FIFA 17 Ultimate Team: FUT Team of the Week 23 In-Form Predictions, Pack Details

Team of the Week 23 won't include any players from the Premier League in FIFA 17 Ultimate Team on Wednesday as the competition took a break for the fifth round of the FA Cup over the weekend, but there were plenty of stellar performances elsewhere from the likes of Paulo Dybala and Kevin Gameiro. 

Indeed, the pair are likely to feature in an attack-heavy team this week, with Javier Hernandez, Lionel Messi and Ousmane Dembele also in with strong chances of making the cut after some excellent outings of their own.

Expect the Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga to be included heavily throughout the starting XI, which is aptly timed as the next Weekend League will be devoted to the German and Spanish top flights.

Continue on for pack details and a closer look at the week's top performers, but first here are predictions for Team of the Week 23:

Position	Player	Club	Country	Rating Pred.
Bench
Reserves
GK	Rui Patricio	Sporting CP	Portugal	84>86
RB	Lukasz Piszczek	Borussia Dortmund	Poland	82>84
LB	Jaume Costa	Villarreal	Spain	79>82
LB	Danilo D'Ambrosio	Inter Milan	Italy	75>79
CM	Isco	Real Madrid	Spain	84>86>87>88
CAM	Ousmane Dembele	Borussia Dortmund	France	77>82(TOTGS variation)>84>86
CAM	Paulo Dybala	Juventus	Argentina	85>86>87>88>89
RW	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Argentina	93>94(TOTGS variation)>95
ST	Kevin Gameiro	Atletico Madrid	France	83>85>87
ST	Stevan Jovetic	Sevilla	Montenegro	81>83
ST	Javier Hernandez	Bayer Leverkusen	Mexico	83>85>87
GK	Yoan Cardinale	Nice	France	75>79
CB	Romain Bregerie	Ingolstadt	France	73>74
CAM	Corentin Tolisso	Lyon	France	78>82
CAM	Konstantin Vassiljev	Jagiellonia Bialystok	Estonia	72>74>80
CM	Youri Tielemans	Anderlecht	Belgium	77>82>84
LM	Emil Forsberg	RB Leipzig	Sweden	76>82>84>86
ST	Gregoire Defrel	Sassuolo	France	74>75>80
GK	Martin Hansen	Ingolstadt	Denmark	72>74
RM	Takumi Minamino	Red Bull Salzburg	Japan	71>74
ST	Pierre Webo	Osmanlispor	Cameroon	73>74
CM	Jimmy Smith	Crawley Town	England	60>64
ST	Adam Rooney	Aberdeen	Republic of Ireland	71>74

Gold Pack: 5,000 coins, 100 FIFA points

Premium Gold Pack: 7,500 coins, 150 FIFA points

Premium Gold Jumbo: 15,000 coins, 300 FIFA points

Silver Pack: 2,500 coins, 50 FIFA points

Premium Silver Pack: 3,750 coins, 75 FIFA points

Team of the Week 23 will be announced on Wednesday, February 22, at 3 p.m. GMT (10 a.m. ET) and will be released into card packs at 6 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. ET) later that day. Stats and ratings have been provided by FUTHead.com.

Paulo Dybala, Juventus

Rising star Dybala demonstrated his exceptional talent once again on Friday as he put in a match-winning performance against his old side Palermo, helping Juventus record a 4-1 win.

The 23-year-old picked out the top corner with a sublime free-kick—having already crashed one onto the post—and assisted Gonzalo Higuain to finish off a neat team move, before tucking home from Higuain's sumptuous backheel in the final minute of normal time.

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ESPN's Janusz Michallik and GianlucaDiMarzio.com's David Amoyal hailed the forward's abilities:

Dybala has received three in-form cards this season and now boasts an impressive 88 overall rating in his latest upgrade.

After his contributions against Palermo, his 90 shooting and 85 passing stats in particular look set to rise once again.

Kevin Gameiro, Atletico Madrid

Gameiro is yet to hit the heights with Atletico Madrid that he did with Sevilla last season, but he showcased his qualities as he bagged a hat-trick against Sporting Gijon on Saturday in a 4-1 win.

The Frenchman came on as a sub and made an incredible impact:

Kieran Canning of the Agence France-Presse put the achievement into further context:

Los Rojiblancos were heading for a 1-1 draw until Gameiro rounded Ivan Cuellar after being slipped in by Antoine Griezmann, added a second after capitalising on a defensive error and tucked a third past Cuellar when he latched onto a long ball forward.

The striker's standout stat on his current in-form is, naturally, his 87 shooting. After Saturday's performance, the Frenchman could find his first stat to hit 90, while his dribbling might also receive a healthy boost.

Javier Hernandez, Bayer Leverkusen

Hernandez received an in-form card in Team of the Week 2 as he made an excellent start to the season, but a lengthy goal drought saw him fail to find the net between October 10 and January 28.

The Mexican is now firmly back in form, however, after netting five goals in his last three league games.

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As Mexican football writer Cesar Hernandez noted, that run includes back-to-back braces:

The 28-year-old helped Bayer Leverkusen to a 3-1 win at Augsburg and as a result could be rewarded with a second in-form boost of the season to improve on the 85 card he received early in the campaign.

Hernandez already possesses a lethal combination of 85 pace and 86 shooting on his in-form card, so players with a Bundesliga focus will want to snap him up if he features in Team of the Week 23.