FIFA 17 Ultimate Team: FUT Team of the Week 25, in-Form Player Cards Announced

Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann heads the Team of the Week 25 in FIFA 17's Ultimate Team with a 90 rating, and he is joined by French national team-mate Karim Benzema of Real Madrid in the starting XI.

The Liga pair share the limelight with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund, while Liverpool's Roberto Firmino made the bench.

EA Sports released the lineup of 23 players on Wednesday: 

Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc and Stoke City's Marko Arnautovic stand out as two of the Premier League players in the starting XI, the former recognised for his heroics in the Cherries' 1-1 draw with Manchester United, while the latter was boosted up to an 87 rating after his double against Middlesbrough.

Southampton's Dusan Tadic also received a deserved first in-form card after scoring one and setting up two against Watford, while Florian Thauvin's excellent display for Marseille against Lorient earned him a boost in rating from 84 to 86.

A formidable quartet of Inter Milan's Ivan Perisic, Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly, Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti and Bayern Munich's Javi Martinez complete the starting XI.

Here's the TOTW 25 lineup in full:

Starting XI	OVR	N	Position	New	League	Club	Nationality
Bench
Reserves
Artur Boruc	76	81	GK		Premier League	Bournemouth	Poland
Javi Martinez	85	86	CB		Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	Spain
Kalidou Koulibaly	83	86	CB		Serie A	Napoli	Senegal
Samuel Umtiti	82	84	CB		La Liga	Barcelona	France
Ivan Perisic	84	87	LM	CAM	Serie A	Inter Milan	Croatia
Marko Arnautovic	82	87	LM	RM	Premier League	Stoke City	Austria
Florian Thauvin	81	86	RM		Ligue 1	Marseille	France
Dusan Tadic	79	84	LM	CAM	Premier League	Southampton	Serbia
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	87	89	ST		Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	Gabon
Antoine Griezmann	88	90	ST		La Liga	Atletico Madrid	France
Karim Benzema	87	88	ST		La Liga	Real Madrid	France
Aleksandr Belenov	75	81	GK		Russian Premier League	FC Ufa	Russia
Hector Moreno	80	83	CB		Eredivisie	PSV Eindhoven	Mexico
Fabian Johnson	79	81	LM		Bundesliga	Borussia M'gladbach	USA
Xabi Prieto	78	82	RM		La Liga	Real Sociedad	Spain
Roberto Firmino	83	86	ST		Premier League	Liverpool	Brazil
Ciro Immobile	81	87	ST		Serie A	Lazio	Italy
Andrea Belotti	80	85	ST		Serie A	Torino	Italy
Timofey Kalachev	74	74	RM	RWB	Russian Premier League	Rostov	Belarus
Lewis Alessandra	63	64	ST	CM	EFL League Two	Hartlepool United	England
Samuel Di Carmine	66	72	ST		Serie B	Perugia	Italy
Matt Godden	59	72	ST		EFL League Two	Stevenage	England
Josh Koroma	47	64	CM	ST	EFL League Two	Leyton Orient	England

Antonie Griezmann, Atletico Madrid

Griezmann inspired Atleti back to winning ways on Sunday as they beat Valencia 3-0 at the Vicente Calderon having picked up just one point from their previous two La Liga games against Deportivo La Coruna and Barcelona.

The French playmaker netted the Madrid outfit's opener after 10 minutes and then sealed the victory seven minutes from time after Kevin Gameiro scored early in the second half.

Football analyst Dave O'Brien provided the 25-year-old's impressive stats from the encounter:

Griezmann's in-form card sees him boosted from a previous 89 rating overall, while each attribute has improved.

While Griezmann's latest in-form boost may have caught the eye, however, FIFA YouTuber NepentheZ lambasted the absence of another La Liga's stars after Lionel Messi dazzled with two goals and two assists against Celta Vigo:

Impressively, both his shooting and dribbling have  now hit 90, while his defending is up from 34 to 40.

Karim Benzema, Real Madrid

Benzema made his first Team of the Week this season after netting twice and providing one assist in Real's 4-1 rout away at Eibar in La Liga at the weekend.

With manager Zinedine Zidane keeping an eye on Tuesday's UEFA Champions League clash against Napoli, Benzema was without his usual attacking allies Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. Nevertheless, Real emerged as 3-1 victors and Benzema was left to celebrate a valuable win:

It mattered little, though, as Benzema put Los Blancos 2-0 ahead inside 25 minutes, before James Rodriguez netted a third before the break in a blistering performance, per Spanish football writer Dermot Corrigan:

Benzema's passing is up to 82 from 77, while his shooting increased from 84 to 87, his pace from 81 to 82 and his dribbling from 82 to 85. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Borussia Dortmund

Aubameyang passed the 20-goal mark in the Bundesliga for the second season running as he scored twice for Dortmund against Bayer Leverkusen in Saturday's 6-2 home win.

It was his second double on the bounce following his brace against Freiburg and moved the Gabon international onto 21 league goals for the campaign from just 21 appearances, per WhoScored.com.

It's hardly surprising the overall quality of TOTW 25's front line was of an elite standard given professional FIFA player Ty Walton also highlighted Messi's absence as Aubameyang, Griezmann and Benzema got the nod:

Per Squawka, Aubameyang significantly passed Robert Lewandowski's BVB tally with his double against Bayer:

His latest in-form card—Aubameyang was also included in Team of the Week 8—sees him boosted to a frightening 98 pace, while his 89 shooting and 86 dribbling point to him being one of the best strikers around.