FIFA 20 Summer Heat: First Summer Showdown Matchup Revealed Featuring Bundesliga Players
The FIFA 20 Summer Heat promotion launched just days ago. EA mentioned it would feature fan voting, new SBCs, Objectives, and upgrades through a Summer Showdown. The latter of these involves a matchup on the upcoming football schedule with two players represented. One or both of the players may even get an upgrade. Herre’s a look at the first Summer Showdown and how it works.
EA unveils FIFA 20 Summer Heat Summer Showdown matchup
The upcoming Bundesliga matchup involving Bayern Leverkusen against FSV Mainz club will be the first FIFA 20 Summer Heat Summer Showdown. Under the spotlight will be Moussa Diaby of Bayern and Jean-Paul Boetius of Mainz. EA’s FIFA 20 tweeted out more details for the matchup including a look at their cards ahead of the game.
Both players are 92 overall, but one may move up to a 95 OVR if they are on the winning side. If the game is a draw, then both players go up by one point to 93 OVR.
Diaby has a 98 Pace, 94 Dribbling, 90 Passing, 86 Shooting, and 72 Physical. Boetius currently has 95 Pace, 92 Dribbling, 90 Shooting, 90 Passing, and 80 Physical. Check out a comparison of their attribute ratings here.
The matchup takes place at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday. It will certainly give gamers something to keep an eye on as the winning card could become a popular one for FUT squads.
Bayern seems to the popular prediction too. Right now, the Oddshark website shows a predicted outcome that has Bayern Leverkusen winning by at least two goals. However, anything’s possible in sports.
What else has been revealed in the promo?
The content has been coming out for FIFA 20 Summer Heat almost daily. We saw the first Fan Favourite voting results come in over the past few days as a new Luka Jovic SBC arrived. Real Madrid’s striker was the top vote-getter, besting Ahmed Musa and Ryan Kent.
The Summer Heat promo also includes Squad Building Challenges and Objectives. The first of these featured Tanguy Ndombele and Ferland Mendy. However, more will be on the way in the coming weeks.
There’s also re-releases of fan-favorite players from the past FUT season in packs. EA’s FIFA website provided a Google Docs spreadsheet showing the nearly 300 player items re-released in packs, so far. They’ll change in the upcoming weeks.
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