FIFA 23 SHOWDOWN: MONTIEL & WIJNALDUM, UPGRADES & FIXTURE INFO

Dan

30-May-23 15:16

FIFA23

We’re at the business end of the season with finals coming at us from all directions and to kick things off we’ve got the Europa League Final between AS Roma and Sevilla.

Representing each club via the showdown SBCs are Gonzalo Montiel for Sevilla and Georginio Wijnaldum for AS Roma

Both cards have the potential of a +2 upgrade so we’re going to have a quick run through of each item and how we think the game will play out.

Is the Gonzalo Montiel SBC Worth It?

The Montiel SBC is coming in at just over 65,000 coins and for that price you’re getting a top 3 La Liga right back even before a potential upgrade. The community are big fans of this SBC with a 74% upvote.

Is the Georginio Wijnaldum SBC Worth It?

Despite being the more expensive of the two, the Wijnaldum SBC actually has a higher percentage of upvotes coming in at 83%. A +2 upgrade sees Wijnaldum close to 90+ in all stats and isn’t going to look out of place amongst the upcoming Serie A TOTS cards.

Sevilla vs Roma Info and Predictions

This game kicks off on Wednesday 31st May at 20:00 UK, Puskas Arena, Budapest.

This is a matchup between European royalty. Sevilla who are 6 time winners of the competition and AS Roma, winners of the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League.

Despite being in a European final, Roma have had a poor run of form heading into the game, winning just one game in Serie A since the 16th of April. Sevilla however have lost just 2 games in that time with one coming this weekend against Champions League holders Real Madrid.

As much as we’d love to see Jose Mourinho complete the European treble, we just can’t look past Sevilla in the Europa League.

FUTBIN Predicts: Sevilla 2-1 Roma

FIFA Predicts: Roma Win

We simulated the Europa League final 10 times to see the outcome on FIFA 23. The games were pretty tight with one team just edging the win. On 2 occasions the match came down to penalties with each team taking one victory and the other 8 times we’re split 4-4. After 10 games we couldn’t reach a definitive winner and had to simulate a decider. Roma took an early 2-0 lead with Sevilla pulling one back just before the break. Roma grabbed another in the second half to win our deciding UEL Final 3 goals to 1.