Quote Originally Posted by soccerLover View Post
Hi guys,
I know that there is no best formation and every formation has it counter formation. But Before playing a match we look at a glance each other formation. So we changed our formation respect of opponent formation. Now my question is : A match between two near about same quality teams and they did not see each other formation or both changed his formation just before match and then what will be the preferred best formation for win ?
Not everyone changes formations regular to counter there opponent me included, I always start with the same formation except when I see a high quality team with many players in the attacking half!, in this case I play 4 defenders in stead of 3. I use 3w-1-4-2 and accasionaly 4-1-3w-2, now if during a match my opponent is over running me or is wiining I will alter my formation then and only then!, usually to 3w-4-3 or 4-3-3!, switch my orders to hard attacking and force counter attacks!, this has worked very well for me over the last 3-4 seasons!, it also means my opponent can not change his formation untill during the game either so unless he is watching the game I gain an advantage.