Curious what you decided to use and how you fared.

Quote Originally Posted by Razz View Post
What do you need to stop/counter his attack?
How can you gain a numerical advantage at midfield (DMCs and MCs) so that possession swings in your favor?
Where is his weakness that you can exploit with your own attacks?
After taking all that into consideration, is your resulting formation legal?
Which tactics best fit your resulting formation and counter his tactics?
I'd used a 3-6-1 V (i.e. 3n-1-2-3w-1) defensive/counter middle with this reasoning:

3 central defenders plus the DMC should stop his attack from the stacked STs and AMCs
The DMC plus 2 MCs gives a 3:2 advantage (possession advantage) at midfield.
AMC plus single ST, attacking middle, to exploit the hole in the middle of his defense, 2 flankers to draw off his defenders even more to the outside, feed the ball to the middle, and make it a legal formation.

Defensive tactic because I'm assuming he's using hard attacking/middle based on his formation and typical mindset, plus I usually end up with more shots and more on target shots using defensive /counter.