4-3-1-2 (with a twist)

[joeleyf]

Hi,

Realise that there's been a separate thread started for counter formations, but I've not been able to find what I need there, and hence posting here.

I met this fella in the CL semi-finals, and I would say, on average his defence quality is better than my attackers, but his attackers quality is slightly less than my defense.

In any case, first leg was just played and he got me 3-1 down although I had slightly more possession (52-48) and slightly more shots on goal (20-15). I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to turn this around in my home leg and what formation I should play.

He is playing:

DL---DC---DC---DR
---MC---MC---MC----
--AML----------------
------ST-----ST------

Very weird and lop-sided formation, but it seems to have worked for him. First leg, I attacked him on the flanks but to no avail because his defense is absolutely solid.

His 3 goals all came from his MCs long shots, if that's info that can help.

Anyone has any ideas?

[July Fourth]

Your dead right about making a thread about this formation because its Asymmetical and the guides don't cover these type of formations because the usage of these is very low. My take on this formation is you will need right hand cover for his AML and also your going to need to win the midfield battles as well to try and stop them from scoring long range shots, A wierd 4-5-1 could be a choice here

-----ST-----
----AMC----
-MC-MC-MC-
-----------DMR
DL-DC---DC-DR

I think your best efforts on this formation is to try and play through the middle while your defence should be able to deal with the Attacking threat, their midfielders won win balls as easy either, I'd try and play attacking with long balls, your 3-1 down and at home so you should have greater possession in the 2nd leg.

Formation edited to include leftsided player to make it valid. Silly me.

[Potemy]

Your dead right about making a thread about this formation because its Asymmetical and the guides don't cover these type of formations because the usage of these is very low. My take on this formation is you will need right hand cover for his AML and also your going to need to win the midfield battles as well to try and stop them from scoring long range shots, A wierd 4-5-1 could be a choice here

-----ST-----
----AMC----
-MC-MC-MC-
-----------DMR
--DC-DC-DC-DR

I think your best efforts on this formation is to try and play through the middle while your defence should be able to deal with the Attacking threat, their midfielders won win balls as easy either, I'd try and play attacking with long balls, your 3-1 down and at home so you should have greater possession in the 2nd leg.

No left sided player there. I would still go with the butterfly or WM.

[July Fourth]

No left sided player there. I would still go with the butterfly or WM.

Whoops lol. Well Spotted, Eyes like a hawk, that formation would be no good at all.

[joeleyf]

No left sided player there. I would still go with the butterfly or WM.

Sorry but what does the butterfly or WM look like here?

[assilah]

I would put pressure all over the field and play attacking mixed. After 2 min you can already see what it does

[joeleyf]

I actually went with a 4-3-2-1 in the first leg, with normal mentality and counter-attacking down the flanks. Wondering if that was too offensive for an away leg?

It was 3 MCs, 1 AML and 1 AMR and 1 ST. I'm just wondering if I play 4-1-3W-2 and put the 2 widemen to blue arrows, whether that would help as well.

[July Fourth]

I actually went with a 4-3-2-1 in the first leg, with normal mentality and counter-attacking down the flanks. Wondering if that was too offensive for an away leg?

It was 3 MCs, 1 AML and 1 AMR and 1 ST. I'm just wondering if I play 4-1-3W-2 and put the 2 widemen to blue arrows, whether that would help as well.

Some guy I played recently played a strange 3-4-3 formation, it was 3DC but it was also 3MC with a ML.. but i still played my normal tactic and won anyways, Asymmetrical formations have to have some sort of imbalance some where and you need to find it, I wonder in your last game your opponent played with 3 red arrows on his midfield, making him dangerous attacking, counter-attacking and long balls look best for this, there is a "all out attack" option if you need it, since you say your defenders are stronger than his strikers, 3-5-2 or 3-4-1-2 could also be options with red arrows on the wings.

[Potemy]

-------ST----------|--------ST----------
AML----------AMR--|AML------------AMR
----MC----MC------|----MC-----MC-----
DML----------DMR--|----DMC---DMC----
----DC-DC-DC------|DL------DC------DR

Butterfly and the WM.

There's also a formation I use like the WM, but both AMs are tucked in to AMC.

[joeleyf]

-------ST----------|--------ST----------
AML----------AMR--|AML------------AMR
----MC----MC------|----MC-----MC-----
DML----------DMR--|----DMC---DMC----
----DC-DC-DC------|DL------DC------DR

Butterfly and the WM.

There's also a formation I use like the WM, but both AMs are tucked in to AMC.

Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately I have no DMR or DML, nor do I have a 2nd DMC