if you need my opinion ?

he playing with defensive formations ... and if want to beat him you need formation that based on midfielder and attacking at the same time because he has only 2 MCs; SO let's be clear your choice is depending on the strongest players you have.

so I think that he is defending and you need to attack so when you attack you need to use v.strong AMR/C/L ... and 4 in mid ..

4 5 1 v stile is great but he has DMR/L so be careful he can play down both flanks ... and you can handle this by putting red arrows at DR/L and also put red arrows at DMC.

so it's clear now you prefer 4 5 1 v stile so do as following :

hard attaking mentality ... mixed passing ... no counter attack ... offside trap if you wanted ( He has no AMC/R/L ) ...

and post here your result after the match .

I'm always using 4 5 1 V stile ... and it is an elastic formation ... can be defensive and can be attacking at the same time depending on the direction of the arrows ...

with 4 5 1 V stile I'm at the top of the league table with 14 point leading ... and in the sem-final at C.L and CUP ... it's excellent for me