FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

 

For all those players who plan to build a FIFA 18 Serie A squad (known on FIFA 18 by Calcio A), we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

Here is our guide to the top Italian league players in FIFA 18 Ultimate Team.

 
 

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Introduction
Serie A
Goalkeepers
Centre Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
Central Attacking Midfielders
Right Midfielders
Left Midfielders
Forwards
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Introduction to the FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 18 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 18. 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 18 Serie A squad. Even the players that already have a team based in this league, 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 18 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:

✔️ Only Gold Players
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 qualities.

✔️ Only Regular Players
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.

✔️ Only Normal Players
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 Serie A and with their original attributes were considered.

✔️ Only Original Attributes
In this guide, we didn’t consider changes made on a players performance such happens when applying training or chemistry styles cards.

✔️ Position Analysis
To make the comprehension of this guide easier we divided the players in ten 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), central attacking midfielders (CAM), right midfielders (RM, RW and RF), left midfielders (LM, LW and LF) and forwards (CF and ST).

✔️ Fluctuation of Prices
In the chapter where FIFA 18 Serie A squads are suggested, we added a link where you can check anytime the updated prices.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Serie A

 

The Serie A is one of the most competitive leagues in the world, but the football is not as spectacular as it is in UK, Spain or Germany.

The qualification of the champion is made through the made points system. Whichever team gathers the most points wins the league. The first three classified teams gain access to the champions league of the next year, while the fourth and fifth qualify for the Europa League and the last three trade places with the first three qualified from the Serie B. Every season starts in September and finishes in May, having 38 game weeks with ten matches each, being a total of 380 matches per season.

The Serie A is the third best league classified in the UEFA league coefficient.

Started in 1898, the Italian league has been conquered by sixteen clubs. The dominant club is Juventus, with a total of 33 titles. AC Milan (18), Inter (18) and Genova (9) are the other teams that have won numerous titles.

Serie A is a good choice for those who are looking for quality players, but don’t have a large budget. There is not many choices, but the players in Serie A are probably the best value for money.

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide for FIFA 18 Ultimate Team
SERIE A
 
Total Players: 563
Gold Players: 261
Average Rating (Global): 73
 
Best New Cards:
Blaise Matuidi
Nani
Benedikt Höwedes
Douglas Costa
Ricardo Rodríguez
 
Highest Upgrades:
Roberto Gagliardini (+17)
Petar Brlek (+10)
Thomas Strakosha (+10)
 
Highest Downgrades:
Petar Brlek (-10)
Mattia Valoti (-4)
Marco Sportiello (-4)
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 18 Serie A 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 Serie A are the charismatic Gianluigi Buffon and the most capped goalkeeper for Slovenia Samir Handanovič. 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 GOALKEEPER
Gianluigi Buffon 89 Juventus ITA
Samir Handanovič 87 Inter SVN
Mattia Perin 83 Genoa ITA
José Reina 83 Napoli ESP
Gianluigi Donnarumma 82 Milan ITA
Wojciech Szczęsny 82 Juventus POL
Emiliano Viviano 82 Sampdoria ITA
Andrea Consigli 82 Sassuolo ITA
Alisson 80 Roma BRA
Antonio Mirante 80 Bologna ITA
Federico Marchetti 80 Lazio ITA
Salvatore Sirigu 79 Torino ITA
Stefano Sorrentino 79 Chievo Verona ITA
Marco Sportiello 78 Fiorentina ITA
Etrit Berisha 78 Atalanta ALB

 

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. In the entire world, no one has better reflexes as Perin.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Mattia Perin Genoa ITA 90
Gianluigi Donnarumma Milan ITA 88
Samir Handanovič Inter SVN 87
Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus POL 87
Alisson Roma BRA 86
Gianluigi Buffon Juventus ITA 84
Andrea Consigli Sassuolo ITA 84
Federico Marchetti Lazio ITA 84
Simone Scuffet Udinese ITA 84
Emiliano Viviano Sampdoria ITA 83
José Reina Napoli ESP 82
Antonio Mirante Bologna ITA 82
Marco Sportiello Fiorentina ITA 81
Etrit Berisha Atalanta ALB 81
Łukasz Skorupski Roma POL 81

 

Diving is a fundamental attribute when choosing a goalkeeper. It measures the capacity for a goalkeeper to make a save when jumping.

In this attribute, it is Buffon the best one.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST DIVING
Gianluigi Buffon Juventus ITA 89
Gianluigi Donnarumma Milan ITA 88
Samir Handanovič Inter SVN 87
Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus POL 83
Andrea Consigli Sassuolo ITA 82
Antonio Mirante Bologna ITA 82
Emiliano Viviano Sampdoria ITA 81
Mattia Perin Genoa ITA 80
José Reina Napoli ESP 80
Federico Marchetti Lazio ITA 80
Stefano Sorrentino Chievo Verona ITA 80
Marco Sportiello Fiorentina ITA 80
Łukasz Skorupski Roma POL 80
Salvatore Sirigu Torino ITA 79
Etrit Berisha Atalanta ALB 79

 

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.

The Serie A goalkeepers are very tall. From the 20 goalies, sixteen have at least 191cm. Donnarumma is the tallest one, 8 cm taller than Federico Marchetti.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Gianluigi Donnarumma Milan ITA 196 / 6′5″
Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus POL 196 / 6′5″
Emiliano Viviano Sampdoria ITA 195 / 6′5″
Etrit Berisha Atalanta ALB 194 / 6′4″
Samir Handanovič Inter SVN 193 / 6′4″
Antonio Mirante Bologna ITA 193 / 6′4″
Albano Bizzarri Udinese ARG 193 / 6′4″
Salvatore Sirigu Torino ITA 192 / 6′4″
Marco Sportiello Fiorentina ITA 192 / 6′4″
Gianluigi Buffon Juventus ITA 191 / 6′3″
Alisson Roma BRA 191 / 6′3″
Andrea Consigli Sassuolo ITA 189 / 6′2″
Mattia Perin Genoa ITA 188 / 6′2″
José Reina Napoli ESP 188 / 6′2″
Federico Marchetti Lazio ITA 188 / 6′2″

 

The choice for the best Serie A goalkeeper on FIFA 18 Ultimate Team is really easy.

Your goal will be in safe hands whether you choose Buffon or Handanovič . Our preference goes to the Juventu’s goalkeeper mainly because of his superb positioning.

It’s even more difficult to choose between Donnaruma, Perin and Reina. The amazing reflexes and diving stats of the Milan’s goalkeeper made the difference.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

GOALKEEPERS

Best Players
1 Gianluigi Buffon
2 Samir Handanovič
3⃣ Gianluigi Donnarumma
4 Mattia Perin
5 José Reina

Economic Choice
Gianluigi Donnarumma


 
 
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Best FIFA 18 Serie A Centre Backs

CB
 

A goalkeeper 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.

Chiellini is still the highest rated centre back playing in Italy.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS
Giorgio Chiellini 89 Juventus ITA
Leonardo Bonucci 88 Milan ITA
Miranda 86 Inter BRA
Andrea Barzagli 85 Juventus ITA
Kalidou Koulibaly 84 Napoli SEN
Kostas Manolas 84 Roma GRE
Medhi Benatia 84 Juventus MOR
Stefan de Vrij 83 Lazio NED
Mateo Musacchio 83 Milan ARG
Benedikt Höwedes 83 Juventus GER
Francesco Acerbi 82 Sassuolo ITA
Raúl Albiol 82 Napoli ESP
Federico Fazio 82 Roma ARG
Davide Astori 81 Fiorentina ITA
Daniele Rugani 80 Juventus ITA

 

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 Chiellini, Barzagli and Miranda. It’s really hard to get past them.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Giorgio Chiellini Juventus ITA 90
Miranda Inter BRA 88
Andrea Barzagli Juventus ITA 88
Leonardo Bonucci Milan ITA 87
Kostas Manolas Roma GRE 86
Kalidou Koulibaly Napoli SEN 85
Medhi Benatia Juventus MOR 85
Stefan de Vrij Lazio NED 85
Francesco Acerbi Sassuolo ITA 85
Mateo Musacchio Milan ARG 84
Raúl Albiol Napoli ESP 84
Federico Fazio Roma ARG 84
Davide Astori Fiorentina ITA 84
Danilo Udinese BRA 84
Benedikt Höwedes Juventus GER 83

 

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, Koulibaly is who stand out.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Kalidou Koulibaly Napoli SEN 86
Giorgio Chiellini Juventus ITA 85
Kostas Manolas Roma GRE 83
Juan Jesus Roma BRA 83
Sebastian De Maio Bologna FRA 83
Medhi Benatia Juventus MOR 82
Gabriel Paletta Milan ITA 82
Leonardo Bonucci Milan ITA 81
Federico Fazio Roma ARG 81
Maurício Lazio BRA 79
Cristian Zapata Milan COL 79
Mateo Musacchio Milan ARG 78
Nikola Maksimović Napoli SRB 78
Gustavo Gómez Milan PAR 78
Miranda Inter BRA 77

 

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.

Manolas and Juan Jesus are the fastest centre back playing in the Serie A.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH HIGHEST PACE
Kostas Manolas Roma GRE 80
Juan Jesus Roma BRA 79
Giorgio Chiellini Juventus ITA 74
Medhi Benatia Juventus MOR 74
Lorenzo Tonelli Napoli ITA 74
Martín Cáceres Hellas Verona URU 74
Kalidou Koulibaly Napoli SEN 73
Bastos Lazio ANG 72
Miranda Inter BRA 71
Andrea Barzagli Juventus ITA 71
Giancarlo González Bologna COS 71
Mateo Musacchio Milan ARG 70
Nicolas Nkoulou Torino CAM 70
Nenad Tomović Chievo Verona SRB 70
Maurício Lazio BRA 69

 

Giorgio Chiellini is our number one choice for this position. He is the one with the best defending stats. The Juventus’ defender is the most expensive of all centre backs in Serie A.

The big question is: who will partner with Chiellini? It isn’t easy to decide. Leonardo Bonucci is usually the most used, because he is the Serie A centre back with the best passing and dribbling stats. However, Miranda and Manolas are also good choices. Between these two, our preference goes to the Roma’s centre back because of his pace, stamina and strength.

The Italian football is known by its defensive and tactical style. It’s no surprise to find great defenders like Barzagli and Koulibaly for amazing prices. You don’t need a good budget to build a strong defensive line in this league.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

CENTRE BACKS

Best Players
1 Giorgio Chiellini
2 Leonardo Bonucci
3 Kostas Manolas
4 Miranda
5 Andrea Barzagli

Economic Choice
Kostas Manolas


 
 
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Best FIFA 18 Serie A 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.

Florenzi and Lichtsteiner are the most popular right backs playing in Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Alessandro Florenzi 82 Roma ITA
Stephan Lichtsteiner 82 Juventus SUI
Dušan Basta 80 Lazio SRB
João Cancelo 79 Inter POR
Elseid Hysaj 79 Napoli ALB
Rick Karsdorp 78 Roma NED
Ignazio Abate 78 Milan ITA
Silvan Widmer 77 Udinese SUI
Bruno Gaspar 77 Fiorentina POR
Gregory van der Wiel 76 Cagliari NED
Lorenzo De Silvestri 76 Torino ITA
Danilo D’Ambrosio 75 Inter ITA
Christian Maggio 75 Napoli ITA

 

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.

In Italy, no one defends as well as Lichtsteiner and Basta.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Stephan Lichtsteiner Juventus SUI 80
Dušan Basta Lazio SRB 80
Elseid Hysaj Napoli ALB 77
Alessandro Florenzi Roma ITA 76
Lorenzo De Silvestri Torino ITA 75
Danilo D’Ambrosio Inter ITA 75
Ignazio Abate Milan ITA 74
João Cancelo Inter POR 73
Rick Karsdorp Roma NED 73
Gregory van der Wiel Cagliari NED 73
Bruno Gaspar Fiorentina POR 72
Silvan Widmer Udinese SUI 71
Christian Maggio Napoli ITA 70

 

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 18.

Bellerín is the only right back faster than Cancelo.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST PACING
João Cancelo Inter POR 92
Rick Karsdorp Roma NED 87
Alessandro Florenzi Roma ITA 85
Ignazio Abate Milan ITA 85
Bruno Gaspar Fiorentina POR 84
Elseid Hysaj Napoli ALB 81
Silvan Widmer Udinese SUI 81
Gregory van der Wiel Cagliari NED 79
Stephan Lichtsteiner Juventus SUI 77
Dušan Basta Lazio SRB 76
Danilo D’Ambrosio Inter ITA 75
Christian Maggio Napoli ITA 74
Lorenzo De Silvestri Torino ITA 73

 

Florenzi is the best choice for who needs a good Serie A right back. However, if you need someone more focused on the defense, maybe you should try Lichtsteiner.

If you just need someone faster, then it’s Cancelo who you are looking for.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

RIGHT BACKS

Best Players
1 Alessandro Florenzi
2 Stephan Lichtsteiner
3 João Cancelo
4 Dušan Basta
5 Rick Karsdorp

Economic Choice
Dušan Basta


 
 
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Best FIFA 18 Serie A 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.

On Serie A, there is a left back that stand out more than the other ones: Alex Sandro.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Alex Sandro 86 Juventus BRA
Ricardo Rodríguez 81 Milan SUI
Faouzi Ghoulam 79 Napoli ALG
Aleksandar Kolarov 79 Roma SRB
Cristian Ansaldi 79 Torino ARG
Ştefan Radu 79 Lazio ROM
Kwadwo Asamoah 78 Juventus GHA
Dalbert 77 Inter BRA
Jordan Lukaku 77 Lazio BEL
Mário Rui 77 Napoli POR
Emerson 76 Roma ITA
Mattia De Sciglio 76 Juventus ITA
Davide Santon 76 Inter ITA
Luca Antonelli 76 Milan ITA
Antonio Barreca 75 Torino ITA

 

If you need someone to defend, you need to pick Ştefan Radu.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Ştefan Radu Lazio ROM 84
Alex Sandro Juventus BRA 81
Aleksandar Kolarov Roma SRB 78
Ricardo Rodríguez Milan SUI 77
Faouzi Ghoulam Napoli ALG 76
Cristian Ansaldi Torino ARG 76
Luca Antonelli Milan ITA 76
Kwadwo Asamoah Juventus GHA 75
Mattia De Sciglio Juventus ITA 74
Davide Santon Inter ITA 74
Ivan Strinić Sampdoria CRO 73
Dalbert Inter BRA 72
Jordan Lukaku Lazio BEL 72
Mário Rui Napoli POR 72
Emerson Roma ITA 68

 

Dalbert and Lukaku are faster than any other left back.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Dalbert Inter BRA 91
Jordan Lukaku Lazio BEL 89
Alex Sandro Juventus BRA 86
Mário Rui Napoli POR 86
Antonio Barreca Torino ITA 85
Faouzi Ghoulam Napoli ALG 80
Cristian Ansaldi Torino ARG 80
Mattia De Sciglio Juventus ITA 79
Emerson Roma ITA 79
Kwadwo Asamoah Juventus GHA 77
Davide Santon Inter ITA 76
Luca Antonelli Milan ITA 75
Ricardo Rodríguez Milan SUI 74
Ivan Strinić Sampdoria CRO 74
Ştefan Radu Lazio ROM 72

 

Alex Sandro is, in our opinion, the best left back playing in Serie A. He’s fast, good dribbler and defends well. He is a very balanced player.

If pace is all you need, then Lukaku may be who are looking for. Asamoah and Ricardo Rodríguez are also decent choices but they are much slower.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

LEFT BACKS

Best Players
1 Alex Sandro
2 Kwadwo Asamoah
3 Ricardo Rodríguez
4 Jordan Lukaku
5 Cristian Ansaldi

Economic Choice
Kwadwo Asamoah


 
 
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Best FIFA 18 Serie A Defensive Midfielder

CDM
 

Many of the FIFA 18 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.

There is a new top defensive midfielder on this league: Blaise Matuidi.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER
Blaise Matuidi 85 Juventus FRA
Lucas Biglia 83 Milan ARG
Daniele De Rossi 83 Roma ITA
Maxime Gonalons 80 Roma FRA
Lucas Leiva 79 Lazio BRA
Miguel Veloso 78 Genoa POR
Riccardo Montolivo 78 Milan ITA
Mirko Valdifiori 77 Torino ITA
Carlos Sánchez 77 Fiorentina COL
Amadou Diawara 77 Napoli GUI
Ivan Radovanović 77 Chievo Verona SRB
Valon Behrami 77 Udinese SUI
Francesco Magnanelli 77 Sassuolo ITA
Sebastián Cristóforo 76 Fiorentina URU

 

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 two highest rated CDMs are the ones who defend better. De Rossi and Matuidi are really good choices 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
Blaise Matuidi Juventus FRA 82
Daniele De Rossi Roma ITA 81
Maxime Gonalons Roma FRA 80
Lucas Leiva Lazio BRA 78
Lucas Biglia Milan ARG 75
Carlos Sánchez Fiorentina COL 74
Ivan Radovanović Chievo Verona SRB 74
Valon Behrami Udinese SUI 74
Francesco Magnanelli Sassuolo ITA 74
Sebastián Cristóforo Fiorentina URU 74
Miguel Veloso Genoa POR 71
Riccardo Montolivo Milan ITA 69
Mirko Valdifiori Torino ITA 69
Amadou Diawara Napoli GUI 69

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.

Again, Matuidi and De Rossi are the best on this side.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Blaise Matuidi Juventus FRA 84
Carlos Sánchez Fiorentina COL 84
Daniele De Rossi Roma ITA 82
Maxime Gonalons Roma FRA 81
Ivan Radovanović Chievo Verona SRB 80
Valon Behrami Udinese SUI 79
Amadou Diawara Napoli GUI 76
Lucas Biglia Milan ARG 75
Lucas Leiva Lazio BRA 74
Francesco Magnanelli Sassuolo ITA 74
Miguel Veloso Genoa POR 72
Sebastián Cristóforo Fiorentina URU 72
Mirko Valdifiori Torino ITA 71
Riccardo Montolivo Milan ITA 68

 

Matuidi is undoubtedly the best player for this position. The Calcio A fans should be happy to see him moving from France to Italy. There is no other CDM as fast as he is or with better defensive and physical skills.

If you need someone cheaper, you have two options: Biglia, for someone focused in the attack; or De Rossi for a more defensive player.

Gonalons is a kind of De Rossi light version but there are other even cheaper options: Sánchez if you want to give security to the back line or Miguel Veloso if you look for a CDM who plays like a CM.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

CENTRE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Blaise Matuidi
2 Daniele De Rossi
3⃣ Lucas Biglia
4 Maxime Gonalons
5 Carlos Sánchez

Economic Choice
Daniele De Rossi


 
 
FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide - CDMBest FIFA 18 Serie A Central Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 18 Serie A Centre Midfielders

CM
 

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.

In the last few years, the Serie A have lost great players like Poga, Pirlo and Vidal. However, there is still many quality players in the midfield of the Italian stadiums.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
Marek Hamšík 87 Napoli SVK
Radja Nainggolan 86 Roma BEL
Miralem Pjanić 85 Juventus BOS
Claudio Marchisio 85 Juventus ITA
Kevin Strootman 84 Roma NED
Sami Khedira 84 Juventus GER
João Mário 83 Inter POR
Giacomo Bonaventura 83 Milan ITA
Jorginho 81 Napoli ITA
Marco Parolo 81 Lazio ITA
Marcelo Brozović 81 Inter CRO
Sergej Milinković-Savić 80 Lazio SRB
Piotr Zieliński 80 Napoli POL
Allan 80 Napoli BRA
Marco Benassi 79 Fiorentina ITA

 

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.

Pjanić has a great passing stat.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
Miralem Pjanić Juventus BOS 86
Marek Hamšík Napoli SVK 84
Claudio Marchisio Juventus ITA 83
Kevin Strootman Roma NED 82
Giacomo Bonaventura Milan ITA 82
Sami Khedira Juventus GER 80
João Mário Inter POR 80
Jorginho Napoli ITA 80
Luca Cigarini Cagliari ITA 80
Marcelo Brozović Inter CRO 79
Piotr Zieliński Napoli POL 79
Daniele Baselli Torino ITA 79
Radja Nainggolan Roma BEL 78
Lucas Castro Chievo Verona ARG 78
Senad Lulić Lazio BOS 77

 

A Centre midfielder usually needs creativity. Good dribbling allows the team to move forward, creating potential disequilibrium’s.

Once again, Pjanić is the best dribbler playing on the Serie A.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Miralem Pjanić Juventus BOS 86
Marek Hamšík Napoli SVK 84
Claudio Marchisio Juventus ITA 84
Giacomo Bonaventura Milan ITA 83
João Mário Inter POR 83
Radja Nainggolan Roma BEL 82
Piotr Zieliński Napoli POL 82
Jorginho Napoli ITA 80
Marcelo Brozović Inter CRO 80
Daniele Baselli Torino ITA 80
Lucas Castro Chievo Verona ARG 80
Sergej Milinković-Savić Lazio SRB 79
Kevin Strootman Roma NED 78
Allan Napoli BRA 78
Senad Lulić Lazio BOS 78

 

We love the versatility of the Serie A midfielders. Marchisio and Nainggolan are the two best examples. They can play in any position of the midfield, including as CDM. They know how to attack and how to defend. Who doesn’t like to play with high stamina and high/high work rates players? Nainggolan is our favourite. Except the ICONS, he is the player in the entire game more close of reaching 80 in every single base attribute.

Don’t think these two players are the only two good options for your midfield. Pjanić and Hamšik are great if you don’t need someone to defend. They are top-assist players in any team.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Radja Nainggolan
2 Claudio Marchisio
3 Marek Hamšík
4 Miralem Pjanić
5 Sami Khedira

Economic Choice
Giacomo Bonaventura


 
 
FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide - CM Best FIFA 18 Serie A Centre Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 18 Serie A Central Attacking Midfielders

CAM
 

An attacking centre midfielder is responsible for creating chances to score. He should have a good dribbling, a decent passing, a high long shot stat and a great vision.

Dybala is much better than any other Centre Attacking Midfielder of this league.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS
Paulo Dybala 88 Juventus ARG
Borja Valero 83 Inter ESP
Valter Birsa 80 Chievo Verona SVN
Riccardo Saponara 79 Fiorentina ITA
Gastón Ramírez 78 Sampdoria URU
Luis Alberto 77 Lazio ESP
Marko Rog 76 Napoli CRO
Dennis Praet 76 Sampdoria BEL
Amato Ciciretti 75 Benevento ITA
Ricardo Álvarez 75 Sampdoria ARG
João Pedro 75 Cagliari BRA

 

How we explained, the central attacking midfielders need to have good passing stats, so they can assist forwards.

Valero is the CAM with best passing stat in Italy.

 

CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
Borja Valero Inter ESP 85
Paulo Dybala Juventus ARG 81
Valter Birsa Chievo Verona SVN 80
Riccardo Saponara Fiorentina ITA 79
Luis Alberto Lazio ESP 77
Marko Rog Napoli CRO 77
Gastón Ramírez Sampdoria URU 76
Dennis Praet Sampdoria BEL 76
Ricardo Álvarez Sampdoria ARG 76
Amato Ciciretti Benevento ITA 73
João Pedro Cagliari BRA 70

 

If a CAM is a good dribbler, he can make all the difference when the team is attacking.

In the world, and without counting ICONS, only Messi, Neymar and Hazard have better dribbling stats than Dybala.

 

CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Paulo Dybala Juventus ARG 91
Borja Valero Inter ESP 85
Valter Birsa Chievo Verona SVN 82
Riccardo Saponara Fiorentina ITA 81
Gastón Ramírez Sampdoria URU 79
Ricardo Álvarez Sampdoria ARG 77
Luis Alberto Lazio ESP 76
Marko Rog Napoli CRO 76
Dennis Praet Sampdoria BEL 76
Amato Ciciretti Benevento ITA 76
João Pedro Cagliari BRA 74


 

Dybala has no competition. He is the fastest CAM, the one with best shot and also the Serie A player with the best dribbling stat. The only question you may have is: in which position you will use him?

All the other players, except Valero, are not good options. He is not a good player but at least he is really good assisting his team mates to goal.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Paulo Dybala
2 Borja Valero
3⃣ Valter Birsa
4 Riccardo Saponara
5 Gastón Ramírez

Economic Choice
Valter Birsa


 
 
FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide - CAMBest FIFA 18 Serie A Central Attacking Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 18 Serie A Right Wingers

RM | RW | RF
 

The wingers are responsible for giving game width in the attack. They’re normally very explosive players.

José Callejón is the most popular right winger playing in the Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
José Callejón 83 Napoli ESP
Federico Bernardeschi 82 Juventus ITA
Juan Cuadrado 82 Juventus COL
Suso 82 Milan ESP
Domenico Berardi 81 Sassuolo ITA
Felipe Anderson 81 Lazio BRA
Iago Falqué 80 Torino ESP
Antonio Candreva 80 Inter ITA
Bruno Peres 78 Roma BRA
Valentin Eysseric 78 Fiorentina FRA
Simone Verdi 78 Bologna ITA
Gil Dias 76 Fiorentina POR
Fabio Borini 76 Milan ITA
Luca Rizzo 75 SPAL ITA
Andrea Conti 75 Milan ITA

 

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 Serie A is well served in this chapter. Four gold players have pace 90 or higher.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Felipe Anderson Lazio BRA 92
Juan Cuadrado Juventus COL 91
Bruno Peres Roma BRA 91
José Callejón Napoli ESP 90
Darko Lazović Genoa SRB 89
Simone Verdi Bologna ITA 88
Domenico Berardi Sassuolo ITA 85
Gil Dias Fiorentina POR 85
Federico Bernardeschi Juventus ITA 84
Alessio Cerci Hellas Verona ITA 83
Suso Milan ESP 82
Andrea Conti Milan ITA 81
Federico Chiesa Fiorentina ITA 81
Iago Falqué Torino ESP 79
Antonio Candreva Inter ITA 78

 

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, including Cuadrado, Bernardeschi, Suso and Felipe Anderson.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Juan Cuadrado Juventus COL 86
Federico Bernardeschi Juventus ITA 86
Suso Milan ESP 86
Felipe Anderson Lazio BRA 86
Iago Falqué Torino ESP 84
Simone Verdi Bologna ITA 84
José Callejón Napoli ESP 83
Domenico Berardi Sassuolo ITA 83
Bruno Peres Roma BRA 80
Gil Dias Fiorentina POR 80
Antonio Candreva Inter ITA 79
Federico Chiesa Fiorentina ITA 79
Alessio Cerci Hellas Verona ITA 78
Valentin Eysseric Fiorentina FRA 77
Darko Lazović Genoa SRB 77


 

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.

Suso has the best passing stat.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Suso Milan ESP 81
Valentin Eysseric Fiorentina FRA 79
Iago Falqué Torino ESP 78
Federico Bernardeschi Juventus ITA 77
Felipe Anderson Lazio BRA 77
Domenico Berardi Sassuolo ITA 76
Antonio Candreva Inter ITA 76
Simone Verdi Bologna ITA 76
Juan Cuadrado Juventus COL 75
Luca Rizzo SPAL ITA 74
Alessio Cerci Hellas Verona ITA 73
José Callejón Napoli ESP 71
Bruno Peres Roma BRA 71
Darko Lazović Genoa SRB 71
Fabio Borini Milan ITA 70

 

There is no reason for Cuadrado be so more expensive than Felipe Anderson. The Lazio’s winger is slightly better than Cuadrado in almost every stat, including passing, shooting and pace. However, the 5 star skills and the work rate more adjusted to the Colombian player position and stamina, can make the difference.

Most of the community uses Bruno Peres, Callejón and even Suso as alternative to Cuadrado but, in our opinion, Felipe Anderson is better than any of these players. And cheaper…


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

RIGHT MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
Melhores Jogadores
1 Juan Cuadrado
2 Felipe Anderson
3⃣ Bruno Peres
4 José Callejón
5 Federico Bernardeschi

Economic Choice
Felipe Anderson


 
 
FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide - RM, RW e RFBest FIFA 18 Serie A Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 18 Serie A Left Wingers

LM | LW | LF
 

The left wingers have exactly the same role as their team mates from the other side.

Lorenzo Insigne and Ivan Perišić are the two most popular left wingers playing in Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGER
Lorenzo Insigne 85 Napoli ITA
Ivan Perišić 84 Inter CRO
Nani 83 Lazio POR
Douglas Costa 82 Juventus BRA
Stephan El Shaarawy 80 Roma ITA
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 79 Milan TUR
Adem Ljajić 79 Torino SRB
M’Baye Niang 78 Torino FRA
Diego Laxalt 78 Genoa URU
Emanuele Giaccherini 78 Napoli ITA
Cyril Théréau 77 Fiorentina FRA
Matteo Politano 77 Sassuolo ITA
Ladislav Krejčí 77 Bologna CZ
Leonardo Spinazzola 76 Atalanta ITA
Marko Pjaca 76 Juventus CRO


 

Douglas Costa is the fastest left winger.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PACE
Douglas Costa Juventus BRA 92
Lorenzo Insigne Napoli ITA 90
M’Baye Niang Torino FRA 89
Diego Laxalt Genoa URU 88
Stephan El Shaarawy Roma ITA 87
Ladislav Krejčí Bologna CZ 85
Ivan Perišić Inter CRO 84
Marko Pjaca Juventus CRO 84
Matteo Politano Sassuolo ITA 82
Leonardo Spinazzola Atalanta ITA 82
Nani Lazio POR 81
Adem Ljajić Torino SRB 80
Emanuele Giaccherini Napoli ITA 78
Cyril Théréau Fiorentina FRA 72
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Milan TUR 69

 

Lorenzo Insigne is clearly the most highlighted left winger of Serie A in this chapter.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Lorenzo Insigne Napoli ITA 89
Nani Lazio POR 86
Douglas Costa Juventus BRA 84
Stephan El Shaarawy Roma ITA 84
Adem Ljajić Torino SRB 84
Marko Pjaca Juventus CRO 83
Emanuele Giaccherini Napoli ITA 82
Matteo Politano Sassuolo ITA 82
Ivan Perišić Inter CRO 81
M’Baye Niang Torino FRA 81
Ladislav Krejčí Bologna CZ 80
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Milan TUR 78
Leonardo Spinazzola Atalanta ITA 78
Diego Laxalt Genoa URU 77
Cyril Théréau Fiorentina FRA 77

 

Lorenzo Insigne , Nani and Çalhanoğlu have passing stats very similar.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Lorenzo Insigne Napoli ITA 82
Nani Lazio POR 81
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Milan TUR 81
Ivan Perišić Inter CRO 78
Douglas Costa Juventus BRA 77
Adem Ljajić Torino SRB 76
Emanuele Giaccherini Napoli ITA 76
Ladislav Krejčí Bologna CZ 76
Marko Pjaca Juventus CRO 74
Diego Laxalt Genoa URU 73
Cyril Théréau Fiorentina FRA 71
Leonardo Spinazzola Atalanta ITA 71
Stephan El Shaarawy Roma ITA 70
Matteo Politano Sassuolo ITA 70
M’Baye Niang Torino FRA 69

 

Insigne is clearly the best left winger. He is the one with the best passing and the best dribbling stats.

If you can not pay his price, you have two high-quality alternatives: Douglas Costa and Perišić. It’s not easy to pick the best one. Douglas Costa is faster but the Inter’s midfielder is a more complete player. Nani is also a very interesting player. It’s incredible how a player of this quality may be so cheap, especially because he has both 5 star skills and 5 stars weak foot.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

LEFT MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Lorenzo Insigne
2 Douglas Costa
3 Ivan Perišić
4 Nani
5 Stephan El Shaarawy

Economic Choice
Nani


 
 
FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide - LM, LW e LFBest FIFA 18 Serie A Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 18 Serie A Forwards

CF | ST
 

The forwards are the players on which fall the most responsibility of scoring goals.

Gonzalo Higuaín is in his career’s top-form.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Gonzalo Higuaín 90 Juventus ARG
Dries Mertens 86 Napoli BEL
Mauro Icardi 84 Inter ARG
Edin Džeko 84 Roma BOS
Alejandro Gómez 84 Atalanta ARG
Andrea Belotti 83 Torino ITA
Mario Mandžukić 83 Juventus CRO
Ciro Immobile 82 Lazio ITA
Nikola Kalinić 81 Milan CRO
Josip Iličić 80 Atalanta SVN
Diego Perotti 80 Roma ARG
Eder 80 Inter ITA
Arkadiusz Milik 79 Napoli POL
Duván Zapata 78 Sampdoria COL
Fabio Quagliarella 78 Sampdoria ITA
André Silva 78 Milan POR
Rodrigo Palacio 78 Bologna ARG
Marco Borriello 78 SPAL ITA
Gregoire Defrel 77 Roma FRA
Felipe Caicedo 77 Lazio ECU

 

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 most rated striker is the one that has the best shooting stat: Gonzalo Higuaín.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST SHOOTING
Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus ARG 87
Mauro Icardi Inter ARG 83
Edin Džeko Roma BOS 83
Ciro Immobile Lazio ITA 83
Arkadiusz Milik Napoli POL 83
Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria ITA 83
Dries Mertens Napoli BEL 82
Josip Iličić Atalanta SVN 82
Andrea Belotti Torino ITA 81
Eder Inter ITA 80
Nikola Kalinić Milan CRO 79
Mario Mandžukić Juventus CRO 78
Alejandro Gómez Atalanta ARG 77
Duván Zapata Sampdoria COL 77
Gregoire Defrel Roma FRA 77
Leonardo Pavoletti Cagliari ITA 76
Khouma Babacar Fiorentina SEN 76
Sergio Floccari SPAL ITA 76
Marco Borriello SPAL ITA 75
Patrik Schick Roma CZ 75

 

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.

Most of the best Serie A strikers don’t have good physical. It’s not the case of Mario Mandžukić.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Mario Mandžukić Juventus CRO 87
Andrea Belotti Torino ITA 84
Felipe Caicedo Lazio ECU 81
Duván Zapata Sampdoria COL 78
André Silva Milan POR 78
Alberto Paloschi SPAL ITA 78
Nikola Kalinić Milan CRO 76
Leonardo Pavoletti Cagliari ITA 76
Filip Đorđević Lazio SRB 75
Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus ARG 74
Ciro Immobile Lazio ITA 74
Khouma Babacar Fiorentina SEN 73
Edin Džeko Roma BOS 72
Roberto Inglese Chievo Verona ITA 72
Arkadiusz Milik Napoli POL 71
Mauro Icardi Inter ARG 70
Marco Borriello SPAL ITA 70
Alessandro Matri Sassuolo ITA 70
Riccardo Meggiorini Chievo Verona ITA 70
Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria ITA 68

 

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.

Dries Mertens and Alejandro Gómez are the fastest strikers in Serie A.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PACE
Dries Mertens Napoli BEL 90
Alejandro Gómez Atalanta ARG 90
Gregoire Defrel Roma FRA 89
Eder Inter ITA 85
Gianluca Lapadula Genoa ITA 84
Andrea Belotti Torino ITA 82
Ciro Immobile Lazio ITA 81
Diego Perotti Roma ARG 81
André Silva Milan POR 80
Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus ARG 79
Mauro Icardi Inter ARG 78
Rodrigo Palacio Bologna ARG 78
Giovanni Simeone Fiorentina ARG 78
Patrik Schick Roma CZ 76
Alberto Paloschi SPAL ITA 76
Khouma Babacar Fiorentina SEN 76
Riccardo Meggiorini Chievo Verona ITA 76
Mattia Destro Bologna ITA 75
Nikola Kalinić Milan CRO 73
Arkadiusz Milik Napoli POL 73

 

Higuain and Mertens are two fantastic players that you will not want to miss. They complement each other very well. The first one is a goal machine, while the other one is faster, has a bad header but plays a lot for the team.

Far from the quality of these two, you have Alejandro Gómez. He had a great upgrade, making him one of the community favourites. Icardi didn’t have the same luck and is now a worse option than Belotti and Immobile. However, if you like to cross to the box, Mario Mandžukić may be a better alternative.


FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide

FORWARDS

Best Players
1 Gonzalo Higuaín
2 Dries Mertens
3⃣ Alejandro Gómez
4 Andrea Belotti
5 Ciro Immobile

Economic Choice
Andrea Belotti


 
 
FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide - CF e STBest FIFA 18 Serie A Forwards


 
 
 
 
 

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Suggestions

Ideas to help you building your FIFA 18 Serie A Squad
 

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 medium budget and 4-4-2 with a low budget.

 
 
 
 

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad with Unlimited Budget

 

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad GuideClick on the image to maximize it

 

FIRST SQUAD
 

?? GK: Gianluigi Buffon
?? RB: Alessandro Florenzi
?? CBR: Leonardo Bonucci
?? CBL: Giorgio Chiellini
?? LB: Alex Sandro
?? CDM: Radja Nainggolan
?? RM: Juan Cuadrado
?? LM: Lorenzo Insigne
?? CAM: Paulo Dybala
?? STR: Gonzalo Higuaín
??STL: Dries Mertens

SUBSTITUTES AND RESERVES
 

?? GK: Samir Handanovič
?? RB: Stephan Lichtsteiner
?? CB: Kostas Manolas
?? CB: Miranda
?? LB: Kwadwo Asamoah
?? CDM: Blaise Matuidi
?? RM: Felipe Anderson
?? LM: Douglas Costa
?? CAM: Marek Hamšík
?? ST: Alejandro Gómez
?? ST: Andrea Belotti

 
 
? BUDGET
October 2017

 

Playstation 4 Playstation 4
1,080,000 coins (starting eleven)
1,245,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

XBox One Xbox One
985,000 coins (starting eleven)
1,120,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

Origin PC
1,320,000 coins (starting eleven)
1,515,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

 
 
? UPDATED PRICES

If you want to know the current prices of any player or of the full squad, please click here.

 
 
? SUMMARY

The choice for this team’s players was based on the analysis made previously.

If there are undoubted players in this team, Buffon is certainly one of them. He has been crowned The Best FIFA Goalkeeper and he is one of the best goalies you can use in FIFA 18.

Chiellini and Alex Sandro are untouchables in any defence of this league. In our opinion, the other spots of the defence should be filled by Bonucci and Florenzi. However, Manolas is also a great option. If you think that Bonucci is too slow, even with the right chemistry style, then don’t be afraid to use the Roma’s centre back. He is really fast and gives security to any defense.

Nainggolan, the most versatile FUT 18 player, is a CM but he is better than any other native CDM of Serie A. We love his high/high work rates and amazing stamina. In front of him, Dybala is another top-quality player, making this midfield the strongest point of this league.

Who builds an unlimited budget Serie A squad shouldn’t use a formation with wingers. There are not many quality choices for this position. Cuadrado and Insigne are the best ones. Matuidi, Marchisio and Hamšík are just three examples of great players who have no room on this team because of the formation.

Higuain and Mertens are the perfect pair to the attack. They complement each other very well. The first one is a goal machine, while the other is faster, has a bad header but plays a lot for the team.

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.

 
 
 
 

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad with Medium Budget

 

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad GuideClick on the image to maximize it

 

FIRST SQUAD
 

?? GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma
?? RB: Stephan Lichtsteiner
?? CBR: Kostas Manolas
?? CBL: Miranda
?? LB: Kwadwo Asamoah
?? CMR: Giacomo Bonaventura
?? CMC: Sami Khedira
?? CML: Kevin Strootman
?? RW: Juan Cuadrado
?? LW: Lorenzo Insigne
?? ST: Alejandro Gómez

SUBSTITUTES AND RESERVES
 

?? GK: Mattia Perin
?? RB: João Cancelo
?? CB: Andrea Barzagli
?? CB: Kalidou Koulibaly
?? LB: Ricardo Rodríguez
?? CM: Borja Valero
?? CM: Daniele De Rossi
?? CM: João Mário
?? RW: Felipe Anderson
?? LW: Douglas Costa
?? ST: Andrea Belotti

 
 
? BUDGET
October 2017

 

Playstation 4 Playstation 4
95,000 coins (starting eleven)
120,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

XBox One Xbox One
70,000 coins (starting eleven)
90,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

Origin PC
95,000 coins (starting eleven)
125,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

 
 
? UPDATED PRICES

If you want to know the current prices of any player or of the full squad, please click here.

 
 
? SUMMARY

The choices for this more affordable team players was based on analysis made previously.

In the goal, Donnarumma is good enough to keep you safe.

Manolas and Miranda are great examples of how it is possible to build a great team without paying too much coins. Lichtsteiner and Asamoah fill the other spots.

The central midfield position of this team has to be of Khedira. He builds up the first barrier between your goal line and the opponent, making his physicality and defensive attributes count. Besides that, he starts the attacks very well, thanks to his passings skills. Bonaventura and Strootman complete the midfield.

Most of the cards of the previous team are too expensive to be used in the medium budget squad. In fact, only Cuadrado and Insigne are still in the starting eleven. They have the mission to assist Alejandro Gómez, a nice surprise in this league.

If you still have some room in your budget, Handanovič, Florenzi, Matuidi and Hamšík are players that would improve this squad a lot.

 
 
 
 

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad with Low Budget

 

FIFA 18 Serie A Squad GuideClick on the image to maximize it

 

FIRST SQUAD
 

?? GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma
?? RB: Dušan Basta
?? CBR: Lorenzo Tonelli
?? CBL: Juan Jesus
?? LB: Kwadwo Asamoah
?? CMR: Maxime Gonalons
?? CML: Allan
?? RM: Felipe Anderson
?? LM: Nani
?? STR: Eder
?? STL: Gregoire Defrel

SUBSTITUTES AND RESERVES
 

?? GK: Mattia Perin
?? RB: Rick Karsdorp
?? CB: Davide Astori
?? CB: Martín Cáceres
?? LB: Jordan Lukaku
?? CM: Carlos Sánchez
?? CM: Marco Parolo
?? RW: Bruno Peres
?? LW: Stephan El Shaarawy
?? ST: Diego Perotti
?? ST: Josip Iličić

 
 
? BUDGET
October 2017

 

Playstation 4 Playstation 4
9,000 coins (starting eleven)
15,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

XBox One Xbox One
9,000 coins (starting eleven)
15,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

Origin PC
9,000 coins (starting eleven)
15,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

 
 
? UPDATED PRICES

If you want to know the current prices of any player or of the full squad, please click here.

 
 
? SUMMARY

The choice for this budget team was based on analysis made previously.

Donnarumma is cheap enough to keep his spot in the team. Basta, Tonelli, Juan Jesus and Asamoah are the four other defenders. The fullbacks are a great value for money. The centre backs are not as good as we would like but they still are the best cheap defenders available.

On the midfield, Gonalons and Allan complement each other well. The first one is strong and aggressive, the second is a player that usually pushes forward to assist his colleagues. Nani and Felipe Anderson fill the wings in order to assist Eder and Defrel.

 
 

Follow our tips and you’ll become more successful on FIFA 18 Ultimate Team with your Serie A Team.

 
 

136 thoughts on “FIFA 18 Serie A Squad Guide”

  1. Jacob Goergen

    (88) handanovic
    RB: (82) florenzi
    CB: (84) manolas , (84) koulibaly
    Lb: (86) rodriguez
    Rm;(83) cuadrado
    Cm;(86) bonaventura , (83) allan
    Lm; (88)insigne
    St; (89)Dybala,

    NEED another striker or possible formation change and player add> suggestions?

  2. I’m struggling with picking a formation. I like to play a lot of quick 1-touch passing up the field and through balls into forwards. Here’s my team:

    Buffon
    Florenzi, Chiellini, Barzagli, Cancelo
    Hamsik, Khedira, Nainggolan
    Mandzukic
    Dybala, Higuain

    Also, any suggestions for upgrades?

  3. Hi rodrigo! This is my team 4-2-3-1(3Cam): Buffon-Zanetti(88)-benatia(87)-chiellini-Alex sandro(86)-Naingollan(87)-Pjanic(88)-Hamsik(89)-Mertens(87)-Dybala(89)-Icardi(89). How i can improve my team? Thanks

  4. Hi Rodrigo, can you take a look at my squad and see where if I can do better anywhere?

    *i had to buy filipe luis as he was a good LB for decent price while saving for Alex Sandro

    GK- Buffon
    RB- Florenzi
    CB- Chiellini
    CB- Bonucci
    LB- Filipe Luiz
    CM- Marchisio
    CM- Hamsik
    LM- Insigne
    RM- Bernadeschi
    CF- Dybala
    ST- Mertens

    1. Hi again. Yes, Alex Sandro should be one of your next buys. We don’t recommend playing with wingers in this league but if you really want to do it, at least use Cuadrado instead of Bernadeschi. Everything else, looks great.

  5. Hello, this is my team:
    Buffon
    Rodriguez(86), Bonucci, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner(84)
    Verratti(88)
    Insigne(88), Bernardeschi(84)
    Pirlo(91)
    Giovinco(86), Icardi(88)

    SUBS:
    Handanovic, Koulibaly, Matuidi, Pjanic, Douglas Costa, Cuadrado Scream, Mertens

    Any comments?? I have almos 200k to spend.

    1. Great budget! Alex Sandro is a must buy. We also think that Florenzi is ones of the best value for money you will ever find. Finally, Radja is the player everyone with a Serie A based squad must have.

      1. Thanks for your comment!! I was thinking about chanking Rodriguez for Alex Sandro and also getting Dybala. Do you think Dybala is a good idea? he is very expensive… and what do you think about changing Verrati for Radja? Verrati is fast and good deffender but he is very short.

  6. Hi Rodrigo,
    I currently have this squad (5-2-2-1)
    Handanovic
    Florenzi-Chiellini-Barzagli-Bonucci-86 Rodriguez
    91 Pirlo-89 Hamsik
    Dybala
    Higuain-Mertens

    I have the coins and thinking about changing it to this: (4-3-1-2)
    Neuer
    Florenzi-Bonucci-Boateng-Alaba
    Bonaventura-91 Pirlo-Thiago
    89 Hamsik
    Higuain-Mertens

    I hear a lot of people say that Neuer does some dodgy things but I am really unsatisfied with Handanovic who basically lets in every shot from outside the box. What do you think, is it worth the 90k coins to upgrade my squad to the latter?
    Thanks in advance!

    1. You have a nice team but there are several things that may not be helping you:
      1) Formations with wingers are not the best ones in this league.
      2) You only have 3 defenders. None of your CMs has good defensive skills, which means they are alone.
      3) Dybala, Pirlo and Hamsik play better as CAM and your formation only allows one CAM.
      4) Your two STs are too similar.

  7. Hi my friend has these teams. What should be his next buys?

    Gk Buffon
    Dr florenzi
    Lb Asamoah
    Cb Miranda
    Cb Manolas
    Cdm Matuidi
    Cdm marchisio
    Rm Cuadrado
    Lm insigne
    Cam mertens
    St Higuain

    2nd
    Gk handanovic
    Dr lich
    Dl Rodríguez
    Dc Barzagli
    Dc Koulibaly
    Cdm De Rossi
    Cdm hamsik
    Rm Anderson
    Lm costa
    Cam Gomez
    St Belotti

    I told him I’m not sure if he shud sell hamsik as not sure he is good in the cdm role but before he does I would like your advice

      1. Ok so I told him about bronze bench and his team now is
        Gk Buffon
        Dr florenzi
        Dl Asamoah
        Dc Manolas
        Dc bonucci
        Cdm Matuidi
        Cdm marchisio
        Rm Cuadrado
        Lm insigne
        Cam mertens
        St Higuain

        What shud be his next signings?

    1. It’s ok now Rodrigo. I’m gonna go one team and try bronze benching. Not sure why but read that a lot of people do this

  8. First team is
    Gk Buffon
    Dr florenzi
    Dl Sandro
    Dc bonucci
    Dc chillieni
    Cdm Matuidi
    Cm marchisio
    Cm nain
    Cam dybala
    St Higuain
    St mertens

    Second team I want to be the second best in all positions
    I don’t like ifs like you and I don’t like starting matches on less than 99 fitness so need help with second team and first if u believe the best is different

    1. Hi. Your first team looks great.
      I suggest you for your second team:
      GK Handanovič
      RB Lichtsteiner
      LB Asamoha
      CB Miranda
      CB Manolas
      CDM De Rossi
      CM Pjanic
      CM Hamsik
      CAM Mertens
      ST Gomez
      ST Belotti

  9. Thank you Rodrigo but isn’t mertens an attacker in my first team in a 4-1-2-12(2) formation

  10. Hi Rodrigo,i use 4-2-3-1 and i have this calcio a team : Buffon alex Sandro chiellini bonucci florenzi- (87) naingollan- perisic (86) dybala cuadrado- icardi (87). Second team: Buffon ghoulam (82) koulibaly benatia (87) lichsteiner(84)- hamsik matuidi- insigne (86) mertens felipe anderason- higuain. In squad battle this team are very strong and i arrive at fuoriclasse 1. But i have problem on RM. Any idea? Hybrid rm? Dybala rm cost a lot of credits, in our opinion if i buy sanchez and i every match sub sanchez for cuadrado is a good idea? Sanchez sub in me position with a team with 100 chem how chem he have?

      1. Yes without winger is a food team but in my opinion 4231 is a top module, very versatily, fast, u can control counter attack dominating, good vs all module formation. With winger the team are more fast than Withoute winger…but i dont know…ok any good winger player( all leagues ) for max 150k to use for sub?

  11. Hey Rodrigo. Using a 41212 (2) formation
    Cdm Matuidi
    Cm Nainggolan
    Cm marchisio
    Cam dybala
    That is the best team right?
    What would be the second best for my second team?

  12. Hello, this is my serie A team:

    41212 wide
    Handanovic
    Florenzi Bonucci Miranda Rodriguez
    Khedira
    Cuadrado Insigne
    Hamsik
    Higuain Mertens

    Who can I buy to make it perfect? I don’t know if I should invest in my defense (chiellini/sandro) or midfield (nainggolan/dybala). Can’t do both, too expensive

    1. Hi. Khedira is too slow. I think you should invest in your midfield but maybe Radja + Chiellini would be the best option. If you keep with your CBs, use Manolas instead of Miranda.

      1. Thanks Rodrigo, I followed your advice. My first team is now this:
        I moved to 4231 wide
        Handanovic
        Florenzi Bonucci Chiellini Rodriguez
        Hamsik Nainggolan
        Cuadrado Mertens Insigne
        Higuain

        I feel like i could improve my right wing. Cuadrado is good but not amazing. The problem is that the only option seems to be the Dybala RW in form, but he’s way too expensive. Any suggestion? Thanks!

        1. Hi. That’s why I usually recommend using a Serie A squad with no wingers. Cuadrado is the best of this league. If you want to try other options, you will need to use players from other leagues, like Di Maria or Hazard out of his position but linking with two Belgian players.

  13. Hi!
    I have a budget of 550k with an SBC pirlo and thinking of building a calcio A team in 4-3-1-2. This is my plan:

    Handanovic
    Sandro-Chiellini-Bonucci-Florenzi
    86 Pjanic-Marchisio-Pirlo
    Hamsik
    Mertens-86 Immobile

    What do you think about this squad? Is there anyone who you would swap?
    Thanks in advance!

  14. Hello Rodrigo, please help.
    I use 4-1-2-1-2 narrow.
    My team from the middle above is:
    Matuidi – Marchisio, Hamsik – Dybala – Mertens and Higuain.
    I bought today Radja.
    What should I do?
    Should I change Matuidi with Radja and leave the others like they are or to keep Matuidi and throw out Hamsik to insert Radja instead.
    Many thanks,

  15. Hi Rodrigo, first, congrats on your review/tips and yearly follow up.
    Second, a feedback for Matuidi, he is utterly useless as a player in Fifa 18, he fails so hard to keep the middle with good passing after defending, he is a fairly good tackler, defensive is fairly good however for his price it’s a crappy player, reconsider recommending him.
    Third, this is my team 4-3-3
    Handanovič,
    Rodriguez 86 LB card (still cheaper than Sandro) Bonucci Chiellini duo Lichtensteiner
    Marchisio as CDM he is a jolly joker in midfield Hamsik and Pjanic CM (considering Icardi 87 card totw to demote him to CM to replace Pjanic) Insigne and Callejon (here in my experience Callejon is far better scorer than Cuadrado) sole striker Mertens to sting any defense, with Gomez as back up. Still chasing Radja, out of my reach for the moment. But main back up for CDM Marchisio considering Khedira Scream card which has good defensive stats and good passing. Any thoughts?

    1. Hi. Thank you for your comment.
      It looks that you already have solid ideas so I don’t know if it makes sense to suggest you a few changes. For example, I believe Florenzi is better than Lichtensteiner, but if you are using him that’s because you have your reasons.
      Regards

      1. I second you on Florenzi, sole reason for using Lichtsteiner is the price, and better defensive stats, and most likely going for the 84ovr card from Lichtsteiner which is fairly above Florenzi, for which at the moment the price doesn’t reflect the value. If I pay a price of a player I would like to pay as closely as I can to it’s “real”/game play value. Still I am really interested on you thoughts for a CDM – CM – CM trio that would not involve Radja.

        1. I agree that we should buy the best value for money players. That’s why I don’t like special cards. Most of the times, you are paying the ‘special’ thing, not the stats.
          About the CDM-CM-CM trio that not involves Matuidi or Radja, and assuming that Dybala is out of your budget, I believe you have two decent options: Marchisio as CDM and Hamsik.Pjanic as CM; or, if you need a mode defensive trio, De Rossi as CDM and Marchisio-Hamsik as CM.
          Regards

  16. My team right now is
    Handanovic
    Barzagli
    Manolas
    Florenzi
    D’albert
    Marchisio
    Pjanic
    Matuidi
    Insigne
    Callejon
    Mertens
    What do you think? Which player should i buy next

  17. I think I got the best Serie A squad possible;

    Handanovic
    Florenzi
    Bonucci
    Chiellini
    Alex Sandro
    Naingollain
    Hamsik
    Marchisio
    Dybala
    Higuain
    Mertens

    Buffon did not work for me.
    I am using a 4-3-2-1 formation with 3 CM’s.

    What do you think? Should I use Pjanic instead of Marchisio?

  18. Hey Rodrigo I have currently changed my form to 4231 (2). Just wondering what would be the second best team I can make using this. Players like dybala and nain are out of my price range atm. Can afford anyone other than them. But would like your help on what u would do. I was thinking strong strikers like Higuain n Icardi. Obv they would be the best team. Hence why I ask about the second best. Thanks

          1. Thanks Rodrigo. I’ve tried it but it’s not the formation for me. I prefer the 4-1-2-1-2 (2)
            So I’ve gone for
            Handanovic
            Florenzi
            Asamoah
            Miranda
            Manolas
            Matuidi
            Pjanic
            Marchisio
            Hamsik
            Mertens
            Belotti

  19. Hello Rodrigo, many thanks for your work.
    I switched to 4-1-2-1-2 and is great.
    I use: Donnaruma – Florenzi, Manolas, Coulibaly, Asamoah – Matuidi – Marchisio, Hamsik – Gomez – Mertens, Higuain.
    I am happy, really nice site here.
    I want to buy Ghoulam special instead of Asamoah, what do you advise? Thanks.

    1. Thank you very much.
      To be honest I haven’t tried Ghoulam IF. Obviously, his numbers are much better but I am always sceptical about IF cards. Asamoah is a decent player and he is much faster than 77 looks to be. If you don’t mind to spend those coins, go ahead.
      Regards

  20. Hello Rodrigo,
    My Italian team is 4-2-3-1 compact (with 3 CAMS).
    Donnaruma – Florenzi, Koulibaly, Manolas, Asamoah – Matuidi, Marchisi – Cuadrado, Hamsik, Alejandro Gomez – Higuain
    I still having problems ind efending, was thinking to by Bonucci.
    What do you suggest?
    Many, many thanks.

  21. Hey, a wonderful article as always. My budget is 200k and will never go beyond 500k. Formation is 4231. Under this budget which league is best for me. Considering value for money and previous experience I’m much inclined towards Calcio A. Will I be able to compete at top level with Calcio A?
    Regards.

  22. Hello,
    My 1st team is 4 3 3 attack:
    Donnaruna – Lichsteiner, Benatia, Tonelli, Asamoah – Bonaventura, Borja V, Parolo – Anderson, Belotti, Nani.
    Do not know what to buy, I am in the 4th league, won all the others. Second team is:

    Sergio Asenjo – Semedo, Fernandez, Laporte, Gaya – Viera, Boudebouz, Paulinho – Williams, Gameiro, Deulofeu.

    Sugfestions here too please.

  23. Hi Rodrigo. You have a lot of knowledge about this. I just picked up Icardi inform 87 . He’s better then Higuain you think ?
    Thanks

  24. I can’t decide between two formations:
    1. 4-1-2-1-2 (Handanovic – Florenzi, Benatia, Manolos, Alex Sandro – Khedira(as CDM) – Cuadrado, Insigne – Gomez(as CAM) – Higuain, Mertens)
    2. 4-2-3-1 (Handanovic – Florenzi, Benatia, Manolos, Alex Sandro – Khedira, Matuidi – Cuadrado, Gomez, Insigne – Higuain)

    Do these teams make sense? Should I change any players (buy others or change with subs). Current subs are Perin (GK), Perisic (LM), Valero(CAM), Anderson(RM), Lukaku(LB), Koulibaly(CB), Icardi(ST), Eder(ST). Jorginho(CAM), Lichtsteiner(RB).
    I mention that I am not very good at using skills and I prefer a passing game rather than a crossing wide game.

    Thanks.

      1. Thanks, changed it last weekend and made some additions (4-1-2-1-2 (2)) and added Marchisio and Nainggolan as CM (with Pjanic as sub), Dybala as CAM, changed fullbacks to Chiellini and Bonucci. it’s been great so far got 7-3-1 wins/draw/losses.
        The one question I have is regarding strikers. As I mentioned I use Mertens and Higuain, but this weekend I got Icardi from TOTW and has slightly better stats than Higuain. I tried him, but seems to score less. What do you think? Should I change Higuain or just keep Icardi as sub?

  25. Mitko Arnaudov

    Hi ! I’m using 4-1-2-1-2

    Buffon
    Alex Sandro – Koulibaly-Miranda-Florenzi
    Khedira
    Douglas Costa-Quadrado
    Hamshik
    in form Icardi – Immobile

    The team is great for Squad battles but too slow for PvP. When going PvP I am using Costa as CDM and going Insigne for LM / I prefer Costa for LM because he is physically more gifted and I am still not good enough dribbler /. I also changed Koulibaly for Manolas after I read your article. I got around 300K coins but I am trying to save some for Black Friday so I won’t buy Naingolan and Dybala now, but what can you advice me for making faster team with physically gifted players ?

    1. Hi.
      You have a great budget to improve this squad. While you are waiting for the BF, the first thing you should do is to replace Khedira by Matuidi and Immobile by A Gómez. This will help you a lot to get a faster team. You can also try to replace Douglas Costa by Insigne.

      1. Mitko Arnaudov

        I bought them and it works out great ! I play Matuidi and Gomez fulltime and go Insigne as sub 60 min. The team suddenly got a lot faster ! Thanks for the advise and congrats for the guide – it really helps !

  26. Hey Rodrigo. One last thing. Your have your unlimited squads which is awesome. Would you mind telling me what the unlimited would be in midfield using 41212(2). So that’s cdm 2xcm and cam for both teams plz. Not sure if nain would be better as cdm or cm in this form also

    1. In my opinion, it should be CDM Matuidi; CM Marchisio and Naingollan; CAM Dybala. This works very well if you don’t use the wings too often since these are not fast players.

  27. Hey thanks for the the guides! I use them avidly but could you please help? I’m really struggling and on a massive loosing streak! I don’t fund so have a small budget.
    41212 narrow
    Donnaroma
    Goulham-Manolas-Benatia-Lichsteiner
    De Rossi
    Marchisio – Strootman
    Bonaventura
    Immobile – Icardi

    I’ve got about 20k but I keep losing games, where should I improve?

    Thanks

    1. Do you use custom tactics? What style do you play. Where is it you struggle. Creating chances? Defending?

  28. If you want to take advantage of the handicap, use a combination of silvers and low golds (you wouldn’t want to miss 77 Lukaku). Also use bronze benching. In Battle Squads this is amazing. I get to win on Legendary with at least 3-4 goals difference. With a normal (84) Serie A squad I struggle on Legendary, losing about 1 in 4 games.

  29. Hi Rodrigo, i’m your fan and i really appreciate you blog, i follow you from 4 years.I just want to thank you for you beatiful job and correct a little error at the begin of this page: The Serie A is not the fourth best league classified in the UEFA league coefficient but is the 3rd atm and probably will be the 2nd next year.
    And IMHO is spectacular as much the other 3 leagues (even more sometimes).

  30. Hi Rodrigo,
    Thanks for this post!!! I really appreciate it.
    I have a couple of questions – I hope you will sacrifice 5 mins of your precious time 🙂
    1) I prefer to use 4-1-2-1-2 wide rather than narrow option. I noticed that against teams playing tiki-taka in the midfield (41212narrow, 4132), it becomes quite difficult to defend.I decided to use custom tactic to my both RM and LM and make them “cutting inside”. I noticed it slightly improves my possibilities in defending and also when I start my attack – both RM and LM are playing closer to CM but at the same time they are still open to play wings. Do you have any other suggestions with regards to the player instructions for 41212 wide? What about LB/RB? There are 2 common schools: stay back while attacking, and balanced attack – what option do you prefer?

    2) What custom tactics would you suggest for 41212 wide? What are your personal prefered settings for this formation

    3) Do you think there is a need to change anything else for CDM except “Stay back while attacking”? I noticed that some people adjust this option only and leave everything else as basic settings ( i.e interceptions etc)

    My team is:
    Buffon
    RB Florenzi- CB Bonucci-CB Chiellini-LB Alex Sandro
    CDM Nainggolan
    RM Cuadrado LM Insignie
    CAM Hamsik
    ST Higuain ST Mertens

    Thanks!

    1. Hi I’d seriously suggest changing to narrow. I used to use the wide and changed to try it out. I’ve tried changing back but the narrow is so much better and with DR/DL on balanced they are always there to help out in attack. Give it 10 games and see what you think. I went from 8-12 shots a game to 20+ And don’t concede half as many as before. Wide leaves your cdm to do more work than he can possibly do

    2. This year wide formations don’t work so well. Consider 4-3-2-1, 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-2-1(2). Depending on the ration attack/defense.

      1. Hi Gary, thanks for your comments
        To help CDM I set both LM and RM as “cut inside” and it works also in a defensive phase. I know that Cuadrado or Insignie are weaker in defensive tha any other CM but they really help CDM. In order to balance the counterattack I set both RB and LB with balanced attack. Once LM/RM go inside to defend and hopefully they take back the ball, they already have both RB/LB entering on their position on winds. So it gives me RB/LB + RM/LM + CAM + both ST attacking togther. I am testing such solution 10 games already. I lost 2, won 6, 2 games as draw. So it looks quite promising. I am just searching for a new solutions that could be implemented here.

        What are your results in Weekend League? I am reaching Gold 1/Gold 2
        What custom tactics and player instructions are you using? Do you play on PC? If so ,we could have few training games together:)

    3. Hi Gary, thanks for your comments
      To help CDM I set both LM and RM as “cut inside” and it works also in a defensive phase. I know that Cuadrado or Insignie are weaker in defensive tha any other CM but they really help CDM. In order to balance the counterattack I set both RB and LB with balanced attack. Once LM/RM go inside to defend and hopefully they take back the ball, they already have both RB/LB entering on their position on winds. So it gives me RB/LB + RM/LM + CAM + both ST attacking togther. I am testing such solution 10 games already. I lost 2, won 6, 2 games as draw. So it looks quite promising. I am just searching for a new solutions that could be implemented here.

      What are your results in Weekend League? I am reaching Gold 1/Gold 2
      What custom tactics and player instructions are you using? Do you play on PC? If so ,we could have few training games together:)

    4. Hi.
      1) It depends on your play style. For example, I am good at defending. So, I prefer the balanced attack because I don’t need many players helping the defence.
      2) We are working on a custom tactics guide to publish in a few weeks.
      3) You have a good CDM. It should be enough.
      Regards

  31. Great guide Rodrigo
    My team is
    Gk Buffon
    Dr Lichtsteiner
    Dl Asamoah
    Dc Manolas
    Dc Miranda
    Cdm De Rossi
    Cm Pjanic
    Cm Bonaventura
    Cam Valero
    St Higuain
    St Mertens

    What would be your next signing. I’m thinking hamsik cam

          1. I see. I know what U mean. I’ve had ifs and they seem worse lol. Matuidi cdm dybala cam nain cm and who else cm with him? Also would u say one team or 2 is better. I’m in 2 minds lol

  32. Hi Rodrigo,
    First of all, thanks for the wonderful guide.

    Need suggestions:

    Donnaruma/Perin
    Lichsteiner – Koulibaly-Manolas – Rodriguez
    DeRossi – Bonaventura
    Borja Valero
    Callejon – Belotti – Perisic

    Which one should I consider upgrading first? Midfield / Forward?
    I have 150K coins available.

    Also, with us able to change Forward Runs of DEF/Def Mids through team tactics,
    work rates make a difference?

    Thanks in Advance.

    1. Hi. Thank you.
      Forwards, definitely. You can go for Higuain or, if you don’t want to spend many coins, for Gómez. If you really want a true upgrade buy Mertens and Hamsik.
      About the team tactics, you have to try to see if it makes difference or not. It depends on your play style.
      Regards

        1. Also consider IF Brozovic. Hamsil will probably still drop but If Brozovic not so much. Get Lukaku for Rodriguez-

  33. Thanks once again!
    I have a question. I play 41212, and have several CM since I moved from a 442. I have a pretty wide amount of options to choose.

    My question is who is worth keeping moving to the CDM and how to move to CAM. My guys there, all of them as CM are Hamsik (first choice for CAM), Matuidi (who will be starting CDM) and then Khedira, Bonaventura, Marchisio, Joao Mario. And from several opened packs: Biglia, Joao Mario, Sanchez, Zielinski, Milinkovic-Savic, Jankto, Kessie, Ciciretti and Brozovic.

    I guess that when I can afford Naingolan and Dybala, I won’t have any doubt. Thanks!

    1. Yes, playing with Naingolan and Dybala it’s like cheating. 🙂
      Matuidi as CDM and Hamsik as CAM should be your first options. There are only two central midfielders on both 41212 and 422.

      1. Thank you! Well, so I am saving coins so I can cheat with those 2 😀
        From that bunch of players I own, who do you think fits best as substitute for Matuidi in the CDM? and who for Hamsik as CAM?

      2. What I meant about having several CM is that I have them all set as position CM (not CAM nor CDM). Not sure if that affects a lot since I already have all of them with Loyalty and with a Calcio A manager.

  34. I am using a 433
    Donnaruma
    Abate
    Manolas
    Koulibaly
    Lukaku
    Dr Rossi
    Parolo
    Joao Mario
    El sharawaay
    Giovinco
    Bernardeshi

    Thoughts?

    1. Change:
      Abate with Karsdorp (anchor). This is a second Lukaku
      Parolo with Bonaventura
      El sharawaay with Douglas Costa or Perisic. Depending what you prefer
      Giovinco with Gomez
      Bernar.. with Cuadrado (Sniper)

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