Honestly thought he needed a shadow but due to his Low/High work rates, if you can properly defend, anchor is the perfect balance between strength and pace. His workrates always keep him in a defensively solid position thus not needing excessive pace to compensate despite playing heavy touch 6 depth. I tried him with a shadow but preferred him with an anchor. Really good interceptions and much more agile than Varane due to his balance and height. Really solid passing as well compared to my Manolas.
Low/High
Interceptions
Defensive positioning
Pace? (Fine imo - WL 1 Elite 3 player)
Really expensive (Only did because I adored him IRL)
At first, I was skeptical about completing his SBC as it was a little bit expensive but after doing it I really enjoyed using the card. I've played 20 games with and he's been very solid at centreback. I use a shadow as the chemistry style because it increases his pace and makes him near perfect defending. 99% of tackles that I have attempted have come off successfully. Koscielny is a great addition to any squad as his defensive and ariel attributes make him hard to dribble and pass by. I highly recommend completing the SBC if he fits in your team.
Tackling
Ariel Ability
Short Passing
Pace (to some degree)
Composure
Agility and Balance
Dribbling
Long Passes
Some say he is overpriced, some say he is a crapy Varane, me on the other hand I think he is the best non icon or no pl cb in the game. This guy is elite. First off he is the best tackler I have used including inform Ramos. He is pretty fast with the shadow and his turning is not as better than most. The one problem I found with him is my friend hates me now after he got dominated by Laurent. All in all a Fifa beast.
Pace
Defending
Physical
Passing
EA could have made him faster
My friends won't talk to me anymore
Suprise me a lot that on this year FIFA CB with good defending have better impact on game
I dont ignore higher pace for CB is better, but the more important stat for me is Defending and Aggression, also reaction & composure most of the time people didnt aware of this stat.
Better response make your cb have right choice when they need to block the shoot, composure also make your CB not panicking when facing 1v1 with good attacker
If you can pair him with another good CB, (in my case is laporte) he is like good wall smart and not only depends on pace
Aggresion
Reaction
Composure
Better stats defence than average
Green link for yedder
Price quite high (but if you have high OVR discard go for it)
Have similiar stat with Lenglet (except aggresion)
Strength
This guy is great if you combo him w/ a varane/ lenglet and your oppenents rq hes crazy with a shady (caught up to adama) tackles are on point muscles most off the ball and gets the ball from most attackers 100% best use of 50k i spent :D
PACE
TACKLING
DEFENDING
PASSING
shooting
Dribbling (clunky on the ball but why are you even dribbling w/ him in the first place???)