Is not a formation that "work" exactly... are the players, yeah maybe there are some formations that are more stable, but the key always are the players.
I played in attacking + mixed passing + whole pitch + mixed focussed pasing + the offside and counters active, then I have a 2nd group of orders in case of emergency that are very defensive + long passing.

I was using this formation when I started and then I moved a ST/MC as a AMC because my sensaion is that can counter more formations and have less surprises. But thats my opinion.

As I did recently, I think you have to see what players fail and you have to try to go for others, take a look at the stats and try to see what positions to improve. Too do friendlies and try to see who's the man for fouls and corners, that helps a lot.