Wish I knew, that's a weird one. I would be tempted to just play my favorite formation. (maple leaf) but then maybe change during match if no joy...

I had an easy one against one of the two bots in my league:

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Good game for morale, only Akbari was not feeling it..
I generally do not start him (his job is to be a sub) so this was not unexpected.