FIFA 23 Ultimate Team Showdown Pope and Ward SBCs: How to complete, expected cost, and more

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EA Sports has released the latest Showdown Squad Building Challenges for FIFA 23 Ultimate Team, featuring Nick Pope and Danny Ward. With the World Cup festivities coming to an end in FUT after the tournament's conclusion, club football is set to resume soon. The Premier League will return with a host of fixtures on Boxing Day, including the featured showcase between Newcastle United and Leicester City.

The new inclusions are the first SBCs featuring club football after World Cup 2022's end. Moreover, they are also the only Showdown challenges featuring goalkeepers in FIFA 23. The two SBCS are enticing propositions for FUT fans, as goalkeepers are often not featured on promo rosters, making the Nick Pope and Danny Ward cards unique entities.

Boxing Day football is always an anticipated event in the sport, especially in the Premier League. All twenty clubs in the English top flight engage in thrilling footballing clashes on this day, and EA Sports is capitalizing on this hype with these Showdown SBCs. It's worth mentioning the Newcastle United vs. Leicester City match will take place on December 26.

Both SBCs require a single squad with their own stipulations that must be completed to obtain the respective cards in-game. These are the requirements for the Nick Pope challenge:

Meanwhile, the Danny Ward SBC has the following requirements:

The overall expected cost of both the SBCs is around 40,000 FUT coins, which is primarily driven by the price of fodder cards in the FUT transfer market.

Both cards have an overall rating of 86 and have received significant upgrades over their base gold versions. Nick Pope possesses the following stats in six key goalkeeping aspects:

Meanwhile, Danny Ward has the following attributes:

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