
4-2-3-1 (2)Īn interesting variation of one of my personal favourite formations from FIFA 12, the wide CAMs have been converted to LM and RM to create more width letting you make use of some pacey wingers. Just make sure your using CMs with a high atacking work rate to make sure they support the striker. Those who prefer a slow build up should still be OK though. This formation looks like it’ll be very tough to break down when in the right hands but again will rely on pacey wingers and a strong, lone front man. Very much like the 4-5-1 (2) but with a CDM central midfielder mopping up in front of the back four. On the downside it’ll leave you exposed down the wings so good full backs are a must and build up play with have to be much more central. This will give you a much tighter diamond and will let you control the middle of the park with fast closing down and tight passing. This new 4-1-2-1-2 formation uses tucked in CMs instead of the traditional wingers of the previous formation. Could this be a new pace abuse formation? 4-1-2-1-2 (2) You’re going to have to rely on fast, wide counter attacks using pacey wingers and attackers because you’re not going to have much help in the middle of the park going forward.

Whilst this will be a really tough formation to break down it might leave you wanting on the attack. The 4-4-2 (2) is a more defensive formation than the traditional 4-4-2 with 2 deep lying CDMs sitting just in front of your back four. The lone striker role might suit a strong hold up man like Falcao or Mario Gomez with plenty of aerial presence to get on the end of crosses from out wide. May be a bit thin up top with one striker. You should be able to dominate possession with the extra midfielder. Pack the midfield with 3 CMs and forge attacks down each flank with pacey wingers. The new formations also look like they’ll open up a great deal more chemistry options letting you link together more of your favourite players than ever before.

Not only that, formation card have been removed from your consumables pile which means you’ll be able to try out these new formations at will without having to worry about changing your players’ formation or buying and selling players. Tired of playing the same formations in FUT? Great news! There’ll be 9 new formations introduced to Ultimate Team in FIFA 14 enabling you to take your tactical game to the next level.
