How to Win Against Any Formation?

[kyankov]

Hi iradical,
I am not much experienced yet, but reading this tread makes me believe that 4-3-2-1 is the formation you need.
You need 4 defenders to cover his 2 attackers. He should be playing with red on his middle MC, (and probably on DL and DR) so you need good players in the middle. Put your MC with higher defense in the center. If your AMR and AML have high crossing and shooting - excellent. If not - try replacing the AML/AMR with a ST player with hight crossing/shooting - I mean putting an ST to play as attacking wing. When using 4-3-2-1 attacking wings are more important than ST. Left footed AML is better than right footed

You can play with any mentality you want - you will score either way, but if you see the opponent making counter attacks try playing more careful/defensive. I hope this helps.

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

PS: Also you can try pressing him on the whole pitch, attacking (mixed or both flanks), mixed passing, zonal marking.