FIFA goalkeeping tutorial
The best FIFA goalkeeping tutorial. How to force the AI keeper to make saves in FIFA. Also an extensive Pro keeper guide for Pro Clubs.
Force your AI keeper to attempt saves by pressing the shoot button when your opponent shoots. Use this secret tip in Head to head, Ultimate Team, Career mode, kick off etc.
In every version of FIFA you can make the keeper charge towards the ball using the through ball button. The ability to actually move the keeper arrived in FIFA 19. Press the right stick and hold it down as you move it about. Excellent video showing how below.
FIFA controlling goalkeeper video
This is seperate to Pro Clubs goalkeeping but very similar in that positioning and rushing is key. Great video by The Guide.
FIFA Pro Clubs goalkeeping guide
These are the steps to become a great keeper in Pro Clubs
1. Camera angle
Change your camera angle to ‘Pro’. It will be a lot easier this way as you can see where you are positioned in the goal and it also makes it easier to see the path of shots and crosses too. The camera is set behind the goal and it pans with the position of the ball. Pressing select will change the camera position from behind the goal to the ball, which can be useful when the ball is further up the pitch for viewing purposes.
2. Positioning
This is probably the hardest part of FIFA goalkeeping as a pro. Hold left bumper (LB on xbox/L1 on Playstation) to keep your pro goalkeeper in position. Most of the time it is pretty competent, but when dealing with corners and crosses, position manually! Please see paragraph on corners further down the page for a full explanation. Keeping LB/L1 held also stops you from running out of position too much.
3. Dealing with 2 v 1 (sweaty passers)
However don’t use LB/L1 when dealing with 2 on 1 situations. Their tactic will be to bring you out and just before you get close, pass across to the other attacker and score. Using LB/L1 doesn’t account for these. The pro goalkeeper will line up to defend against the attacker with the ball, probably at the near post. But when they pass, your goalkeeper will be out of position allowing an easy shot into an open goal. Don’t get caught out!
Place the goalkeeper in the middle of the goal and just wait for the shot or pass. You are more likely to deflect the ball away then winning the ball charging at them. If the attacker hesitates then tries to pass across the goal to the other attacker, try intercepting the pass by diving.
Good Pro Clubs goalkeeper setup video
How to create a good Pro Clubs goalkeeper by Rixy. Also has some great montage videos from previous FIFAs
4. Don’t spam pass button
Have you ever noticed a pro goalkeeper throwing his arms into the air when the ball is around the box area? Or, why a goalkeeper makes an acrobatic dive out at corners? This will be because the pro goalkeeper is spamming the pass (save) button. Never do this as it will freeze your keepers movement momentarily. This could cost you dearly with one on ones. A good striker will try to trick/fake shot you, hoping that you’ll be spamming pass. Be confident and press pass button only as you see a shot. The striker will then feel more intimidated.
5. Corners
Corners can be tricky at times. Do you rush out or stay on the line? Always better to stay on the line. Keep LB/L1 held down and do not spam pass! Your keeper will then only commit to intercept crosses if it is close, otherwise get ready for a potential header on goal. A pro striker against an AI defender will no doubt get onto these headers. Your goalkeeper will re position himself to defend against the incoming header so don’t panic.
If you see the ball being crossed to back post, let go of LB/L1, hold LT/L2 and move to back post. This is a popular tactic against pro goalkeepers where the opposition will expect you run out and punch the ball away. Do not get caught out or ever go for the punch out! 90% of the time the goalkeeper fails to clear the ball more then five yards! If the ball goes to the back post and you are holding LB/L1, you will find that your goalkeeper will not be composed. This allows the attacker a chance to score with a header across goal. Your goalkeeper will jerk towards the attacker first before becoming composed to dive back the other way, by then it is too late.
6. Goal kicks
Goal kicks depend on your playing style, traits and other pro players. If you have a tall pro striker up front you can kick the ball to him for a potential flick on. If you choose this path, do not apply full power to the kick. Your strikers will struggle to gain the ball and you’ll most likely lose possession. Try aiming for around 75% power and it should 9/10 times land at your strikers head or body.
We recommend to kick down the wings. Use full power for the wingers to run on to. Pro goalkeepers can kick well over the halfway line. Instruct your strikers and wingers to storm a wing and they’ll be guaranteed a through ball opportunity. Aim as far wide as you can before you kick, try experimenting when you’re next online to perfect it. You could also go short, but be wary of the opposition’s strikers lurking around.
7. Saving power penalties
This won’t work for finesse shots. But you will be able to tell if the player is going to use power as you can see the power meter! So practice this technique and you will save most power penalties. If a right foot player is taking it this is the guide. However if his left planted foot is next to the ball when about to shoot, the shot is going to the right. And if his planted left foot shows a gap next to the ball when striking the shot is going to left. For a left foot striker it is the opposite.
please i want to no how i can use my game pad to save penalty kicks
how to be a goalkeeper in fifa 15???
On the power penalties, when you say going to the right is that the goalkeepers right or the penalty takers right
penalty takers
hey, is x on ps4 still a viable dive button in fifa 15 or just use the stick for everything, just people say its bad?
Are you playing as Pro keeper or just generally in the game? Stick if Pro keeper. Use shoot button if general play.
in kick off mach how can i save finesse shots in fifa 15. when i play against realmadrid benzema and ronaldo finess shot get goal from out of box. how can i save them?
please upload a photoes about save penalties.i can not whatch the video.pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee
Just move keeper with left or right stick then dive with right stick. If think ball be put in middle of goal hold right stick up/forward ^ to save
Fifa 14 keeper can’t save penalties by using game pad.in the time of tie breaker goal keeper dosnt drive.how to do it?
On normal controllers you use the right stick.
when you dive on fifa 14 with your pro how do you get him on his feet to make a quick dive or save
Its natural there isn’t a button to get him on his feet. However press your shoot button to make quick saves.
so in fifa 14 proclubs u can only have gk’ing as semi or manuel? so u have to dive in the right direction? i was great gk in f12 but there i could just push RS back or forward (to not get out of pos) and he would dive in right direction. so just need to know so i can change my play style if i have to 🙂
Wanted to ask. What key on the keyboard is the response to the Xbox LB. My fifa is on PC. Actually what actions do you do with the LB
but what are all the controlls like what is diving and stuff i really dont know (thx for the other things) ((if its bad grammer its because i am from the netherlands))
When Someone takes a longsot against me it bounces upinfromt of me and when i press up to catch it it dives backwards and they always score. Is there anyway to stop it from doing this. And by the way this really helped me 🙂
Thanks that is more the game really as long shots often bounce off keepers.
Hiya, the positioning thing is extremely annoying, I stand still for 3/4 of the game because we are winning and always up the field,at the end of the game I had 25 out of positions, by the first 10 mins of the game my rating was 4 and never increased throughout the game
True it isn’t very good the goalkeeping option in FIFA.
Just stand within the 5 m box at all time and you won’t get out of position
don’t forget to move from your goal-line when your team kicks off
I have realised its hard to score when your opponent presses the select button to get the cursor on the goal keeper. Even after having taking the shot as long as theyr in time to press select its almost impossible to score. Is there a way to beat this on FIFA 13?
Aim player towards far post but then suddenly turn to near post and tap shoot.
2, hi mate, im having trouble with positioning but first what do you use to dive x or stick? I use x, is this bad or is better to use stick?. when you have an attacker with the ball they can shoot anyway left or right, but how can I know where to dive if I dive one way it could be the wrong way then my gk will shift out position for a goal to be scored the other way I don’t get it, I see all these good keepers that get these shots every time which I see as getting luck with saving them, I see it as you have to guess the right way to save, but obviously not. I have my friend on ps3 he an amazing gk but I find his advise hard to follow and doesent work, I just really wanna be amazing in goal and show my friends and club that im the best gk in their club. plz give some advice . if you red this thanks for you time pal, I appreciate it 🙂 x
You need to switch on the guide so you can see which way to dive and practice outside the club. Control the goalkeeper against the computer and learn when x or stick is better. Usually x when close and stick when long shot or finesse.
How in the world do you keep you positioning grade from draining, no matter where I am positioned it always drops. I use PC so I don’t know how to use the auto positioning so if anyone knows please tell me.
Did you found out how to save ? im Using PC too
Thanks for the info I was a beast in my first game saved 2 penalties
How to save long shot?
You push RS up or down?
Needs to be up if a high shot or down if a low shot.
hi guys, i’m playing career mode on fifa 13 as a keeper. For some reason at kick off i’m placed around the penilty spot area by the game. No matter what i do or where i move i end up getting negative rating and the game then judges me to be “out of position” like at least three times. It really spoiles the game and it makes things impossible. I’m assuming it is bad programming. Is there anything i can do to stop it from happening? There has to be a way to stop this. Please help!
Just bad programming from EA. We will pass it on for you though and fingers crossed they will sort it for 14.
My friend plays in goal regularly for the club but he cant seem to be able to pick the ball up when it is headed back to him and the ball often goes through his legs. Is there a button for picking the ball up?
can we even goalkeeping penalities on pc,i jump,nothing i just can go left and right
Not sure what you mean
Is it better to dive with A or use the right stick?
how do you dive :/
Use the stick.
Can you tell me what height and stuff I should be for a goal keeper
6ft 2 is best. Then just change settings until happy in game. Depends on your style of play.
Hey i always get really bad player rating because when the ball is away(most of the time) when you press LB nothing happens and i try to place the keeper but my player rating decreases constantly. what do i do
What is right position if my team is attacking
Switch on the guides and follow the red line.
how to turn on the guides on pc?
Thank you for ur help so far 🙂
I do have another question though .
U know how it says that u are supposed to release l1 before u dive..
what about l2 can that be held down while making dive?
Shouldn’t make much difference.
So on what settings should I put my goalkeeper on manual semi-assist or full assist and if i put it on full assist what does that actually mean ?
Thank u!
On full assist you just have to stand in right position. Try all 3 see which you like best.
Hello, I have a problem at intersections is that my Virtual Pro does the dip ahead of time I suffer so many goals.
It is better to defend with “A” or “R3”? Thz
What is the best height and weight for pro keeper?
The punching on FIFA 13 is much better, I’ve found that they almost always go at least five yards outside the box. they’re really good at launching counter-attacks, as they often go towards our pacy winger.
why does the ball roll past my keeper sometimes when its rolling slowly lol
Bad programming! Ty pressing shoot button to force keeper to save.
thanks lol
Hey guys how do you catch the bloody ball lol
Stand near it for a start 😉 Should catch it anyway but just press your right stick in same direction as ball if diving.
You forget to mention about the use of diving and using the Y button.
If the ball is coming in, using the Y ball will almost always try to punch but using the RS to dive, you catch the ball.
Also, although you have a high positioning rating as acrobatic (roughly 87-91 need to go on to find out) LB will still put you slightly out of position compared to Traditional. Also you will find that you will be able to save powerful shots across you, making you dive easier although closer range shots are slightly harder. This is with a connection with no lag.
You also forgot to mention about movement and diving.
Some people just stand in one spot and dive, and others try to move towards the shot before diving.
I use controller to play FIFA 13 on my pc. During penalties the goalkeeper won’t dive for pass.button+direction [A+direction]. Have tried all other keys too. This happens in my friend’s pc too. there’s no problem is keyboard is the default controller.
Just use stick to dive without any buttons. So if that is mapped on your keyboard. Also you can get Microsoft xbox controller for PC.
Hi..first of all thanks 4 the best tips for be a pro goalkeeper.
I have a question, i have problem when playing in away games, it always happen in away game but not in home. I always get ‘out of position’. When kick off n my team attack the opponent, the rating getting down, when i check, i get 2 out of position. Why this happen to me? I try to maintain my position in keeper box but it still goes down. It make me difficult to maintain my rating above 6.0..
Just hold the LB/L1 button as it says above. Keeps you in the correct position.
Is this old thread? Because i cant find how to switch to assisted goalkeeping on xbox 360 on fifa 13. Please help, doing ok as a gk but sometimes i fail and it looks bad lol.
Yes updated. In FIFA 13 assisted has been removed so you really have to learn how to become a good keeper.
when im doing my goalkeeping career why does my rating always go down randomly
Because of how EA decided you should get good ratings. Have to be in perfect position etc every game and not let goals in. Just keep playing it will go up.
hi how to make my goal keeper to dive?? which are all the buttons i have to use??
Just use the left stick and press pass button to make the dive.
Should we use the Shot or Lob pass buttons ?
To do what?
Lob pass button is Dive at feet, shot button is Anicipation Dive, i’m not clearly understand them
Hi people! Can you please help me with the control buttons for goalkeeper diving on penalty shootout..
You just move the stick in the direction you want to dive, up diaganol etc. No buttons needed.
You guys are great in sharing your thoughts on FIFA, and this article must have helped millions ppl like me in being a pro keeper. Great work!
Just one question, and I do feel really frustrated about this. Whenever I see a counter attack opportunity when my wings are high up in the field down the flanks, I always look to kick the ball with full power, however, I could always only manage to get the ball just over the half way line. I have seen other keepers getting the ball to about 3/4 of the pitch but I could never do that. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I even chose the Driven pass trait although I doubt it is relevant. thanks in advance
As you are kicking the ball pull the left stick in the opposite direction. Will make it go higher and further.
Hi. I have two questions.
10 I have a problem realizing what this “punch 2 away” in fifa 12 accomplishments means or is. I cant get it. what does it mean and what kind of save I have to make?
20I have a problem getting nine out of ten. Is there a simple way to get it?
Punching the ball is exactly that, as the ball is coming in usually around the middle of the penalty area the keeper comes rushing towards and punches it. Try rushing out when ball is in air and not near goal.
Hi, what is the highest rating for a goalkeeper?
I have every accomplishment except from 1. At the Moment ive got a 91 on traditional and a 90 on acrobatic. Can i get a 92?
And if its possible,which height and weight do i have to use?
Not sure now we don’t play clubs, highest we had in 11 was 92 for keeper. Height and weight didn’t make a difference.
I am a little confused. Could someone please tell me the directions on how to put full assist goalkeeping on? Thanks.
This is off the top of my head, so bear with me. In-game, pause the game and open up “Game Settings”, then “Controls” and I think it is the “controller help” option. Hope this helps dude.
Hey,
i have 2 questions about goalkeeping and would be glad if someone could answer it:
1.) Does it matter if i use a or the right stick for diving? I read that “a” is quicker to push what means to have a better reactiontime. Some other people wrote that the right stick is better (let you do slight steps before diving) and it let you get shoots which you wouldnt get with just simply push the “a” button. Are there any differences and what do you guys prefer and why?
2.) I read that holding lt or lb (for positioning and slow movement) during you push the divebutton/ right stick let you dive a bit later then if you would release lt/lb before you dive. So does it really matter if i hold lt/lb during diving or not?
Hello
This tutorial also provides for FIFA 12?
Yes goalkeeping same in 11 and 12
Where are you going to move the controls to get semi assisted?
Im still a little confused on the controls, if you play on fully assisted controls do you still have to push A for the gk to dive. Cause it seems like the goalie will dive for the ball regardless of if you push anything
Fully assisted you can pretty much drop the controller on the floor and it will still attempt a save. Pressing anything seems to work its too easy.
Does that mean that I can use the Right stick in order to make a dive using Assisted controls?
Anything seems to work using assisted, just press pass button and right stick in direction of shot.
Great guide it was really helpful. I was just wondering what height and weight you think is best to use for a GK and also what style you think is better traditional or acrobatic, thx.
6ft2 and any weight is ok. Doesn’t affect agility that much.
What about the goalkeeping style, does it matter wether you use acrobatic or traditional. Also, do you still have to push the pass button to make a save even if you play on fully assisted controls because it seems like the goalie will dive for the ball even if you don’t push anything, thx.
Acrobatic will be better at diving quickly and running out. Traditional will be better at catching the ball and positioning. Only makes a slight difference though.
I like this guide except for using L1/B. I recomend to never use it. The right positioning will be shown by the small circle so just walk to it manually if you need to. If a ahot is made while you’re holding down L1 ITit makes tour reactions slower, as your goalie is still trying to get to the circle. This could cost you a game.
5, cheers,i diddent know that , so what your saying if you hold down L1 (ps3) and try make a dive your gk will be a bit slower? so do you let go of L1 then hold L2 or something then use x to make the save? plz get back. thnx
Hi,
I am consistently losing games by 1 goal which when having the weight of possession and attack on goal is really frustrating and yes it does seem like the keeper is standing like a stale bottle of pi$$ watching the ball lull past him.
Can adjust the settings easily for assisted goalkeep instead of semi however I have no idea how to create a pro goalkeeper instead of using the A1. Can you give me some direction on how to do this.
DB
Do you mean head to head online games against people? Are you pressing select to take control of the keeper (this option is being removed for online games in 2 weeks)? This gives you control of the team goalkeeper you can’t have a pro player in goal. Unless you are playing a pro match or in career mode as keeper and losing?
Sounds like you need to improve your attacking play if having more possession. Are you finding shooting difficult?
Hi guys, you see when I play as a goalkeeper, and my team scores, instead of focusing on the player celebrating, it focuses straight to the keeper. I watch videos on Youtube and it seems they don’t have that problem. Is there anyway to solve this? Please and Thank you