I played with someone with the same formation in cup being it 10 quality over me. I countered using

DL DC DR
DMC DMC
MC MC
AML AMR
ST

It's a bit risky since you keep 2 dmcs for his 3 am's, but to counter that tactic i believe you need one more man at midfield (mc) than him able to open to your wings. One other option would be to play 2 amcs instead of the wings and try spear the center. I did pretty well untill i got a red card in both home and away matches, even given the difference (0-2 in the first, but 2nd goal taken dcd'ing with an illegal formation i couldn't log back to change, and 1-0 loss in the second match -after another red card-).

You can also play 4 behind with red arrows on laterals + 1 dmc only.

you can play 5 behind with 1 dmc too if you like defensive style. But that formation hurts if they control the ball.