Well I can tell you one formation that can beat it as I got beat in the cup today playing that exact formation!, and my opponent who was weeker only had one player with a special ability and I had a full team of scouts!!!, I lost 3-1 away, he had twice as many shots a goal!, his formation was.......4-3-1-2( DL,DC,DC,DR,ML,MC,MR,AMC,ST,ST.