How to Beat 3W 2 2W 2 1

[pcmacdaniel]

I've never heard of this formation before, nor seen it so i'm not the most qualified to speak on it. Anyways, I'd try a 4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Diamond. Attacking, through the middle, whole pitch, short passing, no counter, no offsides. Red arrows on DL/DR, DMC, MC, MC and AMC. 3W defenders and 2 DMC shouldn't be able to adequately defend both the back line and central defensive midfield. If he doesn't have blue arrows on his DMC's, its a lone DC against 2 ST and a motivated AMC. If the DMC's have blue arrows he'll have none or 1 DMC marking 2 motivated MC's.

Since that formation seems similar to the x-mas tree formation (4-3W-2-1), the Eiffel Tower (3W-2-3N-1-1) is another option that might work.

Also, isn't 4-1-2(ml/mr)-1(amr)-2 an illegal formation since it has 3 players on one of the flanks?