What are the teams' qualities? Home and away?

------ST---ST------
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-ML-----MC-----MR-
----DMC----DMC----
-DL------DC-----DR-

To counter their formation, I would go with this formation and attack him down the wings. Do you have the personnel for it? Your wide midfielders would be quite free with only one MC in their zone to mark them. Up arrows on fullbacks and wingers to overwhelm their fullbacks.