You will love the fact he isnt playing with a ST because that is an illegal formation, so you get 80% possession.
The formation I recommend for this is 3-4-3, I beat a team playing the same formation with ST instead of AMC with 8 quality points better than me by using 3-4-3
----ST--ST--ST----
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ML--MC-----MC--MR
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----DC--DC--DC----
--------GK----------
Zonal Marking, Long Passing, Attacking Mentality, No Counter + No Offside Trap.