My league campaign was 32-2-0 and we won the league by 37 points.
I have previously used it as a 5-2-3 but found that the extra striker wasn’t worth the loss of the DM.
I would recommend retraining players to fit into the system. Usually this would mean wingers and FBs into WBs and AMs into CMs or strikers.
I would also recommend that the WBs are on their natural side (i.e. WBL is left footed and WBR is right footed).
The WBs are going to get very tired in every game, I would recommend subbing and rotating very often.
With this formation the team averaged a chance every 35 minutes and conceded a chance every 164.
Discussion: FM20 Tactic: Schnapsidee 5-1-2-2 // Unbeaten 32-2-0
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is tactic work on the new update of fm 20.4.0 ??
Glad it got an overall good review from people commenting here.
This tactic was much better on the beta and 20.1 release, less so with 20.2 as @pixilla said. (hope this explains why @mattyshaw931)
@kofomo I put the pressing down to the middle, add pressing individually then move the team pressing back up.
It seems to do well against stronger teams and sometimes struggles with goals against weaker sides.
What i do when I need goals, move DMC to AMC and change one of the MEZ MC to Ball Winning MC. If that doesnt work, as a last resort, I move one of the Ball Playing CBs up to either a striker, DMC or MC. If the problem with not scoring is that the opposition has parked the bus with 5 defs and 2 dmcs, then i might move my DM to another striker instead.
Won Premier league with no losses 104 points , won Champions league, European Super cup , FA cup community shield and the world cup for clubs.
Lost only one game in the season ; after penatlys in the Caraboa Cup.
Playing with this tactic and It is amazing for now as an undordog I do great.
I tested many tactics till now abd this is the best for underdogs. Not sure about top teams.
BTW, mine was called 'The Downvote' because it's a down arrow and I was winning every game 1-0 with 70% possession.