Know Your Team
I had a pretty horrific mid-section of my FUT Champs experience this weekend. Having got off to a great start of 8 wins from 12 games, I then suffered a humiliating nine losses in a row.
My hopes of Gold 3 seemed to be fading into the distance, but then I decided to sit down and take a proper look at my team. I found some of my forward players just weren’t finishing how I expected, and one of my central midfielders tasked with doing a lot of box-to-box work just seemed to struggle to keep up with the pace of the game.
Knowing your team’s strengths and weaknesses are crucial to playing well with it. If one of your forward’s has an awful weak foot, you’ll want to make sure you’re always turning onto their preferred foot so they can bang a chance into the back of the net.
For my central midfielder, it came down to their defensive work rate not being all that great. They’d perform well up to a point in the game, but when their stamina started to fade, so did their dominance in the middle of the park.
If a player just isn’t working for you, try swapping them out for another player and give them a few games in Squad Battles before seeing if they improve your FUT Champs fortunes.
This section works both ways, though. If you’ve got an incredibly fast player with great dribbling, you’ll want to get them on the ball in and around the box as often as possible. Similarly having a quick, solid center back you can rely on in those last ditch tackle situations will help you deal with those pesky, pacey forwards.
