POSTED February 08, 2021
This is our TOTW 20 prediction. Varane, Varane, and Varane. Everybody expects to pull his red card. But also Di MarÃa, Depay, Neuer could make this TOTW an interesting one. And Gundogan? And Bruno? Check out our prediction.
GoalkeepersNeuer is the top contender to be in TOTW20. But remember that he got a TOTY a few weeks ago. So there are other possible contenders. One is Emiliano MartÃnez, but also MattÃa PerÃn or Fernando Muslera. Neuer had an outstanding performance in Bayern´s victory against Hertha with 7 saves.
DefendersNo doubt that Varane will be in this TOTW. As soon as he scored 2 goals that helped Real Madrid to defeat Huesca, many decided to start playing this Weekend League. Shaw is a serious contender, but also is Wan-Bissaka, both after the impressive 9-0 Manchester United victory against Southampton. 1 goal for Shaw, 2 assist for Wan-Bissaka. Finally, Angeliño, a player that many times EA denied the In Form, assisted two in Leipzig's victory against Schalke. If it is not Angeliño it could be Mukiele, that scored one.
MidfieldersIt´s really complex. No doubt about Di MarÃa. Scored 1 and assisted another against Nimes, and scored another against Marseille. Demirbay had an outstanding match and scored 2 against Schalke. Moutinho scored one in an important match against Arsenal and had another good game this weekend. If it is not him it could be Jorginho. We picked Perisic to balance the midfield with a Serie A player. He scored one in an important match against Fiorentina that helped Inter to keep second place in Serie A. But as we said it´s really complex due to the fact that also Jordan, Lingard, Almiron, Golovin could be in the starting XI.
AttackersDepay is on time after getting a previous In Form 4 weeks ago. Oyarzabal scored the first 2 of Real Sociedad 5-1 over Cadiz. Ibra .. Ibra? Well, it depends on EA. You may know that there is a certain kind of conflict between Ibra and EA, that started when the striker wonder why EA was able to use his image without his authorization. Ibrahimovic should get the In Form, but ... If not Ibrahimovic there are chances for Martial ( if Shaw does not make it ), his teammate Rebic or even a Swiss Super League player like Nsame ( he was part of the starting XI in FIFA 20 TOTW 31 ).
SubstitutesWell, Gundogan will probably get the Player of the Month award this week ( check the tweet ) so they won´t give him an In Form. Foden got a Man of the Match item last Friday. That MOTM count as an in Form. There are no precedents of players getting MOTM and In Form in the same week. So he should not get the in form. Anyway, if EA decided to give him one his position would be changed to CF.
And Bruno?Bruno Fernandes scored 1 and assisted two in Manchester United victory against Southampton. This weekend scored another one. But Bruno comes from a TOTY card, got a POTM that will end this week. If they give him an In Form probably they will need to remove Neuer from TOTW to keep the balance ( Team of the Week rating is about 85-86 ) But who knows is Future Stars promo and EA tries to sell more packs.
Silver StarMussa Barrow. He scored two in Bologna's victory against Parma. EA could bring an interesting player since his stats with the upgrade could be really impressive.