Does he have anything good on the bench? Hard tackling is a must, I'd play defensive counter attacking tactics with long passes. I played the same way against a manager two levels higher in the Cup this season, 3w-3n-3w-0-1 and took the tie to extra time, for arrows, all six midfielders on blue. I'd be very tempted to go down the flanks with AML and AMR, though, he's very exposed there. Maybe butterfly with blue arrows on DML, DMR and MCs, or WM with blue arrows on MCs and DMCs, red arrows on AML and AMR for both formations.

Make sure to put on the max win bonus, and if you have extra packs, recover their morale if it's pretty low green.