Barclays Premier League Squad Guide for FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 

For all those players that plan to build an FUT 15 team based on the Barclays Premier League, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

Here is our guide to the top English league in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team.

 
 

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Introduction to the FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, this is because the budget may not allow it, but it needs to be the player’s stature for him to obtain success.

When choosing which players to play with, you will have to look carefully at their attributes. Choosing a team based on ratings is one of the most common mistakes on FUT 15. It’s precisely this aspect that this guide focuses on. For each position, and focusing on the truly important attributes, we’ll show you who are the best athletes to choose.

It’s also important that the player checks to see if the player he chooses fits the formations he likes to play in. For example, a good full back will be useless if the player only uses a formation with three defenders. According to these formations, the player must be cautious and look at the work rate. Try to relate them with the ones we advise in our Formations Guide.

Last but not least, it’s mandatory that you tune all of your team so that the individual and team chemistry will be as high possible. For this last step to be easier, the majority of the players start to define the type of team they’re building. Some choose to gather players of the same nationality, while others decide to form a team of players from the same league. The most popular leagues are the Brazilian league and the Barclays Premier League. There are also more experienced players that can form hybrid teams without damaging team chemistry a lot.

All of these steps are necessary to have; or it could mean that the team is not always well built as it could be. This article aims to help those that want to form a FIFA 15 Ultimate Team based on players from the Barclays Premier League. Even the players that have a BPL team, could take out some valuable conclusions from this guide that could help you make your team even better.

We received thousands of comments about similar guides that we have published in previous years. Most of them have asked us to help improve their teams and the players they had. It’s important that the readers understand that this guide is simply guidance. It’s a theme too vast and the player combinations are almost infinite. Besides, there are various factors that influence the choices, like one’s style of play, the formations used, the available budget, the preferences or even the time spent playing. There’s still one uncertain component: a good player for someone might not be for another. If there was a better team everyone would fight to get it. Part of the fun of FIFA 15 Ultimate Team is this: everyone has their personal club and players.

Another important point and that must stay very clear is that whoever is reading this guide, it’s about some criteria we chose and should be of everyone’s knowledge:

Only Gold Players

In this guide we didn’t consider silver or bronze player. Most players don’t assume them to be a better option than gold players, so to simplify the guide’s analysis we didn’t include them. In the future we may come to publish guides exclusively talking about these categories.

Only Regular Players

In this guide we didn’t consider In Forms (IF). They’re extremely expensive and in most cases are not considered good value for money. They should only be used by players with generous budgets, that already have the best team possible and that want small upgrades.

Only Normal Players

In this guide we didn’t consider players that have been transferred to other clubs or that have been reviewed (UP). Only players that started their season in the Barclays Premier League and with their original attributes were considered.

Only Original Attributes

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

Position analysis

To make the comprehension of this guide easier we divided the players in 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).

Prices at the date of publication of the guide

In the chapter where FIFA 15 Ultimate Team BPL teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: October 2014. It’s natural that the prices have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so they should only be considered as guiding prices.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Barclays Premier League

 

No league is as spectacular as the main football competition in the United Kingdom. The champions in the second biggest league in the world are made through the made points system. Whichever team gathers the most points wins the league. The top four teams gain access to the champions league of the proceeding year, while the last three trade places with the first three promoted teams from the Football League Championship. Every season starts in August and finishes in May, having 38 game weeks with 10 matches each, being a total of 380 matches per season.

The Barclays Premier League is the most watched football league in the world, broadcasted in 212 countries and in more than 600 million homes. It’s also the second football league with more assists and the second best league classified in the UEFA league coefficients.

Since the competition began in 1992 the Premier League has only been conquered by 5 clubs. The dominant club is Manchester United, with a total of 13 titles. London’s teams only won the league three times while Manchester City won it twice and Blackburn Rovers once.

As of last season, the BPL lost many good players such as David Luiz (PSG), Ashley Cole (Roma), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Demba Ba (Besiktas), Fernando Torres (AC Milan), Pepe Reina (Bayern Munich), Javi Garcia (Zenit St Petersburg), Micah Richards (Fiorentina), Alvaro Negredo (Valencia), Nemanja Vidic (Inter Milan), Patrice Evra (Juventus), Nani (Sporting Lisbon), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund) and Javier Hernandez (Real Madrid), they’re good examples of this. But, the biggest outgoing transfer was Liverpool’s Luis Suarez move to Barcelona for £75 million pounds.

These transfers didn’t necessarily make the league weaker. The English teams spent £835 million pounds on strong reinforcements, more £200 million than in the previous season. The most popular transfers were David Ospina and Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal), Aly Cissokho (Aston Villa), Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa, Didier Drogba and Luis Filipe (Chelsea), Abel Hernandez (Hull City), Esteban Cambiasso (Leicester City), Mario Balotelli, Emre Can, Lazar Markovic, Alberto Moreno and Divock Origi (Liverpool), Fernando and Mangala (Manchester City), Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcão (Manchester United), Rémy Cabella (Newcastle), Mauricio Isla and Eduardo Vargas (QPR), Fraser Forster, Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè (Southampton), Bafetimbi Gomez (Swansea City), Federico Fazio (Tottenham Spurs), Silvestre Varela (West Bromwich Albion), Enner Valencia, Cheikhou Kouyate, Diafra Sakho and Alex Song (West Ham United). But the biggest signing of the season was made between Madrid and Manchester United, with the purchase of Di Maria by the Red Devils for £60 million pounds.

The team making decisions are made tougher, but in a good way because of the vast quality of players in the league. Keep in mind since it is in the United Kingdom where FUT 15 is played the most, the Barclays Premier League is the most seen inside game’s teams. This means it is also the most expensive league, so it is not recommended for players with a limited budget.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Total Players: 643
Gold Players: 232
Average Rating (Global): 72
Average Price: 7k

Best New Cards:
Falcão
Di Maria
Diego Costa

Highest Upgrades:
Adnan Januzaj (14)
Jon Flanagan (8)
Diafra Sakho (8)

Highest Downgrades:
Rio Ferdinand (-4)
Ashley Young (-4)
Brede Hangeland (-4)
Daren Fletcher (-4)
Benoît Assou-Ekotto (-4)

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Goalkeepers (GK)

 

Goalkeepers are the players that are used least on the field. Because of this they are also first ignored when building a team. Most players start their purchases with a forward, later they strengthen the midfield the defence and only later the goal. The truth is a good goalkeeper may be worth a lot of goals. They are a good investment because they are normally the most economically accessible players.

The goalkeepers with most prestige in the Barclays Premier League are the stalwart Petr Cech, the newly upgraded Hugo Lloris and the new young star Thibaut Courtois. With having the best rating they are also the most searched for by this league’s teams so this makes them more expensive.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Thibaut Courtois	86	Chelsea	Belgium
Hugo Lloris	85	Spurs	France
Petr Čech	85	Chelsea	Czech Republic
De Gea	83	Manchester Utd	Spain
Simon Mignolet	82	Liverpool	Belgium
Tim Howard	82	Everton	United States
Joe Hart	82	Manchester City	England
Asmir Begović	82	Stoke City	Bosnia Herz.
Wojciech Szczęsny	80	Arsenal	Poland
Michel Vorm	79	Spurs	Netherlands

 

When choosing a good goalkeeper it’s not only down to his rating. There are two fundamental attributes for choosing a good goalkeeper: reflexes and diving.

The first measures a goalkeeper’s agility when making a save. The best on this aspect are Hugo Lloris, De Gea and Courtois.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
De Gea	88	Manchester Utd	Spain
Hugo Lloris	88	Spurs	France
Thibaut Courtois	88	Chelsea	Belgium
Joe Hart	86	Manchester City	England
Willy Caballero	86	Manchester City	Argentina
Asmir Begović	85	Stoke City	Bosnia Herz.
Simon Mignolet	84	Liverpool	Belgium
Petr Čech	84	Chelsea	Czech Republic
Wojciech Szczęsny	84	Arsenal	Poland
David Ospina	84	Arsenal	Colombia

 

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

De Gea is also the best one with this attribute, with a slight advantage over Lloris. For those who are looking for the cheaper solution, Asmir Begović is a valid alternative.

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
De Gea	87	Manchester Utd	Spain
Hugo Lloris	86	Spurs	France
Joe Hart	85	Manchester City	England
Thibaut Courtois	84	Chelsea	Belgium
Asmir Begović	84	Stoke City	Bosnia Herz.
Simon Mignolet	84	Liverpool	Belgium
Tim Howard	84	Everton	United States
Petr Čech	83	Chelsea	Czech Republic
Wojciech Szczęsny	83	Arsenal	Poland
David Ospina	82	Arsenal	Colombia

 

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 Hugo Lloris’s weak point. Even though he can’t be considered a short goalkeeper, the truth is he’s 13 cm short of the mighty Fraser Forster, this gold goalkeeper holds the title of tallest Barclays Premier League Goalkeeper. Cech and Courtois are both very tall goalkeepers.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Fraser Forster	201	Southampton	England
Asmir Begović	200	Stoke City	Bosnia Herz.
Thibaut Courtois	199	Chelsea	Belgium
Petr Čech	196	Chelsea	Czech Republic
Joe Hart	196	Manchester City	England
Wojciech Szczęsny	196	Arsenal	Poland
Mark Schwarzer	194	Chelsea	Australia
De Gea	193	Manchester Utd	Spain
Ben Foster	193	West Brom	England
Alex McCarthy	193	QPR	England

 

The choice for the best Barclays Premier League goalkeeper on FIFA 15 Ultimate team is not easy.

In our opinion, the position is in good hands (literally) if you choose Thibaut Courtois or Hugo Lloris. The two goalkeepers are equivalent on the most important attributes, but the Belgian is better in the other attributes. He is also 11 cm taller which makes all the difference.

De Gea is the one with better reflexes and diving, but in the other attributes he is not good enough. We recommend him only for those who frequently pass the ball to the goalkeeper.

When talking about cheapest goalkeepers our suggestion is Asmir Begovic. Only a few EPL goalkeepers have better reflexes and diving than him. Besides, he’s also the second tallest of them all, which takes out any doubt for those who still had any. For those who don’t want to choose him because of the difficulty of having good chemistry links with the centre back, Simon Mignolet is a good alternative.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Goalkeeper

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Centre Backs (CB)

 

A goalkeepers task is made easier if in front of him are quality central backs. Their function is to stop the opponent from getting dangerously close to your team’s goal.

With the move of Vidic to the Calcio, Kompany is now the centre back with the best reputation in the Barclays Premier League. The remaining good players to consider because of experience are John Terry and Per Mertesacker, and by irreverence, Eliaquim Mangala and Jan Vertonghen come to mind.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS
Vincent Kompany	86	Manchester City	Belgium
Per Mertesacker	83	Arsenal	Germany
John Terry	83	Chelsea	England
Jan Vertonghen	82	Belgium	Tottenham
Gary Cahill	81	Chelsea	England
Martin Škrtel	81	Liverpool	Slovakia
Laurent Koscielny	81	Arsenal	France
Mamadou Sakho	81	Liverpool	France
Phil Jagielka	80	Everton	England
Federico Fazio	80	Tottenham	Argentina
Eliaquim Mangala	80	Manchester City	France
Ron Vlaar	79	Aston Villa	Netherlands
Dejan Lovren	79	Liverpool	Croatia
Joleon Lescott	79	West Brom	England
Michael Dawson	79	Hull City	England

 

On a centre back, two attributes assume particular importance on their performance: defending and the new attribute physical, which represents strength, stamina, aggression and jumping.

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 two best rated players: Kompany and Mertesacker. It’s really hard to get past them. The most experienced players are normally those who have a higher rating with this attribute. Terry, Gary Cahill and Skrtel prove this.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Vincent Kompany	87	Manchester City	Belgium
Per Mertesacker	87	Arsenal	Germany
John Terry	84	Chelsea	England
Gary Cahill	84	Chelsea	England
Martin Škrtel	82	Liverpool	Slovakia
Jan Vertonghen	82	Belgium	Tottenham
Laurent Koscielny	82	Arsenal	France
Ron Vlaar	81	Aston Villa	Netherlands
Phil Jagielka	81	Everton	England
Dejan Lovren	81	Liverpool	Croatia
Federico Fazio	81	Tottenham	Argentina
Joleon Lescott	81	West Brom	England
Michael Dawson	81	Hull City	England
Jonny Evans	81	Manchester United	England
Rio Ferdinand	81	QPR	England

 

The new physical attribute shows the old heading capability but also how likely the players are to win game with their body. This is a crucial attribute when looking for the best centre back.

In this chapter Huth, Mangala and Shawcross are the strongest ones.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BETTER PHYSICAL
Robert Huth	86	Stoke City	Germany
Eliaquim Mangala	85	Manchester City	France
Ryan Shawcross	84	Stoke City	England
Mamadou Sakho	83	Liverpool	France
Martin Škrtel	82	Liverpool	Slovakia
Ron Vlaar	82	Aston Villa	Netherlands
Younès Kaboul	82	Tottenham	France
Marcos Rojo	82	Manchester United	Argentina
Ashley Williams	82	Swansea City	Wales
Vincent Kompany	81	Manchester City	Belgium
Jan Vertonghen	81	Belgium	Tottenham
Phil Jagielka	81	Everton	England
Dejan Lovren	81	Liverpool	Croatia
Federico Fazio	81	Tottenham	Argentina
John Terry	80	Chelsea	England

 

Defending and heading may be useless against fast opponents. It’s necessary to fight fire with fire. No one likes feeling impotent when seeing you get overrun by extremely fast players. Even though, in a way, centre backs aren’t that fast, every team needs one of these players with a high pace attribute.

The weak relish for heading by Kompany is in a way compensating due to his good speed. But there are faster players in the Barclays Premier League. The first on the list is Nedum Onuoha. We don’t consider him a viable option since he lacks the remaining attributes necessary for a good central back. Koscielny, Mangala and Smalling are also fast players. They possess these attributes and in that way they make themselves a viable option for a defence based on the BPL.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Nedum Onuoha	83	QPR	England
Laurent Koscielny	81	Arsenal	France
Vlad Chiricheş	81	Tottenham	Romania
Chris Smalling	78	Manchester United	England
Eliaquim Mangala	76	Manchester City	France
Marcos Rojo	75	Manchester United	Argentina
Steven Caulker	75	QPR	England
Curtis Davies	75	Hull City	England
Gary Cahill	74	Chelsea	England
Jonny Evans	74	Manchester United	England
Younès Kaboul	74	Tottenham	France
Matija Nastasić	74	Manchester City	Serbia
Kolo Touré	74	Liverpool	Ivory Coast
Winston Reid	74	West Ham	Australia
Vincent Kompany	73	Manchester City	Belgium

 

Kompany is our number one choice for this position. Fast and with good defending and attacking attributes, the Belgian is the most expensive of all centre backs in the Barclays Premier League.

In our opinion, Koscielny and Mangala are the centre backs that come closest to Kompany’s quality. The Frenchman, Koscielny, has a slight advantage because he a work rate more appropriate to his position. Jan Vertonghen and Marcos Rojo are also good options.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Centre Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Right Backs (RB and RWB)

 

Full backs have the role of troubling the job of wingers. In addition, good full backs also support their team mates on offensive manoeuvres.

Choosing the best right back for a Barclays Premier League Team is an extremely hard choice. There are various valid options depending on the style of play. The first seven, seen below, are the most popular.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Pablo Zabaleta	82	Manchester City	Argentina
Branislav Ivanović	81	Chelsea	Serbia
Bacary Sagna	80	Manchester City	France
Mathieu Debuchy	80	Arsenal	France
Séamus Coleman	78	Everton	Republic of Ireland
Kyle Walker	77	Tottenham	England
Rafael	77	Manchester United	Brazil
Glen Johnson	76	Liverpool	England
Àngel Rangel	75	Swansea City	Spain
Daryl Janmaat	75	Newcastle	Netherlands

 

There are very important attributes for any right back: defending and pace.

Since they’re defenders they should have good defending capacities. This reduces a team’s risk of conceding.

Ivanovic is the player that best fits this aspect. The only other players that offer any type of competition are the Manchester City duo Bacary Sagna and Pablo Zabaleta.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Branislav Ivanović	86	Chelsea	Serbia
Pablo Zabaleta	83	Manchester City	Argentina
Bacary Sagna	81	Manchester City	France
Séamus Coleman	78	Everton	Republic of Ireland
Mathieu Debuchy	78	Arsenal	France
Kyle Walker	76	Tottenham	England
Rafael	76	Manchester United	Brazil
Àngel Rangel	76	Swansea City	Spain
Glen Johnson	75	Liverpool	England
Daryl Janmaat	74	Newcastle	Netherlands

 

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.

Kyle Walker is the fastest gold right backs in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team. The English international player is far superior in this aspect when compared to every BPL full back. Besides Kyle Walker, only Rafael and Séamus Coleman may be considered reasonably fast players.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Kyle Walker	91	Tottenham	England
Rafael	83	Manchester United	Brazil
Séamus Coleman	81	Everton	Republic of Ireland
Glen Johnson	79	Liverpool	England
Mathieu Debuchy	76	Arsenal	France
Daryl Janmaat	76	Newcastle	Netherlands
Pablo Zabaleta	74	Manchester City	Argentina
Bacary Sagna	74	Manchester City	France
Branislav Ivanović	67	Chelsea	Serbia
Àngel Rangel	65	Swansea City	Spain

 

Pablo Zabaleta is the highest rated right back but once again, that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the best choice for this position. In our opinion him and Ivanović are the right choices for players that don’t use full backs to attack.

On the other hand there’s Kyle Walker. He has fantastic pace, good dribbling, passing and his high attacking work rate makes him a good player for those that see full backs as second wingers.

For those that search for an intermediate solution, in other words, a player that defends and attacks fairly, we advise Séamus Coleman. He is a very balanced athlete.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Right Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League 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 in the team’s offensive manoeuvres.

There are three BPL players that stand out in this position: the solid Leighton Baines, the debutant Filipe Luis and the speedy Gaël Clichy.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Filipe Luís	82	Chelsea	Brazil
Leighton Baines	82	Everton	England
Gaël Clichy	80	Manchester City	France
Azpilicueta	79	Chelsea	Spain
Kieran Gibbs	78	Arsenal	England
Aleksandar Kolarov	78	Manchester City	Serbia
Alberto Moreno	78	Liverpool	Spain
José Enrique	77	Liverpool	Spain
Monreal	76	Arsenal	Spain
Luke Shaw	75	Manchester United	England

 

The vast experience of Filipe Luis, Clichy and Baines contribute decisively to make these players the three best defending left backs in the league. Even though being one of the fastest, using Luke Shaw should not be an option for teams where it’s necessary when defending frequently. He may be good in Career Mode but in Ultimate Team there are many players better than him.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Filipe Luís	81	Chelsea	Brazil
Gaël Clichy	80	Manchester City	France
Leighton Baines	80	Everton	England
Azpilicueta	80	Chelsea	Spain
Kieran Gibbs	79	Arsenal	England
Aleksandar Kolarov	78	Manchester City	Serbia
José Enrique	77	Liverpool	Spain
Luke Shaw	75	Manchester United	England
Alberto Moreno	74	Liverpool	Spain
Monreal	74	Arsenal	Spain

 

The promising, Anfield tied Alberto Moreno is the fastest left back in the English league. He makes his speed his biggest threat, and only Clichy can be compared with this stat.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Alberto Moreno	87	Liverpool	Spain
Gaël Clichy	85	Manchester City	France
Filipe Luís	82	Chelsea	Brazil
Luke Shaw	82	Manchester United	England
Kieran Gibbs	81	Arsenal	England
José Enrique	81	Liverpool	Spain
Azpilicueta	79	Chelsea	Spain
Monreal	78	Arsenal	Spain
Davide Santon	78	Newcastle	Italy
Leighton Baines	77	Everton	England

 

Clichy and Filipe Luis are with no question the best left backs playing in the Barclays Premier League. Clichy is faster, but the Brazilian player is generally a more complete player.

Leighton Baines and Alberto Moreno are valid alternatives to these two players but for different reasons. The first besides being an extremely balanced player is also a good crosser. He’s a good choice for more attacking teams. What is lacking to him, Moreno has a lot. He is the fastest left back, something so important in FUT 15. However, don’t ask much more that that from him.

Of all the remaining players, Kieran Gibbs is our cheapest choice. He doesn’t have the same efficiency as the others we referred too but he’s fast enough to cause some offensive damage and possesses reasonable defending.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Left Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Central Defensive Midfielder (CDM)

 

Many of the FIFA 15 Ultimate Team formations require some midfielders that have a natural aptitude to defend. Central defensive midfielders distinguish themselves for being especially aimed to help the more retreated line of their teams. According to their attributes and their work rates, they can also be useful for starting attacks. They are players that occupy a very strategic position in the field.

Now that Yaya Touré is a CM, Matic, Ramires and Gerrard are the players highest rated in this position.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Nemanja Matić	82	Chelsea	Serbia
Steven Gerrard	82	Liverpool	England
Ramires	81	Chelsea	Brazil
Gareth Barry	80	Everton	England
Morgan Schneiderlin	80	Southampton	France
Mikel Arteta	80	Arsenal	Spain
Fernando	79	Manchester City	Brazil
Sandro	79	QPR	Brazil
Lucas Leiva	79	Liverpool	Brazil
James McCarthy	79	Everton	Rep. Ireland
Alexandre Song	79	West Ham	Cameroon
Marouane Fellaini	79	Manchester United	Belgium
Daley Blind	79	Manchester United	Netherlands
Cheick Tioté	78	Newcastle	Ivory Coast
John Obi Mikel	78	Chelsea	Nigeria

 

There are a variety of attributes in a central defensive midfielder that you have to give attention: defending, so that the first defender of team works; strength, so that you win all brawls in a prone area of the field; heading, to win possession in aerial moves like goal kicks; pace, so that you cover the most terrain on the field as possible; stamina, so they can equally participate in offensive and defensive moves (especially useful for players with high/high work rates); passing and possession so that he can properly start attacks. In our opinion the two first are the most important.

Normally using a central defensive midfielder is associated with having a deficit of elements in your defence. So, it makes sense that when you search for a player to occupy this position you’d want players that can defend.

The best central defensive midfielder play for Manchester City: Fernando. He is a good choice for teams that want to complicate an opponent’s game in the space between the midfield and the defence.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Fernando	83	Manchester City	Brazil
Nemanja Matić	80	Chelsea	Serbia
Sandro	80	QPR	Brazil
Gareth Barry	80	Everton	England
Cheick Tioté	79	Newcastle	Ivory Coast
Lucas Leiva	79	Liverpool	Brazil
Ramires	79	Chelsea	Brazil
John Obi Mikel	78	Chelsea	Nigeria
Morgan Schneiderlin	78	Southampton	France
Etienne Capoue	78	Tottenham	France
James McCarthy	78	Everton	Rep. Ireland
Mathieu Flamini	78	Arsenal	France
Claudio Yacob	78	West Brom	Argentina
Alexandre Song	78	West Ham	Cameroon
Mile Jedinák	77	Cystal Palace	Australia

 

The area of the field occupied by the central defensive midfielders is the one where most ball disputes happen. Strong players will have a higher probability of winning the ball.

There’s a lot of muscle between the Barclays Premier League. Tioté, Obi Mikel, Fellaini, Wanyama and Carlos Sánchez are good examples of that. On the other hand there’s Ramires. Even though he’s a really special player, Chelsea’s Brazilian rarely wins a physical brawl due to being the weakest central defensive midfielder in the BPL.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PHYSICAL
Cheick Tioté	88	Newcastle	Ivory Coast
John Obi Mikel	88	Chelsea	Nigeria
Marouane Fellaini	88	Manchester United	Belgium
Victor Wanyama	88	Kenya	Southampton
Carlos Sánchez	87	Aston Villa	Colombia
Nemanja Matić	85	Chelsea	Serbia
Sandro	84	QPR	Brazil
Fernando	83	Manchester City	Brazil
Morgan Schneiderlin	81	Southampton	France
Etienne Capoue	81	Tottenham	France
Mile Jedinák	81	Cystal Palace	Australia
Steven Gerrard	81	Liverpool	England
James McCarthy	80	Everton	Rep. Ireland
Youssouf Mulumbu	80	West Brom	RD Congo
Joey Barton	80	QPR	England

 

Ramires is our favourite because he possess a much appreciated cocktail of work rate, pace and stamina which allows him to be everywhere. He is also the fastest and the CDM with highest accumulated score. He is weak physically, but if you have played with him in previous years, you will be pleasantly surprised. He is one of the players who most benefited from the fitness changes introduced this year.

There are still very good options that offer a cheap price but still good quality wise, like Matic. For those who want an element that offer defensive solidity to the team, Fernando is a very interesting choice. For those that search for someone that can roam to further zones around the pitch, Tioté is a player to considered.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Central Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Centre Midfielders (CM e CAM)

 

A lot of games are decided in the midfield and not close to the goals. The players that play in these zones are the ones that should create the game and define its rhythm.

It’s in midfield that there’s more quality in the Barclays Premier League. Some of the world’s best footballers play there. It’s the case of the Touré, Ozil and the newcomer Di Maria.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
Mesut Özil	86	Arsenal	Germany
Ángel Di María	86	Manchester United	Argentina
Yaya Touré	86	Manchester City	Ivory Coast
Juan Mata	85	Manchester United	Spain
Cesc Fàbregas	84	Chelsea	Spain
Oscar	84	Chelsea	Brazil
Aaron Ramsey	83	Arsenal	Wales
Fernandinho	82	Manchester City	Brazil
Coutinho	81	Liverpool	Brazil
Jack Wilshere	81	Arsenal	England
Frank Lampard	80	Manchester City	England
Tomáš Rosický	80	Arsenal	Czech Republic
Dušan Tadić	80	Southampton	Serbia
Moussa Dembélé	80	Tottenham	Belgium
Paulinho	80	Tottenham	Brazil

 

Centre midfielders are responsible for discovering lines that break the opponents defence. Their passing quality has to be really good so they can assist forwards.

Even though Ozil and Mata have a great passing stat, Fábregas is the one who does it better in the whole Barclays Premier League.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Cesc Fàbregas	88	Chelsea	Spain
Mesut Özil	86	Arsenal	Germany
Juan Mata	84	Manchester United	Spain
Ángel Di María	83	Manchester United	Argentina
Frank Lampard	83	Manchester City	England
Fernandinho	82	Manchester City	Brazil
Coutinho	81	Liverpool	Brazil
Jack Wilshere	81	Arsenal	England
Tomáš Rosický	81	Arsenal	Czech Republic
Yaya Touré	81	Manchester City	Ivory Coast
Tom Huddlestone	81	Hull City	England
Oscar	80	Chelsea	Brazil
Dušan Tadić	80	Southampton	Serbia
Ander Herrera	79	Manchester United	Spain
Aaron Ramsey	79	Arsenal	Wales

 

Four players share the first place of the best dribbling players list: Ozil, Mata, Di Maria and Coutinho.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Mesut Özil	87	Arsenal	Germany
Juan Mata	87	Manchester United	Spain
Ángel Di María	87	Manchester United	Argentina
Coutinho	87	Liverpool	Brazil
Oscar	85	Chelsea	Brazil
Jack Wilshere	84	Arsenal	England
Tomáš Rosický	84	Arsenal	Czech Republic
Ander Herrera	84	Manchester United	Spain
Rémy Cabella	84	Newcastle	France
Adel Taarabt	84	QPR	Morocco
Moussa Dembélé	84	Tottenham	Belgium
Adam Lallana	83	Liverpool	England
Dušan Tadić	82	Southampton	Serbia
Gastón Ramirez	82	Hull City	Uruguay
Charles N’Zogbia	82	Aston Villa	France

 

Di Maria is the most interesting player in the Barclays Premier League Midfield. He is levelled with the best players at various attributes, like passing, dribbling, pace and long shots.

Another essential player is Yaya Touré, in large parts because of his amazing strength and stamina. He is a very balanced player but his new medium-medium work rate doesn’t let him to give everything he has to give to the team. In our opinion, he was the best FIFA player in the past few years, but he is not any more. Obviously, he is still a wonderful player but if you were used to playing with him, you will notice a considerable difference.

Ozil, Mata, Fábregas and Oscar are cheaper players that can perform well their roles as centre midfielders.

Our cheapest choice falls to Coutinho. Even though he isn’t very physically powerful, the Brazilian is fast dribble and is a good passer.

 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Centre Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Right Wingers (RM, RW e RF)

 

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

The right side of the midfield was in earlier seasons the weak point of Barclays Premier League based teams. The addition of Alexis Sánchez to this league and the passage of Willian from left to right side came as a solution to this problem.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Alexis Sánchez	84	Arsenal	Chile
Jesús Navas	83	Manchester City	Spain
Willian	82	Chelsea	Brazil
Theo Walcott	81	Arsenal	England
Raheem Sterling	80	Liverpool	England
Kevin Mirallas	80	Everton	Belgium
Antonio Valencia	80	Manchester United	Ecuador
Aaron Lennon	79	Tottenham	England
Lazar Marković	78	Liverpool	Serbia
Aiden McGeady	78	Everton	Rep. Ireland
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	78	Arsenal	England
Erik Lamela	78	Tottenham	Argentina
Hatem Ben Arfa	78	Hull City	France
James Milner	78	Manchester City	England
Bojan	77	Stoke City	Spain

 

There are three fundamental attributes for a winger: pace, dribbling and passing.

Pace is probably the biggest weapon of these players. They use it to evade opponents and getting to the other side, many times via sprints on the side lines.

The Barclays Premier League is extremely well served in this chapter. Five gold players have pace over 90, being the highlighted sprinter Theo Walcott, the fastest gold player of FIFA 15 Ultimate Team.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Theo Walcott	96	Arsenal	England
Raheem Sterling	93	Liverpool	England
Mohamed Salah	93	Chelsea	Egypt
Aaron Lennon	92	Tottenham	England
Jesús Navas	91	Manchester City	Spain
Lazar Marković	90	Liverpool	Serbia
Willian	89	Chelsea	Brazil
Aiden McGeady	89	Everton	Rep. Ireland
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	89	Arsenal	England
Alexis Sánchez	88	Arsenal	Chile
Kevin Mirallas	88	Everton	Belgium
Joel Campbell	88	Arsenal	Costa Rica
Antonio Valencia	85	Manchester United	Ecuador
Victor Moses	84	Stoke City	Nigeria
Mauricio Isla	83	QPR	Chile

 

Just being fast doesn’t cut it to reach the opponents box, having good dribbling to surpass the opponents’ players that appear on the way.

There are a lot of players gifted in dribbling, being Willian and Alexis Sánchez the best.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBLLING
Willian	87	Chelsea	Brazil
Alexis Sánchez	87	Arsenal	Chile
Lazar Marković	85	Liverpool	Serbia
Aiden McGeady	85	Everton	Rep. Ireland
Bojan	85	Stoke City	Spain
Hatem Ben Arfa	85	Hull City	France
Raheem Sterling	84	Liverpool	England
Jesús Navas	84	Manchester City	Spain
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	84	Arsenal	England
Mohamed Salah	83	Chelsea	Egypt
Aaron Lennon	83	Tottenham	England
Kevin Mirallas	83	Everton	Belgium
Erik Lamela	83	Tottenham	Argentina
Adam Johnson	82	Sunderland	England
Theo Walcott	81	Arsenal	England

 

When reaching the opponents box the winger has to decide what to do. Normally, they choose to cross to the forwards. That is why it’s important for them to have good passing.

The weakest point of the Barclays Premier League Wingers is surprising – passing. Only James Milner offers good quality passing. Sterling, 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
James Milner	81	Manchester City	England
Willian	78	Chelsea	Brazil
Jesús Navas	78	Manchester City	Spain
Antonio Valencia	78	Manchester United	Ecuador
Steven Davis	78	Southampton	England
Morgan Amalfitano	78	Aston Villa	France
Barry Bannan	78	Crystal Palace	Scotland
Kevin Mirallas	77	Everton	Belgium
Erik Lamela	77	Tottenham	Argentina
Stewart Downing	77	West Ham	England
Hatem Ben Arfa	76	Hull City	France
Adam Johnson	76	Sunderland	England
Alexis Sánchez	75	Arsenal	Chile
Theo Walcott	75	Arsenal	England
Aaron Lennon	73	Tottenham	England

 

Aléxis Sánchez and Willian are clearly the most indicated players to occupy this position in a team without budget restraints. Our preference goes toward the Brazilian player that even though has worse shooting can be faster and help the defence more due to his work rate being high/high and great stamina. However, if you are looking for someone for this position with good shooting, Sánchez may be a better choice. Navas is the third name in our list.

From the most popular there’s also James Milner. That even though has good passing, he is the slowest of the whole league. We discourage this purchase.

For those that can’t pay so many coins there’s a player that doesn’t diverge far from the best: Kevin Mirallas. The Belgian is as fast as Sánchez, has almost better dribbling than Navas and passes much better than the Chilean player. Besides having a work rate adjusted to the position he occupies he is still has a 4 star week foot and 4 star skill moves.

 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Barclays Premier League Left Wingers (LM, LW e LF)

 

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

Now that David Silva has changed his position, Eden Hazard has finally competition to his position.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Eden Hazard	88	Chelsea	Belgium
David Silva	87	Manchester City	Spain
Samir Nasri	84	Manchester City	France
Santi Cazorla	84	Arsenal	Spain
Christian Eriksen	83	Tottenham	Denmark
André Schürrle	81	Chelsea	Germany
Steven Pienaar	79	Everton	South Africa
Ashley Young	78	Manchester United	England
Varela	78	West Brom	Varela
Marko Arnautović	77	Stoke City	Austria
Nacer Chadli	77	Tottenham	Belgium
Emanuele Giaccherini	77	Sunderland	Italy
Lukas Podolski	77	Arsenal	Germany
Matt Jarvis	76	West Ham	England
Jay Rodriguez	75	Southampton	England

 

Even though they’re fast, the left wingers aren’t nearly as fast as their team mates from the right side. The fastest one is Hazard.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PACE
Eden Hazard	89	Chelsea	Belgium
André Schürrle	88	Chelsea	Germany
Matt Jarvis	87	West Ham	England
Ashley Young	86	Manchester United	England
Jay Rodriguez	85	Southampton	England
Varela	83	West Brom	Varela
Wayne Routledge	83	Swansea City	England
Adnan Januzaj	82	Manchester United	Belgium
Marko Arnautović	82	Stoke City	Austria
Christian Eriksen	81	Tottenham	Denmark
Samir Nasri	78	Manchester City	France
Nacer Chadli	77	Tottenham	Belgium
David Silva	76	Manchester City	Spain
Emanuele Giaccherini	75	Sunderland	Italy
Lukas Podolski	74	Arsenal	Germany

 

With the exception of Podolski that isn’t a natural born dribbler there’s a proportional quality between the left winger and his dribbling. It’s natural that Hazard, David Silva, Nasri and Santi Cazorla are the ones most highlighted in this chapter.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Eden Hazard	91	Chelsea	Belgium
David Silva	89	Manchester City	Spain
Santi Cazorla	87	Arsenal	Spain
Samir Nasri	86	Manchester City	France
Steven Pienaar	84	Everton	South Africa
Christian Eriksen	83	Tottenham	Denmark
Emanuele Giaccherini	83	Sunderland	Italy
André Schürrle	83	Chelsea	Germany
Ashley Young	81	Manchester United	England
Adnan Januzaj	81	Manchester United	Belgium
Marko Arnautović	80	Stoke City	Austria
Varela	80	West Brom	Varela
Wayne Routledge	80	Swansea City	England
Nacer Chadli	79	Tottenham	Belgium
Matt Jarvis	78	West Ham	England

 

David Silva is clearly the best fitted passer between the remaining left wingers. Even though we discourage, Santi Cazorla is an option for those that don’t necessarily need pace.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
David Silva	86	Manchester City	Spain
Santi Cazorla	85	Arsenal	Spain
Eden Hazard	84	Chelsea	Belgium
Samir Nasri	84	Manchester City	France
Christian Eriksen	83	Tottenham	Denmark
Steven Pienaar	80	Everton	South Africa
Emanuele Giaccherini	76	Sunderland	Italy
Lukas Podolski	76	Arsenal	Germany
André Schürrle	75	Chelsea	Germany
Ashley Young	75	Manchester United	England
Marko Arnautović	75	Stoke City	Austria
Nacer Chadli	75	Tottenham	Belgium
Matt Jarvis	74	West Ham	England
Adnan Januzaj	72	Manchester United	Belgium
Varela	71	West Brom	Varela

 

Hazard’s price is prohibits him from many budgets, proving the worth of the player. He’s without a doubt the best Barclays Premier League left winger. He’s the fastest one and the best dribbler. He possesses a series of other developed attributes such as balance, agility, acceleration and ball control. We only discourage him for teams that will need him defending, given his work rate high/low. David Silva is also a wonderful player but not for this position. He is a top-quality player, especially in ball control and passing, but his pace is not enough to convince us.

For those that don’t want to pay as many coins for the Belgian, Christian Eriksen is the most complete player and for that reason, our cheapest choice. Nasri and Cazorla are not fast enough and André Schürrle has bad passing stats.

One of the most used players in the BPL is Podolski. Even though he’s the one that has the best shooting, his passing and dribbling don’t convince us.

 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Barclays Premier League Forwards (CF and ST)

 

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

In the Barclays Premier League, the most popular are players that could play in any club in the world: Robin Van Persie, Falcão, Sergio Aguero, Rooney and Diego Costa

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Robin van Persie	88	Manchester United	Netherlands
Falcao	88	Manchester United	Colombia
Wayne Rooney	86	Manchester United	England
Sergio Agüero	86	Manchester City	Argentina
Diego Costa	85	Chelsea	Spain
Edin Džeko	83	Manchester City	Bosnia Herzegovina
Daniel Sturridge	83	Liverpool	England
Mario Balotelli	82	Liverpool	Italy
Didier Drogba	81	Chelsea	Ivory Coast
Wilfried Bony	81	Swansea City	Ivory Coast
Stevan Jovetić	81	Manchester City	Montenegro
Soldado	81	Tottenham	Spain
Samuel Eto’o	81	Everton	Cameroon
Christian Benteke	80	Aston Villa	Belgium
Romelu Lukaku	80	Everton	Belgium
Loïc Rémy	80	Chelsea	France
Emmanuel Adebayor	80	Tottenham	Togo
Olivier Giroud	79	Arsenal	France
Bafétimbi Gomis	78	Swansea City	France
Mame Diouf	78	Stoke City	Senegal

 

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.

Robin Van Persie is the third best shooter of FIFA 15 Ultimate Team. Only Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic are superior. Besides his team mates Wayne Rooney and Falcão, Aguero possess an above average shot. This means the best forwards are the ones that best shooting.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER SHOOTING
Robin van Persie	90	Manchester United	Netherlands
Wayne Rooney	87	Manchester United	England
Falcao	86	Manchester United	Colombia
Sergio Agüero	86	Manchester City	Argentina
Edin Džeko	84	Manchester City	Bosnia Herzegovina
Diego Costa	83	Chelsea	Spain
Didier Drogba	83	Chelsea	Ivory Coast
Daniel Sturridge	82	Liverpool	England
Mario Balotelli	82	Liverpool	Italy
Wilfried Bony	82	Swansea City	Ivory Coast
Stevan Jovetić	82	Manchester City	Montenegro
Soldado	81	Tottenham	Spain
Samuel Eto’o	81	Everton	Cameroon
Christian Benteke	81	Aston Villa	Belgium
Romelu Lukaku	80	Everton	Belgium
Loïc Rémy	80	Chelsea	France
Bafétimbi Gomis	80	Swansea City	France
Rickie Lambert	80	Liverpool	England
Emmanuel Adebayor	79	Tottenham	Togo
Mauro Zárate	79	West Ham	Argentina

 

Jump, strength and stamina are the ingredients to the new physical attribute, very important when we are analysing the best forwards: jump to score with the head; strength to dispute the ball with the opponents; and stamina to sprint in direction of goal at any time of the game.

That’s here where we see that Diego Costa and Rooney are great players. Aguero and Robin Van Persie, for example, are in the bottom of this list.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER PHYSICAL
Diego Costa	88	Chelsea	Spain
Wayne Rooney	87	Manchester United	England
Wilfried Bony	85	Swansea City	Ivory Coast
Christian Benteke	85	Aston Villa	Belgium
Andy Carroll	85	West Ham	England
Olivier Giroud	82	Arsenal	France
Romelu Lukaku	81	Everton	Belgium
Shane Long	80	Southampton	Rep. Ireland
Mario Balotelli	79	Liverpool	Italy
Graziano Pellè	79	Southampton	Italy
Rickie Lambert	79	Liverpool	England
Steven Naismith	79	Everton	Scotland
Didier Drogba	78	Chelsea	Ivory Coast
Emmanuel Adebayor	77	Tottenham	Togo
Ricardo Álvarez	76	Sunderland	Argentina
Soldado	75	Tottenham	Spain
Mame Diouf	75	Stoke City	Senegal
Danny Welbeck	75	Arsenal	England
Steven Fletcher	74	Sunderland	Scotland
Falcao	73	Manchester United	Colombia

 

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.

Eto’o is not a fast striker any more. Compared to FUT 14, his pace was downgraded by 15 (!) points, leaving Remy alone at the top of the fastest strikers in the Barclays Premier League. In a way, the 34 Forwards of this league are fast players, but not as fast as the Frenchman.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER PACE
Loïc Rémy	90	Chelsea	France
Daniel Sturridge	89	Liverpool	England
Sergio Agüero	88	Manchester City	Argentina
Mame Diouf	86	Stoke City	Senegal
Eduardo Vargas	86	QPR	Chile
Danny Welbeck	85	Arsenal	England
Romelu Lukaku	84	Everton	Belgium
Shane Long	84	Southampton	Rep. Ireland
Brown Ideye	83	West Brom	Nigeria
Diego Costa	82	Chelsea	Spain
Mario Balotelli	82	Liverpool	Italy
Mauro Zárate	82	West Ham	Argentina
Arouna Koné	81	Everton	Ivory Coast
Christian Benteke	80	Aston Villa	Belgium
Stevan Jovetić	78	Manchester City	Montenegro
Falcao	77	Manchester United	Colombia
Steven Naismith	77	Everton	Scotland
Wayne Rooney	76	Manchester United	England
Soldado	76	Tottenham	Spain
Samuel Eto’o	76	Everton	Cameroon

 

In our opinion, Aguero and Diego Costa are the best BPL strikers. The Manchester City player has a slight advantage due to his better pace and shooting. Even though he’s not the best at any of the basic attributes, no other BPL forward surpasses him in ball control, acceleration and balance.

Choosing the best Barclays Premier League forward is a bit subjective because it depends on everyone’s style of play. It is always missing something to the best alternatives to Aguero and Diego Costa: Van Persie is slow; Falcão isn’t as good as in the previous year now that heading bug was fixed; Wayne Rooney plays better as CF or even CAM than as a striker; and Sturridge has bad passing.

Far from these strikers quality, Benteke is our cheapest choice. Him and Lukaku may cause a lot of damage on the opponents defence.

MORE GOALS PER GAME

> 0.9
Sergio Aguero
Mario Balotelli
Diego Costa
Daniel Sturridge

0.8 to 0.9
Romelu Lukaku
Christian Benteke
Robin Van Persie
Radamel Falcão
Didier Drogba

< 0.8
Edin Dzeko
Wayne Rooney

 
 

Best FUT 15 Barclays Premier League Forwards

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Barclays Premier League Team Suggestions

 

A lot of people think that this is the most important part of the guide. It’s not. The thing that is really important to know is how to choose players based on their role and style of play that fits each player. The team suggestions that follow are simple graphic indicators of what we wrote previously. They should serve merely as orientation because it’s impossible to build a team that fits everyone. They depend on various factors we don’t know such as budget, formation, style of play and player preferences.

To try and explore the needs of the maximum player as possible we suggest three teams with different budgets and formations: 4-1-2-1-2 with unlimited budget, 4-3-3 with 50k budget and 4-4-2 with a 10k budget.

 
 
 
 

Team with Unlimited Budget

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 1,735 million coins (1358k + 377k)
Xbox: 1,574 million coins (1243k + 331k)
PC: 2,562 million coins (2066k + 496k)

 

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.

Thibaut Courtois comes from the Spanish league and is already the best possible option as a goalkeeper for a Barclays Premiere League squad. Although Lloris is a valid choice, the Belgian is still definitely better especially for being way taller than him.

Kompany keeps on being the boss of the defensive foursome for all and a few more reasons. Both Mangala and Koscielny are great potential partners for Man City’s centre back. In our understanding, Koscielny’s well-adjusted work rates are more important than Mangala’s air balls dominance. Kyle Walker imposes himself with his tremendous pace to gain the right back position, while the left back Filipe Luis is way too complete to simply stay out of this squad.

Although Yaya is originally a CM in FUT 15, the CDM position works like a charm for him. He’s no longer so much of a box-to-box player now with the new medium-medium work rate. If you need someone with these characteristics, don’t hesitate to choose Ramires as well. For the next position, Di Maria is our natural choice. The Argentinian is so good that you’ll probably think to yourself what of a waste it is that you can’t use him on the wings.

Probably the most debatable decision is on whether you choose Willian or Aléxis Sánchez. In general we’ve got kind of a technical draw. It all depends on your game style. If you want someone that will interact more with the strikers, choose Sánchez. If your preference is to distribute the ball to the rest of the team, you should be good with Willian. Now, more than ever, Eden Hazard is so brilliant there’s just no chance he could stay out of the left midfield.

If your budget allows you, of course, Agüero and Diego Costa are the obvious choices for the attack line. The biggest surprise, however, is maybe how Sturridge now takes Falcão or Robin Van Persie’s spot on the bench, but the truth is that the young lad’s characteristics are just more appropriate to the FIFA 15 gameplay style.

Once all the players reach maximum individual chemistry you can go without a manager for your squad. They’ll be of no use and still spend contracts.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

50k Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 103.9k coins (67.1k + 36.8k)
Xbox: 78.6k coins (51.5k + 27.1k)
PC: 128.9k coins (82.7k + 46.2k)

 

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.

At the goal, Begovic is an authentic bargain that will actually stand shoulder to shoulder against popular goalkeepers such as Petr Cech and Tim Howard.

Mangala is the most expensive player in this squad but he’s definitely worth every penny. By his side, another player that was originally from the Liga Portuguesa: Marcos Rojo. The young argentinian has got good defending characteristics and his work rate makes up for Mangala’s. Coleman’s assertiveness and Alberto Moreno’s speed will complete our defending foursome.

The central midfield position has to be Matic’s. The serbian builds up the first barrier between your goal line and the opponent, making his defensiveness and physicality count. Coutinho, which still has maximum individual chemistry even playing as a CAM, and Wilshere complete the midfield.

While Mirallas beats the concurrence by the right wing, Eriksen or Nasri could equally fill with quality the opposite side.

Over the attack line, Lukaku or Benteke are excellent choices. They’re very similar to each other and are good for their pace, strength and resistance mainly.

If you still have some room in your budget, Kyle Walker, Koscielny and Willian are players that would improve this squad a lot.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

10K Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 20.8k coins (12.5k + 8.3k)
Xbox: 18k coins (10.4k + 7.6k)
PC: 26.1k coins (16.8k + 9.3k)

 

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.

Szczesny is the most expensive player in this squad but he’s most likely to be seen as an investment of certain return.

The same goes for the rest of the defence. Maybe except for Smalling, all of the players are costing less than they were supposed to considering their actual quality.

On the midfield, Tioté and Rosicky complete each other well. The first one is kind of a smaller and more defensive version of Touré, and the second is an experienced player that’s usually more advanced and is used to assisting his colleagues. Lamela and Arnautovic fill the wings in order to assist Bony and Zárate.

 
 
 

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