Focus list

The week at a glance

The weekly rhythm sets when you buy and sell broadly. The leaks set which individual cards get added. Team of the Week and promos work differently: the inform names are known from Sunday, but the gold version only moves from Wednesday, and only for a few days. With a promo the price picks up before release and keeps running for another week afterwards. So we buy informs on Sunday and sell them on Friday, and we buy promo cards on Tuesday and hold them until the Thursday of the following week.

Meta cards for launch

Official FC 27 ratings and attributes from the fut.gg database, plus the gameplay changes in the EA Pitch Notes. No price data, because there is none before the market opens.

The cards the game gets built around

No argument about how good they are, but they start at their highest price and fall for weeks after. Only buy after the first big drawdown.

Card	Club	Why
91 Kylian MbappéST	Real MadridLALIGA EA SPORTS	97 acceleration, 96 sprint speed, 95 finishing. No weakness, but expensive, and it falls for weeks after launch.
91 Erling HaalandST	Manchester CityPremier League	The strongest finishing and physical profile in the game, and headers now demand more precision, which suits him.
90 Ousmane DembéléST	Paris SGLigue 1 McDonald's	94 dribbling and 94 ball control, rated the best right winger in the database.
90 Lamine YamalRW	FC BarcelonaLALIGA EA SPORTS	95 dribbling, 94 agility. Exactly the attributes that gain from the new off-balance dribbling.
90 Michael OliseRM	FC Bayern MünchenBundesliga	92 dribbling with Bundesliga links, so the squad around him costs less.
89 Vini Jr.LW	Real MadridLALIGA EA SPORTS	94 acceleration and 94 agility, the second best left winger in the database.
89 Khvicha KvaratskheliaLW	Paris SGLigue 1 McDonald's	92 dribbling, playable on either wing.
88 Achraf HakimiRB	Paris SGLigue 1 McDonald's	95 sprint speed plus elite stamina. The default right back.
89 Nuno MendesLB	Paris SGLigue 1 McDonald's	The highest rated left back, with no gap between pace and defending.
90 PedriCM	FC BarcelonaLALIGA EA SPORTS	94 short passing and 93 vision. He carries possession.
90 RodriCDM	FC BarcelonaLALIGA EA SPORTS	The best pure holding midfielder in the database, and defending attributes matter again now that the AI defends worse.
90 Jude BellinghamCAM	Real MadridLALIGA EA SPORTS	93 stamina, and stamina counts for more now that pressing drains players faster.

Strong stats, moderate price

This is the best trade-off between what a card does on the pitch and what it costs to get in.

Card	Club	Why
87 Federico ValverdeCM	Real MadridLALIGA EA SPORTS	Playable in midfield, at holding midfield and at right back. That flexibility saves you a whole squad budget.
88 William SalibaCB	ArsenalPremier League	92 standing tackle. Manual defending matters more this year, automatic defending less.
84 Jérémy DokuLW	Manchester CityPremier League	95 acceleration, 93 agility. The profile that gains most from EA levelling out the AcceleRATE types.
82 Alphonso DaviesLB	FC Bayern MünchenBundesliga	93 pace at a rating that sits well below how he actually plays.
87 Gregor KobelGK	Borussia DortmundBundesliga	The best goalkeeper profile outside the expensive names.
81 Micky van de VenCB	SpursPremier League	90 pace and 93 jumping at centre back, a rare combination.
84 Nico WilliamsLW	Athletic ClubLALIGA EA SPORTS	92 pace and 92 agility, with La Liga links to the Real and Barcelona cards.
84 Bryan MbeumoRM	Man UtdPremier League	89 pace, playable up front and out wide.

Cheap and still effective

Low rating, high stats, small price. In FC 26 this was the most profitable group of the opening weeks.

Card	Club	Why
80 Andrei RațiuRB	Rayo VallecanoLALIGA EA SPORTS	94 pace for a three to four figure price. The classic starter squad lever.
81 Jeremie FrimpongRB	LiverpoolPremier League	95 acceleration, cheap because the rating looks low.
80 Loïs OpendaST	OLLigue 1 McDonald's	94 pace and 94 acceleration up front, with Bundesliga links.
80 Fikayo TomoriCB	Milano FCSerie A Enilive	Strong defending at a low rating, and he gains from the weaker AI defending.
83 Donyell MalenST	AS RomaSerie A Enilive	Pace, finishing and dribbling all above 83 at a low price.

Which cards actually turn out to be meta is decided in the finished game. Before launch nobody has played the retail build in public. Once the market opens, measured signals replace this list.

Buy now

Expected rise over the next 7 days from season phase, weekday, leaks and creator calls. In the FC 26 backtest, buy signals were right 63 to 68 % of the time, with an average move of +19 %.

Sell now

Cards the model expects to lose value over the next 7 days. Sell signals are the most reliable ones: a 74 % hit rate in the backtest. If a value for tomorrow is shown underneath, it pays to sell today: when the model calls 5 % down for tomorrow, the card fell 66 % of the time in the backtest, by 4.8 % on average.

Price range update expected

These cards have been stuck at the top of their EA price range for more than a week. At some point EA raises the range and the price jumps. In FC 26 cards like this gained 168 % over 30 days on average, and more than 50 % in 40 % of cases. This is an investment over weeks, not a trade over days: usually nothing happens in the first week.