I used 4-1-4-1, that was the counter, and also my standard formation.
But this season, i lost to a guy i beat 2 time last season, and he had the same players, now 4*, i had 3-4 transfers, and some players made 5*.
Not only that i lost, but he had more shots, more shots on goal, etc...
Maybe it was a troll result, but it looked very bad, as a counter.