Quote Originally Posted by sasha m View Post
if you do your reading here you'll find that list of counter-formations... and also veteran managers saying it's not fool-proof, not so important any more, even opinions that formation matters very little. do your own tests in friendly games with similar Q ratio.

I'm using your opponent's formation, a lot. but im low level and rarely have tough enough opponents to really learn anything. so far, no 4-5-1 worked against my teams. what did i had trouble with is 4-4-2 with wingers slightly forward, 4-4-2 ND and 4-1-4-1
I always struggle against an active team with aggressive formation... They have just one DC one MC but they win a lot.. Last season one guy with same formation like above photo won the league with 70+ points.. I lost both legs.. 41221 didnt work at all.. So I have tough time against these teams..

I will post my result today.. I face same team in league today and later on in Cup too.. We both are 110%..