FIFA 21 Team of the Week 8 live: Mane, Kante, Goretzka, more

The next FIFA 21 Team of the Week, TOTW 8, is now live in Ultimate Team ⁠— here’s the full squad and everything we know about the new upgraded team.

International games are in focus this week, as a number of European squads looked to solidify their spots for Euro 2020. The feel-good story of the weekend was Scotland, who qualified for an international tournament for the first time since making the World Cup in 1998.

In regards to potential in-form cards, there were a number of standout stars; Sadio Mane, Georginio Wijnaldum, Timo Werner, and Riyad Mahrez all shone this weekend.

Not every domestic competition was on break though, either. Shun Nagasawa could well have booked himself a TOTW spot, after scoring a hat-trick against Gamba Osaka in the J1 League early on Saturday evening at Suita City Stadium.

Here’s everything we know about the mid-week promo so far, including the newest Team of the Week lineup in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team and Dexerto’s weekly TOTW predictions.

Team of the Week 8 – full TOTW squad

Overall, this is one of the better TOTW squads released so far in FUT 21. Headlining the team are the likes of 91-rated Sadio Mane, 89 N’Golo Kante, and a trio of 86-rated cards, including Insigne, Goretzka, and Mahrez.

There’s a handful of hero cards as well, although none of them seem too usable except for Alex Teixeira, whose Brazilian nationality makes him a viable choice.

Team of the Week 8 start time

On November 18, FIFA publishers EA SPORTS released the eighth batch of Team of the Week cards for this year. The TOTW 8 promo began at 6pm (UK time), as per usual. That means 6pm BST, 12pm CT, 1pm EST, 3am AEST for those around the world.

These boosted TOTW 8 player upgrades are now announced at the same time as they drop in-game in FIFA 21. Keep your eyes peeled on our official Twitter account — we always make sure to share the team as soon as it’s live.

Our FIFA 21 TOTW 8 predictions

Make sure you check out Dexerto’s TOTW 8 predictions as we compiled a list of all the players that we thought could get those IF cards this week; let’s see how many we ended up getting right:

• Yann Sommer – Borussia Monchengladbach
• Marek Rodak – Fulham
• Denzel Dumfries – PSV
• Philip Max – PSV
• Harry Maguire – Manchester United
• Raphael Varane – Real Madrid
• Guillermo Maripán –AS Monaco
• N’golo Kante – Chelsea
• Orbelin Pineda – Cruz Azul
• Georginio Wijnaldum – Liverpool
• Leon Goretzka – Bayern Munich
• Arturo Vidal – Inter Milan
• Alex Iwobi – Everton 
• Achraf Hakimi – Inter Milan
• Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City
• Sadio Mane – Liverpool
• Dominik Szoboszlai – RB Salzburg
• Ryan Christie – Celtic
• Shun Nagasawa –  Vegalta Sendai
• Michy Batshuayi – Crystal Palace
• Vincent Aboubakar – Besiktas
• Dejan Kulusevski – Juventus
• Timo Werner – Chelsea

So, there you have it ⁠— everything you need to know about Team of the Week 8!

Which ones are you thinking about getting your hands on? Let us know on Twitter, @UltimateTeamUK!