You can't. "Studying" is just seeing his formation and squad and trying to predict, what tactics he's going to use against you. This is not much information, I agree, but it's fun anyway. That's why you have to observe ratings of the players and statistics screen during the game, and adjust your tactics.
There're a lot of so-called guides that suggest formations and exact orders for them, you've probably seen some. All of them are pretty much useless.