FIFA 22 Pogba & Wijnaldum SBCs: How to unlock HUGE new Showdown cards

The FUT 23 Pre-Season promo has come to FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, seeing us through to the release of FIFA 23.

Letting you prep for FUT 23 while also bringing more top-rated cards to the current game, the event will let you see out the season in style.

Juve's Paul Pogba and Roma's Georginhio Wijnaldum have been selected as two Showdown cards, so check out their stats and how you can unlock them for your Ultimate Team squad below.

Paul Pogba (OVR 96)

Start Date: Wednesday, 24 August

Expiry Date: Saturday, 27 August

There are four squads needed to submit to unlock the 96-rated card, with the requirements as follows:

Piemonte Calcio

• Minimum one Piemonte Calcio player
• Minimum 86 Squad Rating
• Minimum 60 Team Chemistry

Reward - 1 x Premium Mixed Players Pack

France

• Minimum one France player
• Minimum 87 Squad Rating
• Minimum 55 Team Chemistry

Reward - 1 x Prime Mixed Players Pack

Serie A

• Minimum one Serie A player
• Minimum 88 Squad Rating
• Minimum 50 Team Chemistry

Reward - 1 x Premium Gold Players Pack

Top Form

• Minimum one TOTW or TOTS player
• Minimum 90 Squad Rating
• Minimum 45 Team Chemistry

Reward - 1 x Mega Pack

Estimated Cost - TBC

Georginio Wijnaldum (OVR 96)

Start Date: Wednesday, 24 August

Expiry Date: Saturday, 27 August

There are three squads needed to submit to unlock the 96-rated card, with the requirements as follows:

Netherlands

• Minimum one Netherlands player
• Minimum 86 Squad Rating
• Minimum 60 Team Chemistry

Reward - 1 x Small Rare Mixed Players Pack

Serie A

• Minimum one France player
• Minimum 87 Squad Rating
• Minimum 55 Team Chemistry

Reward - 1 x Prime Electrum Players Pack

88-Rated Squad

• Minimum 88 Squad Rating
• Minimum 50 Team Chemistry

Reward - 1 x Rare Mixed Players Pack

Estimated Cost - TBC

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.