Road to the Knockouts Promo Coming this Friday

3 New Cards

3 new cards have been leaked on today´s loading screen. Each one of them related to a different UEFA competition. EA used for those cards the same codes that they assigned to Road to the Final cards in FIFA 21. So we expect these new cards to behave in the same way. Players picked will probably get a +1 inform at the release and then based on their team performance they could get additional boots.

Road to the Knockouts could be linked to Road to the Final?

Probably those cards that make it to the knockout stage will continue their road to the final. So let say they give Andrew Robertson a Road to the Knockouts card with a +1 overall rating boost. If Liverpool makes it to the KO stage, Roberton will get another +1 boost. And that card will continue improving if Liverpool progress through the competition to the final like Road to the Final cards did in FIFA 21. This is what we can expect if they used the same code as in FIFA 21.

Players we can expect

3 of the players missing in Team of the Week 4 could be present in this new promo. Probably, that´s why EA exclude them from TOTW 4. Mbappé, Mahrez and Robertson. If EA decides to include them in Road to the Finals promo that´s how their card should look like.

Of course, there are tons of potential candidates. In Europa League, Vardy will surely be one of the players picked by EA. Leicester is in a difficult position to make it through the group so it would be an interesting card in this promo.

Conclusion

From our point of view, this early introduction of UEFA competition cards may be related to the need for EA to get more of their UEFA licenses. It´s an early release of the "Road to" promo. Now starting in the group stage and probably going all the way to the final. Of course, when the group stage ends they will surely add more players with these cards that could improve through the KO stages.