4-4-2 Goals Galore with a Defensive Winger

Created to test out the Defensive Winger as part of a 4-4-2. This tactic saw 149 goals scored in a league season. It also won La Liga, Premier League, Ligue 1 and the Championship.

This is all about winning the ball back quickly and pushing up the pitch at pace. Using asymmetric wingers, a winger on attack on the left and a defensive winger on the right.

Video

The FM22 Tactic

Training

This is so key to your team understanding this tactic.

Weekly Match prep, including teamwork and match tactics are needed to help the players understand what's going on, as well as Match Review after each fixture.

Do this early and throughout the season and you will see the benefits.

For the individual players, train them for the position they are going to play and the tactic will benefit.

Set Pieces

They are included in the tactic. However, it was the old near post corners before they were changed with the most recent update.