FUT 18 Marquee Matchups Predictions: 3 October from buzai232's blog

In monedas fifa, EA introduced us to “Marquee Matchups”. This was a semi-regular, mostly weekly or biweekly Squad Buildling Challenge that highlighted the key real life matches for the coming week. Typically there were four Marquee Matchups, each with a separate SBC to complete in an SBC series. The SBC for each matchup usually required a handful of players from either of the two teams, from the league, and/or from the nation that the teams play in. In the beginning of the year, the rewards included halfway decent packs, but towards the end of the year, the group reward often included a guaranteed guaranteed Team of the Week pack.

At first the release date varied, but as FIFA 17 progressed, Thursdays at 6 p.m. UK time marked the drop of the new SBC (special Champs League/Europa versions dropped Mondays). This year, the first Marquee Matchup was posted on a Tuesday at 6 p.m. UK. While we know for sure that Tuesdays will be the regular release time for FIFA 18, it would make sense for EA to move the old date from Thursday to make room for Throwback Thursday SBCs.

So what? Why bother guessing which matches are “Marquee” every week? Last year, a popular investing method was to predict the Marquee Matchups for the coming week and to invest in players from those teams. It appears that this will be a viable method again this year. While margins have certainly shrunk as the method grew in popularity, there is still profit to be made. We’ll go more in-depth on investing for the SBC later, but let’s first talk about this week’s predictions. Buy Now