FIFA 23: Team of The Week Predictions - Week 18
Hello and welcome to another week of our TOTW Predictions. Last week gamble on Mbappe didn’t work, so we’re doing it again this week. Overall, apart from Bappe – there might be some good cards and time to discuss them here.
As I’ve said – Mbappe with 2 goals and 1 assist and 9 from L’equipe should be in. If not him – then Messi. But I still think it’ll be Kylian. Apart from him – Ligue 1 had a very obvious picks. I’ve rarely seen TOTW from L’equipe like this, as we’ve got mostly 2 teams in it. Nice destroyed Monaco in derby and Moffi got 9 too. Also 2 goals and 1 assists. And Ito from Reims got 1 goal and 2 assists.
From Prem – there were several choices and picking them wasn’t that hard, so I went with Foden for a fantastic game vs Bournemouth, Skipp as featured TOTW for a goal vs Chelsea, Firpo for a crucial goal in survival battle vs Southampton, Ings with 2 goals in important game vs Nottingham Forest. Maybe there’s an outside chance of Trossard getting into TOTW for his assist to Martinelli in 1-0 win for Arsenal, but couldn’t find him space.
In Bundesliga there were several nice performances. I would include Coman for his fantastic performance vs Union Berlin, but he recently got TOTW, so I went with Muller as he was official MOTM. Other choice would be Pavard. Werner had a good game vs Eintracht Frankfurt with 1 goal and 1 assist and Koen Casteels was good vs Koln in 2-0 victory.
Some more notable players: Theo Hernandez for his good performance vs Atalanta, but that’s a debatable pick. Same with Gimenez for a goal vs Real Madrid, but that’s mostly because I needed a CB and there were close to 0 choices in this position. There are few other good performances in Serie A, like Orsolini vs Inter in 1-0 win or Candreva with 1 goal and 1 assist, but still those cards are pretty mid.
As I’ve said – all eyes on Mbappe, but if we’ll get Theo and few nice Prem players – then TOTW shouldn’t be as bad as I think it’ll be. Let’s see who we’ll get!
Starting 11:
GK: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg) – 5 saves in 2-0 win (SAT)
LB: Theo Hernandez (Milan) – 1 goal (counted as OG) and cs in 2-0 win (SUN)
CB: Jose Gimenez (Atletico) – 1 goal in 1-1 draw (SAT)
CB: Rodrigo Ely (Almeria) – Good performance vs Barca and CS in 1-0 win (SUN)
LW: Phil Foden (Man City) – 1 goals and 1 assist in 4-1 win (SAT)
RM: Ricardo Orsolini (Bologna) – 1 goal in 1-0 win (SUN)
CM: Antonio Candreva (Salernitana) – 1 goal and 1 assist in 3-0 win (SUN)
CDM: Oliver Skipp (Spurs) – 1 goal in 2-0 win (SUN)
ST: Thomas Muller (Bayern) – 2 assists in 3-0 win (SUN)
ST: Kylian Mbappe (PSG) – 2 goals and 1 assist in 3-0 win (SUN)
ST: Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) – 1 goal and 1 assist in 2-1 win (SAT)
Subs:
GK: Steve Mandanda (Rennes) – 8 saves in 1-0 win (SUN)
LB: Junior Firpo (Leeds) – 1 cs and 1 goal in 1-0 win (SAT)
CB: Atilla Szalai (Fenerbahce) – 1 goal and 1 cs in 4-0 win (SAT)
CAM: Jae Sung-Lee (Mainz) – 1 goal and 1 assist in 4-0 win (SAT)
RM: Junya Ito (Reims) – 1 goal and 2 assists in 3-0 win (SUN)
ST: Danny Ings (West Ham) – 2 goals in 4-0 win (SaT)
ST: Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) – 2 goals in 2-1 win (SAT)
Reserves:
LWB: Anthony Jung (Werder) – 2 assists in 3-0 win (SAT)
ST: Terem Moffi (Nice) – 2 goals and 1 assist in 3-0 win (SUN)
ST: Eamonn Brophy (Ross County) – 2 goals and 2 assists in 4-0 win (SAT)
CM: Gabri Veiga (Celta) – 2 goals and 1 assist in 3-0 win (SUN)
CM: Pablo Martinez (Levante) – 1 goal and 2 assists in 3-1 win (SUN)
