa and Sturridge. The exception is Defoe.
FORWARDS WITH BEST SHOOTING | |||
Sergio Agüero | 87 | Manchester City | ARG |
Wayne Rooney | 86 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Jermain Defoe | 85 | Sunderland | ENG |
Diego Costa | 83 | Chelsea | ESP |
Daniel Sturridge | 83 | Liverpool | ENG |
Wilfried Bony | 83 | Manchester City | IVC |
Falcao | 82 | Chelsea | COL |
Olivier Giroud | 82 | Arsenal | FRA |
Christian Benteke | 81 | Liverpool | BEL |
Rickie Lambert | 81 | West Brom | ENG |
Loïc Rémy | 80 | Chelsea | FRA |
Romelu Lukaku | 80 | Everton | BEL |
Papiss Demba Cissé | 80 | Newcastle Utd | SEN |
Bafétimbi Gomis | 80 | Swansea City | FRA |
Ola Toivonen | 80 | Sunderland | SWE |
Andy Carroll | 79 | West Ham | ENG |
Salomón Rondón | 78 | West Brom | VEN |
Emmanuel Adebayor | 78 | Spurs | TOG |
Harry Kane | 78 | Spurs | ENG |
Mauro Zárate | 78 | West Ham | ARG |
Jump, strength and stamina are the ingredients to the new physical attribute, very important when we are analysing the best forwards: jump to score with the head; strength to dispute the ball with the opponents; and stamina to sprint in direction of goal at any time of the game.
That’s here where we see that Diego Costa and Rooney are great players. Aguero, for example, is almost in the bottom of this list.
FORWARDS WITH BEST PHYSICAL | |||
Diego Costa | 88 | Chelsea | ESP |
Wayne Rooney | 87 | Manchester Utd | ENG |
Christian Benteke | 85 | Liverpool | BEL |
Wilfried Bony | 85 | Manchester City | IVC |
Andy Carroll | 85 | West Ham | ENG |
Troy Deeney | 84 | Watford | ENG |
Olivier Giroud | 83 | Arsenal | FRA |
Graziano Pellè | 83 | Southampton | ITA |
Romelu Lukaku | 82 | Everton | BEL |
Éder | 82 | Swansea City | POR |
Cameron Jerome | 81 | Norwich City | ENG |
Shane Long | 81 | Southampton | IRL |
Salomón Rondón | 80 | West Brom | VEN |
Harry Kane | 79 | Spurs | ENG |
Rickie Lambert | 79 | West Brom | ENG |
Danny Welbeck | 78 | Arsenal | ENG |
Emmanuel Adebayor | 77 | Spurs | TOG |
Mame Diouf | 77 | Stoke City | SEN |
Michu | 76 | Swansea City | ESP |
Aleksandar Mitrović | 75 | Newcastle Utd | SRB |
Depending on the style of play and formation, having good shooting and heading may not be enough for a striker. Especially in games that privilege counter-attack, pace is a very important attribute.
Mané, Diouf and Remy are the fastest strikers in FIFA 16. However, Aguero and Sturridge are also very fast players.
FORWARDS WITH BEST PACE | |||
Sadio Mané | 91 | Southampton | SEN |
Loïc Rémy | 90 | Chelsea | FRA |
Mame Diouf | 90 | Stoke City | SEN |
Sergio Agüero | 89 | Manchester City | ARG |
Daniel Sturridge | 89 | Liverpool | ENG |
Cameron Jerome | 86 | Norwich City | ENG |
Danny Ings | 86 | Liverpool | ENG |
Danny Welbeck | 85 | Arsenal | ENG |
Anthony Martial | 85 | Manchester Utd | FRA |
Enner Valencia | 85 | West Ham | ECU |
Divock Origi | 85 | Liverpool | BEL |
Shane Long | 84 | Southampton | IRL |
Saido Berahino | 83 | West Brom | ENG |
Diego Costa | 82 | Chelsea | ESP |
Romelu Lukaku | 82 | Everton | BEL |
Salomón Rondón | 80 | West Brom | VEN |
Arouna Koné | 78 | Everton | IVC |
Fabio Borini | 78 | Sunderland | ITA |
Christian Benteke | 77 | Liverpool | BEL |
Jermain Defoe | 77 | Sunderland | ENG |
For the final position, we believe Sergio Agüero and Diego Costa are the best BPL strikers. However, the Manchester City player has the advantage due to his better pace, passing and shooting. Even though his physical stat is quite low, no other BPL forward surpasses him in ball control, acceleration and balance.
Choosing the best Barclays Premier League forward is a bit subjective because it depends on your style of play. The best alternatives to Aguero and Diego Costa are generally missing something: Falcão was downgraded and is no longer the force he used to be in past games; Wayne Rooney plays better as CF or even CAM than as a striker; Sturridge has bad passing, etc
Far from the quality of these strikers, Lukaku is our economical choice. He and Benteke may cause a lot of damage on the opponents defence with their extraordinary strength and otherwise well rounded stats.
FORWARDS
Best Players
#1 Sergio Aguero
#2 Diego Costa
#3 Wayne Rooney
#4 Daniel Sturridge
Economic Choice
Romelu Lukaku
Best FUT 16 Barclays Premier League Forwards
Barclays Premier League Team Suggestions
A lot of people think that this is the most important part of the guide. It’s not. The thing that is really important to know is how to choose players based on their role and style of play that fits each player. The team suggestions that follow are simple graphic indicators of what we wrote previously. They should serve merely as orientation because it’s impossible to build a team that fits everyone. They depend on various factors we don’t know such as budget, formation, style of play and player preferences.
To try and explore the needs of the maximum player as possible we suggest three teams with different budgets and formations: 4-1-2-1-2 with unlimited budget, 4-3-3 with 200k budget and 4-4-2 with a 50k budget.
Now, to check the current prices of any player /squad, you just need to check ‘updated price‘
Team with Unlimited Budget
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- First Squad
- GK: David De Gea
110k | 104k | 56k | – | –
RB: Kyle Walker
13k | 9k | 9k | – | –
CBR: Vicent Kompany
63k | 58k | 43k | – | –
CBL: Nicolás Otamendi
56k | 54k | 44k | – | –
LB: Azpilicueta
9k | 9k | 8k | – | –
CDM: Nemanja Matic
36k | 36k | 24k | – | –
RM: Willian
41k | 32k | 29k | – | –
LM: Eden Harazd
375k | 360k | 205k | – | –
CAM: Kevin De Bruyne
143k | 143k | 82k | – | –
STR: Diego Costa
114k | 110k | 59k | – | –
STL: Sergio Aguero
395k | 390k | 198k | – | –
Prices order:
PS4 | XBox One | PS3 | XBox 360 | PC
- Substitutes and Reserves
- GK: Thibaut Courtois
73k | 67k | 45k | – | –
RB: Nathaniel Clyne
15k | 12k | 10k | – | –
CB: Laurent Koscielny
36k | 32k | 24k | – | –
CB: Jan Vertonghen
18k | 16k | 9k | – | –
LB: Leighton Baines
12k | 12k | 10k | – | –
CDM: Yaya Touré
115k | 109k | 85k | – | –
RM: Juan Mata
19k | 20k | 18k | – | –
LM: Alexis Sánchez
175k | 178k | 116k | – | –
CAM: David Silva
84k | 85k | 49k | – | –
ST: Wayne Rooney
96k | 99k | 64k | – | –
ST: Daniel Sturridge
82k | 70k | 45k | – | –
- Budget
- Playstation 4: 2,080 million coins (1,355k + 725k)
Xbox One: 2,005 million coins (1,305k + 700k)
Playstation 3: 1,232 million coins (757k + 475k)
XBox 360: –
PC: –
- Updated Prices and Squad Adjustments
- The prices we have published are the ones of the guide’s publication date.
If you want to know the current prices or test any adjustment to this squad, please click here.
- Summary
The choice for this team’s players was based on the analysis made previously.
Who to put in goal presents one of the most difficult decisions. De Gea and Courtois are both amazing goalkeepers and you will be fine with either of them.
Otamendi and Kompany are the bosses of the back four. The Argentinian player is a great addition to this league, especially considering Mangala was not upgraded. To us, he is already the best centre back of Barclays Premier League. Kyle Walker imposes himself with his tremendous pace to be our choice at the right back position, while at left back Azpilicueta and Baines are both good enough to take the position.
Although Yaya is originally a CM in FUT 16, he also plays well as CDM. He’s no longer a box-to-box player now with his new medium-low work rate which is why our favourite is Matić. No one defends as he does in midfield. The Serbian holds up the barrier between your goal line and the opponent, making his defensiveness, height and physicality count. For the other central midfield position, De Bruyne is our top choice. He is so good that he relegates David Silva to the bench.
Willian is the right choice for the right side, largely because Mata does not have the right attributes for this position. Now, more than ever, Eden Hazard is so brilliant that he is second to none in left midfield.
If your budget allows you, Agüero is the obvious choice for the attack line. He is the most expensive player in the league, which is a reflection of just how good he is. The other striker spot goes to Diego Costa but Rooney is also a good alternative.
Once all the players reach maximum individual chemistry via loyalty (achieved by each player after 10 matches for your club or by being pack pulled) you can go without a manager for your squad. They’ll be of no use while wasting contracts.
200k Budget Team
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- First Squad
- GK: Joe Hart
35k | 34k | 30k | – | –
RB: Kyle Walker
13k | 9k | 9k | – | –
CBR: Eliaquim Mangala
16k | 12k | 13k | – | –
CBL: Jan Vertonghen
18k | 16k | 9k | – | –
LB: Azpilicueta
9k | 9k | 8k | – | –
CMR: Christian Eriksen
26k | 23k | 16k | – | –
CMC: Ramires
26k | 21k | 18k | – | –
CML: Oscar
34k | 29k | 28k | – | –
RW: Xherdan Shaqiri
14k | 12k | 13k | – | –
LW: Sami Nasri
19k | 16k | 15k | – | –
ST: Romelu Lukaku
16k | 14k | 14k | – | –
Prices order:
PS4 | XBox One | PS3 | XBox 360 | PC
- Substitutes and Reserves
- GK: Asmir Begovic
14k | 13k | 8k | – | –
RB: Nathaniel Clyne
15k | 12k | 10k | – | –
CB: Marcos Rojo
14k | 12k | 10k | – | –
CB: Micah Richards
6k | 5k | 6k | – | –
LB: Leighton Baines
12k | 12k | 10k | – | –
CM: Fernandinho
14k | 11k | 10k | – | –
CM: Morgan Schneiderlin
14k | 14k | 9k | – | –
CM: Roberto Firmino
16k | 13k | 12k | – | –
RW: Theo Walcott
18k | 17k | 15k | – | –
LW: Kévin Mirallas
9k | 8k | 9k | – | –
ST: Christian Benteke
19k | 16k | 13k | – | –
- Budget
- Playstation 4: 377k coins (226k + 151k)
Xbox One: 328k coins (195k + 133k)
Playstation 3: 285k coins (173k + 112k)
XBox 360: –
PC: –
- Updated Prices and Squad Adjustments
- The prices we have published are the ones of the guide’s publication date.
If you want to know the current prices or test any adjustment to this squad, please click here.
- Summary
The choices for this more affordable team players was based on analysis made previously.
In goal, Lloris is too expensive to this squad. On the other hand, Begovic is a genuine bargain who will hold his own against popular goalkeepers such as Joe Hart.
Mangala and Vertonghen are both fast and solid defensively. Azpilicueta’s assertiveness and Walker’s speed completes our defending foursome.
Ramires has to be the one in central midfield. However, you need to be very careful to not have him caught out of position too often due to his high/high work rates. Eriksen and Oscar complete the midfield.
Shaqiri beats Walcott on the right wing and Nasri wins the spot on the left side. Sterling and Depay are too expensive to this squad.
Over the attack line, Lukaku or Benteke are excellent choices. They’re very similar to each other and are the best choices for this budget thanks to their pace, strength and completeness.
If you still have some room in your budget, Sturridge, Sterling and Fàbregas are players that would improve this squad a lot.
50K Budget Team
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- First Squad
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GK: Michel Vorm
1k | 1k | 1k | – | –
RB: Séamus Coleman
6k | 6k | 6k | – | –
CBR: Micah Richards
6k | 5k | 6k | – | –
CBL: Jores Okore
5k | 5k | 6k | – | –
LB: Gael Clichy
6k | 5k | 6k | – | –
CMR: Jack Wilshere
2k | 2k | 2k | – | –
CML: Cheikhou Kouyaté
2k | 3k | 3k | – | –
RM: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
8k | 7k | 9k | – | –
LM: Kévin Mirallas
9k | 8k | 9k | – | –
STR: Mame Diouf
7k | 6k | 7k | – | –
STL: Cameron Jerome
1k | 2k | 2k | – | –
Prices order:
PS4 | XBox One | PS3 | XBox 360 | PC
- Substitutes and Reserves
- GK: Simon Mignolet
2k | 2k | 3k | – | –
RB: Pablo Zabaleta
6k | 6k | 6k | – | –
CB: Angelo Ogbonna
6k | 5k | 6k | – | –
CB: Chris Smalling
8k | 6k | 6k | – | –
LB: José Holebas
2k | 2k | 3k | – | –
CM: Cheik Tioté
2k | 1k | 2k | – | –
CM: Ander Herrera
3k | 2k | 2k | – | –
RM: Erik Lamela
3k | 3k | 6k | – | –
LM: Ashley Young
7k | 6k | 6k | – | –
ST: Salomón Rondón
6k | 5k | 6k | – | –
ST: Wilfried Bony
6k | 5k | 7k | – | –
- Budget
- Playstation 4: 104k coins (53k + 51k)
Xbox One: 93k coins (50k + 43k)
Playstation 3: 110k coins (57k + 53k)
XBox 360: –
PC: –
- Updated Prices and Squad Adjustments
- The prices we have published are the ones of the guide’s publication date.
If you want to know the current prices or test any adjustment to this squad, please click here.
- Summary
The choice for this budget team was based on analysis made previously.
Vorm is the cheapest player in this squad but it doesn’t take away from his ability between the sticks.
The same goes for the rest of the defence: Micah Richards, Okore, Coleman and Clichy. All of the players cost less than expected considering their quality, making them great value for money in a cheap team like this.
In the midfield, Kouyaté (what a bargain!) and Jack Wilshere complement each other well. The first one is strong, quick and aggressive, the second is a player that usually pushes forward to assist his colleagues. Oxlade-Chamberlain and Mirallas fill the wings in order to assist Diouf and Cameron Jerome who have both been chosen for their combination of pace and strength.
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What do you think of this team 433-4 de gea baines and coleman cahill and koscielny as defenders ozil and silva with de bruyne in cam hazard aguero and willian as the forwards
Obviously one of the bet BPL teams you can build.
I used this guide and made this attack force (in 4-3-3):
Sterling-Sturridge-Walcott
(Kane on subs)
The chem, speed, shooting, and dribbling is insane.
In midfield I have Ericksen, Dembele, and Ferhdanino and sub on some other non-rares (Bojan, Carrick, Wilshere).
Ericksen, Dembele, and Ferhdanino are under-hyped, in my opinion.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
seeing as mahrez has rised up the ranks i dont know what to do. Im playing a 4-3-3, i rush and dribble through the wings and like to counter. What would be a better option for the RW, Hero Mahrez or Inform Willian. I feel Mahrez is too lazy for my playstyle and is never rushing or cutting in to atttack.
You are right. Willian work rates are much better if you need someone to attack but also to defend.
Hi Rodrigo
I play without wings so my formations is 4-1-2-1-2(2) OR 4-3-1-2
i depend on 2 formations to avoid buying fitness cards
my best team is from Serie A although its the cheapest but it has the best midfielders with best workrates like Guarin Nainngolan Marchisio Pogba Pjanic Pereyra
so my main squad is from serie a but i have been trying many fitness squads
recently im using a ligue 1 team
but my problem is midfield is not as strong as serie a
because Pastore is not good defender and veratti is small and a bit slow
so i was thinking about a bundesliga squad with lahm, vidal and maybe thiago and muller as CAM but im not sure yet i mean there are no many options in bundesliga or ligue 1 cuz it will be bayern or psg with few alternatives but now im thinking about building up a BPL team with this formation and i like to pass alot n penetrate defence through middle and many short and one two passes
so my question is if my main team is serie a which im satisifed with
what if i want another fitness squad which league wud be the best
do you think i should go to BPL or Bundesliga or Ligue 1
i have tried BBVA and i think modric and iniesta are so weak to defend
and if u recommend a BPL that means it will have many options cuz there are many good players
do you think my team should be like that?
GK: de Gea
RB: Walker
CB: Otamendi
CB: Koscielny
LB:Azplicueta
CDM: Matic
CM Fabregas
CM: Ramires
CAM: de Bryune
ST: Rooney
ST: Aguero
thank you!
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Hola Rodrigo!
Tengo una nueva consulta! Tengo a roben de ED y no me esta siento tan eficiente como Reus. Me preguntaba si Bale seria mejor?
Gracias por tu ayuda.
Si. Bale es mejor,
Great Article Rodrigo, first time of being on this site. The reason I searched for this is because i’m currently at a point with my squad where I have most of the best affordable players, and in most cases (in attack) I could only improve by adding the likes of Aguero, Hazard, Sanchez which are all out of my price range (even after winning Div 1 a few times !!) as I like to only use coins earned by playing matches, so I was looking for other alternatives to boost my squad. From this article I have realised I could probably afford Willian to replace Oxlade-Chamberlain on the right for example. However, just a suggestion, maybe in future it might be worth adding in attacking players skill moves rating. This for me this is a game changer plays a big big part of it as I use skill moves a lot to get into better attacking positions, win penalties or create a great shooting chance out of nothing which is why I have done pretty well on ultimate team. For example, for my playing style bar Hazard, Yannick Bolassie trumps all the other left wingers because he has 5* skills, or another example is Diego Costa, I could probably scrape enough coins together for him and he has a high rating, but I would much rather have Loic Remy because of his 4* skill rating, he can do things Costa simply cant! Just a suggestion that it might be worth mentioning in future articles, but great articles nonetheless!
Is this good making ST from Yaya Touré?
Because, as CM not too good in my opinion.
He is so strangth and good shoot atribute. What do you think ?
I think you have other better options.
Thanks Rodrigo.
This is not too good idea. 🙂
Yesterday I tryde Touré CDM position, and I saw , this is his position, very good powerful. I am not too good at defending, He helps me.
Hi Rodrigo! Im using a 4321 formation, and I have only enough money to buy one big player, either hazard or aguero. With hazard i could potentially pair him up with Costa or Sturidge, with aguero i could pair him up with depay or sterling. Which combination is the best considering my formation and my direct play style, and i dont use skill moves much as well.
Thanks!
Hazard, Costa and Sturidge.
Thanks again for the BPL guide.
My current squads:
1st team: 433(4)
GK: Lloris
RB: Walker
CB: Otamendi
CB: Koscielny
LB: Azpilicueta
CLM: Fabregas
CRM: Matic
CAM: David Silva
RW: Willian
ST: Sturridge
LW: Memphis
2nd team:
GK: Begovic
RB: Clyne
CB: Cahill
CB: Rojo
LB: Clichy
CLM: Schneiderlin
CRM: Ramsey
CAM: Firmino
RW: Shaqiri
ST: Bony
LW: Mirallas
I picked Clyne over Walker at first, but when i bought Walker i noticed why he is your number 1 right back. This midfield works absolutely brilliant for me. Matic is very strong, fast enough en reasonable long shot. Fabregas’ passing, dribbling and shooting is brilliant and silva dribbles past defenders so easily. To bad his shot is not the best, still okay though.
Another player that really stands out in my current team is Otamendi… What a defender. By far the best defender in the BPL.
Willian is amazing, Memphis is a nice addition to the BPL as well, his dribbling however is not on par with Willian though. Maybe Sanchez would be a nice upgrade here?
Sturridge is a brilliant finisher and his pace is nice every now and then.
The only position that seems weak in the BPL is the LB position in my opinion.
Which position do you think I should upgrade first?
Thanks!
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I’ve recently started playing and I’ve been using a bronze (with one or two silvers) to smash through single player tournaments and seasons for a couple weeks. I’m now in the process of building a concept squad but can’t decide what league to use as a base, between La Liga and the Premier League. What is your opinion? Maybe even the Bundesliga one?
Check this.
Your dedication to this game is next-level, thank you.
Thank you.
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What about Ozil he is amazing !! Dont you think ? I would pick him over Fabregas any day… comments…
In our opinion, Fàbregas is better than Ozil.
Hey,
Great article.
What are your thoughts about Rooney as a CAM.
I’ve currently got him playing behind Aguero.
Also, I’m using two CDM’s. One is Matic. I’ve converted Yaya Toure into the other. Do you think Toure is cut out to play this role?
Hi. Thank you.
Rooney is a good CAM. In fact, he is one of the best BPL players in this position.
If I had to pick two players to play as CDM, it would be Yaya and Matic for sure.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,
First and foremost, your site is really great. The complex and comprehensive guides helped me a lot! To my question, because I dunno, if the style, which I am applying is the a “good” one, or are there any tweaks which I need from your point of view.
1. My style is various, sometimes I like to sit back, soak up the pressure and hit them on counter. Sometimes I like to keep possession and work my way through. I usually like stronger players (therefore no Silva, Özil etc.)
2. I am using 3 teams and I am changing the team after every match (I have found out, if I play 2 matches in a row, the injury risk is greater)
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Team 1: De Gea – Azpilicueta, Cahill, Otamendi, Colema – Sissoko, Matic – Sturridge, Rooney, Toure, Benteke
Team 2: De Gea – Baines, Kompany, Koscielny, Darmian – Inler, Schneiderlin – Coutinho, Oscar, De Bruyne,- Costa
Team 3: Handanovic – Alex Sandro, Chiellini, Barzagli, Liechtensteiner – Marchisio, Nainggolan – Mertens, Guarin, Callejon – Higuain
(All cards are gold rare, sorry for the typos in the names)
Is there something, you will tweak?
Best Regards
Petr
Hi. Nice to meet you.
Yes, the injury risk is greater when the fitness is low.
I don’t have many suggestions to make. With more coins you can improve them, but they are OK for your budget. According to our guides, there are a few better alternatives to Cahill, Inler and Callejon.
Regards
Formation:4-2-3-1(2)
Gk:Lloris
Rb:walker
Cb:koscielney
Cb:Cahil
lb:azpiliqueta
Cdm:Matic
Cdm:Ramires
Rm:Willian
Lm:Depay
Cam:Eriksen
St:lukaku
Gk:hart
Rb:Clyne
Cb:vertongen
Cb:Mangala
Lb:baines
Cdm:schniderlain
Cdm:kouyate
Rm:Mata
Lm:sterling
Cam:oscar
St:Benteke
Should anyone from team two be in my first team to replace one of them as team one is my strongest.Also who should I get when I have saved up some coins.
Regards,
Hi.
Vertonghen should replace Cahill. You can also try to save to buy Kompany or Otamendi.
Regards
Hi again Rodrigo
I have bought Vertonghen and was going to buy Ramires but then I realized that I almost could affort Toure because I noe have 50k
You think I should still buy Ramires or do you think I should buy Toure. And if you think i should someone completly else come with your suggestion.
If you have coins to buy Touré, go ahead. Otherwise, Ramires and Matic will be perfect too.
Please can you create two bpl squads totalling 170k.
Why don’t you follow the suggestions of this guide ?!
Regards
Hi Rodrigo, i’ve read lots of your articles & realized you also give personnal answers to ppl. Those comments helped me a lot to figure out how to improve my team. I would now give my squad, could you advice me?
About changes i could make, to improve it?
I’m playing on PC & got ~ 30K
As i saw in comments, you advice a 4-1-2-1-2, which i ve. My gameplay is mostly about speeding up on the flanks, and then crossing (on ST) or getting into area and shooting (long shot).
A / B / C = A being choice 1, B choice 2, C choice 3, etc.
Benteke / Rémy Lukaku / Rémy
Eriksen / Dembélé / Fellaini [When loosing & in need of more Heading acc.)
Mirallas / Depay (LW) Walcott/ Lamela
Matic/ Schneiderlin / Fellaini (CM)
Baines / Baba Alderweireld /Djilobodji Cahill/Mbemba Walker / Coleman
Lloris
Also got:
Wijnaldum (CAM), Sessègnon (CAM), Valdès (GK), Shatov, (LW), Defoe (ST), Cole (LB), Routledge (LM), Townsend (RM)
You are going well but you need to invest in your defence.
Playing on 2 Modes right now:
1) 4-2-3-1
Gk: Lloris
Rb: Walker / Coleman
Cb: Alderweireld/Cahill
Cb: Mangala
Lb: Azpilicueta / Baines
CDM (R) : Schneiderlin / Ramires
CDM (L) : Matic / Ramires
CAM (Center) : Eriksen / Dembélé
CAM (Left) : Sissoko
CAM (Right) : Oscar / Fellaini
+ using Walcott (CAM R) or Mirallas (CAM L) when in game & in need of speed.
ST : Benteké / Remy or Lukaku / Remy
2) 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
Gk: Lloris
Rb: Walker / Coleman
Cb: Alderweireld/Cahill
Cb: Mangala
Lb: Azpilicueta / Baines
CM (Center) : Eriksen / Dembélé
CM (Left) : Ramires
CM (Right) : Oscar / Fellaini
LW : Depay / Mirallas
RW : Shaqiri / Walcott
ST : Benteké / Remy or Lukaku / Remy
How could i improve it by now? I mainly use setup 2), but switch to 1) when players are under 85 Energy.
Best regards
Hi.
Vertonghen instead of Alderweireld is in my opinion the most important one.
Hi,
I did. But by now, where should I invest?
I ve lots of coins atm (couldn’t afford Hazard or something), could go for players like Fabregas, Kompany, Rooney, even a De bruyne.
So just be free to tell me w/o taking money in count (in certain measure)
Hi.
If you have many coins atm, please hold them a few more days because prices will go down soon.
If your plan is to buy low and sell higher, invest in gold rare players of popular leagues up to 5k coins.
Btw, vertonghen has left on preferred foot ( & 3 stars) which doesnt fit well with Mangala, if i m not wrong. Why do you prefer him overall?
he also has High/medium .. which seems kinda risky to me, don t you?
Yes, in that case you are right.
Hi Rodrigo can you suggest someone for my team btw i have 20k and can easily get more:
GK Begovic
LB Azpilcueta
CBL Micah Richards
CBR Mangala
RB Zabaleta
LM Nasri
CM Jack Wilshire
RM Walcott i have Mata but i think he is too slow
Right CAM Couthino
Left CAM David Silva
ST Benteke
I play 4-5-1
thanks
Vertonghen and Ramires
Hi
this guide is brilliant its a life saver for a beginner like me.
I have managed to improve my squad over black friday(hope I didn’t do it too soon)
Please could you advise what to do next with my team.I like squad rotation and this is my team
Begovic
Walker/Coleman
Azpilacueta/Baines
Kompany
Kosceilny/sakho
Matic/scneidelin
Oscar/erikson
William/Walcott
Depay/mirallas
Sturridge/Lukaku
Remy/bony
Is schniedelin a good back up for Matic?
Who shall I buy to improve my squad?
Many thanks.
Thank you, Edward.
It was a good decision to wait for Black Friday to build your team.
You already bought the best players your budget can support. Yes, he is a good backup for Matic.
As soon you have coins, try to buy Otamendi. He sill be a good improvement.
Regards
Hi again rodrigo can you list these player from best to worst I have no idea on who to buy:
Özil, Silva, Eriksen, Coutinho and Cazorla
and
I play 4231 (2) My defending cdm is Matic, who should be my box-to-box cdm? I couldn’t decide. Can you list those from best to worst too please?
Ramsey – Fernandinho – Fabregas – Ramires – Schweinsteiger – James Milner – Wilshere and Dembele, saving it for Yaya currently but need someone.
Thank you very muchh!! Kind Regardss
Hi.
Silva is our favourite but he is not a box to box player.
Hi Rodrigo,
This is my current BPL squad, and I have very tight budget.
https://s14.postimg.org/n0oju95ap/Screen_Shot_2015_11_23_at_5_59_33_pm.png
Should there be any improvements or be as it is.
Regards,
Ryan
You will need coins to improve it, so it is OK as it is now.
Rodrigo,
Thank you for your advise.
what do you think about Pedro and Nasri? and why?
Best Regards
Decent players but for both there are other better options.
I am looking for your advise.
My formation is 4231 (2). Mostly passing in the centre and use though passes to break the line or cut inside from each sides. Current budget is 15k and considering upgrade sterling, toure, fabregas. What is your thought on this who should upgrade first,second and last?
GK: Courtois ( Begovic )
LB : Azpilliqueta ( Clichy )
RB : Walker ( Clyne )
CB : Company ( Vertonghen )
CB : Kocsienly ( Cahill )
CDM : Matic ( Scheneiderlin )
CDM : Ramires ( Fernandinho )
CAM : Silva ( Eriksen, Payet)
LM : DEPAY ( MIRALLAS )
RM : WILLIAN ( SHAQIRI )
ST : REMY ( LUKAKU, BENTEKE)
Also, how can you rate among Remy, Lukaku, Benteke? By 1 to 3. Your advise is very much appreciated.
Best regards
Hi.
1 Remy, 2 Lukaku, 3 Benteke.
You will need more coins to buy those players. To be honest, you already have a good team and they are not crucial to you. Maybe Toure should be the first one.
Hi Rodrigo I reall need your experience on this one. Which squad should I choose ?
https://www.futbin.com/16/squad/71350
https://www.futbin.com/16/squad/71356
https://www.futbin.com/16/squad/71426
https://www.futbin.com/16/squad/71429
Thank you very much. Any advice would be appreciated.
Hi.
Don’t ask us to analyse 4 or 5 squads. It takes too long. Sorry but we have hundreds of comments to answer.
Sorry, you are right.
Ok so I got another question, more simple one :), Bundesliga, Serie A or BBVA, with the exception of Ronaldo and Messi of course, I am looking to build a expensive squad around 1 million coins in one of the leagues. Which one do you think is the best? Thankss
Probably BBVA. However, you can find more complete answer here.
nice guide Rodrigo:)
Thank you.
Hi Rodrigo
I have this team 41212
GK:Begovic(Howard)
RB:Walker(Clyne)
RCB:Koscienly(Mangala)
LCB:Cahill(Rojo)
LB:Azpilicueta(Clichy)
CDM:Matic(Scheiderlin)
RM:Willian(Walcott)
LM:Depay(Mirallas)
CAM:Eriksen(Payet)
RS:Costa(Remy)
LS:Sturidge(Lukaku)
I need your help for CAM and LM positions,is Sterling worth buying or i should continue with Mirallas and save coins for Sanchez?And for the Cam position i am really confused,De Bruyne is obviously the best choice but i cant afford him now and i am thinking about Coutinho,Cazorla or Rooney i dont want Silva or Ozil coz of the 2*WF.I have 60k now.
Thanks
Hi. Nice team.
Sterling is better than Mirallas. You should buy him until you save coins for Sanchez. Cazorla is right player for you.
What do you think about my squad? I’m in div 1
4-3-1-2
Begovic
Walker smalling cahill baba
Dembele fernandinho ramire
Wijnaldum
Lukaku remy
I think you are a good player. 🙂
It’s a decent squad but not good enough to reach division 1 for most of the players.
Thank you! I have to improve my budget then (or wait till prices go down) 🙂
hi,,
i would like some advice, i have the unlimited budget and i am playing with the 4-3-3 basic version but it’s like something is missing, but i don’t know what
i have courtouis , cause he has the long ball throw threat, which is amazing.
Azpiliqueta – otamendi – kompany – darmian ( i took him over walker cause walker leaves his “man” often alone)
midfield;
Yaya Toure – Santi Cazorla IF – Matic
Attack:
hazard – Aguero – Sanchez IF
Sanchez IF > beats william even though he is an LW, but i think i am missing something on my midfield, but i am unsure where.
My playing style is variation ;
crosses dribbling inside cut passes through the center … i like/do it all.
What is the individual chemistry of Sanchez ?
Hi Rodrigo
I have this team in 433 (4):
St/Lw/Rw-Lukaku/Mirallas/Shaqiri
Cam/Cms-Eriksen/Matic/Ramires
Cbs-Vertonghen/Richards
Rb/Lb-Walker/Azpiliqueta
Gk-Begovic
1.Should I replace mirallas for nasri?
2.How else could I improve the team with players of around the same price?
Hi.
1. Yes, you should. But it is not crutial.
2. You can’t. You already have the best possible for that budget.
Regards
Hey Rodrigo! im lookin to upgrade my team but don’t know where/who to upgrade.
At the moment im playing 4-1-2-1-2, been switching between that and 4-3-3, don’t really know what to play with, im new to Fifa so any tips are appreciated
GK: Begovic
RB: Séamus Coleman
CB: Micah Richards & Phil Jones
LB: Azpilicuata
CDM: Jemes McCarthy
CAM: Wijnaldum
RM: Gerard Deulofeu¨
LM: Kevin Miralles
STL: Salomon Rondon
STR: Cameron Jerome
I also got Lukake on the bench, but I don’t really like playing with him, to be he seems to be worse than Rondom and Jerome.
Also got Schneiderling, Wilshire and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the bench, if you could set up a squad for me maybe, or just tell me who/where to upgrade I like my defence so i’d probably want to upgrade my offense.
I guess by the time you see this i’ll have about 25k coins, and im playing on PC if that helps somehow
Thanks in advance!
Hi David. Nice to meet you.
If you don’t like Lukaku, sell him. You can use him to improve your budget.
You have a decent team but, in my opinion, you should try these players:
Okore instead of Phill Jones
Kouyaté instead of McCarthy
Fernandinho instead of Wijnaldum
and finally Remy instead of Rondon
Regards
Thanks for the response, really wanted to upgrade my team yesterday and I went with buying Nasri, Shaqiri, Kyle Walker and Mangala, should I sell any of these and buy the ones you recommended instead? or should I just keep them and get coins again for these 4?
Thanks in advance again!
GK: Begovic
RB: Kyle Walker
CB: mangala & Phil Jones
LB: Azpilicuata
CMR: Wijnaldum
CMC: Jemes McCarthy
CML: Wilshire
LW: Nasri
RW: Shaqiri
ST: Salomon Rondon
This is what the team looks like now btw
The prices are now going down because of FUT United, so it is not a good time to sell. Play with the ones you bought (which are god players) and if you are happy, keep with them.
Regards
my current team is 4-3-3 (flat)
howard
darmian reid smalling shaw
wijnaldum fellaini herrera
lamela lukaku gradel
thoughts? don’t have any coins left though
Decent cheap team.
Sorry, just to add onto the last post really….
I am very tempted to sell my team and go for La Liga instead, but am worried about whether I will be able to play with them effectively.
I think to improve my team I really need to buy any one of the following: Bale/Suarez/Messi/Ronaldo/Neymar.
I don’t think I can buy any of them yet though due to a lack of/shortage of coins (especially after buying Ramos and a few other guranteed La Liga team starters).
I have been looking at potential hybrids but 4-4-2 doesn’t seem to be the most compatible formation for this.
I will probably end up just selling benzema, Martial IF, Otamendi IF and buying Aguero and Costa (and probably Sanchez and buying Hazard when i can afford him).
I assume other than the squad guide, you have no other specific advice for this?
Current Team:
Courtois
Zabaleta
Kompany
Otamendi (IF)
Nasri
Fabregas
Sissoko / Schneiderlin
Willian
Benzema
Martial (IF)
I suppose the obvious advice is just to go for the BPL team in the above guide 🙂
Cheers.
Ed.
Just go for the BPL team in the above guide. 🙂
Hi Rodrigo,
Thanks for reading (and replying to) my past couple of posts.
Your advice on Otamendi being better than IF Koscielny is very interesting, I trust you on this and won’t buy IF Koscielny (Maybe he’ll get a 2nd IF which would be worth investigating :D).
Yes, I can appreciate there is never enough time to check out all In-Forms in a league and you guys have been busy with the other ‘Squad Guides’ which I have also read and are interesting.
I sold IF Otamendi at a slight loss, as I didn’t find him to be worthwhile (maybe I am just bad at defending).
I managed to buy Gareth Bale for 250k (I was very lucky i think) and he seems to be consistently worth 350k, do you have any prediction on what will happen to him during ‘Black Friday’?
He still seems ‘fairly rare’ and there aren’t lots of the card around, as 87 rating and higher seems to be quite sought after (apart from Lahm being an example of not particularly expensive for this rating).
However, after playing with him for 6 games, I am not getting on particularly well with him.
He is not perfoming as well as I’d hoped (I will give it a few more games, maybe he just doesn’t suit my style).
Do you find Bale particularly good in Fifa 16 UT?
I have tried a sort of hybrid, comprising of:
Courtois
Zabaleta
Kompany
Otamendi
Azpilicueta
Nasri
Cazorla/Wilshere
Ramsey
Bale
Benzema
Remi
Ramsey links with Bale of course due to the ‘Welsh’ connection.
Bale and Benzema get a Hyperlink and with Cazorla or Wilshere in the middle, it ensures all players have individual chemistry of 10.
(This includes Mark Hughes as a manager, left as a ‘vanilla’ card with BPL league)
Since selling IF Martial and using Remi, I I think I prefer Remi, he is better with all stats except dribbling.
(I only changed this as so many opponents played with Remi against me and he was absolutely devastating, so I thought I would try him, especially as he has gone down to 6k coins).
Do you have any recommendations on expanding this Hybrid, or any opinions?
I have thought a lot about the BPL/La Liga hybrid and know that Azpilicueta could merge in well as he is Spanish.
Also, I could swap Ramsey for a La Liga player and he would link well with Ramos at CB, who is a top defender at 87 rated.
In your opinion, who are the best four defenders (playing in 4-4-2 formation) with a hybrid of BPL and La Liga?
Your advice on In-Forms so far has been great and the input is very much appreciated.
I am still at the point where I need to save more coins to get a good BPL/La Liga Hybrid. We will have to see if I get anymore luck while bidding.
I think my other option is to go for Cazorla IF in the middle with my current setup.
(I am experiementing with Cazorla loan card, as I am not sure I want to invest coins in a permanent solution, which is why I put the Wilshere/Cazorla’ slash in the team above).
I found ‘Mark’s comment below for ‘unlimited budget’ interesting…. Quote:
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i have courtouis , cause he has the long ball throw threat, which is amazing.
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Do you have any comment on this and how to use it? I am unsure of how to use it and usually if I throw the ball out to quickly counter attack, it gets thrown to the opposition (which is infuriating), so I just take my time and hold the ball for a few seconds while the players move into position.
Thanks for your ongoing advice. I am enjoying testing different players.
Ed.
Hi.
Yes, Bale is a good player in my opinion. If you want to sell him, do it tis weekend. On Black Friday his price will be much lower.
My favourite densive line from BPL-BBVA is Azpilicueta, Otamendi (or Kompany to link with Courtois), Ramos and Dani Alves.
Avoid buying IF. There are better players than Cazorla IF.
Once again, Remy is OK but there are other options on BPL like Sturridge.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,
Again, thanks for the advice, I sold Bale and made some coin on him.
I’ve been experimenting quite a lot. Including Liga BBVA.
All teams I ever have are 4-4-2 (with CMs – not with CDMs), I strictly stay with this formation always – it is just my preference.
It is quite interesting how many people seem to play two holding midfield players in Fifa 16 Ultimate Team, it seems the cover at CDM is very beneficial if you struggle to retain possession.
I temporarily had the following team:
De Gea (loan)
Azpilicueta
Ramos
Otamendi
Zabaleta
Neymar
Rakitic (loan)
Iniesta
Turan
Benzema
Suarez
I seemed to struggle with this team, I played a good 12 games or so with them, all online matches. I find Suarez was nowhere near as good as I expected.
Maybe my playing style needs more games with the players.
I think the midfield didn’t have enough ‘defensive cover’ – but couldn’t afford Modric, as pretty much all my budget went on Suarez, Iniesta and Neymar.
I sold Suarez, Iniesta and Neymar and did some experimenting with Legends as I play on Xbox.
I found Steffan Effenberg quite an interesting player for CM as he has work rate of Attack – Medium and Defensive of High, he seems to help the balance of two CMs, usually more players have Medium/Low of defensive work rate.
As the ‘Chemistry’ of Legends has changed this year, it seems easier to adapt legends into a team. If you have gaps in your team you cannot fill due to chemistry, you can probably fill the gap with a Legend.
Rodrigo, your opinion on Legends this year would be very much appreciated.
E.G. Are there any particular Legends who seem to be great ‘value for money’?
(My assumption would be that you feel similar towards Legends as you do for In-Forms – they are expensive and there are alternatives who are almost as good for much less coins).
Apart from trying Effenberg so far, I plan to try Robbie Fowler and Davor Suker tonight, in the following team:
Courtois
Azpilicueta
Kompany
Otamendi
Zabaleta
Sanchez (Loan)
Sissoko
Fabregas
Willian
Suker
Fowler
I will be interested if this works out better than my Liga BBVA experience.
The articles on Fifauteam about ‘ball control’ and ‘dribbling’ I found very useful, so many thanks to the team for those… it probably explains why I am such a ‘Benzema’ fan, he is good at ball control it seems 🙂
Thanks again for all your time.
Ed.
Hi.
I’m a Playstation owner, so I can’t give you feedback about Legends. But yes, this year they are much more interesting because of their chemistry.
We already have many attributes articles ready to be published, so keep following us.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,
Unfortunately I’ve not had tons of time to actually play the game as have been working a lot, but a quick update…
Yes, your advice on Otamendi was good, he is proving to be far better than Mertesacker.
To try and solve my ‘Who to play with Benzema’ dilemma – I bought Anthony Martial IF.
He was pretty good to start with and I am sure his ‘shooting’ stat appears better ‘In Game’ than it actually is, but he has gone off the boil a bit.
After playing with Martial In-Form for a while and also doing a little bit of trading with Otamendi In-Form, they seem pretty good but as you say, In-Forms are very expensive for the small gain you get.
This has brought me to a request though, I know you always do lots of research before writing anything, which is great, but I think if you could give opinions on In-Forms that could be really helpful.
For example, if in the premier league one of the ‘best players’ in a position gets an In-Form, you could do a small comment section on how much better you feel they are ‘In-Game’ or even whether a ‘near best’ player in a position for a league gets an In-Form, whether this makes him the ‘best’. E.G. Since Koscielny also received an In-Form a week after Otamendi, who would you consider the better player?
Many players feel that Koscielney’s pace means he can stop most attackers outrunning him, but Otamendi isn’t much worse for pace and has far superior ‘Physical’ stat and better ‘defending’.
There are of course some In-Forms that are obvious, e.g. Aguero, De Bruyne. They are already the best in their position and the In-Form makes them even more formidable in that position, the problem with this I have is that they are so expensive! E.G. Aguero is 1 million coins.
De Bruyne is 200-300k coins or so.
Many thanks again for all your time and effort put into the guide/s, I have read all the league guides.
I must admit, trading seems to have slowed down, I assume most players have now hit their ‘expected’ price and fluctuations will be smaller in the majority (except for tournaments to look out for, like the recent ‘MLS Play Off’). I managed to buy Dempsey In-Form when he came out for reasonably low amount of coins, 19k – so knew I couldn’t lose more than 9k coins on him due to his ‘quick sell’ value. In-Form Dempsey did come in handy for the tournament.
Thanks again.
Ed.
Hi.
Thank you for your feedback.
Your suggestion is good but at this moment our priority is to cover more leagues. New IF cards are out every week and we don’t have time to test all of them. In our opinion, NIF Otamendi is better than Koscielny IF.
Sell as many cards as possible because prices will go down during FUT United and then during Black Friday. You need coins to buy cards during these events.
Regards
Hey Rodrigo
Do you think Anthony Martial is a good striker option, or would someone like Lukaku be better?
Someone like Lukaku is better. Martial is great IRL but in Ultimate Team he is not so good.
Hi rodrigo,amazing guide…the accuracy in every details is incredible.
Could u give me some advices to improve my team.
This is my squad 4-3-3
Krul
Azpilicueta koscielny okore walker
Ramires wilshere Henderson
Mirallas Remy oxlade
Budget 60k
Thanks for your time
Ps i was thinking about sturridge
Thank you.
Yes, you are thinking well: Sturridge will be a great improvement to your squad.
What do you think about the squad? Has it balance?and what about the defense? Thanks again
It is a balance team. Your defence is OK. As soon as you save more coins, you will need to improve it with better players.
Hi Rodrigo, excellent work. Keep up the effort!
This is my current BPL squad How can I improve it, I’m on a tight budget. The formation is 3-5-2. I like doing through passes a lot!
GK: Begovic
LCB: Rojo
MCB: Smalling
RCB: Richards
LM: Mirallas
LCDM: Tiote
RCDM: Kouyate
RM: Oxlade-Chamberlain
CAM: Payet
LST: Lukaku
RST: Benteke
Thanks, greatly appreciated.
Hi! Thank you.
This is one of the best BPL team you can build with this budget. I think the next buy should be Matic and then Koscielny.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo
Can you help me to improve my team, I’m on a limited budget and I play the 433(4)
Gk: courtois
Rb walker Cb zouma Richards Lb Tremoulinas
Rcm Ramires Lcm krychowiak Cam dembele
Rw shaqiri St lukaku Lw Konoplyanka
Konoplyanka is great but he doesn’t have good chemistry in this team. You should replace him by Mirallas. The same happens with Tremoulinas. Try Azpilicueta.
Would your recommend Rooney or David Silva playing as a CAM?
David Silva, unless you use long shots many times.
Hi Rodrigo,
I was wondering which hybrid squad is better: a bpl-bundesliga hybrid, or a bpl-liga bbva hybrid
Depends of your budget but I believe BPL-La Liga is better.
Hello,
Quick questions, would you care to sort of upgrade the guide including TOTW players? What would be a best choice for a CAM given the fact that Sterling, Cazorla and De Bruyne are TOTW?Also, would you consider Sturridge TOTW over normal Aguero?
We can not being upgrading this guide every week.
De Bruyne IF and Aguero NIF are the best ones until now.
Remy?
Hi Rodrigo,
I’m almost having sleepless nights wondering how to go about improving my current team. Playing a 4-1-2-1-2 formation currently with Vorm(GK), Otamendi & Cahill (CB’s), Coleman(RB), Jose Enrique(LB), Matic (CDM), Walcott (RM), Depay (LM), Coutinho (CAM), Sturridge and Remy (STs). Had tried Shaqiri at RM but Theo suits me better. Have enough coins to buy 1 big player now. Any suggestions ? Also, do you prefer Cahill or Koscielny ?
Thanks.
Hi.
Koscileny is our third choice and Cahill the fourth.
You could use those coins to improve several players but if you want a big star, why not Aguero ?!
Good dreams
Thanks. Aguero was too expensive so bought Azpilicueta (LB) and Lloris (GK) instead. I would love to draft in more Man Utd players into my squad. Apart from Depay and De Gea, can you recommend any other United player who would strengthen my current squad?
Rooney and Mata. They are better than Remy and Coutinho.
Thanks Rodrigo. So, after our discussion, I was able to buy Koscielny on the cheap. After linking him up with Otamendi/ Cahill, I played around 10-15 games and in my opinion, Cahill was better than Koscielny. I had 2 major problems with Koscielny: 1. Strength & 2. Positioning. Apart from these, Cahill is also better at Heading and Interceptions. It felt like the only area where Koscielny held an edge over Cahill was his pace. However, with a 73 pace, Cahill didn’t get outrun often. So, after 5 mins of INTENSE speculation, I was finally able to see in Koscielny what LVG will see pretty soon in Rooney and decided to put him on the transfer list. So now finally , after all that trouble, all that’s left is for someone to buy him off me and hopefully book a lil profit in the process.
Players have different play styles. As we advice, a good player for us don’t need to be for you.
Hi ,
i have a BPL team been struggling to find a formation , the best i play is with a 4-3-3 with 1 CDM..
this is my team
begovic
colemen
alderwiereld
vertonghen
moreno
ramires
henderson
sissoko
chamberlain
remy
pedro
any recomandations pls
How many coins do you have do spend?
Hi Rodrigo, your guides in fifa 15 were great and I am so glad you have continued them!
At the moment I am using a BPL team (4-1-2-1-2):
GK: Pantilimon
CBs: Zouma & Smalling
LB: Baba
RB: Nyom
CDM: Kouyate
LM: Arnautovic
RM: Ibarbo
CAM: Barkley
ST: Lukaku
ST: Welbeck
I am liking how Jack Wilshire plays this year (and he is ENGLISH!) and would like to fit him into the team. I have tried a 4-1-2-1-2(2) but I miss my wingers and Henderson, on the right, wasn’t very good.
I have 10,000 coins –
Should I use Benteke instead of Welbeck?
How can I change my team to fit Wilshire in?
Thanks, Rudolf1330
Hi.
Thank you.
You will have to choose between Barkley and Wilshire. In our opinion, Wilshire is better ans should play as CAM.
Yes, use Benteke.
Regards
Hi,Rodrigo if opt to use a4-2-3-1 (2) formation which would be the ideal Bpl squad for you assuming I have unlimited budget?
Gea, Walker, Kompany, Otamendi, Apzilicueta, Matic, Yaya, William, Hazard, De Bruyne and Aguero
Hi Rodrigo, I play 4-1-4-1 , like this
Valdez
Shaw
Phil Jones
Djilobodji
Darmian
Fernandinho
Shaquiri
Ramsey
Wilshere
Mirallas
Diouf
I want to upgrade wilshere, diouf, shaw and djilobodji. In Cb i need your advise over Rojo, Vertonghen or someone else. In Lb, I am considering between Azpilicueta and clichy, but it might be azpilicueta because of his defensing stats., but still want your advise. In Cm, i want to place a CAM, who should i pick between Oscar, Coutinho, Ericksen, Firmino, Payet, can your enumerate them form 1 to 5 plis? And finally, I am thinking to cange Diouf with Lukaku, Remy or Benteke, who should i Pick. I have 60k.
I don’t know your platform but my suggestions are:
CB Vertonghen
LB Azpilicueta
CAM 1 Coutinho, 2 Eriksen, 3 Oscar, 4 Payet, 5 Firmino
ST Remy (but Lukaku is a better good value for money)
Thank you very much
Hi Rodrigo, I might need your advice, again.
I have uptated my squad form my previous comment. I am playing a 4-3-3 (4) with cam and i have 115k in PS4. My team is: Valdes, Clyne (such a good player), Vertonghen, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Fernandinho (CM), Ramsey (CM), Oscar (CAM), Shaquiri, Lukaku, Depay
I want to update my Gk with Cech, Lloris or Hart, wich one is better. Im Ok with the defense. In the mid, i want a more defensive player like Matic or Ramires, and a better Cm and Cam … wich players should i use between Fabregas, Ander Herrera IF, Schweinsteiger, Cazorla (should i use him as a cam or cm), Silva, Ozil, Rooney Cam? Finally, the player i want to update the more is the St, so im between Sturridge, Rooney, Kane SIF? (Aguero too expensive and i just dont like Costa)
Hi.
Best choices: Lloris, Matic, Silva and Rooney
FUTUnited ? When in Nov?
Plus Nainngolan is a better player than Guarin?
I am thinking of a 4-4-2
Vorm, Rose, Vertonghen (Okore), ogbonna(Sakho), Darmian
Mirallas, Eriksen, Nainggolan, Cuadrado
Benteke, Dybala
Subs: Mertens, Jovetic, Palacio, Fegouli, F.Anderson and Diego Lopez(Alves)
1) Yes, usually it is on November.
2) Please check the Serie A guide.
3) Decent team.
Dear Rodrigo,
I play with 4-2-3-1 Wide
Cech
Walker – koscielny – jagielka – moreno
Yaya Toure – Ramires
Walcott Payet/Wilshere Mirallas
Lukaku
What do you think, what are you suggestions?
Hi.
It depends of many factors, like your play style, preferences and your budget (the most important one!).
Unless you got him in a pack, Yaya is too expensive for that team. In my opinion, you should try to save a few coins to buy Azpilicueta (yes, e is much better than Moreno) and Otamendi (or Kompany).
Hi Rodrigo I play a 4-3-3(2) BPL formation with Fellaini CDM, and Fernandinho and Dembele CMs. I have 20k to spend, who do you recommend in these positions?
I also have Remy at ST who has been quite good for me. Is it worth upgrading him to a ST less than 50k? If so, who?
If you need someone better on the defence, buy Matic. Otherwise, Ramires is a good option.
If you are OK with Remy don’t replace him now. Prices age getting cheaper and you may use your coins to improve other positions.
Rodrigo,
Who is better Sakho or Zouma as a CB?
Plus is there a need for a pacey CB this FIFA or not?
Sakho.
Pace is still important but not any more like it was last year.
And also how about Toby Alderwierd? Spurs CB?
I need a Belgian CB for my hybrid squad to be able to raise Nainggolan Chemistry and I can’t afford Vertonghen now.
He is not one of my favourites
I agree – not in order to get Vertonghen, I need to sell one of Lamela or Nathan Dyer (L city) what do you think ? I have Cuadrado, Perisic, Fegouli and the mentioned 2 above for the RM role – what do you think? I will buy one on Shaqiri or Alex Chamberlaine also for that position but near future – plus you said that prices of BPL will decrease in Dec? Only BPL ? And why?
Vertonghen is more important to you than these two players. You can sell them.
Except for the top players, prices are going down. It is expected a bigger price drop in FUTUnited (November), Black Friday (last week of November) and Xmas (16Dec-2Jan). And TOTY, of course.
Hi Rodrigo
Which two centre backs are best out of ogbonna, Richards and okore? Thanks in advance!
Micah and Ogbonna
How can I improve the 50k budget team?
“If you still have some room in your budget, Sturridge, Sterling and Fàbregas are players that would improve this squad a lot.”
Hi rodrigo i was wondering what is a good formation for the bpl team i also need a good striker who is cheap like benteke lukaku or martial
Formations should be chosen based on your preferences and play style.
41212, Lukaku.
hi do you think i should make a bpl or liga bbva team with 200k
BBVA
Thanks what day do you think is best for me to buy the players (what day are players cheapest)
Usually Wednesday night but now it is a good time because of double-chance 50k HH.
Again dembele not here …
How he could be with so many quality player in that position ???
Hello Rodrigo,
Once again sorry if I was a bit rude. But dembele has a combination of strength, dribbling and 4 skills which is very interesting. Moreover he is quite complete in others attributes. In practice when you use it, in higher division where people mastered 2nd press man and pressure is always here. He is really interesting.
Cheers,
Pcoso
Hi.
The problem is not Dembele. The problem are the other players. There are many good options for his position.
Cheers
Jose enrique or nyom are good cheap choice strange they are not mentionned …
We can’t mention all the players. In our opinion, there are several better LB than Enrique.
I don’t see why richards would be a better choice than ogbonna. Moreover I think Mbemba or okore may be mentionned.
In our opinion, Richards is better than Ogbonna.
In the six basic stats, Micah wins five: he has better passing, physical, shooting, dribbling ans pace. He is also much much better in some important attributes for a CB like aggression, positioning (Ogbonna is awful), ball control, short passing, balance, etc… He played very well when we tested him, so we don’t see how Ogbonna could be better than him just to be taller and defends better.
Please, be sure to read the complete article before post comments. As you can see, Okore in our low budget starting eleven team and about Mbemba we said that “we don’t consider him a viable option since he lacks the remaining attributes necessary for a good central back.”
Hello Rodrigo,
In my opinion, passing and dribbling skills are not so important for a centre back. At this position you should not take risks and just play. Moreover Richards attribute’s are better but remain also awul… (59 at positionning…. ). About the aggression attributes, even if it’s interesting it can also lead to penalty kick.
For your inforation, Ogbonna is the player of my team that score the more header on corner.
Sorry if I appeared a bit rude, the but want I want to say is that sometimes stats are not so important. For example, last year, Cavanda was in practice one of the best RB of the game to defend even if the stats didn’t show it. The same way, tall defender was able to better cut crosses than some players with much more heading….
Cheers,
Pcoso
Hi.
Of course stats are not the most important. That’s why we have to test all the players before publish a guide (and for that reason we take a few weeks to publish them).
I have a different opinion about Micah and Ogbonna but I respect yours. Like I always publish in all my squad guides ” a good player for someone might not be for another“. We all play FIFA in a different way.
Cheers
I build hybrid squad
Diego alves
Lichstainer-juan jesus-pepe-tremoulinas
Parolo-alvaro pereyra-enzo perez
Berardi-dybala-konoplaynka
What do you think?
Looks great. You can see our BBVA squad guide here and the Serie A squad guide in a week.
@Rodrigo
can you help me with origin (PC) prices for these as well…last year it was already given along with the xbox n ps prices here
help me out for these
thanks in advance mate
Serie a
Soon…
Hi Rodrigo,
Thanks for the superb guide. I have now set up this team in a 433(2):
Begovic
Clyne Mangala Vertonghen Azpi
Yaya Matic (CDM) Oscar
Willian Lukaku Mirallas
1) Should I continue with Oscar or replace with Eriksen? I have him as a sub.
2) With about 120k, which area should I improve?
3) If i were to get a ST, would Sturridge or Costa be a better fit?
Thanks!
Thank you.
1) Both are good players. If you are having success with Oscar, keep with him. Otherwise, give a try to Eriksen.
2) Koscielny and Diego Costa. And maybe Depay.
3) Costa.
Regards
Thanks for the quick reply Rodrigo! Now the bigger problem seems to be finding players online, but that’s a topic for another time I suppose. Thanks again, looking forward to your other guides!
In fact we are almost finishing an awesome guide to improve connections.
Who is better tiote or kouyate?
Kouyate – only problem is he s bad at passing
If you take a look to the CDM chapter you will see that Kouyate is our third choice and Tiote fourth.
Hi great guide, was very useful in helping me build a team. I think Bolasie is being overlooked on LM/LW. He has pace and dribbling on par with Mirallas but is possibly (I didn’t check) the strongest LM/LW in the BPL which helps in outmuscling the right backs that are marking him, probably an underrated and (IMO) a better economic option than Mirallas. Ander Herrera for budget CM is also another shout out. Total in game stats Wilshere is better but for creative potential, that 88 short passing Herrera possesses is insane for through balls and passes to feet. Angelo Ogbonna is arguably a better cheap alternative for a CB compared to Richards as well. He’s like a poor man’s Kompany but with better pace. Just my 2 cents though, in case people are missing out on these bargain players as well =)
Thank you.
We have different opinions but we respect yours. 🙂
cheers! great guide once again =)
Haven’t tried Herera but totally agree on Ogbonna and Darmian is also a beast
Rodrigo, sounds like there are 2 AKs
I am the first one though,
So if I have the option to choose between 2 players that will both improve the quality and chemistry of my side but I can t afford both at the same time, which do I opt for at first? Eriksen or Benteke?
Please let me know
Now, I’m onfused. What is your team ?
Again – I was the one asking for 11-15 top players out of 22 players.
This other guy is different so can you please ask my question?
I also got Eriksen and will wait for Benteke!
Which formation are you playing with as of now at FIFA 16?
Save for Benteke. He is a decent striker.
I’m testing several formations. Haven’t decided yet.
Me too – haven’t decided yet! But I play more with the 4-4-1-1 formation though
Because I got Benteke now, I want to play with 2 strikers so I am btw 4-1-2-1-2 or 4-4-2 flat
Please keep me posted regarding ur formation testing
I will update it on MYFUT 16.
Hi Rodrigo,
Great stuff here. I currently have the following BPL team but would need input on whats best to improve it:
433(2)
Begovic
Clyne Richards Mangala Azpi
Eriksen (CM) Schneiderlin (CDM) Oscar (CM)
Shaqiri Lukaku Mirallas
I have about 100k and i packed Oscar a few days ago. Still undecided if i should sell Oscar and buy Fabregas or Coutinho (or anyone else), as he seemed to be outmuscled easily. Previously i used Dembele at CM. Or should I keep Oscar and invest in another area (e.g. CB or ST).
If it helps, I usually play through the RW or LW and cut inside to score/pass if in a quick transition, or to pass around in front of the penalty area to spot an opening.
Thanks a lot!
Your team is great. Looks very much with one of our teams. In my opinion you should keep with Oscar, sell Schneiderlin and buy Matic.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,
I packed YAYA and Otamendi early on and managed to sell Yaya for good amount of coins and bought Sturridge. For me Danny Sturridge is better in game that some of his stats suggest. But I’ve now sold my BPL team and I made a BBVA team. I’ve got 35,000 coins to spend on a good striker, I have Amrabat from Malaga and Rodrigo from Valencia in my subs, but I’m using ON LOAN Griezmann until.his games run out. He is exspensive to buy but Jackson Martinez is maybe too slow for me but has great strength and decent numbers. Who would you pick be?! I’d love to get your opinion on my first team, as I’ve always followed your blogs and every year I’m always impressed with the guides.
GK – Brava
LB- Felipe Luis
CB – Mathieu
CB – Abdennour
RB – Juanfran
CDM – Krychowiak
CAM – Koke
CAM – Raul Garcia
LW – Konoplyanka
RW – Feghouli
ST – Griezmann (ON LOAN)
Hi.
First of all, thank you very much.
We are working in the BBVA guide right now. As you probably know, we never give suggestions before we test the players. Please, wait a few more days. We believe that the BBVA Guide may be published in less than a week.
Can you help me beetwen oscar or eriksen,i need cam or?
Eriksen. 5 star weak foot, much better stamina and stronger.
Hi Lopes!
I’ve got some issues for my BPL team.
I’ve tried using 433(4), 433(2), and 4321. The result is not consistent enough and mostly causing lost for me.
Here’s all my players in BPL:
GK – Vorm
CB – Gabriel
Chester
RB – Coleman
LB – Holebas
CDM – Tiote
– Besic
CM – Milner
– Rodwell
– King
RM – Shaqiri
– Thauvin
LM – Chadli
ST – Rondon
– Rooney
– Toivonen
– Wickham
Can you suggest which formation is suited for my BPL players above?
My style of play:
1. Crossing
2. Uses through pass and lob through pass most of the time
Thanks, peace 🙂
Hi.
Sorry but that’s something we never do: we don’t suggest formations according your players or league. That’s wrong to do it. Formations should be chosen according your play style and preferences.
Take a look here, please.
Thanks Rodgrigo for addressing my post above – so the aim is to have 18-22 players max now right? Because I have many of those medium / reserves kinda players since I like to explore a lot.
Also when will the market go down? Does it go for all leagues or BPL only? I presume it s the former but want to double check – oh boy! Kouyate and Okore are such a bargain
Your thoughts on Lamela, Origi, Rondon, ogbonna and Carlos Sanchez please
You can stay with lower quality players to have more fun or you can invest your coins in a top squad to win. It’s up to you.
Most of the prices (BPL and other leagues) in the first week of December will be much lower.
None of those players are better than the ones of our suggestions.
Thank you Rodrigo – my question: what do you think of those players? I didn’t say or requested a comparison btw the ones you suggested
Plus – from you perspective, what is the ideal number of players one should have? Many or merely 22 players with 11-15 top level ones? I think it should be the latter.
Also I can’t afford many of the players you suggested as of now. Can’t wait for the prices to drop!
22 players with 11-15 top level ones.
Lamela – too bad physical
Origi – not good for UT. Bad Passing
Rondon – Bad stamina and bad passing which can be bad if you play with another ST
Ogbonna – Decent CB with interesting WR
C. Sanchez – Needs better sliding tackle and marking stats
Thanks a lot Man – my only problem towards having only 22 players would be a limit of variety – I like to build multiple hybrid teams this I need for instance (4-5 CBs) that will be able to fit in and keep the chemistry at bay 4-5 CBs from different leagues but same nationality as some other players I have in my original lineup.
Hi,rodrigo,my name is Jugoslava and i wanna ask you something.I build bpl squad anx i dont have money for otamendi and kompany so can you tell me beetween cahill,mangala,vertonghen and koscielny who is 2 best for me? Please answer me. 🙂
Koscielny and Vertoghen.
Who would you say is better Erikson or Coutinho? Do u have any recommendations for any other midfielders at a similar price
Coutinho is better.
As always Rodrigo this is an amazing job, I have a couple of questions, I guess that you upted for unlimited budget the formation 41212 because it explores most of the amazing players BPL has to offer, I personally play 41213(2), which eliminates the very costly wingers from the equation, here is where I need some advice…. although BPL has many midfielders I cant seem to find to CM that are good at dribbling and passing while sustaining there stamina here is my team:
Hart
Walker/ Coleman, (Otamendi Cahill Williams) Shaw /Rose
Matic / Ramires
Fernandinho / Ramsey / Oscar / Wilshere
Firmino / Cazorla
Remy / Lukaku / Rondon
So lets focus on CMs, not CAMS although some cams can play as CMs not all of them have the strength or defensive commitment
So what do you recommend Yaya is super expensive, and well I cant think of anyone else, although putting cazorla to a CM and buying De Bruyne might be an option?
Thoughts
Sorry but what is your formation?
41212(2) The one that doesnt use wingers but 2 cms 1 cdm and 1 cam in a tighter diamond
Hi, I play with 4-3-3. (4)
Howard
Walker. Otimendi kompany azpilaqeta
Toure. Fabregas.
Silva
Willian. Sterling
Costa
Do you like this setup or should I change formation?
Yes, your squad is great. I have no suggestions to other players by the same amount of coins.
Good thoughts Ed.
I also love 4-4-2 and to can also try 4-4-1-1. It s similar in attack and will give you possession especially if you high press like myself.
Your thinking actually remind me of myself – what s ur nick at FIFA 16? Would like to play a match against you
Everyone that has played with Hazard in Fifa 16 knows his numbers are good but in-game he doesnt live up to them at all. No offense but this guide seems to just pick the players with highest numbers and they are not beeing measured how they perfom in-game at all. Would be great to know players that actually feels like they make a difference in-game. High numbers does not guarantee that at all in fifa.
Hi.
We respect your opinion but this is probably the most tested guide we publish.
Before we publish a squads guide, we test all the players from that league. Usually it takes weeks and that’s the reason why we can’t publish a new guide every week.
“There’s still one uncertain component: a good player for someone might not be for another“. Probably Hazard is not a good player for you but for us he is the best one in his position and we believe that happen to most of the players.
Obviously, it is impossible to make a guide like this without numbers. We need something to support our conclusions.
Regards
Hi,rodrigo.I have serbian team
Brkic
Ivanovic-vidic-subotic-kolarov
Matic-fejsa
Tosic-djuricic-kostic
Djordjevic.
Can you tell me what can i change?
Hi.
I haven’t tested most of these players, so I can’t help you. If you have any trouble with the pace of Vidic, try Maksimovic.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,
Great squad guide as always.
I drew a few similar conclusions on some of the players, at this moment in time I am sitting with the following squad…
Courtois (I bought him early on and couldn’t afford De Gea at the time).
Zabaleta (I haven’t tried many players out, but he seems sound defensively which helps me a lot), it was Debuchy before I upgraded to Zebaleta.
Kompany
Mertesacker (Seems great at interceptions, yes, does suffer from pace issues at times though!)
Azpilicueta (seems like the #1 for this position).
Nasri (seems alright)
Sissoko (good and cheap all rounder)
Fabregas
Thauvin
Benzema
Grioud
I packed Benzema early on and he seems great, is still, scoring at least a goal every game.
I feel the major weaknesses to the team are probably: Giroud, Mertesacker and Thauvin (maybe Sissoko could do with an upgrade too).
Anyway, the main reason for the French players (Nasri/Thauvin, Giroud and Sissoko) is of course to ensure good chemistry with Benzema is achieved.
Can you offer some advice on how you would incorporate Benzema into a BPL team please?
Currently I play 4-4-2.
A quick few questions….
1) Would you recommend to simply drop BPL and move with BBVA for a ‘moderately’ priced team. E.G. Total 500k coin team?
(As I probably won’t ever afford Messi/Ronaldo, Neymar etc, this is probably a bad idea?)
2) Do you have any recommendations on what formation would best suit fitting Benzema into the BPL Hybrid team with the best player combination?
I can’t decide whether to swap Fabregas for De Bruyne and whether to swap Giroud for Remy.
I have around 180k coins to spend at this time, can you give any good advice on the best way forward with my team?
Maybe before anything else I should swap Mertesacker for Otamendi?
Your advice is much appreciated and the time you invest helps many folk on here.
Thanks Again.
Ed.
Hi. Let’s see:
1) BPL is more expensive but there are more options. Moving to the BBVA seems to be a good decision but since we are still testing this league, we can not give you a definitive answer.
2) I think you should go to Otamendi, yes. There are no secrets to include Benzema in a BPL squad: you need to use Nasri, Remy or Girourd. The best you can do is to build a hybrid, half BPL, half BBVA. See here how to do it.
Regards
Thank you for the reply, I have now purchased Otamendi, first two games with him in the team and I conceeded record number of goals, 11 in 2 games…but he’ll have to settle in and I won’t blame him as such, is always the way 🙂
(Similar to that in fifa15, I had SIF Costa, he was fantastic, I then upgraded him to TOTS Costa and he seemed awful, even after 20-30 games he still didn’t seem as good, but maybe the level of opposition improved?!).
Anyway, the Hybrid guide I remember reading last year but didn’t pay too much attention to it, I’ve had another read and am mulling over some decisions regarding my team.
In the immediate, I cannot decide whether to spend the remaining money I have on De Bruyne (to replace Fabregas), or whether to keep Fabregas and just buy De Bruyne as well (one can go into the 2nd team/training squad if need be).
Do you think replacing Fabregas with De Bruyne is worthwhile with my current setup?
Either that or I buy Willain (who I know you’d recommend). With other people’s squads improving a lot, Thauvin seems to be a ‘weak link’.
I am worried Willian and other players rated between 82 and 84 will come down in price soon and will regret not waiting before I pick them up, but that’s the market I guess.
It’s either buy De Bruyne or save up for Hazard or someone like Aguero.
(Or try out a hybrid with Bale/Ramsey/Benzema, which could work, but I think that will struggle because there are no decent Welsh RB players to link with Bale, unless I change formation to accommodate).
I could of course ‘swap’ Benzema for Costa (with some extra money), but until I can afford the best BPL players, I feel I may as well keep Benzema/Nasri/Sissoko.
I think amongst all of the above, I am going to attempt to put Schneiderlin into the team in place of Sissoko, the work rates may work better with Fabregas playing alongside.
It’s either that or a formation change, but I love 4-4-2 and it is practically all I ever use in football games.
Decisions, decisions 🙂
Thanks.
Ed.
No, I am confused. 🙂
I believe that you will get used to Otamendi in a few games.
De Bruyne is better than Fabregas except if you play through the middle with many passes.
Willian is a good addition but, as you said, his price will come down soon.
I still believe that you should build a Hybrid squad but you need to think if you should do it now or later when prices come down.
Regards
Hi when are you going to make serie a squad
November
Hi and thx for the guide,
Have a 4-3-3
Courtois
Azpilicueta/clyne
Kompany/otamendi
De bruyne/fabregas/toure
Hazard/Walcott
Costa
What do you think about that team?
This looks very much with our suggestion. Maybe I would change Walcott by Willian.
Regards
hi when do you think i should build a new bpl squad do you think prices will drop soon or should i just make it now
If you want to build a top BPL squad, I believe they will be cheaper on December.
Can you also have a post Rodrigo on buying players vs saving coins or how often do you change superstars in your team?
For instance, as soon as I get a lot of coins, I go for players that I like and explore them out – only problem is I don’t sell the old players who statistically have actually helped the team and this may cause some hindrance in adding coins and going for superstars.
Hi.
Usually, I only buy new players when I have enough coins to buy two of them.
What do you think then? Shall I keep playing with my squad and replace a star player by each new star player so that tnere is no loss in my profit of coins?
I want to enjoy playing and at the same time gather a lot of coins to get top level world class players because I never could without buying coins at FIFA 15
What would be the best strategy from your standpoint?
Yes, I believe that the first thing to do is to play which starting eleven you want and which substitutes. Then, start by buying the substitutes because they are cheapest. Then, everytime you have enough coins, buy a player from your starting eleven until you have your team finished.
You mean choose them (starting 11) based on Concept players – can you please elaborate your post Rodrigo
Apologies
My apologies. After reading again what I wrote, I think was very tired.
If you want to have a good team in the shortest time possible you’ll have to buy with intelligence. Most importantly in the beginning, if you make the wrong decision, you may be mortgaging your future. Now that you’ve saved up some coins, try starting to fill places in your squad with medium players that will serve as substitutes or reserves in the future. Every time your balance allows, buy a first team player. One by one you’ll form your team. This way, you’ll have time to analyse the behaviour in the market of your next purchase and you’ll be able to buy good players at lower prices.
First off, thanks for the guide! They honestly really do help.
Secondly – My current team is: (4-2-3-1 with wingers)
Cech
Walker-Cahill-Vertonghen-Azpilicueta
Schneiderlin-Matic
Willian-Eriksen-Mirallas (soon to be Depay)
Lukaku
Would you take Hart over Cech, and Koscielny over Cahill?
Thanks 🙂
Hi.
Thank you very much.
In my opinion, Hart and Koscielny are the best choices.
Thoughts on Coutinho over Silva & Walcott over Mata in the 1st team subs/reserves?
There are many good centre midfielders in BPL. Coutinho is one of them. The biggest difference between him and Silva is pace (Coutinho is better) and passing (Silva is better). To us, Silva is the right decision because he is a player who decides the game better.
With Mata and Walcott the things are different. Walcott is essentially pace. Mata is everything except pace.
do you think would work as well 4 2 2 2 the same back 4 as the middle team Begovic in net ramires and schniderlin in cdm eriksen and oscar in cam and benteke and lukaku up front
Yes, I think
Hi can you pleeeaaaase do a serie a squad guide or if you cant can you tell me one i can get with 70k in a 4222 or a formation of your choice. Thanks in advance
We will publish it but it will take a few weeks.
Oh well thats great but i might of changed teams by then so if you dont mind can you type a quick serie a team but if your too busy for that i understand
Sorry but we can not do it. We only suggest teams and players after we try them. It’s not the case. We are now testing BBVA players.
well that’s a great team!
But Futhead,I wonder if the 2016 BPL team is better than a Liga BBVA/BUNDESLIGA/BPL hybrid one with the same rating but around 80-85 chemistry?
Futhead?!
To me hybrids squads are always the best
Great job!
What are your thoughts on Henderson (Liverpool) and
Harry Kane or Danny Rose (Spurs)
Henderson is a decent player. He runs a lot. However, there are many quality players for this position in BPL.
In my opinion, passing quality of Rose is not good enough. A Left back needs to be a good passer.
I have the idea that Kane is better in real life than in the game. He is slow, for example.