The FIFA 23 Team of the Week (TOTW) was put on hiatus for well over a month, thanks to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Now that the global event is over and league play has resumed, the first post-World Cup Team of the Week has gone live. So, which footballers came back to have strong starts? Let’s take a look at the Team of the Week for January 4.
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Starters
- ST: ST Mehdi Taremi (87 OVR)
- LW: ST Lois Openda (85 OVR)
- RW: CF Antoine Griezmann (87 OVR)
- LM: CM Martin Ødegaard (88 OVR)
- RM: CAM Ricardo Horta (85 OVR)
- LCM: CDM Douglas Luiz (87 OVR)
- RCM: CDM Maxcence Caqueret (84 OVR)
- LCB: LWB Nuno Santos (84 OVR)
- MCB: CB Luke Shaw (84 OVR)
- RCB: CB Pau Torres (86 OVR)
- GK: GK Jeremias Ledesma (86 OVR)
Arsenal is currently eight points clear of the top spot in the Premier League, thanks in large part to the play of midfielder Martin Ødegaard. Ødegaard made it in the last Team of the Week prior to the World Cup, and he’s back for the first one after. The Norwegian sensation received a +2 OVR bump with this latest card.
Substitutes
- GK Alban Lafont (84 OVR)
- RB Connor Roberts (83 OVR)
- CAM Brais Mendez (83 OVR)
- CM Aaron Mooy (83 OVR)
- RW Levi Garcia (83 OVR)
- LW Fabio Borini (83 OVR)
- ST Jamie McLaren (83 OVR)
Reserves
- RB Collins Fai (81 OVR)
- CAM Josh Windass (80 OVR)
- ST Matt Smith (79 OVR)
- CB Carl Pergianni (77 OVR)
- RW Lallianzuala Chhangte (75 OVR)
This Team of the Week will be available in packs until January 11.
Published: Jan 4, 2023 12:12 pm