Thanks pcmac & Cody. Good advice.

The match just ended. It turns out I don't have the best personnel for a classic 4-4-2 since my AMC and DMCs are two of my best players, so I went with a 4-1-3-1-1 like this, and ended up with a 1:1 draw.

--- --- ST. --- ---
--- --- AMC --- ---
ML^ --- MC. --- MR^
--- --- DMCv--- ---
DL. DC. --- DC. DR.
--- --- GK. --- ---

(^ is an up arrow and v is a down arrow)

The defense held him scoreless until the 80th minute, but in spite of a good possession advantage (65-35) my offense was a little weak and could only get one goal against his three 6-star defenders. He must have been hard-tackling too, since he got a few yellow cards.

Maybe I should find a good AMR before the rematch so I can score better from the flanks? I tried moving my ML/AML up to the AML position in the second half, but it didn't help (and then that player rated a 6, low for him).