FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide for FIFA 18 Ultimate Team

For all those players who plan to build a FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander squad, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

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

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Introduction
LaLiga Santander
Goalkeepers
Centre Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
Central Attacking Midfielders
Right Midfielders
Left Midfielders
Forwards
Teams

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Introduction to the FIFA 18 LaLiga Squad Guide

Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 18 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, this is because the budget may not allow it, but it needs to be the player’s stature for him to obtain success.

When choosing which players to play with, you will have to look carefully at their attributes. Choosing a team based on ratings is one of the most common mistakes on FUT 18. It’s precisely this aspect that this guide focuses on. For each position, and focusing on the truly important attributes, we’ll show you who are the best athletes to choose.

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

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

All of these steps are necessary to have; or it could mean that the team is not always well built as it could be. This article aims to help those that want to form a FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander squad. Even the players that already have a team based in this league, could take out some valuable conclusions from this guide that could help you make your team even better.

We received thousands of comments about similar guides that we have published in previous years. Most of them have asked us to help improve their teams and the players they had. It’s important that the readers understand that this guide is simply guidance. It’s a theme too vast and the player combinations are almost infinite. Besides, there are various factors that influence the choices, like one’s style of play, the formations used, the available budget, the preferences or even the time spent playing. There’s still one uncertain component: a good player for someone might not be for another. If there was a better team everyone would fight to get it. Part of the fun of FIFA 18 Ultimate Team is this: everyone has their personal club and players.

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

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

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

✔️ Only Normal Players
In this guide, we didn’t consider players that have been transferred to other clubs or that have been reviewed (UP). Only players that started their season in the LaLiga SAntander and with their original attributes were considered.

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

✔️ Position Analysis
To make the comprehension of this guide easier we divided the players in ten distinct groups in order of their original position: Goalkeeper (GK), central backs (CB), right backs (RB and RWB), left backs (LB and LWB), central defensive midfielders (CDM), central midfielders (CM), central attacking midfielders (CAM), right midfielders (RM, RW and RF), left midfielders (LM, LW and LF) and forwards (CF and ST).

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

LaLiga Santander

Arguably no league has as good players as the main football competition in Spain. The qualification for the champion is made through the points system. Whichever team gathers the most points wins the league. The first four classified gain access to the champions league in the following year, while the fifth and sixth qualify for the Europa League and the last three trade places with the first two promoted from the Segunda División and with the play-off winner. 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 LaLiga is the third most watched football league in the world and the best league classified in the UEFA league coefficients.

Started in 1928, LaLiga has only been conquered by nine clubs. The dominant clubs are Real Madrid and Barcelona, with a total of 33 and 24 titles. Atlético de Madrid (10), Atlético de Bilbao (8), Valência (6) and Real Sociedad (2) were the other teams that have won the league more than once, while Deportivo la Coruna, Real Bétis and Sevilla only won the title once.

There are many great player choices to make which will make an even better team for you to aim to build. But, since it’s the league with better players, their prices are high. Only the Premier League players are more expensive than these ones. To the players with a limited budget, there are other better options.

LALIGA SANTANDER

Total Players: 533
Gold Players: 310
Average Rating (Global): 75

Best New Cards:
Ousmane Dembélé
Éver Banega
Carlos Bacca

Highest Upgrades:
Theo Hernández (+9)
Carlos Soler (+9)

Highest Downgrades:
Tomás Pina (-6)
Nolito (-4)
Markel Bergara (-4)
Samu García (-4)

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Goalkeepers

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 La Liga Santander play in Madrid: Oblak and Keylor Navas. With having the best rating they are also the most searched for by this league’s teams so this makes them more expensive.

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPER
Jan Oblak	88	Atlético Madrid	SVN
Keylor Navas	85	Real Madrid	COS
Marc-André ter Stegen	85	FC Barcelona	GER
Sergio Asenjo	84	Villarreal CF	ESP
Gerónimo Rulli	83	Real Sociedad	ARG
Diego López	83	RCD Espanyol	ESP
Sergio Rico	81	Sevilla FC	ESP
Jasper Cillessen	81	FC Barcelona	NED
Adán	81	Real Betis	ESP
Moyá	81	Atlético Madrid	ESP
Neto	80	Valencia CF	BRA
Kiko Casilla	80	Real Madrid	ESP
Arrizabalaga	79	Athletic Club	ESP
Roberto	79	Málaga CF	ESP
Pau López	77	RCD Espanyol	ESP

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 Marc-André ter Stegen and Gerónimo Rulli.

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Marc-André ter Stegen	FC Barcelona	GER	86
Gerónimo Rulli	Real Sociedad	ARG	86
Keylor Navas	Real Madrid	COS	85
Sergio Asenjo	Villarreal CF	ESP	85
Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	SVN	84
Sergio Rico	Sevilla FC	ESP	83
Neto	Valencia CF	BRA	83
Adán	Real Betis	ESP	82
Roberto	Málaga CF	ESP	82
Arrizabalaga	Athletic Club	ESP	81
Diego López	RCD Espanyol	ESP	80
Sergio	RC Celta	ESP	80
Moyá	Atlético Madrid	ESP	79
Andrés Fernández	Villarreal CF	ESP	79
Jaume	Valencia CF	ESP	79

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

In this attribute, is Navas who has a slight advantage over the other LaLiga Santander goalkeepers.

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST DIVING
Keylor Navas	Real Madrid	COS	87
Sergio Asenjo	Villarreal CF	ESP	86
Gerónimo Rulli	Real Sociedad	ARG	85
Moyá	Atlético Madrid	ESP	85
Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	SVN	84
Marc-André ter Stegen	FC Barcelona	GER	84
Neto	Valencia CF	BRA	84
Serantes	CD Leganés	ESP	81
Sergio Rico	Sevilla FC	ESP	80
Adán	Real Betis	ESP	80
Roberto	Málaga CF	ESP	80
Andrés Fernández	Villarreal CF	ESP	80
Jasper Cillessen	FC Barcelona	NED	79
Rubén Blanco	RC Celta	ESP	79
Arrizabalaga	Athletic Club	ESP	78

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 the weakness of Navas and Diego Alves. None of them are even in this TOP 15.

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Costel Pantilimon	RC Deportivo	ROM	203 / 6′8″
Diego López	RCD Espanyol	ESP	196 / 6′5″
Sergio Rico	Sevilla FC	ESP	194 / 6′4″
Neto	Valencia CF	BRA	192 / 6′4″
Roberto	Málaga CF	ESP	192 / 6′4″
Adán	Real Betis	ESP	191 / 6′3″
Kiko Casilla	Real Madrid	ESP	191 / 6′3″
Iraizoz	Girona FC	ESP	191 / 6′3″
Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	SVN	189 / 6′2″
Sergio Asenjo	Villarreal CF	ESP	189 / 6′2″
Gerónimo Rulli	Real Sociedad	ARG	189 / 6′2″
Moyá	Atlético Madrid	ESP	189 / 6′2″
Pau López	RCD Espanyol	ESP	189 / 6′2″
Arrizabalaga	Athletic Club	ESP	188 / 6′2″
Mariano Barbosa	Villarreal CF	ARG	188 / 6′2″

Oblak is undoubtedly the best option to the goal. He has the best positioning and handling in the entire LaLiga Santander.

It’s much more difficult to pick the second best goalkeeper. In our opinion, this position is in good hands (literally) whether you choose Marc-André Ter Stegen, Keylor Navas or Sergio Asenjo. The first one plays better with his feet, while the second one has better handling. However, it’s the Villareal goalkeeper who looks to be better: he’s taller, faster and has better positioning. We know you probably prefer to use the goalkeepers from Real Madrid or Barcelona because they are more popular but if you do, you would be wasting money. They are no better than Asenjo.

For those who want an even cheaper option, Rulli is a good alternative.

GOALKEEPERS

Best Players
1 Jan Oblak
2 Sergio Asenjo
3 Marc-André ter Stegen
4 Keylor Navas
5 Gerónimo Rulli

Economic Choice
Sergio Asenjo

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Goalkeeper

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Centre Backs

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

Sergio Ramos is once again the centre back with best reputation in the LaLiga Santander.

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS
Sergio Ramos	90	Real Madrid	ESP
Diego Godín	88	Atlético Madrid	URU
Piqué	87	FC Barcelona	ESP
Raphaël Varane	85	Real Madrid	FRA
Aymeric Laporte	84	Athletic Club	FRA
José María Giménez	83	Atlético Madrid	URU
Samuel Umtiti	83	FC Barcelona	FRA
Javier Mascherano	83	FC Barcelona	ARG
Ezequiel Garay	83	Valencia CF	ARG
Stefan Savić	82	Atlético Madrid	MON
Víctor Ruíz	82	Villarreal CF	ESP
Iñigo Martínez	82	Real Sociedad	ESP
Nacho Fernández	81	Real Madrid	ESP
Simon Kjær	81	Sevilla FC	DEN
Daniel Carriço	80	Sevilla FC	POR

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

A player with good at defending will have an easier chance of dispossessing the opponent and avoid him reaching your box.

It’s the case of Sergio Ramos. It’s really hard to get past them. The most experienced players, like Godín and Piqué, are normally those who have a higher rating with this attribute..

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Sergio Ramos	90	Real Madrid	ESP
Diego Godín	Atlético Madrid	URU	88
Piqué	FC Barcelona	ESP	86
Aymeric Laporte	Athletic Club	FRA	86
José María Giménez	Atlético Madrid	URU	85
Raphaël Varane	Real Madrid	FRA	84
Ezequiel Garay	Valencia CF	ARG	84
Stefan Savić	Atlético Madrid	MON	83
Víctor Ruíz	Villarreal CF	ESP	83
Samuel Umtiti	FC Barcelona	FRA	82
Javier Mascherano	FC Barcelona	ARG	82
Iñigo Martínez	Real Sociedad	ESP	82
Nacho Fernández	Real Madrid	ESP	81
Simon Kjær	Sevilla FC	DEN	81
Gustavo Cabral	RC Celta	ARG	81

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

In this chapter, the players from the LaLiga Santander are very balanced.

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	ESP	83
Iván Ramis	SD Eibar	ESP	83
Dimitrios Siovas	CD Leganés	GRE	83
Rúben Semedo	Villarreal CF	POR	82
Gálvez	SD Eibar	ESP	82
Laguardia	D. Alavés	ESP	82
Martín Mantovani	CD Leganés	ARG	82
José María Giménez	Atlético Madrid	URU	81
Víctor Ruíz	Villarreal CF	ESP	81
Sidnei	RC Deportivo	BRA	81
Etxeita	Athletic Club	ESP	81
David López	RCD Espanyol	ESP	81
Bruno	Getafe CF	ESP	81
Gabriel Mercado	Sevilla FC	ARG	81
Ezequiel Garay	Valencia CF	ARG	80

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.

This is where Diego Godín, Piqué and Javier Mascherano are weak. There are much faster players in LaLiga, like Varane, the fastest one.

CENTRE BACKS WITH HIGHEST PACE
Raphaël Varane	Real Madrid	FRA	79
Ximo Navarro	UD Las Palmas	ESP	78
Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	ESP	76
Nacho Fernández	Real Madrid	ESP	76
Jeison Murillo	Valencia CF	COL	75
Gabriel Mercado	Sevilla FC	ARG	75
Samuel Umtiti	FC Barcelona	FRA	74
Clément Lenglet	Sevilla FC	FRA	73
Vallejo	Real Madrid	ESP	73
Rúben Semedo	Villarreal CF	POR	72
Bigas	UD Las Palmas	ESP	72
Luís Hernández	Málaga CF	ESP	72
Iñigo Martínez	Real Sociedad	ESP	71
José María Giménez	Atlético Madrid	URU	70
Álvaro	Villarreal CF	ESP	70

Sergio Ramos is our number one choice for this position. Fast and with good defending and attacking attributes, the Madrid’ defender is for that the without a chance most expensive of all central backs of the La Liga. Despite his high quality, you have to pay attention to this player because of his work rate high/medium. You need to choose very well who will be his team mate in the center of the defence. We recommend Varane, because he is the second best centre back of this league and has the perfect work rate to play with him.

Except you are playing with a 5xx formation, we don’t recommend to use Mascherano, Piqué or Godín. They are too slow. Umtiti is much cheaper and a better choice.

CENTRE BACKS

Best Players
1 Sergio Ramos
2 Raphaël Varane
3 Samuel Umtiti
4 Diego Godín
5 Piqué

Economic Choice
Aymeric Laporte

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Centre Backs

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Right Backs

RB | RWB

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

Carvajal and Juanfran are the only right-back from the LaLiga Santander who have such a big rating.

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Carvajal	84	Real Madrid	ESP
Juanfran	83	Atlético Madrid	ESP
Nélson Semedo	81	FC Barcelona	POR
Sergi Roberto	81	FC Barcelona	ESP
Mario Gaspar	81	Villarreal CF	ESP
De Marcos	81	Athletic Club	ESP
Hugo Mallo	80	RC Celta	ESP
Šime Vrsaljko	79	Atlético Madrid	CRO
Sébastien Corchia	79	Sevilla FC	FRA
Capa	78	SD Eibar	ESP
Victor Sánchez	78	RCD Espanyol	ESP
Juanfran	78	RC Deportivo	ESP
Aritz Elustondo	77	Real Sociedad	ESP
Montoya	77	Valencia CF	ESP
Roberto Rosales	77	Málaga CF	VEN

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.

Carvajal is the player that best fits this aspect.

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Carvajal	Real Madrid	ESP	82
Juanfran	Atlético Madrid	ESP	80
Mario Gaspar	Villarreal CF	ESP	80
Sergi Roberto	FC Barcelona	ESP	79
Victor Sánchez	RCD Espanyol	ESP	79
Aritz Elustondo	Real Sociedad	ESP	78
Hugo Mallo	RC Celta	ESP	77
Šime Vrsaljko	Atlético Madrid	CRO	77
Sébastien Corchia	Sevilla FC	FRA	77
Carlos Martínez	Real Sociedad	ESP	77
Nélson Semedo	FC Barcelona	POR	76
Antonio Rukavina	Villarreal CF	SRB	76
Bóveda	Athletic Club	ESP	76
Montoya	Valencia CF	ESP	75
De Marcos	Athletic Club	ESP	74

A flanked game tends to be faster than a game based in the middle of the field. The players that fill these spaces are obligated to be fast, both penetrating defensive and attacking moves of the team. Pace is one of the most important requirements for a good full back. Even in FIFA 18.

Nelson Semedo is the fastest LaLiga Santander right back in FIFA 18 Ultimate Team. The Portuguese international player is far superior in this aspect when compared to every LaLiga full back, except with his teammate Aleix Vidal.

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST PACING
Nélson Semedo	FC Barcelona	POR	92
Aleix Vidal	FC Barcelona	ESP	91
Michel Macedo	UD Las Palmas	BRA	87
De Marcos	Athletic Club	ESP	86
Capa	SD Eibar	ESP	86
Montoya	Valencia CF	ESP	83
Carvajal	Real Madrid	ESP	82
Juanfran	Atlético Madrid	ESP	82
Mario Gaspar	Villarreal CF	ESP	81
Šime Vrsaljko	Atlético Madrid	CRO	81
Juanfran	RC Deportivo	ESP	79
Sergi Roberto	FC Barcelona	ESP	77
Sébastien Corchia	Sevilla FC	FRA	77
Roberto Rosales	Málaga CF	VEN	77
Bóveda	Athletic Club	ESP	75

Nelson Semedo was a great signing for FC Barcelona but also for this League. He is by far the best right back playing in Spain. No one is faster or has a better dribbling than him.

Juanfran is the best alternative to the Portuguese young player.

RIGHT BACKS

Best Players
1 Nélson Semedo
2 Carvajal
3 Juanfran
4 Mario Gaspar
5 De Marcos

Economic Choice
Juanfran

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide - RB

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Right Backs

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Left Backs

LB | LWB

Left backs have exactly the same role of their team mates on the other flank. In other words, they try to make a winger’s job hard and participate in the team’s offensive manoeuvres.

On LaLiga Santander, there is a left back that stand out more than the other ones: Marcelo.

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Marcelo	87	Real Madrid	BRA
Jordi Alba	85	FC Barcelona	ESP
Filipe Luís	85	Atlético Madrid	BRA
Gayà	79	Valencia CF	ESP
Lucas Digne	79	FC Barcelona	FRA
Jaume Costa	79	Villarreal CF	ESP
Antunes	79	Getafe CF	POR
Escudero	79	Sevilla FC	ESP
Balenziaga	79	Athletic Club	ESP
Jonny	77	RC Celta	ESP
Luisinho	77	RC Deportivo	POR
Diego Rico	76	CD Leganés	ESP
Aarón Martín	76	RCD Espanyol	ESP
Theo Hernández	75	Real Madrid	FRA
Luna	75	Levante UD	ESP

Besides being the high rated LB, Marcelo is also the one who defends better in this league.

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Marcelo	Real Madrid	BRA	82
Filipe Luís	Atlético Madrid	BRA	82
Jordi Alba	FC Barcelona	ESP	81
Balenziaga	Athletic Club	ESP	78
Aarón Martín	RCD Espanyol	ESP	78
Miguel Torres	Málaga CF	ESP	78
De la Bella	Real Sociedad	ESP	78
Jonny	RC Celta	ESP	77
Jaume Costa	Villarreal CF	ESP	76
Antunes	Getafe CF	POR	76
Escudero	Sevilla FC	ESP	76
Luisinho	RC Deportivo	POR	76
Gayà	Valencia CF	ESP	75
Lucas Digne	FC Barcelona	FRA	75
Diego Rico	CD Leganés	ESP	74

Jordi Alba is once again the fastest left back in the Spanish league. He makes his speed his biggest threat.

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Jordi Alba	FC Barcelona	ESP	93
Gayà	Valencia CF	ESP	86
Theo Hernández	Real Madrid	FRA	84
Jaume Costa	Villarreal CF	ESP	83
Antunes	Getafe CF	POR	80
Lucas Digne	FC Barcelona	FRA	80
Filipe Luís	Atlético Madrid	BRA	79
Marcelo	Real Madrid	BRA	78
Jonny	RC Celta	ESP	77
Diego Rico	CD Leganés	ESP	76
Dani Castellano	UD Las Palmas	ESP	76
Balenziaga	Athletic Club	ESP	75
Escudero	Sevilla FC	ESP	75
Luna	Levante UD	ESP	73
Siqueira	Atlético Madrid	BRA	72

This isn’t an easy choice: Marcelo is the most balanced left back but Jordi Alba is much faster. It’s up to you to decide which is more important to you.

Filipe Luís is a decent alternative but, if you are looking for someone cheaper, you should pick Gayà. Except the physical, he has everything you need.

LEFT BACKS

Best Players
1 Marcelo
2 Jordi Alba
3 Filipe Luís
4 Gayà
5 Lucas Digne

Economic Choice
Gayà

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide - LB

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Left Backs

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Defensive Midfielder

CDM

Many of the FIFA 18 Ultimate Team formations require some midfielders that have a natural aptitude to defend. Central defensive midfielders distinguish themselves for being especially aimed to help the more retreated line of their teams. According to their attributes and their work rates, they can also be useful for starting attacks. They are players that occupy a very strategic position in the field.

Casemiro and Busquets are by far the most popular defensive midfielders in this league.

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER
Sergio Busquets	86	FC Barcelona	ESP
Casemiro	85	Real Madrid	BRA
Steven N’Zonzi	83	Sevilla FC	FRA
Dani García	81	SD Eibar	ESP
Javi Fuego	80	RCD Espanyol	ESP
Guido Pizarro	78	Sevilla FC	ARG
Gonzalo Escalante	78	SD Eibar	ARG
Celso Borges	78	RC Deportivo	COS
Mosquera	78	RC Deportivo	ESP
Javi García	78	Real Betis	ESP
Thomas Partey	77	Atlético Madrid	GHA
Marcos Llorente	77	Real Madrid	ESP
Daniel Torres	77	D. Alavés	COL
Johannes Geis	77	Sevilla FC	GER
Recio	77	Málaga CF	ESP

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 three highest rated CDMs are the ones who defend better.

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Casemiro	Real Madrid	BRA	84
Sergio Busquets	FC Barcelona	ESP	82
Steven N’Zonzi	Sevilla FC	FRA	80
Javi Fuego	RCD Espanyol	ESP	78
Gonzalo Escalante	SD Eibar	ARG	77
Javi García	Real Betis	ESP	77
Celso Borges	RC Deportivo	COS	76
Guido Pizarro	Sevilla FC	ARG	74
Dani García	SD Eibar	ESP	73
Thomas Partey	Atlético Madrid	GHA	73
Johannes Geis	Sevilla FC	GER	73
Campaña	Levante UD	ESP	73
Geoffrey Kondogbia	Valencia CF	FRA	73
Papa Kouli Diop	RCD Espanyol	SEN	73
Daniel Torres	D. Alavés	COL	72

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 LaLiga Santander central midfielders. N’Zonzi, Papa Kouli Diop and Casemiro are good examples of that.

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Steven N’Zonzi	Sevilla FC	FRA	88
Casemiro	Real Madrid	BRA	86
Papa Kouli Diop	RCD Espanyol	SEN	85
Guido Pizarro	Sevilla FC	ARG	84
Thomas Partey	Atlético Madrid	GHA	83
Sergio Busquets	FC Barcelona	ESP	81
Javi García	Real Betis	ESP	81
Geoffrey Kondogbia	Valencia CF	FRA	81
Manu García	D. Alavés	ESP	81
Dani García	SD Eibar	ESP	80
Daniel Torres	D. Alavés	COL	80
Jefferson Lerma	Levante UD	COL	80
Gonzalo Escalante	SD Eibar	ARG	79
Javi Fuego	RCD Espanyol	ESP	78
Timor	Girona FC	ESP	78

In our opinion, Casemiro is the right choice for this position. He is the CDM who gives more security to the back line but he is also a good offensive player. However, you will need a lot of coins to buy him.

There are also good options that are available at a cheap price who are still good quality-wise, like Steven N’Zonzi, our economic choice. There is no reason to pay 30 times more by Busquets. Zonzi is much faster and has better physical stats, while the Barcelona’s midfielder has a great vision and defends very well, but the overall difference between them is not as big.

CENTRE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Casemiro
2 Sergio Busquets
3 Steven N’Zonzi
4 Guido Pizarro
5 Javi García

Economic Choice
Steven N’Zonzi

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide - CDM

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Central Defensive Midfielders

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Centre Midfielders

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 LaLiga Santander. Some of the world’s best footballers play there. It’s the case of the Kroos, Modrić, Rakitić and Iniesta.

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
Toni Kroos	90	Real Madrid	GER
Luka Modrić	89	Real Madrid	CRO
Ivan Rakitić	87	FC Barcelona	CRO
Iniesta	87	FC Barcelona	ESP
Isco	86	Real Madrid	ESP
Koke	84	Atlético Madrid	ESP
Bruno	84	Villarreal CF	ESP
Saúl	82	Atlético Madrid	ESP
Mateo Kovačić	82	Real Madrid	CRO
Jonathan Viera	82	UD Las Palmas	ESP
Parejo	82	Valencia CF	ESP
Beñat	82	Athletic Club	ESP
Arda Turan	82	FC Barcelona	TUR
André Gomes	82	FC Barcelona	POR
Manu Trigueros	82	Villarreal CF	ESP

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.

Kroos, Iniesta and Parejo have a great passing stat.

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
Toni Kroos	Real Madrid	GER	88
Iniesta	FC Barcelona	ESP	87
Parejo	Valencia CF	ESP	87
Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	CRO	86
Ivan Rakitić	FC Barcelona	CRO	86
Koke	Atlético Madrid	ESP	86
Beñat	Athletic Club	ESP	84
Xabi Prieto	Real Sociedad	ESP	84
Isco	Real Madrid	ESP	82
Mateo Kovačić	Real Madrid	CRO	82
Granero	RCD Espanyol	ESP	82
Jonathan Viera	UD Las Palmas	ESP	81
Arda Turan	FC Barcelona	TUR	81
Denis Suárez	FC Barcelona	ESP	81
Manu Trigueros	Villarreal CF	ESP	80

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

LaLiga centre midfielders supremacy is also showed through their dribbling. Iniesta and Modric are two of the best dribblers in the world.

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Iniesta	FC Barcelona	ESP	90
Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	CRO	89
Isco	Real Madrid	ESP	89
Jonathan Viera	UD Las Palmas	ESP	86
Mateo Kovačić	Real Madrid	CRO	84
Arda Turan	FC Barcelona	TUR	84
Rafinha	FC Barcelona	BRA	84
Denis Suárez	FC Barcelona	ESP	83
Ivan Rakitić	FC Barcelona	CRO	82
Andrés Guardado	Real Betis	MEX	82
Toni Kroos	Real Madrid	GER	81
Koke	Atlético Madrid	ESP	81
Manu Trigueros	Villarreal CF	ESP	81
Saúl	Atlético Madrid	ESP	81
Dani Ceballos	Real Madrid	ESP	80

Luka Modrić is, in our opinion, the best centre midfield of this league. The Croatian is a box to box player, who attacks but also helps the defence.

Isco and Kroos are both great alternatives to Modrić. The first one is fast and tries to make the difference in the last third of the field. His team mate on Real Madrid has a more defensive style but still is the best player to assists the strikers. If you don’t have money for these players, you can try Rakitic.

Koke is a quality player who can be used in medium budget squads. If you still need someone cheaper, take a look to Turan and Jonathan Viera.

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Luka Modrić
2 Isco
3 Toni Kroos
4 Ivan Rakitić
5 Iniesta

Economic Choice
Koke

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide - CM

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Centre Midfielders

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Central Attacking Midfielders

CAM

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

There are no many good CAM’s in this league. Marco Asensio is one of the few exceptions.

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS
Marco Asensio	84	Real Madrid	ESP
Éver Banega	83	Sevilla FC	ARG
Franco Vázquez	82	Sevilla FC	ITA
Ryad Boudebouz	81	Real Betis	ALG
Raúl García	81	Athletic Club	ESP
Fabián Orellana	80	Valencia CF	CHI
Ganso	80	Sevilla FC	BRA
Emre Çolak	79	RC Deportivo	TUR
Canales	79	Real Sociedad	ESP
Bojan	79	D. Alavés	ESP
Alen Halilović	77	UD Las Palmas	CRO
Pablo Fornals	77	Villarreal CF	ESP
Jozabed	77	RC Celta	ESP
Camarasa	76	Real Betis	ESP
Adrián González	76	Málaga CF	ESP

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

Banega is back to this league and to the top passers table.

CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
Éver Banega	Sevilla FC	ARG	85
Ganso	Sevilla FC	BRA	84
Marco Asensio	Real Madrid	ESP	83
Ryad Boudebouz	Real Betis	ALG	82
Raúl García	Athletic Club	ESP	82
Canales	Real Sociedad	ESP	80
Franco Vázquez	Sevilla FC	ITA	79
Emre Çolak	RC Deportivo	TUR	78
Fabián Orellana	Valencia CF	CHI	76
Bojan	D. Alavés	ESP	76
Alen Halilović	UD Las Palmas	CRO	76
Pablo Fornals	Villarreal CF	ESP	76
Adrián González	Málaga CF	ESP	75
Camarasa	Real Betis	ESP	73
Jozabed	RC Celta	ESP	72

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

Banega is also the centre attacking midfielders with best dribbling stat.

CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Éver Banega	Sevilla FC	ARG	84
Franco Vázquez	Sevilla FC	ITA	84
Marco Asensio	Real Madrid	ESP	83
Fabián Orellana	Valencia CF	CHI	83
Ryad Boudebouz	Real Betis	ALG	81
Emre Çolak	RC Deportivo	TUR	81
Ganso	Sevilla FC	BRA	80
Alen Halilović	UD Las Palmas	CRO	80
Canales	Real Sociedad	ESP	78
Bojan	D. Alavés	ESP	78
Raúl García	Athletic Club	ESP	77
Gabriel	CD Leganés	BRA	77
Adrián González	Málaga CF	ESP	76
Pablo Fornals	Villarreal CF	ESP	75
Jozabed	RC Celta	ESP	74

Marco Asensio is the only centre attacking midfield who can be compared to the quality CMs of this league. He is much faster than Banega and has better shots. However, there is no reason to be so much expensive when compared to the Sevilla’s midfielder price.

Vázquez, Boudebouz and Raúl García are all decent cheap alternatives to these two.

CENTRAL ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Marco Asensio
2 Éver Banega
3 Franco Vázquez
4 Ryad Boudebouz
5 Raúl García

Economic Choice
Éver Banega

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide - CAM

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Central Attacking Midfielders

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Right Wingers

RM | RW | RF

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

The best wingers in the world play in LaLiga Santander: Ronaldo on the left side; Messi and Bale one the right side.

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Lionel Messi	93	FC Barcelona	ARG
Gareth Bale	89	Real Madrid	WAL
Ousmane Dembélé	83	FC Barcelona	FRA
Carlos Vela	82	Real Sociedad	MEX
Lucas Vázquez	82	Real Madrid	ESP
Williams	81	Athletic Club	ESP
Samu Castillejo	80	Villarreal CF	ESP
Pablo Sarabia	80	Sevilla FC	ESP
Pedro León	80	SD Eibar	ESP
Hernán Pérez	79	RCD Espanyol	PAR
Nordin Amrabat	79	CD Leganés	MOR
Keko	79	Málaga CF	ESP
Joaquín	78	Real Betis	ESP
Carles Gil	78	RC Deportivo	ESP
Susaeta	78	Athletic Club	ESP

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.

LaLiga Santander is extremely well served in this chapter. Gareth Bale is one of the fastest player in the whole game.

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	WAL	94
Williams	Athletic Club	ESP	93
Ousmane Dembélé	FC Barcelona	FRA	91
Cristian Tello	Real Betis	ESP	90
Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	ARG	89
Jesús Navas	Sevilla FC	ESP	88
Samu Castillejo	Villarreal CF	ESP	86
Joel Campbell	Real Betis	COS	85
Carlos Vela	Real Sociedad	MEX	84
Hernán Pérez	RCD Espanyol	PAR	82
Lucas Vázquez	Real Madrid	ESP	81
Nordin Amrabat	CD Leganés	MOR	81
Munir	D. Alavés	ESP	81
Keko	Málaga CF	ESP	79
Óscar Romero	D. Alavés	PAR	78

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

There are a lot of players gifted in dribbling, but no one can be compared to Lionel Messi. Excepting Pelé and Maradona, it’s him who has the best dribbling stat in the game.

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	ARG	95
Ousmane Dembélé	FC Barcelona	FRA	88
Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	WAL	86
Pablo Sarabia	Sevilla FC	ESP	83
Carlos Vela	Real Sociedad	MEX	82
Lucas Vázquez	Real Madrid	ESP	82
Joaquín	Real Betis	ESP	82
Samu Castillejo	Villarreal CF	ESP	81
Pedro León	SD Eibar	ESP	81
Nordin Amrabat	CD Leganés	MOR	81
Jesús Navas	Sevilla FC	ESP	81
Hernán Pérez	RCD Espanyol	PAR	80
Keko	Málaga CF	ESP	80
Cristian Tello	Real Betis	ESP	80
Williams	Athletic Club	ESP	79

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.

Once again, Messi is the best one.

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	ARG	86
Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	WAL	84
Pedro León	SD Eibar	ESP	83
Susaeta	Athletic Club	ESP	82
Lucas Vázquez	Real Madrid	ESP	81
Joaquín	Real Betis	ESP	81
Pablo Sarabia	Sevilla FC	ESP	80
Samu Castillejo	Villarreal CF	ESP	79
Keko	Málaga CF	ESP	78
Carles Gil	RC Deportivo	ESP	78
Carlos Vela	Real Sociedad	MEX	77
Nordin Amrabat	CD Leganés	MOR	76
Ousmane Dembélé	FC Barcelona	FRA	75
Óscar Romero	D. Alavés	PAR	74
Juan Pablo Añor	Málaga CF	VEN	74

Lionel Messi is clearly the most indicated players to occupy this position in a team without budget restraints. He is the one with best passing, shooting and dribbling. The only problem is his price. If you are rich but not so much, Bale is also a top-quality winger. If he still is too expensive for your wallet, try Dembélé, our third choice.

For those that can’t pay so many coins, Williams, Carlos Vela and Lucas Vázquez might be an option. From these three wingers, Williams is the best one.

RIGHT MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Lionel Messi
2 Gareth Bale
3 Ousmane Dembélé
4 Williams
5 Carlos Vela

Economic Choice
Williams

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide - RM, RW e RF

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Right Wingers

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Left Wingers

LM | LW | LF

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

Cristiano Ronaldo is clearly the best player for this position. Not only in these league, but in the whole world.

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGER
Cristiano Ronaldo	94	Real Madrid	POR
Yannick Carrasco	85	Atlético Madrid	BEL
Vitolo	83	UD Las Palmas	ESP
Nicolás Gaitán	83	Atlético Madrid	ARG
Deulofeu	82	FC Barcelona	ESP
Roberto Soriano	80	Villarreal CF	ITA
Denis Cheryshev	79	Villarreal CF	RUS
Michael Krohn-Dehli	79	Sevilla FC	DEN
Oyarzabal	79	Real Sociedad	ESP
Nolito	79	Sevilla FC	ESP
Pablo Piatti	79	RCD Espanyol	ARG
Jurado	79	RCD Espanyol	ESP
Takashi Inui	78	SD Eibar	JAP
Jefferson Montero	78	Getafe CF	ECU
Morales	78	Levante UD	ESP

Now that Ronaldo’s pace was downgraded, Deulofeu is the fastest left winger playing in Spain.

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PACE
Deulofeu	FC Barcelona	ESP	93
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	POR	90
Jefferson Montero	Getafe CF	ECU	90
Mubarak Wakaso	D. Alavés	GHA	89
Yannick Carrasco	Atlético Madrid	BEL	88
Morales	Levante UD	ESP	88
Alexander Szymanowski	CD Leganés	ARG	88
Jony	Málaga CF	ESP	84
Takashi Inui	SD Eibar	JAP	83
Pablo Piatti	RCD Espanyol	ARG	82
Nicolás Gaitán	Atlético Madrid	ARG	81
Muniain	Athletic Club	ESP	81
Vitolo	UD Las Palmas	ESP	80
Denis Cheryshev	Villarreal CF	RUS	80
Adnan Januzaj	Real Sociedad	BEL	79

CR7 is clearly the most highlighted left wingers of LaLiga in this chapter.

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	POR	90
Yannick Carrasco	Atlético Madrid	BEL	87
Deulofeu	FC Barcelona	ESP	87
Takashi Inui	SD Eibar	JAP	86
Nicolás Gaitán	Atlético Madrid	ARG	84
Vitolo	UD Las Palmas	ESP	82
Muniain	Athletic Club	ESP	82
Jurado	RCD Espanyol	ESP	81
Jefferson Montero	Getafe CF	ECU	81
Adnan Januzaj	Real Sociedad	BEL	81
Andreas Pereira	Valencia CF	BRA	81
Roberto Soriano	Villarreal CF	ITA	80
Pablo Piatti	RCD Espanyol	ARG	80
Nolito	Sevilla FC	ESP	80
Morales	Levante UD	ESP	80
Gonzalo Castro	Málaga CF	URU	80

Ronaldo, always him, shares the table’s top position of this stat with Michael Krohn-Dehli.

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	POR	82
Michael Krohn-Dehli	Sevilla FC	DEN	82
Nicolás Gaitán	Atlético Madrid	ARG	81
Roberto Soriano	Villarreal CF	ITA	80
Jurado	RCD Espanyol	ESP	80
Vitolo	UD Las Palmas	ESP	79
Yannick Carrasco	Atlético Madrid	BEL	78
Fayçal Fajr	Getafe CF	MOR	77
Nolito	Sevilla FC	ESP	76
Oyarzabal	Real Sociedad	ESP	76
Jony	Málaga CF	ESP	76
Andreas Pereira	Valencia CF	BRA	76
Ibai Gómez	D. Alavés	ESP	76
Deulofeu	FC Barcelona	ESP	75
Pablo Piatti	RCD Espanyol	ARG	75

Ronaldo is the most expensive player in the game. His price prohibits him from lots of budgets, proving the worth of the player. He’s without a doubt the best La Liga left winger and, for many people, the best player in the world. Among all the left wingers of this league, he is the one with best passing, dribbling and physical. But there is more: except the ICONS, he has the best shooting of the game and he is one of the few that can perform any skill move.

For those who can’t pay as many coins for the captain of Portuguese National Team, the alternative is Carrasco. The Atlético’s winger is a good player but may also be too expensive for your wallet. In that case, try Deulofeu. He’s much cheaper and only a bit worse.

LEFT MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
1 Cristiano Ronaldo
2 Yannick Carrasco
3 Deulofeu
4 Nicolás Gaitán
5 Vitolo

Economic Choice
Deulofeu

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide - LM, LW e LF

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Left Wingers

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Forwards

CF | ST

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

The most popular strikers of LaLiga Santander are players that could play in any club in the world: Luis Suárez, Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema.

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Luis Suárez	92	FC Barcelona	URU
Antoine Griezmann	88	Atlético Madrid	FRA
Karim Benzema	86	Real Madrid	FRA
Aduriz	84	Athletic Club	ESP
Iago Aspas	83	RC Celta	ESP
Kévin Gameiro	83	Atlético Madrid	FRA
Willian José	82	Real Sociedad	BRA
Carlos Bacca	82	Villarreal CF	COL
Wissam Ben Yedder	81	Sevilla FC	FRA
Lucas Pérez	81	RC Deportivo	ESP
Cédric Bakambu	81	Villarreal CF	DRC
Fernando Torres	81	Atlético Madrid	ESP
Leo Baptistao	80	RCD Espanyol	BRA
Simone Zaza	80	Valencia CF	ITA
Luis Muriel	80	Sevilla FC	COL
Sergi Enrich	80	SD Eibar	ESP
Ángel Correa	79	Atlético Madrid	ARG
Luciano Vietto	79	Atlético Madrid	ARG
Nicola Sansone	79	Villarreal CF	ITA

To score goals shooting is necessary. If either by foot or head, the most important attribute for a forward are: shooting, heading and pace.

Most goals are scored with the foot so good shooting is a necessary attribute for a forward.

The best strikers are also the ones who have the best shooting stats: Suárez, Griezmann and Benzema.

FORWARDS WITH BEST SHOOTING
Luis Suárez	FC Barcelona	URU	90
Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	FRA	85
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	FRA	84
Aduriz	Athletic Club	ESP	83
Iago Aspas	RC Celta	ESP	83
Kévin Gameiro	Atlético Madrid	FRA	83
Willian José	Real Sociedad	BRA	82
Lucas Pérez	RC Deportivo	ESP	82
Ángel Correa	Atlético Madrid	ARG	80
Nicola Sansone	Villarreal CF	ITA	80
John Guidetti	RC Celta	SWE	80
Carlos Bacca	Villarreal CF	COL	79
Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla FC	FRA	79
Simone Zaza	Valencia CF	ITA	79
Cédric Bakambu	Villarreal CF	DRC	78
Fernando Torres	Atlético Madrid	ESP	78
Luciano Vietto	Atlético Madrid	ARG	78
Florin Andone	RC Deportivo	ROM	78
Paco Alcácer	FC Barcelona	ESP	78
Borja Bastón	Málaga CF	ESP	78

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 Suárez confirms how good he is. Only Zaza has better stats than him. Griezmann, for example, is almost in the bottom of this list.

FORWARDS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Simone Zaza	Valencia CF	ITA	84
Luis Suárez	FC Barcelona	URU	81
Florin Andone	RC Deportivo	ROM	80
Aduriz	Athletic Club	ESP	79
Sergi Enrich	SD Eibar	ESP	79
Cristhian Stuani	Girona FC	URU	78
Willian José	Real Sociedad	BRA	76
John Guidetti	RC Celta	SWE	75
Kike García	SD Eibar	ESP	75
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	FRA	74
Cédric Bakambu	Villarreal CF	DRC	74
Borja Bastón	Málaga CF	ESP	74
Portu	Girona FC	ESP	73
Luis Muriel	Sevilla FC	COL	72
Roger	Levante UD	ESP	72
Lucas Pérez	RC Deportivo	ESP	71
Carlos Bacca	Villarreal CF	COL	70
Jonathan Calleri	UD Las Palmas	ARG	70
Fernando Torres	Atlético Madrid	ESP	69
Sergio León	Real Betis	ESP	69

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.

Rodrigo is the fastest striker playing in Spain. This year, he received an upgrade on this pace of 7 points. p>

FORWARDS WITH BEST PACE
Rodrigo	Valencia CF	ESP	91
Luis Muriel	Sevilla FC	COL	89
Kévin Gameiro	Atlético Madrid	FRA	87
Cédric Bakambu	Villarreal CF	DRC	87
Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	FRA	86
Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla FC	FRA	83
Nicola Sansone	Villarreal CF	ITA	83
Luis Suárez	FC Barcelona	URU	82
Ángel Correa	Atlético Madrid	ARG	82
Adalberto Peñaranda	Málaga CF	VEN	82
Iago Aspas	RC Celta	ESP	81
Lucas Pérez	RC Deportivo	ESP	81
Roger	Levante UD	ESP	81
Antonio Sanabria	Real Betis	PAR	80
Leo Baptistao	RCD Espanyol	BRA	79
Portu	Girona FC	ESP	79
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	FRA	78
Florin Andone	RC Deportivo	ROM	78
Carlos Bacca	Villarreal CF	COL	77
Juanmi	Real Sociedad	ESP	77

Suárez is the best FIFA 18 LaLiga forward, without any discussion. He has the best passing and shooting, and is also the second best in dribbling and physical stats. However, he is very expensive forcing many players to choose another forward.

Griezmann is the best alternative to Suárez. The only weakness of the Atlético’s striker is his strength, something that Benzema, our third choice, is really good.

There is a lack of quality strikers for medium budget squads. The best three we found were Kévin Gameiro, Aduriz and Bakambu. You should choose according to your preferences. Gameiro is who scores more goals but his heading is poor. Aduriz is a kind of target man who plays well with his feet and head, but you will not see him sprinting. Finally, Bakambu is opposite: he’s fast but plays better in a counter-attack style.

FORWARDS

Best Players
1 Luis Suárez
2 Antoine Griezmann
3 Karim Benzema
4 Kévin Gameiro
5 Aduriz

Economic Choice
Cédric Bakambu

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Guide - CF e ST

Best FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Forwards

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad Suggestions

Ideas to help you building your FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad

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

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

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad with Unlimited Budget

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FIRST SQUAD

?? GK: Jan Oblak
?? RB: Nelson Semedo
?? CBR: Sergio Ramos
?? CBL: Raphaël Varane
?? LB: Marcelo
?? CDM: Luka Modrić
?? RM: Lionel Messi
?? LM: Cristiano Ronaldo
?? CAM: Isco
?? STR: Luis Suárez
??STL: Antoine Griezmann

SUBSTITUTES AND RESERVES

?? GK: Sergio Asenjo
?? RB: Carvajal
?? CB: Samuel Umtiti
?? CB: Diego Godín
?? LB: Jordi Alba
?? CDM: Casemiro
?? RM: Gareth Bale
?? LM: Yannick Carrasco
?? CAM: Toni Kroos
?? ST: Karim Benzema
?? ST: Kévin Gameiro

? BUDGET
October 2017

Playstation 4
4,135,000 coins (starting eleven)
4,920,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

Xbox One
4,275,000 coins (starting eleven)
4,995,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

PC
7,245,000 coins (starting eleven)
8,225,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

? UPDATED PRICES

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

? SUMMARY

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

Oblak is the natural choice to the goal. However, who to put as his replacement presents one of the most difficult decisions. Asenjo, Ter Stegen and Navas are all good goalkeepers and you will be fine with either of them.

Sergio Ramos keeps on being the boss of the defensive foursome for all and a few more reasons. His weakest point is the attacking work rate and that’s why someone more defensive should play next to him. That’s the case of Varane. On the right side, Nelson Semedo was a great addition while on the left it’s difficult to choose between Alba and Marcelo. Our preference goes to the Madrid’s fullback because he is a much more balanced player.

Although Modric is originally a CM, he also can play as CDM if you have an attacking style. He is a box to box player but, if you think you need someone more suitable to give security to your defensive line, you should pick Casemiro instead of him. For the next position, Isco is our favorite but it’s up to you to decide how you will use the Madrid’s midfielders Casemiro, Kroos, Modric and Isco for these two spots.

On the wings, this league has the two best players in the world: Messi and Ronaldo. It is a waste to leave such talent like Bale out of this team but, if you want, you can move Messi to striker, opening a room for the Madrid’s winger on the right side. You can give full chemistry to Messi if you use his TOTW card or you can get a decent chemistry if you apply him a RW-RF card. One thing is guaranteed: he will play much better as striker than Griezmann. The other spot of the attack is obviously for Luis Suárez, an amazing goal machine.

Once all the players reach maximum individual chemistry via loyalty (achieved by each player after 10 matches for your club or by being pack pulled) you can go without a manager for your squad. They’ll be of no use while wasting contracts.

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad with Medium Budget

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FIRST SQUAD

?? GK: Sergio Asenjo
?? RB: Nelson Semedo
?? CBR: Samuel Umtiti
?? CBL: Aymeric Laporte
?? LB: Gayà
?? CMR: Koke
?? CMC: Steven N’Zonzi
?? CML: Mateo Kovacic
?? RW: Williams
?? LW: Deulofeu
?? ST: Kévin Gameiro

SUBSTITUTES AND RESERVES

?? GK: Marc-André Ter Stegen
?? RB: Carvajal
?? CB: José Maria Giménez
?? CB: Nacho Fernández
?? LB: Lucas Digne
?? CM: Éver Banega
?? CM: Guido Pizarro
?? CM: Jonathan Viera
?? RW: Carlos Vela
?? LW: Nicolás Gaitán
?? ST: Aduriz

? BUDGET
October 2017

Playstation 4
85,000 coins (starting eleven)
115,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

Xbox One
55,000 coins (starting eleven)
80,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

PC
90,000 coins (starting eleven)
125,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

? UPDATED PRICES

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? SUMMARY

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

In goal, Asenjo is good enough to keep your goal safe.

Umtiti and Laporte are both fast and solid defensively. Nelson Semedo is the only player who keeps his spot in this team while Gaya’s assertiveness completes our defending foursome.

To the central position of the midfield, our preference goes for N’Zonzi, since he has the muscle that every midfield needs and also for his balanced attacking and defensive skills. Koke and Kovacic complete the midfield.

While Deulofeu beats the concurrence on the left wing, Williams do it on the opposite side.

Over the attack line, you have three decent options. As we already explained, you should pick Gameiro, Aduriz or Bakambu according to your needs.

If you still have some room in your budget, Filipe Luís, Casemiro, Rakitić, Carrasco and Benzema are players that would improve this squad a lot.

FIFA 18 LaLiga Santander Squad with Low Budget

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FIRST SQUAD

?? GK: Gerónimo Rulli
?? RB: Juanfran
?? CBR: Nacho Fernández
?? CBL: Iñigo Martínez
?? LB: Gayà
?? CMR: Steven N’Zonzi
?? CML: Jonathan Viera
?? RM: Carlos Vela
?? LM: Nicolás Gaitán
?? STR: Cédric Bakambu
?? STL: Luis Muriel

SUBSTITUTES AND RESERVES

?? GK: Neto
?? RB: Mario Gaspar
?? CB: Rúben Semedo
?? CB: Gabriel Mercado
?? LB: Lucas Digne
?? CM: Guido Pizarro
?? CM: Arda Turan
?? RW: Lucas Vázquez
?? LW: Vitolo
?? ST: Simone Zaza
?? ST: Lucas Pérez

? BUDGET
October 2017

Playstation 4
20,000 coins (starting eleven)
29,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

Xbox One
15,000 coins (starting eleven)
23,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

PC
23,000 coins (starting eleven)
33,000 coins (starting eleven + subs)

? UPDATED PRICES

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? SUMMARY

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

Gerónimo Rulli is our choice for the goal. However, if you have a few more coins, upgrading to Asenjo would be a good improvement. The Spanish players Juanfran, Nacho, Iñigo Martínez and Gayà complete the defence.

In the midfield, N’Zonzi and Viera complement each other well. The first one is strong, quick and aggressive, while the second is a player that usually pushes forward to assist his colleagues. Vela and Gaitán fill the wings in order to assist Zaza and Lucas Pérez who have both been chosen for their combination of pace and finishing stats.

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