Thanks guys for the input, I ended up running him out of position at DMC, and I ran a 4-1-2-1-2 vs 4-4-2. I had 75% possession (incld +3% for away but watching game) but wasn't converting it into goals (only 1:0 up at half time), so swapped him out for an extra striker at 58', ended up winning 5:0.

The player only got a rating of 7, so not his best game, and I defintiely didn't get a possession penalty, so I don't think playing him out of position handicapped me at all.

Although it's difficult to tell, since I did dominate on possession, so my DMC probably didn't get much of a chance to even play in the position I'd put him in. Which would explain why goals started to flow freely once I put in an extra striker.

Generally all of my players were quite a bit better than theirs though (around 3 skill lvls), so anything from this game needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.