In some games it works, in some others not.
But this is a general rule of T11.
It's what I call the Wheel of fortune effect.
The game mechanics in every game decide which factor will be major while some other are totally ignored.
You can play with wingers vs 3DC and destroy the (absent) opponent if the game mechanics decide that formation in this game are important.
In another game, my opponent lost with a red card his DR. I put all my team from the left side (an AML, a ML, a DL forward in his place, the MC and ST closer to left, I set attacking from the left) but with no result
It's correct to do the right thing, what looks that it can works better but doesn't mean that the game engine will follow that every time.
Anyway, you can try and see.