The To monitor the promo marks the launch of a new FIFA game and EA Sports did not want to break with tradition with FIFA 23particularly the year Terminator goal bot Erling Haaland moved to Manchester City and FUT darling Renato Sanches moved up to PSG.
Below we cover how Ones to Watch works in FIFA 23, with what cards are available during the promotion, how to make coins and if any of the players are worth adding to your team.
Follow this guide and hopefully, in addition to earning some coins, you’ll end up with a more efficient FIFA 23 Ultimate Team. Good luck!
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FIFA 23 Ones to Watch Team List
Ones to Watch Team 1 – not that there will be a second team but you know – is available in packs right now and until October 7th. The first wave of players arrived last Friday, and there was a mini-release on Sunday night to add three more. here is What to watch Team 1 for FIFA 23:
- Anthony (82, RW) – Premier League, Brazil
- Tyler Adams (76, WM) – Premier League, United States
- Steven Bergwijn (80, LW) – Eredivisie, Netherlands
- Paulo Dybala (86, CF) – Serie A, Argentina
- Erling Haaland (88, ST) – Premier League, Norway
- gabriel jesus (83, ST) – Premier League, Brazil
- Robert Lewandowski (91, ST) – LaLiga, Poland
- Sadio Mane (89, MG) – Bundesliga, Senegal
- Darwin Nunez (82, ST) – Premier League, Uruguay
- Antonio Rudiger (87, DC) – LaLiga, Germany
- Renato Sanches (80, CM) – Ligue 1, Portugal
- Nico Schlotterbeck (82, DC) – Bundesliga, Germany
- Aurelien Tchouameni (82, CM) – Liga, France
- Corentin Tolisso (81, CM) – Ligue 1, France
FIFA 23 Goals to Watch and SBCs
EA Sports has also dropped a few players who can be earned through the in-game Objectives tab. Spurs’ new striker, Richarlison, is available until October 7 to complete a bunch of Objectives in Live FUT Friendlies: Continental Links. AC Milan right-back Sergino Dest can be obtained by doing similar things in Squad Battles (or Rivals) before October 9.
here are the Objective players to watch in FIFA 23:
| Goal: Richarlison (81, ST) – Premier League, Brazil | Expires – October 7 |
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| Goal: Sergiño Dest (77, RB) – Serie A, USA | Expires – October 9 |
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Two players were initially released via Team Building Challenges as well. Ángel Di María has already expired, but you haven’t missed the game considering the Argentine’s rocky start at The Old Lady (club frenzy, sent off against Monza). Franck Kessié, formerly of Serie A but now at Barcelona in La Liga, is potentially a more interesting card, but seems expensive for what you get, especially given Barca’s patchy form. Federico Valverde’s SBC Player of the Month arrived a day later and is a better place to put any doubles fodder, with more time to finish it as well.
| SBC: Angel Di Maria (84, RW) – Serie A, Argentina | Expires – September 30 |
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| Team 1 – 83 rated team with min. 1x Juventus player | Team 2 – 84 rated team with min. 1x Serie A players |
| SBC: Franck Kessié (84, CDM) – LaLiga, Ivory Coast | Expires – October 7 |
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| Team 1 – 83 rated team with min. 1x Barca player and min. 1x 86 players | Team 2 – 84 rated team with min. 1x LaLiga players and min. 1x 86 players |
| Team 3 – 85 rated team with min. 1x 88 players |
How does FIFA 23 Ones to Watch work?
Ones to Watch has been changed over the years because – whisper it – it actually wasn’t very good, and most cards became useless pretty quickly. It’s still not exactly amazing, but it’s definitely better than before.
The general idea is that players who transferred over the summer can be selected for Ones to Watch, meaning they get a special map design and released through packs, crafting challenges team and/or goals. Then, if they get an in-form card (team of the week) for their new club, the Ones to Watch are automatically upgraded to reflect their improved stats.
It’s called in FUT parlance a “dynamic” card, in that it can change based on factors outside of the game. But since most OTW players have never been in good shape ( adapting to a new club is hard unless your name is Erling), last year EA changed the way OTW cards work by adding a “Wins to Watch” feature. As it’s a (strange) World Cup year, FIFA 23’s Ones to Watch cards can also receive a possible “Nations to Watch” upgrade.
Wins to Watch means that if the player’s team wins three games out of their next eight domestic fixtures (starting September 30), then they get an additional one-time stat upgrade equivalent to an in-form one. So if Man City win 3/8 games, Haaland gets another +1 on top of the in-form updates he receives. (Lol ‘yes’.)
Nations to Watch means that any player with a Ones to Watch card whose country is involved in the World Cup will receive a one-time in-form upgrade if their team wins a game during the tournament. Tough times for Erling on that front, it seems, due to Norway’s non-participation. (“Hard times for Erling” is not something we expect to write about on many other occasions this year/decade/millennium.)
Best of all, Nations to Watch players don’t even need to be selected for their national team to receive the upgrade, so if Gabriel Jesus doesn’t make the Brazil squad and his compatriots pick up a win in Qatar, the Arsenal hitman will always get a +1.
Finally, it should be mentioned that Ones to Watch players do not receive upgrades based on other promo cards. So if Tyler Adams gets some sort of 90+ wild card in April in a new promo called Factsmashers or whatever, his OTW won’t be updated accordingly. (Sorry Tyler. If that makes you feel better, you’re literally in everyone’s pre-order OTW pack.)
FIFA 23 Ones to Watch cheap beasts explained
The unusual behavior of last year’s transfer market meant that it was often practical and affordable to add good promotional players to one’s squad, even days after their release. This may still hold true in FIFA 23, but for now, the best players to watch out for are going to cost you a huge bounty. Given that they currently haven’t received any upgrades, it’s hard to recommend spending coins on them.
At the cheaper end of the scale, Borussia Dortmund’s Nico Schlotterbeck hovers around 14,000 coins, only 4,000 more than its rejection price. He’s a decent starting centre-back, although he doesn’t have the coveted ‘long’ run type, and despite Dortmund’s stuttering form, it’s easy to imagine him locking down the Wins to Watch upgrade. in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, Ajax’s Steven Bergwijn is likely to be in the same kind of price range and Ajax will definitely get those 3/8 wins. Bergwijn’s personal performances have been strong since his return to the Eredivisie, including a hat-trick against Groningen and a brace against Cambuur. But that weak two-star footing is a problem.
By its very nature, Ones to Watch is never a good place to look for cheap beasts. Upcoming promotions might be better bets.
FIFA 23 Ones to Watch Trading Tips
While Ones to Watch isn’t good for cheap beasts, it’s a good way to earn in-game coins if you play your cards right.
The price of these dynamic cards fluctuates wildly depending on player and team performance – and this year probably depending on their country as well. You can see this in the price charts on FUT comparison sites, where a star striker’s price will go up before a match, then skyrocket when he scores or sink without a trace when the team falls behind. .
The best way to make money from cards is usually to buy them during neutral times, hold them, and then sell them in the hype. For example, Darwin Nunez of Liverpool has had a slow start to life on Merseyside with two league goals in his first seven games. After a disappointing 3-3 draw against Brighton and with tough encounters on the horizon, his OTW price – just three days after his release – hovers around 70,000 coins. A shrewd speculator might choose that ‘low’ moment to grab one and then look to sell it just before the kick off of Liverpool’s next game, especially if Nunez is in the lineup. A more daring investor might even hold onto it throughout the game in hopes that it scores, but the risk is much greater.
One thing to watch out for with OTW cards is when upgrades are already “priced”. Everyone knows Man City are going to win 3/8 games to get Haaland his first OTW upgrade, for example, and that’s partly the reason for his astronomical in-game price. Don’t be fooled into buying some players who will obviously get those three wins in hopes that they will increase when the time comes. In all likelihood, this will just lead to many people trying to cash out at the same time, which will drive the price down.
Ultimately, Ones to Watch cards are predictable in some ways and unpredictable in others. The unpredictability is what makes them fascinating, but understanding those predictable peaks and troughs – buying when they’re down, selling in the hype – is how you can reliably derive parts from them.
FIFA 23 Start Time and End Time To Watch
The FIFA 23 Ones to Watch promotion runs from Friday, September 30 at 5:00 p.m. UTC (6:00 p.m. BST, 7:00 p.m. CEST, 2:00 p.m. EDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT) until the same time on Friday, October 7.
Typical FUT promotions run for two weeks, with a new team every Friday, but EA Sports has adjusted the FIFA 23 schedule due to the impact of the World Cup in November, which means that there will be only one team of Ones to Watch players released this year.
Good luck in FIFA 23!
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