How to Win Against Any Formation?

[Accyrover]

Hi, I see your proposal as playing with 4-3-2-1 against 4-3-2-1. I am not sure if this will be in my favor but I will try it. Game is in 30 minutes.

EDIT: Thanks for your help Accyrover. I won 0:1 using 4-3-2-1 (my usual formation) as you suggested. Only change I made for better was to switch passes through the center and this was enough to change things in my favor - his wings were significantly better than mine, but I was better in the middle. The only problem I see, is that all attacks are executed by my wings and my ST doesn't receive a chance to play. My AMs dont make crosses. Do you know how to change that?

Good you won.
The striker not showing much I would not worry about to much, so much of this game depends on who's turn it is to score, besides he is still keeping two players busy where ever he is.
You may get more crosses with long passing, problem is you tend to lose a little bit more possession, from my experience around 2% max.
From what you say about changing your attack through the centre if you were using short passing your MC's are feeding the AM's and they were going for goal, again possible mixed or long passing may change that.
With any flank formation your attacks will always go through the wings, your centre is there to break play up and command the CM area allowing your AM's to do the damage.
So much of this game with orders is trial and error, not good in the latter stages of comps but ..... better to try and fail than not try at all.

In my experience the game has a habit of giving strikers more goals in one comp than the others, last season I had three, all three had good records in one comp and indifferent in the others, I don't know if this is coincidence or the engines way to try and make you play one/two strikers in the same comp all the time, my theory is it is, this way it makes it easier to weaken your squad through cards building up in the same comp, check your squad stats and look for any clues.

[cheqeeh]

Hello, I am Spanish, and I want to know how I can beat this formation is 3-2-1-2-2
Thanks

[Potemy]

Isn't that formation illegal since he has 3 players on the flanks?

[Potemy]

I'm playing 3-2-2-2-1 against a much weaker team with a single 4* AMR as his best player. Below is my squad followed by the opponents.





Does anyone have any suggestions, maybe regarding the arrows? My aim for this game is to win by as much as possible. Suggestions for tactics would be appreciated as well, any suggestions, actually.

[pacey]

i got this strange formation next
dl dc dc dr
dmc

aml amr
st st st

[davvo]

Hi, i usualy play whit this formation because are my best player:

------------------ST---------------
------------------------------------
------MC-MC(UP)--MC----
DML-----DMC (UP)----DMD
-----------DC--DC--DC---------

I have 18 star and nd won all the matches of the season but yesterday, on champions league, against a weaker formation (15 star) and with 15% possession for me, I lost 2-1.

He has this formation:
------------ST---ST-----------
-------------AMC----------
ML------MC---MC------MR
---------------------------------
DL----------DC-----------DR


how to win second match?

[joeleyf]

How can I counter this formation? What instructions?

--------DC-------DC-------
DML--------DMC-------DMR
--------MC----MC----MC---
--------ST-------ST-------

[slav7777]

st
amc
ml-mc-mc-mr
dl-dc-dc-dr
tomorrow to me to play with the first team of league on a visit
couldn't advise effective tactics
I want to play
st
ml(up)-mc-mc-mr(up)
dmc
dl(up)-dc-dc-dr(up)
normal mentality, through flanks, a pass mixed, the half, rigidly

[CIBlue]

I'm facing a tough opponent with a really wierd formation: 3-2-1-2-2.
----ST---ST----
AML--------AMR
-------MC-------
--DMC---DMC--
DL----DC----DR
-------GK-------
I thought about countering it as if he's a 5-3-2, but unsure about it. How should I proceed.

[Potemy]

I'm facing a tough opponent with a really wierd formation: 3-2-1-2-2.
----ST---ST----
AML--------AMR
-------MC-------
--DMC---DMC--
DL----DC----DR
-------GK-------
I thought about countering it as if he's a 5-3-2, but unsure about it. How should I proceed.

I would consider it a 3-5-2, but those DMCs might have blue arrows on them. Based purely on the formation alone, I would go for 3-2-2-2-1:

--------ST-------
AML----------AMR
----MC----MC----
DML----------DMR
----DC-DC-DC----

You'll attack down the wings, red arrows on the wingers. Whether you play attacking or counter attacking depends on which team is stronger.