
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.

Spalletti's Tactical Masterpiece 4-2-3-1
31385 7169Tactical 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!!
17815 2472A 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
20743 4464Perfect counter attacking football, strikers get loads of goals providing they have pace.

PSG Assistant Manager 4-1-2-3 DM Wide by DarkHorseFM
20940 4133 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
17713 3274 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
52762 14450Man 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
19117 3294 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
28607 6316 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
35541 9469 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
10783 1338442 Narrow Diamond with cautious mentality. Compression and Possession tactic for FM21.
3-4-3 Killer // All five cups in one season
24922 4320 5You want to win? This is a tactic you will outplay all your opponents with and it's as deadly as what Tuchel is doing at Chelsea.

Scooti-Taka 3-4-1-2 | Top Scorers with Relegation Candidates
19753 3708This three at the back system saw teams predicted to fight for survival shoot up the table and produce a lot of goals.

GYRFM 532 Nice To Michu
38102 7350 3Treble with Inter Milan & Arsenal. La Liga win with Betis predicted to finish 9th. European qualification with Fulham and FC Lorient who were both predicted to finish bottom. League win for Dortmund.

Filthy Underdog 4-3-3 | Relegation to Europe
27243 3722 2An asymmetric 4-3-3, that looks like a 3-4-3, but plays with a solid defence and great passing and movement

4-4-2 Incredible Diamond Tactic
22650 3246This is the blood diamond tactic that plays through the centre direct football.

The Ultimate 4-2-3-1 Possession Tactic | The false front
44328 10348A very fluid tactic that aims to dominate the ball and scores the most goals through the intelligent movement of the front 4. Solid in defence 100 point tactic.

4-4-2 LOW BLOCK TACTIC PACE & POSESSION
18447 3306 1Three seasons in the making but finally managed to get a successful low block tactic working with some fantastic attacking play.

Adi Hütter 3-4-3 Eintracht
14101 1886Tactics puts a lot of emphasis on creating width in the initial phase of build up, as well as freedom and flexibility in the positions and movements of players.

Daniel Farke 4-2-3-1 Norwich
13923 1779With 1-4-2-3-1 formation Daniel Farke has brought Norwich into direct and breaking line play.

Jose Bordalás 4-4-2 Getafe
10802 11974-4-2 sticking rigidly to this shape and looking for a chance in quick counters. Looking for wide play during fast counterattacks.

Invincible Quadruple Winning Tactic
39959 6209 1A tactic for FM21 to get the best out of a technically gifted players. This narrow tactic went undefeated throughout the season winning the lot.

Recreating Nuno's Spurs 4-3-3 | Best Premier League Defence
18660 3237With Spurs sitting top of the league with three 1-0 wins, we recreate his 4-3-3 and produce the best defensive record in the Premier League.

If I Was Manager Of ARSENAL 3-5-2 TACTIC WITH A HIGH PRESS
20442 2372With Arsenal an absolute shambles at the moment it was time to bring EP2 of my Football Manager series

Asymmetric 3-4-3 with a Libero | Only 14 goals conceded
20549 2861Using a Libero and a Segundo Volante, this tactic won the Champions League with PSG and also helped a relegation candidate challenge for promotion.
Perfect High Tempo 4-4-2 Champions League Tactic
24734 9644 14Gegen / High Tempo Tactic. Champions League winning hasn't been easier before!
CF-AF-IF 4-3-1-2 Goal Scoring Tactic
19591 1644Great tactic , tested by running the game while going on vacation. So with some tweaks and care this can become a really good tactic.
4-1-3-1-1 Center Attack For Sub-Top Teams
13474 16684-1-3-1-1 tactic with high pressure and very high tempo. Perfect for sub-top teams. Tested with Southampton.

Roberto Mancini 4-3-3 Italy
24531 4183An advanced forward in the lead and two very mobile inside forwards on the wings with additional support from full-backs in the role of wing-backs

Roberto Martinez 3-4-2-1 Belgium
16069 22903-4-2-1 with two offensive midfielders operating in the offensive third and leaving wings for wing-backs