Ryan, i'm level 10 and actually i occupy 2nd place in my league, there is no rules that will "teach how to win"...you have to experience every game, deploying that formation you judge right to get a good result, studying your opponent....try this and you'll see results incoming!
The one i can tell you, from my experience, is that "flanks moving" get good results, try a formation classic if you won't risks, a 4-4-2 with ML/R motivated and normal mentality