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The 2024/25 ePremier League finals take place this weekend, with in-game player upgrades happening based on the esports results.
Earlier this month, the first four quarter-finalists for this season’s competition were determined. Ipswich Town, Manchester City, Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion made it straight through to last eight of this season’s competition. These will take place on Sunday March 23rd from 4pm GMT, when the 2024/5 ePL Champions will be crowned.
In their debut season, Ipswich Town’s Daniel ‘Stingrayjr’ Ray and Mark ‘Mark11’ Zachary went unbeaten to top Group A. Manchester City’s Donovan ‘Tekkz’ Hunt and Matias Bonanno were also undefeated in Group B, as they secured progression to the quarter-finals. .
Liverpool’s Lucas ‘Leks’ Lekhal and Manuel ‘ManuBachoore’ Bachoore were in goal-scoring form as they progressed to the quarter final stage by four points in Group C.
And Jayden Groden and Marc Marley for Brighton & Hove Albion left it until the last round of fixtures before clinching the top spot in Group D and a place in the last eight.
Ipswich Town’s Stingrayjr said:
“I’m absolutely delighted we have secured our place at the Quarter-Final stage of this season’s ePremier League. The competition is tough this year, so it was never going to be easy, but I’m buzzing we’ve made it through on Ipswich’s debut season.”
Stingrayjr, Ipswich Town
The remaining 16 clubs will have another chance to qualify for the quarter-final stage as they take to the controller again on Saturday March 22nd from 4pm GMT.
For example, City will face either Leicester City, Nottingham Forest, Fulham or Arsenal following Saturday’s Playoff matches.
Man City will hope to become the first to win back-to-back ePremier Leagues after City won the 2023/24 ePremier League.
In addition to lifting the trophy and a share of the £100,000 prize pool, seats are available for this year’s winning club in the EA Sports FC Pro World Championship and the eChampions League.
Fans will be able to tune in live to the finals weekend across Premier League digital channels (YouTube, web, app, X and Facebook). It will also be streamed across the EA Sports FC’s Twitch and YouTube channels.
ePremier League results to affect FC Pro League live item player upgrades
Players in-game can upgrade based on each team’s progress in the ePremier League 2024/25 finals.
The four upgrade cards are McAtee, Werner, Mitoma and Gomez.
For example, the James McAtee card can be upgraded based on City FC players Donovan ‘Tekkz’ Hunt and Matias Bonanno‘s progress in the ePremier League this weekend.
Further reading: 2024/25 ePremier League: Dates, prize pool and format revealed as FC tournament returns
Update: Man City ended up winning the 2024/25 ePremier League.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
