The Showdown Series promo has landed in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, and there will be plenty of SBCs rolled out during the event.
Villarreal vs Bayern Munich is another game to be covered, with the Showdown coming via the usual SBC.
Check out the stats of the cards and find out how to unlock them for your FUT 22 squad here.
Showdown Series
The Showdown Series is a new promo introduced to FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, so there could be some surprises in store for us.
What we do know is that daily Showdown content will be coming highlighting key upcoming matches, we suspect mainly through SBCs.
The event kicked off with a couple of cards available via SBCs and another couple through objectives, with a chance that a Silver Stars Showdown could also appear.
Reliable leaker Fut Sheriff said that eight new Showdowns are added to come, which he says includes a Silver Showdown.
The event started on Friday, 1 April at 1pm ET / 6pm BST, with the first matches kicking off on Sunday, 3 April.
It will run until Thursday, 7 April, with Showdown cards getting upgraded on Friday, 8 April and Tuesday, 12 April.
Serge Aurier (OVR 88)
Start Date: Sunday, 3 April
Expiry Date: Wednesday, 6 April
SBC Requirements
You will need to submit two squads to unlock Pavard for your club.
The requirements are as follows:
Tactical Emulation
• Minimum 1 Villareal player
• Minimum 1 Team of the Week player
• Minimum 82 Team Rating
• Minimum 75 Team Chemistry
1 x Premium Mixed Players Pack
Bundesliga
• Minimum 1 La Liga player
• Minimum 85 Team Rating
• Minimum 60 Team Chemistry
1 x Rare Gold Pack
Estimated Cost – 100k
Benjamin Pavard (OVR 88)
Start Date: Sunday, 3 April
Expiry Date: Wednesday, 6 April
SBC Requirements
You will need to submit two squads to unlock Pavard for your club.
The requirements are as follows:
Tactical Emulation
• Minimum 1 Bayern Munich player
• Minimum 1 Team of the Week player
• Minimum 82 Team Rating
• Minimum 75 Team Chemistry
1 x Premium Mixed Players Pack
Bundesliga
• Minimum 1 Bundesliga player
• Minimum 85 Team Rating
• Minimum 60 Team Chemistry
1 x Rare Gold Pack
Estimated Cost – 100k
How do Showdown cards work?
FIFA 22 Showdown SBCs are a very simple, but very clever concept, that relies on real-world footballing fixtures and results to determine upgrades to cards.
To start off, 2 cards are released as Showdown SBCs for a limited time for an upcoming fixture, usually pitting two relatively equally matched teams against each other that have an interesting or important fixture upcoming.
FUT players can complete both SBCs if they wish if the cards are heavily upgraded from their base versions, or they can ‘bet’ on which team they think will win the fixture by completing their SBC in hope of a further upgrade.
Once the SBC expires and the game is played, the Showdown SBC cards receive upgrades based on the result of the fixture.
For the team that wins the fixture, the corresponding Showdown SBC card in-game will receive a +2 OVR Upgrade, further boosting the card to new heights, while the card from the team that lost will remain the same rating.
If the fixture results in a draw, then both cards will receive a +1 OVR Upgrade.