For all those players that plan a FUT 14 team based on the Serie A, or that plan on building one, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.
Here is our guide of the main Italian league for FIFA 14 Ultimate Team.
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Introduction
Serie A
Goalkeepers
Central Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
Right Midfielders
Left Midfielders
Forwards
Teams
Hybrids
Introduction to the FUT 14 Serie A Guide
Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, even 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 14. It’s precisely this aspect that this guide focuses on. For each position, and focusing on the truly important attributes, we’ll show 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 formations with three defenders. According to those formations, the player must be cautious to look at the work rates, trying 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 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 gathering players of the same nationality, while others decide to form a team of players from the same league. The most popular leagues are the Brazilians and the Barclays Premier League. There are also more experienced players that can form hybrid teams without damaging the chemistry a lot.
All of these steps are necessary to have; it could be that the team is not always well built as it could’ve been. This article aims to help those that think or want to form a FIFA 14 Ultimate Team based on players from the Serie A. Even the ones have one, could take out some valuable conclusion from this guide that could help turn your team even better.
It’s important that the readers understand that this guide is simply guidance. It’s a theme too vast and the player’s combinations are almost infinite. Besides, there are various factors that influence the choices, like it’s 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 14 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 Serie A 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 14 Ultimate Team Serie A teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: February 2014. It’s natural that the prices have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so they should only be considered as guiding prices.
Serie A
The Serie A is one of the most competitive leagues of 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 gain access to the champions league of the next year, while the fourth and fifth qualify to the Europa League and the last three trade places with the first three qualified of 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 fourth best league classified in the UEFA league coefficients.
Started in 1898, the Italian league has been conquered by sixteen clubs. The dominant club is Juventus, with a total of 31 titles. AC Milan (18), Inter (18) and Genova (9) are the other teams that won more titles.
As to last season, the Serie A lost some good players such as Kevin Prince-Boateng (Schalke 04), Taiwo (Bursaspor), Bojan (Barcelona), Lamela (Tottenham), Oswaldo (Southampton), Konate (Lleida Esportiu), Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain), Sissoko (Paris Saint Germain), Jovetic (Manchester City), Sebastian Frey (Bursaspor), Anelka (West Bromwich Albion) and Felipe Melo (Galatasaray). But, the biggest out transfer was the move of Cavani from Nápoles to Paris Saint Germain by 64 million Euros.
These transfers didn’t necessarily make the Serie A weaker. The Italians teams spent many million Euros on strong reinforcements: Gervinho (Roma), Konaté (Roma), Maicon (Roma), Anderson (Fiorentina), Mario Gómez (Fiorentina), Llorente (Juventus), D. Mertens (Nápoles) and Jadson (Udinese). But the biggest signings of the season happened in Milan and Turim. Kaka and Carlos Tévez joined to Serie A by only 12 million Euros.
The choices are a lot for which our guide will certainly be useful as to building a team with players from this league. Serie A is a good choice to who is looking for quality players, but don’t have a large budget. There is no many choices, but the players of Serie A are probably the best value for money.
FUT 14 Serie A Goalkeepers (GK)
Goalkeepers are the players that are less used on field. Because of this they are also the disdained 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. It’s good investment because they’re normally the most economically accessible players.
Gianluigi Buffon is the more popular goalkeeper from Serie A. To come gamers, he is the best FUT 14 goalkeeper. Only Handanovic and Marchetti have a rating that can be compared. For having the best rating they are also the most searched by this league’s teams so they’re more expensive.
| MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS | |||
| Gianluigi Buffon | 86 | Italy | Juventus |
| Federico Marchetti | 84 | Italy | Lazio |
| Samir Handanovic | 84 | Slovenia | Inter |
| José Reina | 83 | Spain | Napoli |
| Morgan De Sanctis | 81 | Italy | Roma |
| Christian Abbiati | 80 | Italy | Milan |
| Andrea Consigli | 80 | Italy | Atalanta |
| Marco Storari | 78 | Italy | Juventus |
| Željko Brkic | 77 | Serbia | Udinese |
| Rafael | 77 | Brazil | Napoli |
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 Marchetti and Handanovic. Buffon is one of the Serie A goalkeepers with worse reflexes.
| GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES | |||
| Federico Marchetti | 89 | Italy | Lazio |
| Samir Handanovic | 88 | Slovenia | Inter |
| Andrea Consigli | 86 | Italy | Atalanta |
| José Reina | 84 | Spain | Napoli |
| Christian Abbiati | 84 | Italy | Milan |
| Nikolay Mihaylov | 84 | Bulgaria | Hellas Verona |
| Michael Agazzi | 84 | Italy | Cagliari |
| Rafael | 83 | Brazil | Napoli |
| Juan Pablo Carrizo | 82 | Argentina | Inter |
| Mattia Perin | 82 | Italy | Genoa |
Diving is a fundamental attribute when choosing a goalkeeper. It measures the capacity for a goalkeeper to make a save when jumping.
In the world, only Diego Alves has a diving as good as Buffon has. Marchetti is another goalkeeper with a great diving.
| GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING | |||
| Gianluigi Buffon | 90 | Italy | Juventus |
| Federico Marchetti | 87 | Italy | Lazio |
| Samir Handanovic | 87 | Slovenia | Inter |
| Christian Abbiati | 84 | Italy | Milan |
| Željko Brkic | 84 | Serbia | Udinese |
| José Reina | 83 | Spain | Napoli |
| Morgan De Sanctis | 82 | Italy | Roma |
| Andrea Consigli | 82 | Italy | Atalanta |
| Rafael | 82 | Brazil | Napoli |
| Marco Storari | 80 | Italy | Juventus |
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 Marchetti’s weak point. Even though he can’t be considered a short goalkeeper, the truth is he’s 6 cm shorter than Željko Brkic, Nikolay Mihaylov and Mariano Andújar, the tallest gold goalkeepers of Serie A
| TALLEST GOALKEEPERS | |||
| Željko Brkic | 194 | Serbia | Udinese |
| Nikolay Mihaylov | 194 | Bulgaria | Hellas Verona |
| Mariano Andújar | 194 | Argentina | Catania |
| Samir Handanovic | 193 | Slovenia | Inter |
| Antonio Mirante | 193 | Italy | Parma |
| Gianluigi Buffon | 191 | Italy | Juventus |
| Christian Abbiati | 191 | Italy | Milan |
| Morgan De Sanctis | 190 | Italy | Roma |
| Marco Amelia | 190 | Italy | Milan |
| Andrea Consigli | 189 | Italy | Atalanta |
The choice for the best Serie A goalkeeper on FIFA 14 Ultimate team, is easy.
In our opinion, Gianluigi Buffon is still the best choice. Besides being the best with one of the two most important attributes, he’s also who has the best positioning in the whole game. For us, Handanovic is the best alternative to the Italian Champion. Marchetti is very similar to him, but the Slovenian GK is 5 cm taller.
For those who want a cheap goalkeeper, Hosé Reina is a great choice. He is not as good as the three best Serie A goalkeepers but he is cheap to the quality he has.
Best Serie A Goalkeepers in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team
FUT 14 Serie A Central 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.
Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli are the central backs with the best reputation in the Serie A. No other players can be compared to them.
| HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL BACKS | Giorgio Chiellini | 86 | Italy | Juventus |
| Andrea Barzagli | 84 | Italy | Juventus |
| Walter Samuel | 82 | Argentina | Inter |
| Medhi Benatia | 82 | Morocco | Roma |
| Hugo Campagnaro | 82 | Argentina | Inter |
| Philippe Mexès | 81 | France | Milan |
| Nicolás Spolli | 80 | Argentina | Catania |
| Maurizio Domizzi | 80 | Italy | Udinese |
| Angelo Ogbonna | 80 | Italy | Juventus |
| Danilo | 80 | Brazil | Udinese |
On a central back, two attributes assume particular importance on their performance: defending and heading.
A player with better defending will have an easier chance of dispossessing the opponent and avoid him reaching your box.
It’s the case of the best rated player: Giorgio Chiellini. It’s really hard to get past him. The most experienced players are normally those who have a higher rating on this attribute. Walter Samuel proves this.
| CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING | |||
| Walter Samuel | 87 | Argentina | Inter |
| Giorgio Chiellini | 86 | Italy | Juventus |
| Andrea Barzagli | 86 | Italy | Juventus |
| Medhi Benatia | 84 | Morocco | Roma |
| Hugo Campagnaro | 84 | Argentina | Inter |
| Nicolás Spolli | 83 | Argentina | Catania |
| Maurizio Domizzi | 82 | Italy | Udinese |
| Angelo Ogbonna | 82 | Italy | Juventus |
| Danilo | 82 | Brazil | Udinese |
| Andrea Ranocchia | 82 | Italy | Inter |
On a game partially made difficult on stopping an opponent’s header in our box, possessing good heading is even more important on a central back than it was before. Allow him to be superior in your box when defending air balls but it’s also worth it on set pieces, like corners where a central backs jump may just be worth some goals.
In this chapter Leonardo Bonucci and Matías Silvestre are the strongest ones, both with great jumping stat. In the other hand, Andrea Ranocchia is the tallest CB of Serie A but he is also one of the players with worse heading
| CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER HEADING | |||
| Leonardo Bonucci | 84 | Italy | Juventus |
| Matías Silvestre | 83 | Italy | Milan |
| Giorgio Chiellini | 82 | Italy | Juventus |
| Philippe Mexès | 82 | France | Milan |
| Paolo Cannavaro | 82 | Italy | Napoli |
| Stefan Savic | 82 | Montenegro | Fiorentina |
| Nicolás Spolli | 81 | Argentina | Catania |
| Gabriel Paletta | 81 | Argentina | Parma |
| Nicolás Burdisso | 81 | Argentina | Roma |
| Nicola Legrottaglie | 81 | Italy | Catania |
Defending and heading may be useless against fast opponents. It’s necessary to fight fire with fire. No 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.
Chiellini is the best central back from Serie A. Barzagli is also very popular but he is much more slow. For that reason, Martín Cáceres and Angelo Ogbonna may be good alternatives to the Italian player.
| CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER PACE | |||
| Martín Cáceres | 81 | Uruguay | Juventus |
| Juan Jesus | 79 | Brazil | Inter |
| Giorgio Chiellini | 77 | Italy | Juventus |
| Angelo Ogbonna | 77 | Italy | Juventus |
| Alessandro Gamberini | 75 | Italy | Genoa |
| Federico Peluso | 74 | Italy | Juventus |
| Medhi Benatia | 73 | Morocco | Roma |
| Cristian Zapata | 73 | Colombia | Milan |
| Leonardo Bonucci | 72 | Italy | Juventus |
| Nenad Tomovic | 72 | Serbia | Fiorentina |
Chiellini intercepts everything that is at his reach. His place in any Serie A based squad is unquestionable.
Benefiting from their popularity and their characteristic for a good chemistry, Barzagli come up as being one of the first choices for teams based on the main Italian League. He is without a doubt a good player for this position but there are other cheaper and faster solutions. Like, Martín Cáceres, Angelo Ogbonna and Medhi Benatia, the central backs with best average between the three most important attributes we considered (excepting Chiellini).
Best FUT 14 Serie A Central Backs
FUT 14 Serie A Right Backs (RB and RWB)
Full backs have the role of troubling the mission of the wingers. Not only. In addition, good full backs also support their team mates on offensive maneuvers.
Maicon, Abate and Konko are the three best players in a position that Serie A doesn’t have many good choices.
| HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS | |||
| Abdoulay Konko | 79 | France | Lazio |
| Ignazio Abate | 78 | Italy | Milan |
| Maicon | 78 | Brazil | Roma |
| Mattia De Sciglio | 77 | Italy | Milan |
| Vassilis Torosidis | 76 | Greece | Roma |
There are very important attributes in any right back: defending and pace.
Since they’re defenders they should have good defending capacities. This reduces a team’s risk of conceding.
Maicon is the players that best fits this aspect. The only other players that offer any type of competition is Konko.
| RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING | |||
| Maicon | 79 | Brazil | Roma |
| Abdoulay Konko | 77 | France | Lazio |
| Mattia De Sciglio | 74 | Italy | Milan |
| Vassilis Torosidis | 74 | Greece | Roma |
| Ignazio Abate | 73 | Italy | Milan |
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.
Between all of the right backs of FUT 14, Abate is clearly the fastest one. This is the weakest point of Maicon, the fourth fastest Serie A Right Back.
| RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE | |||
| Ignazio Abate | 93 | Italy | Milan |
| Abdoulay Konko | 86 | France | Lazio |
| Mattia De Sciglio | 84 | Italy | Milan |
| Maicon | 79 | Brazil | Roma |
| Vassilis Torosidis | 76 | Greece | Roma |
Abate and Maicon are undoubtedly the best right backs playing on Serie A. The Italian player is faster and more attacking. Maicon has the best passing and shooting but he is better on the defence also thanks to his strength. If you don’t have enough coins to buy any of these two players, choose Abdoulay Konko.
Best FUT 14 Serie A Right Backs
Best FUT 14 Serie A Left Backs (LB e 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 on the team’s offensive manoeuvres.
There are only two gold players on Serie A for this position: Kévin Constant and Stefan Radu
| HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS | |||
| Kévin Constant | 78 | Guinea | Milan |
| Stefan Radu | 78 | Romania | Lazio |
From these two players, Radu is the one who has better defending stats.
| LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING | |||
| Stefan Radu | 82 | Romania | Lazio |
| Kévin Constant | 77 | Guinea | Milan |
If it is true that Radu is better on the defence, it is also true that Kévin Constant is faster.
| LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE | |||
| Kévin Constant | 83 | Guinea | Milan |
| Stefan Radu | 78 | Romania | Lazio |
The two gold left backs from Serie A are too different from each other. The attributes and the work rates show that Kévin Constant is more attacking and Stefan Radu is more defensive. The right choice depends of what kind of player are you looking for your team. For us, the AC Milan player is the best one. If you want more alternatives, you can try Criscito on Serie A team.
Best FUT 14 Serie A Left Backs
Best FUT 14 Serie A Defensive Midfielder (CDM)
Many of the FIFA 14 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.
The supremacy of Daniele De Rossi over all other Serie A central defensive midfielders is extremely clear.
| HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS | |||
| Daniele De Rossi | 84 | Italy | Roma |
| Nigel de Jong | 79 | Netherlands | Milan |
| Esteban Cambiasso | 78 | Argentina | Inter |
| Walter Gargano | 77 | Uruguay | Parma |
| Massimo Ambrosini | 76 | Italy | Fiorentina |
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 on 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 a 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 CDM with best defending stats is Daniele De Rossi. Beisdes that, only Ambrosini has a better heading than him, so he is a really 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 BETTER DEFENDING | |||
| Daniele De Rossi | 83 | Italy | Roma |
| Nigel de Jong | 81 | Netherlands | Milan |
| Massimo Ambrosini | 79 | Italy | Fiorentina |
| Esteban Cambiasso | 78 | Argentina | Inter |
| Walter Gargano | 76 | Uruguay | Parma |
The area of the field occupied by the central defensive midfielders is the one where most ball dispute happen. Strong players will have a higher probability of winning the ball.
There’s not much of muscle between the central defensive midfielders of Serie A. Once again, Daniele De Rossi is the one that stands out. On the other hand there’s Walter Gargano. The Parma’s player rarely wins a physical brawl due to being the weakest central defensive midfielder from the main Italian League.
| STRONGEST CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS | |||
| Daniele De Rossi | 83 | Italy | Roma |
| Massimo Ambrosini | 78 | Italy | Fiorentina |
| Zdravko Kuzmanovic | 76 | Serbia | Inter |
| Nigel de Jong | 75 | Netherlands | Milan |
| Esteban Cambiasso | 74 | Argentina | Inter |
Daniele De Rossi is our first choice for this position. He is the best defensive midfielder on the most important attributes. He is also the best in four of the six main attributes and the second best on the other two.
Esteban Cambiasso is our economic choice.
Best FUT 14 Serie A Central Defensive Midfielders
Best FUT 14 Serie A Central Midfielders (CM e CAM)
A lot of games are decided on 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.
There is many quality in the Serie A midfield. Some of the best footballers of this league play in this position. It’s the case of Pirlo and Vidal.
| HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS | |||
| Andrea Pirlo | 86 | Italy | Juventus |
| Arturo Vidal | 85 | Chile | Juventus |
| Riccardo Montolivo | 84 | Italy | Milan |
| Claudio Marchisio | 84 | Italy | Juventus |
| Marek Hamšik | 84 | Slovakia | Napoli |
| Alessandro Diamanti | 83 | Italy | Bologna |
| Hernanes | 83 | Brazil | Lazio |
| Borja Valero | 82 | Spain | Fiorentina |
| Kaká | 82 | Brazil | Milan |
| Fredy Guarín | 81 | Colombia | Inter |
Central 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 Montolivo and Pizarro are on the top table of the players with best passing skills, Pirlo is who stands out by being who does it better. In the whole world, only Xavi is better than him.
| CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PASSING | |||
| Andrea Pirlo | 91 | Italy | Juventus |
| Riccardo Montolivo | 87 | Italy | Milan |
| David Pizarro | 87 | Chile | Fiorentina |
| Borja Valero | 86 | Spain | Fiorentina |
| Francesco Lodi | 86 | Italy | Genoa |
| Alessandro Diamanti | 85 | Italy | Bologna |
| Luca Cigarini | 85 | Italy | Atalanta |
| Alberto Aquilani | 84 | Italy | Fiorentina |
| Jaime Valdés | 84 | Chile | Parma |
| Claudio Marchisio | 83 | Italy | Juventus |
Hernanes has the best dribbling of Serie A. On Italy, only Kaka e Diamanti can be compared with him in this aspect.
| CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING | |||
| Hernanes | 86 | Brazil | Lazio |
| Alessandro Diamanti | 84 | Italy | Bologna |
| Kaká | 84 | Brazil | Milan |
| Claudio Marchisio | 83 | Italy | Juventus |
| Fredy Guarín | 83 | Colombia | Inter |
| Ederson | 83 | Brazil | Lazio |
| Andrea Pirlo | 82 | Italy | Juventus |
| Arturo Vidal | 82 | Chile | Juventus |
| Marek Hamšik | 82 | Slovakia | Napoli |
| David Pizarro | 82 | Chile | Fiorentina |
Pirlo is the best midfielder of Serie A. His ball control, long passing and vision are simply amazing. His only problem is to be a slow player. Vidal is the most popular alternative. He is fast, very balanced and can play very well as a CDM. He has a stamina of 93 which is great for a payer with a work rate high/high. Marchisio and Guarin are players not much different from the Chilean player but with worse defending stats. Hernanes and Hamsik are the right choices for who needs an attacking midfielder.
Our cheapest choice falls to Diamanti and David Pizarro. Excepting Pirlo, they are the two best players on the stats we consider more important.
Best FUT 14 Serie A Central Midfielders
Serie A Right Wingers (RM, RW e RF)
The wingers are responsible for giving game width in the attack. They’re normally very explosive players.
Candreva and Joaquín are the most popular right wings from Serie A but it doesn’t means that they are the best ones.
| HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS | |||
| Antonio Candreva | 82 | Italy | Lazio |
| Joaquín | 82 | Spain | Fiorentina |
| Juan Cuadrado | 81 | Colombia | Fiorentina |
| Alessio Cerci | 81 | Italy | Torino |
| Jonathan Biabiany | 80 | France | Parma |
| Christian Maggio | 79 | Italy | Napoli |
| Simone Pepe | 78 | Italy | Juventus |
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | 78 | Switzerland | Juventus |
| Dušan Basta | 78 | Serbia | Udinese |
| Pablo Barrientos | 78 | Argentina | Catania |
There are three fundamental attribute on 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 through sprints on the side lines.
Among all FUT 14 players, only Walcott and Mathis Bolly have better pace than Biabiany. There are two other right midfielders with a pace over 90.
| FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS | |||
| Jonathan Biabiany | 96 | France | Parma |
| Juan Cuadrado | 93 | Colombia | Fiorentina |
| José Callejón | 90 | Spain | Napoli |
| M’Baye Niang | 86 | Senegal | Milan |
| Antonio Candreva | 84 | Italy | Lazio |
| Alessio Cerci | 84 | Italy | Torino |
| Simone Pepe | 84 | Italy | Juventus |
| Christian Maggio | 83 | Italy | Napoli |
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | 83 | Switzerland | Juventus |
| Mauricio Isla | 81 | Chile | Juventus |
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.
The two players with higher ratings are also the ones with best dribbling: Joaquín and Candreva.
| RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBLLING | |||
| Joaquín | 87 | Spain | Fiorentina |
| Juan Cuadrado | 87 | Colombia | Fiorentina |
| Pablo Barrientos | 85 | Argentina | Catania |
| Antonio Candreva | 84 | Italy | Lazio |
| Alessio Cerci | 84 | Italy | Torino |
| Jonathan Biabiany | 83 | France | Parma |
| M’Baye Niang | 81 | Senegal | Milan |
| Simone Pepe | 80 | Italy | Juventus |
| Javier Zanetti | 79 | Argentina | Inter |
| Dušan Basta | 78 | Serbia | Udinese |
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.
Joaquín and Cuadrado are the players with better passing but the Spanish player is better on crossings. José Callejón, for example, could’ve been an option to consider filling this slot in virtue of his fantastic pace, but he’s affected negatively for missing frequently passes to his more forward team mates.
| RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING | |||
| Joaquín | 84 | Spain | Fiorentina |
| Antonio Candreva | 82 | Italy | Lazio |
| Alessio Cerci | 81 | Italy | Torino |
| Christian Maggio | 81 | Italy | Napoli |
| Javier Zanetti | 80 | Argentina | Inter |
| Pablo Barrientos | 79 | Argentina | Catania |
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | 78 | Switzerland | Juventus |
| Dušan Basta | 78 | Serbia | Udinese |
| Mauricio Isla | 77 | Chile | Juventus |
| Boško Jankovic | 77 | Serbia | Hellas Verona |
Juan Cuadrado is clearly the most indicated player to occupy this position in a Serie A team. He is really fast, has a good passing and his dribbling is great.
Biabiany is, to us, the second best right midfielder. His passing and dribbling are not so good, but his pace is something unbelievable. If you don’t need someone so fast, you can try Candreva.
Joaquín is our economic choice. He is a slow player but in the others stats he is as good as the better ones.
Best FUT 14 Serie A Right Wingers
Serie A Left Wingers (LM, LW e LF)
The left wingers have exactly the same role as their team mates from the other side.
El Shaarawy and Totti are the most popular left midfielders of Serie A.
| HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS | |||
| Francesco Totti | 82 | Italy | Roma |
| Stephan El Shaarawy | 81 | Italy | Milan |
| Dries Mertens | 80 | Belgium | Napoli |
| Kwadwo Asamoah | 80 | Ghana | Juventus |
| Juan Camilo Zúñiga | 79 | Colombia | Napoli |
| Gervinho | 79 | Ivory Coast | Roma |
| Senad Lulic | 79 | Bosnia Herzegovina | Lazio |
| Giacomo Bonaventura | 79 | Italy | Atalanta |
| Pablo Armero | 78 | Colombia | Napoli |
| Álvaro Pereira | 78 | Uruguay | Inter |
Pablo Armero is the only left midfielder of Serie A that can reaches the pace of 90. The player with highest rating is also the one with worse pace: Totti.
| LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PACE | |||
| Pablo Armero | 90 | Colombia | Napoli |
| Juan Camilo Zúñiga | 88 | Colombia | Napoli |
| Gervinho | 88 | Ivory Coast | Roma |
| Stephan El Shaarawy | 87 | Italy | Milan |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 87 | Japan | Inter |
| Senad Lulic | 84 | Bosnia Herzegovina | Lazio |
| Dries Mertens | 83 | Belgium | Napoli |
| Kwadwo Asamoah | 83 | Ghana | Juventus |
| Giacomo Bonaventura | 82 | Italy | Atalanta |
| Álvaro Pereira | 81 | Uruguay | Inter |
The four players with highest ratings are the ones with best dribbling.
| LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING | |||
| Stephan El Shaarawy | 85 | Italy | Milan |
| Francesco Totti | 84 | Italy | Roma |
| Dries Mertens | 83 | Belgium | Napoli |
| Kwadwo Asamoah | 82 | Ghana | Juventus |
| Juan Camilo Zúñiga | 82 | Colombia | Napoli |
| Gervinho | 82 | Ivory Coast | Roma |
| Sebastián Leto | 82 | Argentina | Catania |
| Giacomo Bonaventura | 81 | Italy | Atalanta |
| Mario Santana | 81 | Argentina | Genoa |
| Senad Lulic | 79 | Bosnia Herzegovina | Lazio |
Totti is clearly the best fitted passer between the remaining left wingers. No one can be compared with him.
| LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING | |||
| Francesco Totti | 88 | Italy | Roma |
| Juan Manuel Vargas | 81 | Peru | Fiorentina |
| Senad Lulic | 79 | Bosnia Herzegovina | Lazio |
| Álvaro Pereira | 79 | Uruguay | Inter |
| Kwadwo Asamoah | 78 | Ghana | Juventus |
| Giacomo Bonaventura | 78 | Italy | Atalanta |
| Juan Camilo Zúñiga | 77 | Colombia | Napoli |
| Pablo Armero | 77 | Colombia | Napoli |
| Manuel Pasqual | 77 | Italy | Fiorentina |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 76 | Japan | Inter |
Totti has amazing stats but he is too slow to play on this position. In our opinion, Stephan El Shaarawy is the best left midfielder of Serie A.
For those that don’t want to pay as many coins for the Milan’s winger, Kwadwo Asamoah is a good alternative, specially for who is looking for a player that attacks but also defends.
Our cheap suggestion is Pablo Armero. Only Zúñiga and El Shaarawy can be better than him on the average of the three most important attributes in a player of this position.
Best FUT 14 Serie A Left Wingers
Serie A Forwards (CF e ST)
The forwards are the players on which fall the most responsibility of scoring goals.
There are many good forwards on Serie A.
| HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS | |||
| Carlos Tévez | 86 | Argentina | Juventus |
| Mario Gomez | 86 | Germany | Fiorentina |
| Antonio Di Natale | 85 | Italy | Udinese |
| Mario Balotelli | 84 | Italy | Milan |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | 84 | Argentina | Napoli |
| Mirko Vucinic | 83 | Montenegro | Juventus |
| Miroslav Klose | 83 | Germany | Lazio |
| Rodrigo Palacio | 82 | Argentina | Inter |
| Diego Milito | 82 | Argentina | Inter |
| Llorente | 82 | Spain | Juventus |
| Fabio Quagliarella | 81 | Italy | Juventus |
| Giuseppe Rossi | 81 | Italy | Fiorentina |
| Antonio Cassano | 81 | Italy | Parma |
| Germán Denis | 80 | Argentina | Atalanta |
| Luis Muriel | 80 | Colombia | Udinese |
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.
Di Natale has the best shooting and the second best finishing of the Serie A.
| FORWARDS WITH BETTER SHOOTING | |||
| Antonio Di Natale | 86 | Italy | Udinese |
| Carlos Tévez | 85 | Argentina | Juventus |
| Fabio Quagliarella | 84 | Italy | Juventus |
| Mario Balotelli | 82 | Italy | Milan |
| Giuseppe Rossi | 82 | Italy | Fiorentina |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | 81 | Argentina | Napoli |
| Mirko Vucinic | 81 | Montenegro | Juventus |
| Rodrigo Palacio | 81 | Argentina | Inter |
| Goran Pandev | 81 | FYR Macedonia | Napoli |
| Antonio Cassano | 80 | Italy | Parma |
| Sergio Pellissier | 80 | Italy | Chievo Verona |
| Mario Gomez | 79 | Germany | Fiorentina |
| Diego Milito | 79 | Argentina | Inter |
| Josip Ilicic | 79 | Slovenia | Fiorentina |
| Germán Denis | 78 | Argentina | Atalanta |
On FUT 14, knowing how to head gained another importance. Plenty of goals are born like this.
Unlike with shooting there’s no proportionality between players with high ratings and players with good heading. Serie A player with best heading is Amauri, one of the gold forwards with lowest rating. If you are looking a more balanced player that can also be used on crosses, Klose and Llorente are good choices.
| FORWARDS WITH BETTER HEADING | |||
| Amauri | 88 | Italy | Parma |
| Llorente | 87 | Spain | Juventus |
| Miroslav Klose | 86 | Germany | Lazio |
| Germán Denis | 86 | Argentina | Atalanta |
| Mario Gomez | 84 | Germany | Fiorentina |
| Giampaolo Pazzini | 84 | Italy | Milan |
| Alberto Gilardino | 83 | Italy | Genoa |
| Mauricio Pinilla | 82 | Chile | Cagliari |
| Rolando Bianchi | 81 | Italy | Bologna |
| Diego Milito | 80 | Argentina | Inter |
| Cyril Théréau | 80 | France | Chievo Verona |
| Sergio Floccari | 80 | Italy | Lazio |
| Marco Borriello | 80 | Italy | Roma |
| Alessandro Matri | 80 | Italy | Milan |
| Ciro Immobile | 80 | Italy | Torino |
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.
Víctor Ibarbo is the fastest forward of Serie A. There are many other fast forwards.
| FORWARDS WITH BETTER PACE | Víctor Ibarbo | 93 | Colombia | Cagliari |
| Sebastian Giovinco | 91 | Italy | Juventus |
| Marco Sau | 91 | Italy | Cagliari |
| Luis Muriel | 89 | Colombia | Udinese |
| Maximiliano Moralez | 89 | Argentina | Atalanta |
| Lorenzo Insigne | 89 | Italy | Napoli |
| Antonio Di Natale | 86 | Italy | Udinese |
| Rodrigo Palacio | 85 | Argentina | Inter |
| Mario Balotelli | 84 | Italy | Milan |
| Robinho | 82 | Brazil | Milan |
| Manolo Gabbiadini | 82 | Italy | Sampdoria |
| Carlos Tévez | 81 | Argentina | Juventus |
| Adem Ljajic | 81 | Serbia | Roma |
| Mirko Vucinic | 80 | Montenegro | Juventus |
| Giuseppe Rossi | 80 | Italy | Fiorentina |
There are three amazing forwards on Serie A: Mario Balotelli, Carlos Tévez and Antonio Di Natale. The Milan’s player is very strong and the other two can play as CF or CAM. The work rates of each of these players show exactly how they are on the field.
If you don’t have enough coins to buy them, you have other good forwards to choose. That choice is subjective because it depends of your play style. In our opinion, Mario Gomez, Miroslav Klose and Llorente are the best ones for who wants a player with good heading; Rodrigo Palácio, Giovinco and Ibarbo for who likes to play in counters and needs a fast player; Higuain and for who is looking for a finisher.
Best FUT 14 Serie A Forwards
Serie A 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 player based on their role and style of play that fits each player. And that is made in the previous chapters. 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 35k budget and 4-4-2 with a 15k budget.
Team with Unlimited Budget
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- First Squad
GK: Gianluigi Buffon (7k)
RB: Ignazio Abate (1.5k)
CBR: Giorgio Chiellini (11k)
CBL: Andrea Barzagli (1.2k)
LB: Kévin Constant (1.6k)
CDM: Arturo Vidal (10k)
RM: Juan Cuadrado (1.9k)
LM: Stephan El Shaarawy (6k)
CAM: Antonio Di Natale (12k)
STR: Carlos Tévez (17k)
STL: Mario Balotelli (15k)
- Substitutes and Reserves
GK: Samir Handanovic (1k)
RB: Maicon (2k)
CB: Medhi Benatia (1k)
CB: Angelo Ogbonna (1k)
LB: Stefan Radu (1.1k)
CDM: Daniele De Rossi (1.8k)
RM: Jonathan Biabiany (1.3k)
LM: Kwadwo Asamoah (1k)
CAM: Andrea Pirlo (11k)
ST: Mario Gomez (2.1k)
ST: Mirko Vucinic (1k)
- Budget
108.5 k coins (84.2k + 24.3k)
- Summary
- First Squad
- Substitutes and Reserves
- Budget
- Summary
- First Squad
- Substitutes and Reserves
- Budget
- Summary
The choice for this team’s player was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.
In goal, Buffon is better than Handanovic. The Inter’s goalkeeper is a good alternative for who can’t lives with the low reflexes of Buffon.
In centre back position, Chiellini is unquestionable. Benatia and Ogbonna are also good players to this position. In the right side, the pace of Abate is more important than the higher technical quality of Maicon. In the other side, and since there are only two players for this position, Domenico Criscito can take the place we gave to Kévin Constant.
As CDM we have chosen Arturo Vidal instead of De Rossi. The two wingers are irreplaceable, but the same doesn’t happen with Di Natale. Many players don’t need a fast player to this position and, in that case, Pirlo should be perfect.
On the attack, Di Natale is the only one that can replace Balotelli and Tévez.
35K Budget Team
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GK: Samir Handanovic (1k)
RB: Ignazio Abate (1.5k)
CBR: Medhi Benatia (1k)
CBL: Andrea Barzagli (1.2k)
CMR: Hernanes (2.7k)
CM: Daniele De Rossi (1.8k)
CML: Marek Hamsik (1.2k)
RW: Juan Cuadrado (1.9k)
LW: Kwadwo Asamoah (1k)
ST: Mario Gomez (2.1k)
GK: Federico Marchetti (1.1k)
RB: Maicon (2k)
CB: Angelo Ogbonna (1k)
CB: Martin Cáceres (1k)
LB: Stefan Radu (1.1k)
CM: Fredy Guarin (1.8k)
CM: Claudio Marchisio (2.1k)
CM: Paul Pogba (2.3k)
RW: Jonathan Biabiany (1.3k)
LW: Pablo Armero (0.8k)
ST: Mirko Vucinic (1k)
32.5k coins (17k + 15.5k)
The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal, Handanovic is a cheaper alternative to Buffon. In the defence, the four players are the same, except Chiellini that was replaced by Benatia due to his price.
On the midfield, Daniele De Rossi plays on the centre to help the back four. Guarin and Marchisio are also good players for this position specially for who wants a more attacking player than De Rossi. The other two midfielders are the attacking players: Hamsik and Hernanes are our first choices.
Cuadrado and Asamoah are responsible to assist Mario Gomez, a very balanced striker.
15K Budget Team
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GK: José Reina (0.8k)
RB: Abdoulay Konko (0.8k)
CBR: Juan Jesus (0.5k)
CBL: Cristian Zapata (0.7k)
LB: Kévin Constant (1.6k)
RM: Joaquín (0.8k)
CMR: David Pizarro (0.7k)
CML: Radja Nainggolan (0.8k)
LM: Pablo Armero (0.8k)
ST: Diego Milito (0.7k)
ST: Miroslav Klose (0.8k)
GK: Christian Abbiati (0.7k)
RB: Mattia de Sciglio (0.5k)
CB: Leonardo Bonucci (0.5k)
CB: Alessandro Gamberini (0.4k)
LB: Stefan Radu (1.1k)
RM: Simone Pepe (0.8k)
CM: Borja Valero (0.7k)
CM: Esteban Cambiasso (0.6k)
LM: Juan Camilo Zuniga (0.5k)
ST: Llorente (0.8k)
ST: Giampolo Pazzini (0.3k)
15.9k coins (9k + 6.9k)
The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal José Reina is a true penny saver. In front of him, Zapata and Juan Jesus close the path to goal. Konko and Constant are the other two defenders.
The biggest new of this team is the pair Pabo Armero / David Pizarro that with their pace, dribbling, and above average passing give width to the attack. On a 442 formation it may be a good option to use someone more defensive, like Cambiasso.
On the last third of the field, Joaquín and Nainggolan are great players that support the strikers Milito and Klose, two really cheap and popular players.
Hybrid Squads
Building a hybrid team is not usually an easy task. The biggest difficulty is finding key players to join between different leagues.
The Serie A is not a good league to hybrid squads because there are very few Italian players playing outside the country.
The teams with greatest quality are the result of the combination of Serie A with Bundesliga, Brazilian players and Argentine players. Klose, Mario Gomez, Hernanes, Kaka, Maicon, Danilo, Tevez, Higuaín, Diego Milito, Hugo Campagnaro, Rodrigo Palacio, Walter Samuel and Esteban Cambiasso have a key role in these hybrids.
Follow our other league guide to easily build your hybrid team.
Follow our tips and you’ll more successful on FIFA 14 Ultimate Team with your Serie A squad.
Hi my current team is as follows 41212(2)
GK: Handanovic
RB: Abate (De Sciglio)
LB: Ashley Cole (Armero)
CB: Chellini (Bonucci IF)
CB: Ogbonna (Caceras)
CDM: De Rossi (De Jong)
CM: Vidal (Guarin)
CM: Marchiso (Diamanti)
CAM: Di Natale (Valero IF)
ST: Ballotelli
ST: Cerci IF
Im currently struggling to stay in div one (used to be able to stay in comfortably) soi was wondering if you advise that i maybe change formation? if so to what? or should i maybe just improve my current team? again if so how.
Any and all help/suggestions are very much appreciated!
Hi.
If you had success with that formation, why you should change it ?
Maybe you may try Benatia, Pogba and Tevez.
I was having untold ammounts of success with this formation but recently ive been really struggling (getting battered 3/4 games in a row!) I had tevez as cam and found him to be pretty poor, should i try him upfront? also do you think i could move vidal to cdm,i worry becasue of his high/high work rates he may get caught out?
Also as a side note congrats on the site it is my number 1 website for all things fifa hope thing continue for fifa 15!
Thank you. We will be stronger in FIFA 15.
If you played well with that formation for so many games, we don’t believe that it is the reason why we are no getting so good results now.
Maybe you should try Vidal, yes. Give him a chance.
Regards
Sorry for bringing bpl into this guide.
This is my team
Gk– loris and Cech
CBS– vidic, Kompany and Luiz
Wingers– Willian, navas, schurlle and milner
Cm — yaya, carzola, Wilshire
Cam — Mata and nasri
St — Rooney, Suarez, eto and Jovetic
I would be happy if u would suggest some players such as not more expensive than Aguero ( around 110 k) .
I play in 3412 formation.
Regards.
Hi. Just check our BPL guide please. You have tons of comments and suggestions.
You don’t need more players. Maybe just one more CB (Koscielny for example). Diego Silva and Aguero could be in your team too.
Regards
Fantastic Squad selection analysis, however I have to make some adjustments, I followed your recomendation exactly, but in game, I put to Buffon in my transfer list. In the game play buffon makes a lot of mistakes (basic ones) and Handanovic doesn’t. Same for Mario Gómez, and placeing as undoubtly titular player Mirko Vucinic with Balotelli.
Other opinion is about Armero, he is most efficient player over Radu and Constant (in game play of course) the most players creates a Bundesliga team so you need his speed. Funny because you place it as middfilder but in the most of the cards he is LB.
At last, Pirlo is a better option as first half player instead of the second half (generally in the second half you must go for everything or nothing).
Thanks for your great work!
Thanks for your feedback, we appreciate that a lot. I play most of my games with Seria A sides. Buffon has always performed good for me, even though some people say he makes to many mistakes Handanovic is fine, so is Marchetti.
The strikers depend on your style of play if you need height, strength and heading Gomez, Vucinic or Balotelli will all do fine. For me the best performing rare gold cards were Muriel and Ibarbo – both very speeding and average heading, but found them to be more in position than for example Gomez.
Wingerwise it again depends if you are a guy that like to cut inside to shot or if you prefer to cross. For cutting inside El Shaarawy or Cerci are best, if you like to cross go with Armero and Cuadrado. The Armero LB card in Seria A was only released after the world cup – before that he was only available as LM in Seria A or as LB in BPL (West Ham).
Now after the new transfers you have also Evra or Cole as LBs in Seria A.
A word on Pirlo too, this again depends on what kind of game you prefer, if you play a passing game, Piro is your man, if you need a central mid that can score too, then converting Tevez to a CAM is a good idea. The central midfield players are also highly depending on the formation you choose. For a 4-4-2 I would recommend Guarin and Hernanes as they both are good in offense and defense – Pogba and Vidal too.
Hope that helps!
By the way, thank you for your comment in your website: “Uno de los mejores sitios que conozco para conocer lo necesario para ser un gran jugador de FIFA 14 https://staging.fifauteam.com/“. Really appreciate it.
The layout is really great.
Where’s Ibarbo?
Crtl + F then tye ‘Ibarbo’ and you will find him. We have talked about him. Maybe you haven’t read the full article.
now i need u suggestion about my whole team:
currently i have
4-3-3
Gk:Buffon (Handanovic)
Rcb: Abate (Maicon)
Lcb: Constant (Criscito)
Cb: IF benatia, chielinni (Cáceres, Ogbonna)
Lm:el sharawy (Asamoah)
Rm: Cuadrado (Biabiany)
Cm: Pirlo (montolivo)
Rcm: Pogba (De rossi)
Lcm: Vidal (Marchisio)
St: baloteli (Tevez)
(subs)
1. RCM: i’m not sure if Pogba is any better than De rossi, but Pogba scored already more goals than him 🙂 ?
2. CM: I’m not sure if Montolivo is any better than Hernanes, passing is better but not dribling and shooting; CM in 4-3-3 is like CAM?
3. CB: I’m not sure if Barzagli can be better than any of CB subs – Cáceres, Ogbonna; before i had Barzagli for some time, but now cannot see any difference with these two guys; i think that he will be too slow against good 4-1-2-1-2 player, or can he be a good addition to other fast replacements backs as his defending stats are better than any backs replacement i have?
thanks in advice
Hi.
1. If he is playing better than De Rossi, keep with him.
2. Hernanes UP.
3. Benatia.
Regards
Thank’s
1. i’m not sure if he is better, but yes Pogba only scored more than him, but maybe De Rossi is better overal RCM
2. i don’t see any Hernanes up in store, only basic 83, and some other 82
so currently i just continue with montolivo or better to replace him with basic Hernanes?
3. small correction, my Benatia is TOTS 🙂 so he will stay 100% 🙂 whous you see is the next target?
or just drop Barzagli?
small correction, as i understood, UP players are GOLD, so i have all UP players but Benatia.
no basic (original ones) at all
UP players are not gold players. Learn more about it here.
First, it seems that I missed the link of ‘this table’. Here it is.
1. Pogba is better if you want someone to attack. De Rossi is better if you need someone to defend. In my opinion, in a 433, the CM that plays in the middle should have good defensive stats, just like De Rossi. If you want someone to RCM Pogba should be better.
2. In fact it was my mistake. Hernanes got a new club card, not an UP card. CM is a 433 is not like a CAM. We recommend Vidal to that position: he knows how to attack but he also gives you points on the defence.
3. Chiellini and Benatia are the best CB’s for Serie A. If you want someone to backup, Hugo Campagnaro IF is a good choice. Better than NIF Barzagli.
Regards
Thank’s again,
1. clear
2. I need Vidal on the left, he has good passing and defending skills,
on the center CM”s defence stats is not so important like on the wings imo, like Pirlo.
so if we leave alone Vidal, who can be the next best center CM to Pirlo?
3. that confirmed my teory about these two 🙂 i alreadey have both of them, and need 2 another CB’s for backup. one to get deffinetely will be Hugo Campagnaro IF, thank’s again. Currently i have no coins to spend, and have only these 3 as reserves – Cáceres, Ogbonna and Barzagli, don’t need all 3, so i try to figure out which one to drop 🙂
Hi.
2. that’s what we tried to say. In 433 formation, the more defensive player should play in the middle.
3. Drop Barzagli then.
Regards
oih, u can skip answering 1-2 at the moment, as i had wrongly applied players to 4-3-3 attacking, but i play default one, so i need to review CMs positions. thanks
now my new correct CM’s setup for 4-3-3 is
rCM: Hernanes (Pogba)
cCM: Vidal (De rossi)
lCM: Hamšik (Marchisio)
Much better now. 🙂
Thank’s U again.
what do u think about TOTS Immobile and TOTW36 Di Natale?
first one is so cheap and have right workrate as ST H/L, second one is also cheaper than TOTS Tevez
think to replace Tevez or Mario later.
Good cards, both.
Sergej Immobile TOTS is good, has more strength that Di Natale. In my opinion the best striker for Seria A is IF Balotelli or TOTS Cerci… try those…
Thank’s guys for your suggestions
but
immobile is a litte more expencive than regular tevez,
but TOTS Cerci and IF balotelli, much more expensive cards. yes i see they are better 🙂 but can’t replace regular ones 🙂
what do u think about using ST as LW?
for example di natale have better Winger attributes than el sharawy or asomoah
thank’s for advice
The problem is the individual chemistry. It will be too damage.
ok, we will lose some chemistry with “not preffered” position,
but will also gain chemistry as we will connect to other italian players + italian manager?
in case of asomoah i see no difference in chemistry change?
As you can see from this table, the best a ST will get playing as LW is 2 (plus 1 manager point and another point from loyalty). 4 points is too low.
thanks
where did my comment go
It was your first comment. Every time someone comments for the first time on our website, it has to be approved first.
Now it is visible to everyone.
oh ok i din’t know
i’m trying to cross team rating of 85+ with 100 chemistry
this is the squad i have with formation 4-3-1-2 and current rating 84 with 100 chemistry
st balotelli 84
st di natale 85
cam hamsik 84
cm vidal 86
cm marchisio 84
cm cerci 81
lb criscito 80
rb abate 78
cb barzagli 84
cb chiellini 86
gk marchetti 84
subs – rooney, modric, cavani, kagawa, de gea, pogba and evra
reserves hernandez carrick young ogbonna honda
i have very good players in subs because if i put them in the 11 then the chemistry falls .. any advice to get the team rating to 85 plus and also how can i improve my squad ? or better utilize my players
Hi.
In my opinion, it is not important to reach 85. The important is to have the best team possible. You can try Buffon and Tevez.
Regards
im trying to complete an achievement where it says if i win 2 matches with 85+ rating and 100 chemistry i get 3 gold packs
ill try getting buffon and see, thanx
Oh… OK
Good luck
Hi Rodrigo,
I just started playing ultimate team and I have no idea who to buy. I have 250k. Who do you suggest that I should buy?
Thank you for any advice.
That’s a nice budget in these days. You can make a top squad from Serie A. Take a look to the unlimited budget of this page and replace some of the players by their UP and IF cards.
Do you recommend serie a, bpl, or ligue 1?
You can make a better Serie A squad with the same money.
Hi Rodrigo,
I was just wondering if you could give me some advice about my squad or any replacements I might need.
4-1-2-1-2
Gk de Sanctis tots
Rb Maicon if
Cb Benatia
Cb chiellini
Lb constant
CDM Vidal
Rm candreva tots
Lm cuadrado if
Cam cerci tots
St tevez
St Di natale
Thank you
Amazing squad!
How can I improve it without spending many coins ? I can’t. 🙂
Do you think I should switch to another league because I also have 300k.
In my opinion you should keep with this team. If you have coins, it is a good time to buy. Prices are very low at these days.
Take a look to a couple of IF cards, like Vidal, Chiellini, Benatia, etc…
Thank you for your help
Hey Rodrigo.
Fantastic site and this is my first time to ask you a question, but this is my first time trying a 3-5-2 squad in Serie A, and i wonder, are Maicon TOTS gonna function good in the CB role? I`m considering him and Benatia and Chiellini. Please answer me 🙂
Hi.
Thank you.
We haven’t tried him in that position so we really don’t know. Looking to his stats, it seems that he can play really well in that position. He has everything that it is important to play as CB. However, don’t forget that his individual chemistry will be low. As you can see here the best he can gets is IC 5 plus 2 extra points from manager and loyalty.
Regards
Yeah, i know that his chemistry i going right down to hell, BUT as you mentioned, he has everything that is important to play as a CB, so i really dont care 😉 But thanks for heads up and i will come back to this site to look for inspiration!
Just be sure to give him the loyalty and manager bonuses !
Hello rodrigo, you may not be answering any comments but what do you think of this team:formation: 3412
Gk:Handanovic
Cbs: Up benatia, chielinni and barzagli
Lm:el sharawy
Rm:candreva
Cm: hernanes montolivo
Cam diamanti
Sts:di natale baloteli
Btw, I have most of these players but deciding if I should get the rest, I can’t afford tevez yet so should I try to get him?
Thanks ps your guides are very useful but I don’t know if montolivo is a good replacement for pirlo
Hi.
Your team is fine. You need to save to buy Tevez. He will be a great addition to play as CAM instead of Diamanti.
Pirlo is a good player but not for everyone. He is like Xavi. A bit slow but great in passing and vision. If you don’t like him, save for Vidal.
Regards
Rodrigo, thanks as always for all the great reads on this site. I’m debating my center 3 for a 4-3-3 (sometimes flat, sometimes with a CDM). Currently have Vidal UP – De Rossi – Marchisio. Any suggestions for other variations? Debating whether to try and work in Hernanes or Pogba on either side, or even Pirlo in the middle (but afraid me defense will suffer). Thanks again!
These three you have chosen are the best choice if you want a defensive team. However, playing with Pogba instead of De Rossi seems a good decision to us.
I have a BPL team, and use 4-2-3-1. My 3 CAM are Rooney, Van Persie, and Mata. Any suggestions on who should be left, center, and right?
Huge fan of your articles by the way
Hi. Nice to meet you.
RVP on the centre and the other two next to the wings.
Thanks for your fast answer to my question and explaining why it’s better to run with the 4-3-3 formation. I’ve also been looking to the three players you have mentioned. If i choose Pogba as one of my CM’s which player should i replace for him?
At the moment i’m aiming towards this squad since it’s in my budget range: https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/11204097/ . In a 4-3-3 is Balotelli or Tevez the better striker?
Also i was wondering about the chemistry styles of a team. I’ve been reading your guide about this and one question came to my mind. Applying a chem style to a player only increases some of his attributes or also his behaviour on the pitch?
Last question i’ve got is a general one. The only reason i choose a Serie A squad to play was because of my favorite player. In terms of effectiveness for a 4-3-3 squad is the Serie A the best league or is the Barclays PL or Liga BBVA a better option?
Hope you don’t mind answering these question.
Thanks in advance!
Hi again.
1) Hernanes.
2) Chemistry styles is a redistribution of the attributes. It affects the way they play in the pitch.
3) BBVA and BPL are better, specially because the fullbacks of Serie A are not great players. The problem is these two leagues are much more expensive.
Regards
Did i understood right, that for Series A it is a better to play 4-1-2-1-2 than 4-3-3?
even now, as there are some up and if card for backs
Yes, using up and IFs 4xx is a good choice. I prefer 41212 for Serie A.
Hello,
I’ve just purchased the game and started playing with the basic cards. After i collected around 25.000 coins i decided to make a new squad with my favorite player in it, thats Pirlo.
Been reading trough the tips section and this Serie A guide of yours, but im having a hard time making my new squad.
I’ve decided to make a team around my favorite player (Pirlo), that means a Serie A team. As formation i’ve decided to go for a 4-3-3 OR 4-3-3 (5), have no clue whats better.
I’ve been building two different squads in the squad creator for my formation and wanted to ask if it would be possible to give me any tips.
Formation 4-3-3: https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/11160493/
Formation 4-3-3 (5): https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/11160160/
Thanks in advance!
Welcome to our website.
The main difference between these formations is the false 9 (you can see more about formations HERE). We believe that not using a ST is a bad idea since Serie A has great players for this position, like Tevez, Balotelli and Di Natale.
About your team, you may not have coins for all these players but take a look to Benatia SIF, Vidal UP and Pogba SIF.
Regards
4-2-3-1:
Gk-Marchetti
Cb-David Luiz/Chiellini
Rb-Abate
LB-Marcelo
CDM’s-Hernanes and Vidal
CAM’s- Di Natale, Guarín and Hamsik
St-Klose
every player has 10 chemistry except David Luiz (8).
My doubt is if a should choose Tevez or Balo instead of Hamsik and if a should trade Klose for Falcão?
(I choose the CAM’s mostly because of the shoot)
Hi Ricardo.
You definitely should try Tevez as CAM. However, Falcão instead Klose is not an option because of his chemistry. If you want to try something different, use Balotelli in that position.
I just put Falcão as an option because it makes chemistry with guarin and since I have a Colombian coach his chemistry is 8 and only drops the chemistry of di natal to 8 and all the others are 10
OK. In that case, you can also try James Rodriguez IF CAM 🙂
I’m sorry 2 bug u but I just wanted 2 say I’m willing 2 sell players
Sooooo sorry but I rly need 2 ask this cos the bpl guide is filled upwith comments
Who shld I buy to improve, I have this sqaud and a budget of 100kim a massive fan of ur work btw.
Gk-lloris
Cb-vidic/kompany
Rb-lahm (need a better RB, he’s not so good)
LB-jordi alba(awesome pace,pace,pace)
CDM- yaya toure
Cm-ozil/mata
Rw-Jesus navas
Lw-willian
St-AGUERO!!!
Regards, Jamie
Hi.
You need a RB. Lahm is not good for your chemistry. Squad chemistry is not the only thing that is important. Individual chemistry is more important than that. Check the Alba chemistry too.
We guggest Micah and Clichy for their positions.
The rest of the team is OK. We prefer David Silva than Ozil, but it is OK.
Thnx, shld I buy walker instead of Richards cos I played against a team with him and I couldnt run down the wing with willian because of him
Hi,
I have a 3-4-1-2 squad with
GK: Buffon
CB Barzagli Benatia UP Chiellini
RM Candreva CM Vidal, Pirlo LM El Sharaawy
CAM Di Natale
ST Tevez, Balotelli
Do I need to change something or is this good enough
It is really really good. Don’t cahnge anything. 🙂
I have a 3412 squad with Ogbonna Chiellini Caceres defense and vidal and De rossi. Do you recomend swapping any defenders out or de rossi for a more attacking cm?
Hi.
If you have coins to spend, try Benatia SIF. Great CB!
I think you may try to replace De Rossi by Marchisio. Try it. If you don’t like it, you can still go back again.
would pirlo work instead of de rossi?
Pirlo is not the best player to play as CDM.
Why am I not in the starting Lineup?
It was explained in this article more than once: “Many players don’t need a fast player to this position and, in that case, Pirlo should be perfect.”.
Witty comment. Why am i not in the starting lineup either Rodrigo? 🙂
You have to work harder. 🙂
Hello Rodrigo, what do You think about that 352 squad
GK: Buffon 86
CBs: Caseres 80, Chiellini 86, Benatia 84
CDMs: Vidal 86, Pogba 81
RM: Cuadrado 81
LM: El Shaarawy 81
CAM:
STs: Balotelli 84, IF Higuain 86
and there’s question about CAM, who should I use, Di Natale, Tevez, IF Kaka, or maybe someone else?
Greetings.
HI.
It seems OK. Probably the best Serie A squad you can get with that budget.
Tevez will fit well on that team playing as CAM.
Regards
Hi. Good review! What do you think Rodrigo, who is good for cam in a 4222 formation? Tevez, Di Natale, Heranes? Maybe Pirlo?
Hi!
Pirlo if you need someone with good vision, passing, etc and you don’t mind to play with a slow player. Tevez and then Di Natale are our other choices.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,
I loved your website, especially this article and the Formations guide. Immensely helpful for new players, like me. Thank You!
I have been playing with the 4-3-3(4) formation and Serie A squad and it has been good for me so far. I like to run through the wings into the attacking half, and play with the ball, keeping possession with rapid successive short passes around the box until I find a great shooting position. I am very patient with the ball when in the attacking half.
Recently, I have been wanting to experiment with a 2 striker formation, like the 4-1-2-1-2 wide and the 4-4-2. I played 2 games each with both these formations and my favorite 4-3-3(4) formation with the same team and against the same team, the TOTW. With 4-3-3(4), the scoreline was 3-0 in both games. With, 4-1-2-1-2, it was 2-0 in both. And with 4-4-2, it was 4-1 in both. I hate conceding goals more than I love scoring them, so 4-1 is a worse scoreline for me than the 3-0.
Now, I felt the 2 striker formations are a bit more fun, but it appears that the 4-3-3(4) is best suited to my style of play. Can you recommend any other 2-striker formation that can give me better results than 4-1-2-1-2 and 4-4-2, for my style of play?
Hi. Thank you.
You already have tried the two best formations. You may also try 442 (2) but 41212 and 442 seems OK to you.
Ok, thanks. Can you take a look at my squad, and make any suggestions if you can. Apart from the mentioned substitutes, I have Vucinic, Cuadrado, Criscito and Konko in my reserves. Here it is:
https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/9219866/
I was thinking about getting Pirlo, but Marchisio and Guarin seem better than him overall. I may end up getting him once I have enough coins to fill up the last spot in my reserves. Abate’s less than average passing stats ended up against his favor and anyways, I am not a big user of high pace which is evident from my preference of Candreva over Cuadrado.
Hi.
Pirlo is an amazing player to gamers with your profile. However, he should play on the centre and you already have a good player as CAM (Di Natale). Maicon is also a good choice.
In fact, I don´t think you need to change anything. Your team looks really great. Very balanced quality team.
Regards
Great! Thanks for your responses, Rodrigo.
around 100 k 😉
Hey Rodrigo. Very Nice review. Can you make me a bpl serie a hybrid Squad in 5-2-1-2 please?
Thank you.
Sorry, but right now we need to spend our time on new guides and articles. To make a good hybrid squad is something that can take us several hours.
Hope you understand.
Regards
Handkovic is best no arugement
Abate/maicon as Rb
Benatia
Chellini these two rarely make mistakes like jerks when opponent launch throw ball ,benatia will give heading goal as well, ogbona,cascares better sub than barzahli
Constant/radu
Cdm
Marchiso and vidal
Marchiso best at defending he wnt allow strikers to shoo from edge of box at rebounds
Vidal give great attacking he make run throuhg wings and passing is great as well
Lm asamoh/armero/el sharwey
Cam jose calegon/naindgolan/honda
Rm cuardrado/cecri/candreva
ST muriel
ST IBARBO
if u have armero and cuardrdo as your two wingers stick with this two guys they will make those runs all the time bboth good with heads,u can have gurain as well as cdm
Balo/pirlo is better but these two guys,jose callegon will helps you alot but lot depending on your finishing
Unless rebounds we hardly have chance to fancy our chances i bet u these two st wont disapoint u after all
Who do you think is a better option at RF…. Candreva or Cerci
Candreva is slightly better. His work rate may make the difference.
Hi Rodrigo . Very nice article.
What formations do you prefer for a Serie A team? 😀
Maybe 352
Thank you but I tried it and it wasn’t good for me. Any more ideas?(I like to play with 4 defender)
Hi im having trouble deciding if I should sell van persie and buy yaya toure and have rooney at striker. or just keep RVP
That is a very easy question. Sell him and buy Tank plus Rooney. 🙂
Hi what is your opinion on a serie a/ligue 1 hybrid while keeping BALOTELLI up front?Also a serie a/bundesliga hybrid again with grande BALO at the helm?Thanx and great article it helped me a lot when i first started ultimate team!
Both can be great squads. It is a good idea to make cheap quality teams.
Go ahead !
hello I’m trying to create a team to play the series A lot of pressure to the touch and give me your opinion on defense.
4-2-2-2
IF Buffon
IF Lichtsteiner (maicon SIF) – SIF Benatia – Chielini IF – IF Asamoah
De rossi – UP Pogba
IF Vidal – Marchisio (SIF Tevez)
Di Natale – Balotelli
thanks for your help and sorry for my English
Hi.
Very nice team.
I think you can not improve it much more. Congratulations.
I have complete Juventus 3-5-2
GK – Buffon SHIELD
CBs – Ogbonna / Chiellini / Caseres ANCH
CDMs – Vidal , Marchisio – ANCHOR
RM – Lichtsteiner KAT
LM – Asamoah – DYN
CAM – Pirlo – KAT
ST – Tevez – HAWK
ST – Giovinco – HUNTER
i play counter attacks and heavy presser
any suggestions zu diese Players / Play style
THX
Suggestions: Benatia UP and Cuadrado (much faster). We also thin that Balotelli and Di Natale are better than Giovinco.
Regards
hello,
i make some changes
i play 4-3-2-1 (2)
GK: Buffon – SHIELD / Handanovic – GLOVE
RB: Abate – SENTINEL
CB: Benatia – ROCK
CB: Chiellini – SHADOW
LB: Criscito – SENTINEL
CDM: Vidal – FINISHER
CDM: De Rossi – SENTINEL
CAM: Pirlo – DEADEYE / Di Natale – HUNTER
RM – Cuadrado / Candrewa – CATALYST
LM – El Sharawy / Asamoah – CATALYST
ST – Gomez / Balotelli – FINISHER or Tevez – HUNTER
BANK:
CM – Hernanes – SENTINEL
i play:
Defend – Presurre
Attack – Long balls with Gomez / Balotelli or Counterattacks Tevez and Di Natale CAM
Any suggestions?
THX at ALL
It is much better now.
We don’t have any suggestion. That is a good thing. 🙂
i change a little bit chemistry style:
Chiellini – Anchor
RB/LB – Powerhouse
CDMs – Backbone
Pirlo / Di Natale – Maestro
i had for Vidal – Finisher, because he had not for SHO and HEA so amazing stats
I’m using an 3-4-1-2 with:
GK – Handanovic
CB – Benatia UP (Anchor)
CB – Barzagli (Anchor)
CB – Chiellini (Anchor)
LM – El Shaarawy (Deadeye)
CM – Vidal (Architect)
CM – Hernanes (Gladiator)
RM – Candreva (Deadeye)
CAM – Tévez (Catalyst)
ST – Balotelli (Hawk)
ST – Di Natale (Hawk)
Any sugestions?
No suggestions. Your team is perfect!
My main squad (with subs)
4-2-3-1(2)
GK Marchetti (Sirigu)
RB Abate (De Sciglio)
CB Barzagli (Domizzi)
CB Chiellini (Bonucci)
LB Criscito (Santon)
RM Candreva (Cuadrado)
CM Vidal [CDM] (Hernanes)
CM Montolivo (Aquilani)
LM El Shaarawy (Bonaventura)
CAM Kaka (Montolivo)
ST Di Natale (Balotelli)
Any sugestions on position changes or better players ?
Welcome back.
Our suggestions: Buffon or Handanovic; Benatia UP; and Tevez.
Regards
Benatia instead of Barzagli or Chiellini ?
Tevez instead of Di Natale or ??
Benatia UP instead of Barzagli.
Tevez instead of Kaka (you can also play with Di Natale as CAM and Balotelli as ST.).
I’m looking for a good striker (under 15k) to go with IF Milito in my team i currently have palacio but i don’t like him I play a 4-1-2-1-2 suggestions?
Mario Balotelli is our suggestion.
Hello I have been using your site to build my ultimate teams and they have been wonderful! I have a very strong serie a team but I’ve had it for awhile and I was wondering if you think I should sell it all altogether or just change a few things I have
Buffon-gk
Abate/maicon-rb
Chiellini/barzagli-cb
Benatia/caceres-cb
Marcelo-lb (I didn’t like the serie a lbs)
Candreva/cuadrado-rm
Marchisio/Vidal-cm
Guarin/diamanti-cm
Shaarawy-Lm
Ibarbo/ballotelli-right striker
Tevez/di natale-ls
Any advice is welcomed thanks and keep up the good work
Thank you!
Why to change ? If you are winning, keep with that team!
In my opinion, you already have a top Serie A team and you can not improve it much more except buying the UP and IF cards. Don’t have any suggestion besides that.
Regards
Hi roderigo. I’m making a 4-3-3 false nine. I’m using buffon, if benatia, chiellini, if maicon, radu, de rossi as the cdm, sharaawy. I can’t decide who my two cm’s should be and who I should use as the cf and rw. Who do you recommend?
Vidal and Tevez. Cuadrado. Balotelli.
Hi rodrigo great guide
I had just built a serie a bpl hybrid can you please give some suggestions on the team.It is in 41212 formation
Gk Buffon
Cb chiellini vertonghen
RB walker
Lb criscito
Cdm fellaini
Lm el shaarawy
Rm mirallas
Cam de bruyne (chelsea version)
St balotelli and benteke
Hi.
It depends of your play style, budget, preferences, etc…
You have a good cheap team but you should try to save more coins to buy players like Kompany or Nani.
Regarsd
Thanks
Hi rodrigo
I have a serie a team in the formation 4-2-2-2
Gk marchetti
Lb constant
LCb benatia ( new update)
RCb chielini
Rb abate
LCm vidal
RCm marcisio
LCam mertens if
RCam di natale
LSt tevez
RSt balotelli
I was wondering how can i do it better?
Probably you can’t. 🙂
We think that both Buffon or Handanovic are better than Marchetti.
But you can not improve the rest of your team.
Regards
What are Balotelli’s best stats that make him so great?
Strengt
what role does the strength of Balotelli actually play in the game?
Balotelli and Rooney are players to whom it is very difficult to steal the ball due to their strength.
Di Natale still seems to be much better than Balo, but Rooney plays great as a ST thanks to his good heading. Eto’o can jump well but his heading isnt great so Rooney is one of the few good header options for BPL. If you have the money try Rooney and Eto’o or Rooney and Suarez for BPL, or Balo and Di Natale for Serie A.
What do you think about IF Mertens as a CF or even ST? Other than his awful heading he seems to be a good player for the position. Also, I think Mertens is better than Asamoah, Zuniga, and Armero. Why didnt he make the list of top 5?
We haven’t tried IF Mertens.
In your opinion, the Serie A would be better in formation 4-1-2-1-2 or 4-1-2-1-2(2)?
Probably 41212
Hi Rodrigo, I have question concerning ST in BPL. I play with 2 ST and I need to chose which 2 should I use. I consider 82 Adebayor, 82 Benteke, 85 Soldado, 82 Giroud and 81 Lukaku (these are all IF – i wrote overall rating so that you know which IF I exactly mean) or ie. Suarez 88 or RVP 89 are better? Could you please help me chose? 🙂
Hi. Your question is not about Serie A.
I would go by Suarez and probably Benteke (or eventually RVP if you enjoy him).
Okay, thanks for help 🙂
Hi, I am playing a 4-2-3-1 (2) give me some suggestions on this team.
Handonovic
Abate Caceres Barzagli Radu
Guarin Nainggolan
Cuadrado Diamanti El Shaarawy
Vucinic
Hi.
I don’t know how big is your wallet but I may suggest Chiellini or, at least, Benatia UP.
As soon you get enough coins, try Vidal.
Regards
So you think I should switch Caceres and Barzagli for Benatia and Chiellini. And Vidal should come in for naingollan or guarin. I’m not sure if I can do that I hav a 35K budget tell me wat team I can make wit that much money. I want to keep my formation
Hi.
Yes, I know that you have a limited budget. But 35k coins is more than enough to buy these 3 players. By the way, Vidal is to replace Naingollan in our opinion.
Regards
Hey !
I am playing with the 3-4-1-2 Formation and here is my squad
Marchetti
Caceres. Campagnaro. Ogbonna
Maggio. Nainggolan. Guarin. Asamoah
Diamanti
Muriel. Ibarbo
Can you give me some tips which Player i should buy
For my defence? I thought about chiellini left,
Barzagli in the middle and caceres right? Is it a good idae?
Then i thought about a good RM and CM
Who Would you prefer in the CM Position?
Who is the best CAM i should use?
Greets
Hi.
Your defense is OK as you are suggesting but we think it may be better using Benatia UP instead of Caceres.
Use Tevez as CAM and Vidal as CM. Cuadrado is a good RM if you like pacey players.
Regards
Thank You very much for your advice!
Excellent website by-the-way! 🙂
Thank you.
Hey, do you think this a good team for 4-1-2-1-2 (2); should I change anything:
GK: 84 Handanovic
LB: 78 Radu
LCB: 84 Benatia
RCB: 86 Chiellini
RB: 78 Abate
CDM: 84 De Rossi
LCM: 81 Guarin
RCM: 84 Marchisio
CAM: 83 Hernanes
LST: 84 Balotelli
RST 83 Vucinic
Some other Serie A players I already have are 84 Hamsik, 82 Palacio, 79 Pogba, 84 Montolivo, 80 Caceres and 78 Armero.
Players I am thinking of getting: 86 Tevez, 85 Vidal, 81 Pogba, 85 Di Natale, 79 Konko, 78 Maicon.
Chiellini, UP Benatia and Balotelli are definitely not leaving my side by the way, there are in my opinion the most must-have players.
^^^ *they are the keepers in my opinion.
Yes, probably your best players.
You have a nice team but it may be better. Vidal and Tevez are ‘must buys’.
I’m going to swap out Vucinic for Tevez when I have enough money to buy Tevez, but where would Vidal be best suited in my team (who would I swap out for him)? Also, do you think upgraded Pogba or Di Natale are worthwhile in buying? I’ve heard Di Natale is really weak, so even if he has incredible stats he is not actually as good as he appears. Upgraded Pogba also seems awesome, but not better than the likes of Vidal, Guarin and Marchisio from looking at the players’ cards.
Hi.
Di Natale may be a good back up player but Balotelli and Tevez are both better players. He may also play as CAM.
Vidal should play on the Guarin position. He is much better than Pogba so don’t waste your coins.
Regards
A good team for performance with a 4-3-3 classic formation, with a budget 20 00o coins from serie a and bpl hybrid.
How to play with this 4-3-3, crosses, passing , counter-attack, offside-trap, ultra attacking, balanced?
GK: Handanovic
RB: Abate
RCB: Campagnaro
LCB: Kaboul
LB: Clichy
RCM: Hernanes
CM: Ramires
LCM: Coutinho, Fernandinho, Oscar, etc.
RW: Cuadrado
ST: Gomez
LW: Schurrle
Might need to save some coins, also functional in 433 HOLD.
Benatia UP and Chiellini are your top 2 defenders now right? I got his SIF card while it was rated 84. Half its current price. 🙂
Right.
Ok thanks. When I get enough money I will buy him.
What do you think about this team?
Formation: 4-3-3(2)
GK: Handanovic
RB: Abate
CB: Caceres
CB: Chiellini
LB: Criscito
CDM: Pirlo
CM: Vidal
CM: Marchisio
RW: Candreva
LW: El Shaarawy
ST: Balotelli
Where do you think I can improve?
Hi again.
The only change I may suggest is to use Benatia UP instead of Caceres.
Am using a 4-3-1-2 Squad
GK Buffon
RB Abate
CB Chiellini
CB ”upgraded” Benatia
LB Constant
CM Marchisio
CM Vidal
CM ”upgraded” Pogba
CAM Di Natale
ST Tevez
ST Balotelli
What do you think?
Probably the best Serie A team money can buy.
UP Pogba or Hernanes
Probably Hernanes but Pogba UP is also a great card.
Is this better
Buffon
Abate. Chiellini. UP Benatia. Constant.
cuadrado. cdm Vidal. Elshaarawy.
cam DI NATALE
Tevez. Balotelli
OR this
Buffon
Abate. Chiellini. UP Benatia. Consatant
marchisio. vidal. hernanes.
di natale.
Tvez. Balotelli.
Second one.
Both are good for different things. 41212 1 and 2? My favorite is the 2nd option but Di Natale might be better as an ST with pirlo in your midfield due to the lack of need for crossing and therefore heading in STs. I prefer it simply due to the lack of relatively high quality wingers in this league which is made up for in the midfield. For your middle 4 de rossi CDM pirlo LCM Vidal/Marchisio RCM and hernanes as CAM might be a good combination.
hi i have 30k money can u tell me the best team in seria A with 30k ? 🙂
Hi. Just follow our 35k budget team suggestion of this guide. Prices are lower now and you probably can buy it with 30k coins.
but i want to play with tactic 4-2-3-1
Just use Guarin and Pogba to substitute the wingers.
I only have 10k coins.
Try this squad
https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/7216853/
OR this one is much more better
https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/7217485/
Thank u for ur replays, but already i have a squad, read my post “25”‘.
Upgraded with:
Pogba, Biabiany,Coutinho, Benteke, Fellaini, Cantreva.
When I writed “I only have 10k coins”, I asked what to change in my squad, what to buy with 10k coins.
If u are a good player, tell me what to do because I cant pass division 7; should i buy a controller? Now i,m playing with a keyboard.
For me………playing with the controller is much more comfortable.
Maybe the problem isn’t the keyboard if you can play with it.
Try to change players that you think isn’t comfortable with your playstyle.
If you can get even 5k squad which satisfy you and your playstyle…..this will make you able to pass even div.1
But I think you also have a problem in you defensive line-up
abiatti. radu. criscito
try
Handanovic. Constant. Abate OR De Sciglio
also i prefer Caceres over Ogbonna
tell me your whole budget and playstyle and i’ll tell the best serie a team for ypur budget
Before serie A, i had a 30-40k BPL,same problem-stuck in division 7 – i deleted the club. Now i bought a controller (it is harder now), u r right, my problems are not thekeyboard or the team, i am playing fifa since fifa 2005.
I restarted my ultimateteam from begining with a serie a concept (i think i.m gonna do a hybrid with bpl, after i saw the serie A squad, I had same div 7 stuck)
My players:
Abbiati (i sold Handanovic-i dont like it)
Radu,Criscito, Barzagli, Ogbonna, Ranocchia, Zaccardo, De Sciglio;
De rossi, Cambiasso, Kuzmanovic, Pogba, Montolivo, Marchissio, Ledesma, Cantreva, Biabiany, Kaka + bpl Coutinho, Fellaini
Totti, Rossi, Gomez, Pato (is not serie a or bpl or italian, i like it, it has chemistry 1, so it is most of time on bench, only when i play with kaka i prefer it), + bpl Benteke, Stturidge.
Now i have 20k, but i dont think I’m gonna buy other players, Rodrigo told me to take Vidal, I think it’s to expensive, and he don’t gonna help me so much. I saw on youtube players with cheap xi who r playing in first divisions so… don’t matters so much the players value.
My style…it’s hard to say. I can play 4-3-3, 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1(2), 41212(2), 5-3-2.
I’m a slow men with low ennergy, if you understand what I mean.
Cheers, my friend.
Just give this squad a try and sure it’s gonna satisfy you.
https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/7461652/. just give it a try.
Thank u for ur tips, i have a serie a squad i am playing 4-1-2-1-2(2) or 4-3-3,with abbiati-radu-barzagli-ogbonna-criscito-de rossi-montolivio-marchisio-totti-gomez-rossi also i own kaka, milito, cambiasso, mexes, de sciglio, handanovic, kuzmanovic, ledesma, pato. I can’t pass division 7, whAt shoul i change, i have tried almost every formations. I am a keyboard player is this a mistake (snag) really should i buy a xbox controller, what do u thing? It is a must have – Xbox 360 controller?
Hi.
You have good players. Vidal may be a good buy too. Focus on not conceding goals.
Maybe you need a controller….
Good games for you.
This is my Renewed Serie A team
can you tell me wich piece to move or is it Okay ?
https://www.futwiz.com/en/squad/668265
Hi.
I do not agree with Benzema. I know he is a great player but individual chemistry 7 is too low. If you want to keep him, buy a BBVA or French manager to give one extra chemistry point.
I also think that there are better players to the CAM position than Ibarbo. Again: I know that he is a great player but to this position pace is not so important as in other positions. Tevez, for example, is a better choice.
To the LB position check if Criscito is better for you or not.
Regards
Which would you prefer:
https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/6706985/
Or
https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/6801917/
The BBVA squad.
Hey Rodrigo take a look at this Team :
https://www.futwiz.com/images/shared-squads/pitch-632403.jpg
Hi.
It looks nice. For your budget you can not do much more. In the future, with more coins, you can try Vidal, Chiellini and Abate.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,
Here is my 100k budget SERIE A https://www.futhead.com/14/squads/6706985/. Sorry for futhead link but can you please say some improvements?
Hi. Two suggestions:
Handanovic is not expensive and better than Marchetti.
Find out another LB. Marcelo can not be there with individual chemistry 3.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo, really like the website.
I am building a team based on the French Ligue-1 (Some are brazilian players from other leagues). It is a 4-1-2-1-2(1) and this is what it looks like
GK – IF Alves
LB – IF Bedimo
CB – IF Alex
CB – Thiago Silva
RB – Dani Alves
CDM – Matuidi
LM – Lavezzi
RM – Lucas
CAM – SIF Rodriguez
ST – Falcao
ST – Cavani
I have two questions.
First, should I choose Sirigu over IF Alves at GK or should I stick with IF Alves?
Second, is IF Alex a good choice at CB or is he too slow? Would an IF Marquinhos or Nkoulou be a better choice?
Also any other suggestions?
Hi.
In my opinion you should keep with the regular cards: Sirigu and Nkoulou. IF Alex is a amazing card for formations with 5 defenders. He is too slow to play in a 4xx. Sirigu is a great GK. Keep with him.
Hi a couple of players that I like to use in my squad (rotation off the bench) in addition to all those mentioned above;
Pogba – CM
Iturbe – LW
Raphael Martinho – LWB
It is important to have good players on the bench.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,I am playing with bpl,but comments are closed.My first team:
Cech-GK
David Luiz-CB
Kompany-CB
Walker-RB
Clichy-LB
Toure-CM
Rooney-CM
Suarez-CM
van Persie-ST
Navas-RW
Willian-LW
I want to have good second team.Now I have got 280k but I don’t know who to buy.Can you help me please?
Hi.
The comments are closed because we already have answered questions like this. You can find the answer to this question there.
Anyway, try David Silva. He is a much better CM.
Could you make a german squad guide please?
At this moment it is not in our plans. We are working on two more guides (the third one will be published next weekend) and none of them is about German squad.
Regards
As promised in bbva guide, here is my (probably best possible) team. 4-4-1-1.
GK: Handanovic (Buffon’s diving seems laughable on iOS)
LB: Constant
LCB: Chiellini
RCB: SIF Benatia (75 PAC 90 DEF 87 HEA)
RB: SIF Maicon
LM: El Shaarawy
LCM: Pirlo
RCM: Montolivo
RM: Candreva (my fav for the position)
CF: Di Natale
ST: Tevez/Balotelli
Most expensive player: SIF Benatia
Best Bargain: SIF Maicon (5k)
5k by SIF Maicon ? Really awesome.
Hi Rodrigo,
Thx for the Guide.
I’m thinking of making around 100k hybrid squad with Serie A and Bundesliga! Formation -4-3-3 (4)
My Plan is to get:
GK- Handanovic
Left CB- Chiellini
Right CB- Hummels
LB- Radu
RB- Piszczek
Left CM- Vidal
Right CM- Gundogan
CAM- Di Natale
LW- El Shaarway
RW- Muller
ST-Balotelli
What do you think of my team?
Any Changes?
THANKS
Great team ! I thin you don’t need to change anything.
Gomez is good for a bundesliga serie hybrid, but Balotelli is a better striker unless you cross a LOT. Still, if you dont have all 10 chem in the offensive end, Gomez is a choice to consider. Blaszczycowski is also better balanced with El Shaarawy, but most people say Muller is better. If you want more pace and better balance consider him, but note that he wont connect well with Gomez.
Will you be making a Ligue 1 Squad Guide? Thanks.
February 16th is OK to you ? 🙂
16th sounds great! So soon? I almost expected something like late 20ths or even March. 😀
hi rodrigo!
when will the guide be published? hopefully this weekend!
thanks for your great work!
greets
Sorry.
It will be published Sunday.
It was ready to publish last Sunday but we do not had enough RTs.
This time we will publish. It is a promise. And there will be more guides very soon..
Great. Love these guides. Thanks.
Thank you.
A doubt about overall of players.How do ea calculate them,Because after adding all stats of Buffon(86) and Handanovic(84) ,Handanovic is having better stats!How is that?
It happens with dozen of players. Take a look HERE.
Ronaldo has a better add up than Messi as well. A perfect example
I’m trying to fill the middle 3 of a 4-3-3(2) and I’m debating between Vidal – De Rossi (CDM) – Hernanes, or moving Vidal to the CDM and using Marchisio or Hamsik on the other side. What would you suggest? Thanks again for all your great work.
I prefer the second option.
massive thanks for this guide and the website overall – a fantastic resource!
Thank you!
Who are the best two CDM and CAM in the serie a
Hi.
Depends of your play style and preferences.
We believe that Daniele De Rossi and Vidal are the best players to play as CDM and Pirlo, Di Natale and Hernanes as CAM.
Great Guide ! Can we expect an all Italian or Spanish or British players guide, similar to the one of all Brazilian players ? (regardless of the league they play in)
Oh… these guides are not easy to do. Right now I am thinking publishing the Ligue 1 guide. I don’t know if I will publish another nation guide. If I do, it will be the British players.
I will work hard to meet your expectations.
Regards
Thank you for all your hard work…id still be struggling to break 10k coins and have a terrible squad without it 🙂
How is the rating calculated?
Great question. It is not very easy.
We will publish a guide about team rating on this Sunday. Please, wait a few more days to get the answer you asked.
Regards
Hi Rodrigo,
Wonderful guide and well timed as I was just working on a Serie A team. I lucked out and pulled an IF Lichtsteiner and utilize him at RM over Cuadrado. While not as Pace-y and a little less ball control his higher stats with Passing, Crosses and Defending makes me feel very comfortable. While not exactly cheap, he’s not priced out too much either can be had for about 17k coins on most days.
Thank you.
There are several good cards that are not in this guide because they are IF and we only consider regular cards. That the case of IF Lichtsteiner.
Regards
+Really great guide AND whole website!!!
What do you think of Hernanes at CAM?
And what about Marchisio at CDM? (more pace!)
Hernanes is one of the first choices to CAM position.
Marchisio can play as CDM, yes. But if you have enough coins, use Vidal to that position. If you want someone to help the defence, use De Rossi.
Thanks for the answer! I bought Vidal for CDM, and i save coins for Pirlo to CAM. I have Balo on subs, and Di Natale + Tevez as strikers
Are the passing stats for the RMs/Rws off?
Can you check if it is OK now ?
Looks fixed, thanks!
Does that change your recommendation of Cuadrado at all, since this is an area he struggles in a bit?
Personally, I’ve had the best luck with Candreva, though I know that many people prefer some more speed on the wings.
It is probbaly the most difficult decision, the RM position. Candreva is also a great player.
Great guide, have you used the if totti? Do you think he would be better than pirlo in cam? Thanks.
Use IF Vidal he is Perfect CM.
Thank you.
Didn’t use IF cards.
Pirlo is great as CAM. But not for everyone.
Okay thanks, pirlo’s one of the best players I’ve ever used but if totti has 89 shooting 90 passing and 86 dribbling
For 8x the price of pirlo. Passing and dribbling is what matters and pirlo has better passing and not much worse dribbling. His shooting is sufficient. So no need for IF totti.
Okay yeah I see your point, however I do notice a big difference between 89 and 76 shooting, I think I might just switch to a formation that let’s me use them both
Most CAMs dont need much shooting. Totti is a better CF by all means. But CAMs are responsible for assists in many 2ST formations or setting up a cross, but thanks to defenders in the nearby area they need good dribbling. Not much shooting, especially with slow players. You may not want to buy-sales are few and far between on him.
Honda is the most OP CAM in the history of OP and CAMs. He’s brilliant if he has good fitness, otherwise he kind of sucks.
Nice squad guide I was very anxious waiting for it. I think you misswrite on writing Manuel Neuer, wasn’t it supposed to be Buffon?
Thank you very much.
Already fixed.
Regards
A little surprised you chose Buffon over Handanovic! Nice guide, some unexpected choices though. Didnt expect abate over maicon either. 1st comment! 🙂 Striker must have been a very difficult choice. Di Natale, Gomez, Balotelli, and Tevez are all very good, and Klose is the Mandzukic and Falcao of serie a. Very good STs play here
Whoa…just realized there are no italian players or repeating nationalities in the 15k squad. Mind blown… :0
Colombia and Spain
Hi.
I know many players prefer Handanovic over Buffon but it is not my opinion. As I published, “The Inter’s goalkeeper is a good alternative for who can’t lives with the low reflexes of Buffon”.
Maicon is a great player. Very balanced and with good stats. But when we play with him, he seems a bit slow for that position. And pace is something very important to most of players (your play style may be different).
Strikers are a difficult choice, yes. I think Gomez is not as good as the other three but he is a really good buy by his price.
Regards
Kinda ironic that Gomez isnt as good because he is the most popular choice. SIF Maicon is what i have, got him really cheap and i prefer him to abate. Very nice guide. Perhaps on iOS the pace difference isnt as severe? Either way the guide is all an opinion.
SIF Maicon is better than Abate. We both agree with that.
And yes, mobile stats are different from console’s stats.
I think the only difference is wf, skill moves, and the hidden stats (cant see them in iOS and cant tell if they apply)
I know that there are players with different stats.
Gomez is the worst striker on ultimate team. I tried him many times butstill fails me. He is good at heading only. Tevez is the best in serie A. Di natali is very good aswells. Thank you Mr Rodrigo for the serie A squad guide.