how to beat 4 - 1(DMC) - 4(AMR, 2xAMC, AML) - 1 ???

[Ria Muh]

tomorrow i face my main opponent for the league's first place (he's one point ahead and his starting lineup is a little bit weaker than mine), and i already lost our first match 0-2. althrough his formation's a pretty offensive one, he conceded only 7 goals in 19 games, so i guess his settings are not too offensive. any ideas how to play best against this strange formation without any central midfielders at all?

[t11_fan]

Use some type of 4-2dmc-3-1
For 3 you can use ml+mc+mr
I will let other members to suggest in details...

[Ria Muh]

thanks! but as i actually only have one dmc, i have to decide between 4defenders-1dmc, or 3dcs-dml-dmr.

what about playing 2 mcs with blue arrows instead of 2dmcs??

[Ria Muh]

4-5-1V (with blue arrows on the mcs) did work quite well, btw