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It should not be the same problem, because we are top of the league, but your thread could be usefull next season when we go up. In reality our team is probably top 6-8 of the league by skill level, but our dmc/cms/amc:s are top quality, so we shouldn't be dominated. I was thinking about a flat midfield like this, since they don't have central midfielders.

This is my standard formation. Im not sure who should I drop and why? Surely the striker could have a different role, if I had a substitute, but im not sure it would make a difference in between of the opposition formation.

The xG was almost same, because we had a sitter from a corner at injury time. They dominated, like what happened every time I played against similar formation. I only have 2 players in attacking role. I could drop the wingers down, but im not sure what it would do.

I just secured promotion with my Teneriffa side. I dominated most of the games using 4-2-3-1 formation, but using it against that narrow formation was a doom every time. I did win once stacking central midfield like they did, and it would probably work more often, but is there another way? Are there instruction you could make, without having to copy their strategy? It just looks impenectrable.