Match vs 4-1-4-1

I have championship play-offs vs a player 5pts ahead of me, his formation is a standard 4-1-4-1. its tomorrow btw.

Under table of counter forms, the counter is listed as 3W-4-3. I'm been wondering if I should play park the bus, or play offensively as 3W-4-3 vs this opponent.

IMO you need to be considering a six man MF but not flat, 3-2-1/2-2-2-1, 3-2-1 would tend to cancel each other out.
Flat four/five MF's tend to be won and lost on the flanks, he's using what is the V MF which we know is strong so hard to penetrate through the centre.
His use of DR/DL is supplying his MR/ML, cut the supply and block his MR/ML.
You need three DC's the rest is down to your squad strentgh and positions available.

I play 3W-4-3 against this 4-1-4-1, simply because there is only 1 striker to deal with and your playing a formation which in effect a defensive formation, I believe 3W-1-4-1-1 would also be another good counter against the 4-1-4-1.

Thanks for the tips, I think I'm going to give 3W-1-4-1-1 a shot and play offense.

lost 0-3 *sadface* T_T