How to Win Against Any Formation?

[Adel Gamal]

Hi

Last day i forgot to follow a cup match and lost due to unluck(my top midfielder got backache after 6 minutes... and there's no auto-substitution). I now need to win 2-0 the return. It shouldn't be a big issue since my team is much stronger than his, but anyway i would like to know an affordable tactic against his 4-3-2-1(aml-amr) to be sure not to fail.
In the previous match i lined up a 4-5-1 with up arrows mr-ml, offensive style, high pressing and offside trap. Since my top midfielder is now out and i don't have a good one to substitute him with, I was thinking about a 4-men midfield like this:
GK
DR(UP)-DC-DC-DL(UP)
MR-MC-MC-ML(UP)
ST(DOWN)-ST(UP)

to exploit the opponent's lack of potential in his right hand side and limit his strong aml. What do you think about that? What tactic should i use?

as we said before in 4-3-2-1 formation


--------ST---------
AML---------AMR
---MC-MC-MC----
--DL-DC-DC-DR--

An excellent attacking formation and strong in wing attack..

Can be countered by:

3-2-3-2:

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

A logical choice formation to use against the 4-3-2-1.. 3 DC to block 1 lone striker, a DML and DMR to block attacks from the flanks coming from the AML and AMR, 3 midfield to keep control and 2 strikers to go for goal.

3-2-2-2-1:

ST
AML-AMR
MC-MC
DML-DMR
DMC-DMC-DMC

Fight fire with fire, 3 DC again to block a lone striker.. DML and DMR to block the AML's and AMR's which can feed passes up your own AMLs and AMRs to take advantage of the lack of wing defence and one lone striker to go between the 2DC..

[Riccardo Gulp]

as we said before in 4-3-2-1 formation


--------ST---------
AML---------AMR
---MC-MC-MC----
--DL-DC-DC-DR--

An excellent attacking formation and strong in wing attack..

Can be countered by:

3-2-3-2:

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

A logical choice formation to use against the 4-3-2-1.. 3 DC to block 1 lone striker, a DML and DMR to block attacks from the flanks coming from the AML and AMR, 3 midfield to keep control and 2 strikers to go for goal.

I don't have any good dml, may I replace It with a down arrowed ml?

[Adel Gamal]

I don't have any good dml, may I replace It with a down arrowed ml?

so play with 4 4 2 classic and put red arrows on MR/L .. or play with 3 4 1 2 with 3 DCs and put blue arrows at MR/L and red arrow at AMC ... choose now but pls put the result here after the game .

finally it depends also o your players rates if the opponent players are with great rate and the is too much difference at the rates so play with any formation you want , he will win anyway