FIFA 22 Showdown Objectives: How to unlock the West Ham and Lyon players

The Showdown Series promo has just landed in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, and it is set to bring us loads of new boosted players.

West Ham vs Lyon is one game being covered, with the Showdown being included via objectives rather than SBC and bringing two new Live FUT Friendlies to the game.

Check out the stats of the cards and find out how you can unlock them for your FUT 22 squad here.

Andriy Yarmolenko (OVR 88)

Start Date: Friday, 1 April

Expiry Date: Thursday, 7 April

Objective Requirements

There are four objectives needed to complete to unlock the 88-rated card, with the requirements as follows:

Through Talent

• Assist 3 goals with Through Balls in the Live FUT Friendly: Premier League

Reward - 1 x 75+ Rated Player

Long Shots

• Score 2 Outside the Box goals in the Live FUT Friendly: Premier League

Reward - 1 x Gold Pack

Winning Ways

• Win 4 matches in the Live FUT Friendly: Premier League

Reward - 1 x Small Electrum Players Pack

Showdown Scoring

• Score using a player with minimum 4* Weak Foot in 8 separate matches in the Live FUT Friendly: Premier League

Reward - Premium Gold Pack

Thiago Mendes (OVR 88)

Start Date: Friday, 1 April

Expiry Date: Thursday, 7 April

Objective Requirements

There are four objectives needed to complete to unlock the 88-rated card, with the requirements as follows:

Crossing Lanes

• Assist 2 goals with Crosses in the Live FUT Friendly: Ligue 1 Liaisons

Reward - 1 x 75+ Rated Player

Long Shots

• Score 2 Outside the Box goals in the Live FUT Friendly: Ligue 1 Liaisons

Reward - 1 x Gold Pack

Winning Ways

• Win 4 matches in the Live FUT Friendly: Ligue 1 Liaisons

Reward - 1 x Small Electrum Players Pack

Showdown Scoring

• Score using a player with minimum 4* Weak Foot in 8 separate matches in the Live FUT Friendly: Ligue 1 Liaisons

Reward - Premium Gold Pack

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.