
Football Manager 2021 Tactics
Find successful Football Manager 2021 tactics to download. Share your best FM 2021 tactics to help fellow managers struggling to create good FM21 tactics.
How to create a successful tactic on Football Manager
What makes a tactic successful? Which factors can we fine-tune until we get ourselves a tactic that works? What steps to take? Read this guide.
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What makes a tactic successful? Which factors can we fine-tune until we get ourselves a tactic that works? What steps to take? Read this guide.

4231 Bologna / FM21 Tiki Taka Tactic
1538 273In one of my FM21 saves, Bologna performed really well in Serie A, placing in Europa League zone, therefore I decided to try out that tactic.
Mancini's Euro 2021 Italy Tactics
16535 3339Tactics of Roberto Mancini's Italy, champion of Europe 2021.
Luuxva's Best Set-Pieces Routine Tactic
23339 7291My best routine tactics with more goal scoring and not concede many goals in Set-Pieces.
League Winning Low Tempo FM21 Tactic
14753 3188No Messi, No Problem. Barca won the league with a low tempo 4-2-3-1.
The 3412 Smith-Ball
10230A solid back 3 tactic for FM 2021 that utilises wingers as well as the number 10. With an extremely high tempo and attacking football.
FM21 Tactic for elite and sub top teams
16934 3484This FM 2021 tactic can be used for elite and sub-top teams. During away matches the mentality can be changed according to the game is going.
Anchor Man - Underdog FM21 Tactic
13624 2512This FM21 tactic is to get a three-man midfield with Anchorman to help to pass the balls upfront from BPD. Tested with Aston Villa, got good results.
Perfect 3-4-3 or 5-2-3 for FM21
18379 4197Perfect tactic with very good defensive and scoring nice goals, once your team adapts on this FM21 tactic you will be a winning side.
Claudio Ranieri 4-4-2 Sampdoria
8838 1611Fast and wide direct counter 4-4-2 system using both flanks to quick distribution with pressing forwards and central midfilders flow into final third.
Gian Piero Gasperini 3-4-3 Atalanta
19524 3686 3Chance creation from midfield. Multiple combinations. Using of wing-backs and positional exchanges.High pressure at all cost. Gasperini's style is unparalleled.

Maurizio Sarri 4-3-3 Lazio // FM21 Tactic
20505 3863 3The Sarriball nickname is the possession play of the team. Sarri wants Lazio to play through the opposition in the central areas.

Julian Nagelsmann 4-3-2-1 Bayern // FM21 Tactic
36171 10407Minimizing team’s width and overloading the penalty area remain two key features of Nagelsmann’s game plan at Bayern Munich. Replicating Nagelsmann tactics at Bayern in FM21.

4-2-4 Gegenpress Goal Machine Tactic
34802 9674 2After 4 seasons i won the Eredivisie and since the first title Fortuna Sittard became one of the best teams in Eredivisie.
I dominate the Dutch teams home/away.

Manchester Gegenpressing FM21 Tactic
17425 5322 1Tactic for the two Manchester Rivals. Won Champions League, FA Cup with United, and League with City. Positive mentality with GEGENPRESS.

Redefining the 4-4-2 Magnet & Steel
24106 5479A possession-based 4-4-2 tactic for FM 2021 that guarantees goals and beautiful football. 3rd place with Aston Villa.
3-4-2-1 FB 2021 Vitor
5611 470
Vitor Pereira 3-4-3 Fenerbahce // FM21 Best Tactic
14250 2110 1Very close to tactical understanding of Vitor Pereira at Fenerbahce. A tactic for FM 2021.

FM21 Tactic: MacAttack 2-3-3-2 v1.4
13357 2143 1Top rated FM21 tactic for goals scored and overall goal difference on Kippa9's FM tactic encyclopedia. 8th for overall points total. Free flowing attacking football.

FM21 Tactic: Panda Express
14936 24824-2-3-1 formation. Creates a lot of chances. Tested with Brazil national team.

Spalletti's Tactical Masterpiece 4-2-3-1
23311 5678Tactical masterpiece of the Tuscan technician recreated in detail on Football Manager 2021. A historic 4-3-2-1 with maneuver execution speed.

If I Was Manager Of JUVENTUS | 442 SPEED & DIRECT!!
13526 1968A 442 tactic for FM21 with two wingers and two pressing forwards. What I would do if I was manager of Juventus!

Attack, Attack, Attack 4-3-3 Narrow
15356 3204Perfect counter attacking football, strikers get loads of goals providing they have pace.

PSG Assistant Manager 4-1-2-3 DM Wide by DarkHorseFM
16922 3517 1A fast-paced dynamic, tactic I tested out with PSG's 2021/2022 Squad. The team lost the first game of the season and went unbeaten for the rest of the campaign.

Tactical Machines 5-4-1 Diamond
13221 2646 3A FM21 tactic that may seem defensive, but I am always among the best numbers and results in each league.

Beautiful Football with Deadliest Vertical Tika Tika 433
38859 11100Man United won Premiere League & FA Cup and Finalist for Champions League with tactic and while Manager ON HOLIDAY mode. Also Besiktas and Blackburn had success.

FM21 Tactic: Sarah | 3-5-2 WB | Tiki Taka
14076 2656 1Plug and play! A FM21 tactic that is suitable for both the top clubs and the underdogs. Quintuple with Liverpool, TOP6 for Fulham, double for Hertha Berlin.

Dominant 4132 unbeaten in 3 seasons | Plug and Play
20921 5008 1I have been using this Tactics 3 seasons now and I've won everything very good tactics for top teams.

My Best Tactic Ever - Won Champions League in every save
26922 7753 4I won CL with every team I played with. This 4-4-2 is my best tactic. Tested with mostly underdog teams.

442 Narrow Diamond by hant
7749 1045442 Narrow Diamond with cautious mentality. Compression and Possession tactic for FM21.