my ball possession suddenly dropped

[Narf]

Not necessarily, you can play 2 midfielders if you want to.

[casper™]

Not necessarily, you can play 2 midfielders if you want to.

Isn't what the guide says, but please anyone feel free to comment about this situation when we got a red card in the game.

Theoretical Legal Formation Requirements:

• Goalkeeper (Must be player's natural position i.e. a GK) **
• Some combination of at least 3 defenders (i.e. 3 players anywhere in the back row )
• At least 1, but no more than 2, players on EACH outside flank. {the D(L/R), DM(L/R), M(L/R), AM(L/R) slots}
• at least 3 midfielders (DM*, M*, AM*) at least one of which has to be in the middle row (MC, ML or MR) *This rule isn't totally confirmed
• At least 4 players on the opponents side of the pitch.
• at least 1 Striker

[Narf]

Isn't what the guide says, but please anyone feel free to comment about this situation when we got a red card in the game.

Sorry, I though you were talking about MC/MR/ML specifically. Yes, you do need 3 *M* players, but you'll have a tough job not having them on the pitch even with a red card - you have 5 defender spots and 3 for strikers, I haven't seen a sane formation that fills both.

[casper™]

Sorry, I though you were talking about MC/MR/ML specifically. Yes, you do need 3 *M* players, but you'll have a tough job not having them on the pitch even with a red card - you have 5 defender spots and 3 for strikers, I haven't seen a sane formation that fills both.

No sorries, please. Maybe I not clearly explained what I wanna mean. But it's cool to discuss this, because I'm prettyy sure when I'm playing with 10 I played with a illegal formation for not knowing these rules consequently my possession have decreased.

Thank You for the tips.

[shwanko07]

Isn't what the guide says, but please anyone feel free to comment about this situation when we got a red card in the game.

i seen teams playing with 1 mid and not suffered no possession penalty

illegals is
- no wingers or fullbacks at each side
- no 3 CB at back
- no striker
i think you can even play with no CM at all

[casper™]

i seen teams playing with 1 mid and not suffered no possession penalty

illegals is
- no wingers or fullbacks at each side
- no 3 CB at back
- no striker
i think you can even play with no CM at all

I'll try with a weak team someday... TY.

[herdo]

Isn't what the guide says, but please anyone feel free to comment about this situation when we got a red card in the game.

That guides questionable........

[totonno]

what? at least 4 players in oppoentìs side? i've never seen this neither i could imagine.

The ball possession dropped before i got the red card for my back defender... but it's reasonable to think that probably the system anticipated itself and the red card caused the drop in the ball possession few minutes before it happened.
I can confirm i immediately made a change to to have the third player as defender - just as i probably replaced an attacker and i was playing with 2 DML (so in my side) i had only 3 players in opponents side and that's the reason why the ball possession didn't go up again! very interesting.

thanks for all your feedback guys!

[dv8r]

Isn't what the guide says, but please anyone feel free to comment about this situation when we got a red card in the game.

You do NOT need ML/MC/MR in your squad for it to be illegal. You will lose some possession but it is not an illegal formation.

I have played against a formation without ML/MR/MC and no team got 20%, in fact it was quite evenly matched