This is, without doubt the most in-depth, advanced guide that you will find on the internet, or in stores for Tactics on FIFA 21. This guide was brand new last year and we have updated it for FIFA 21 as this was a popular guide and is something that a lot of you were requesting we do, through the site. As always, we have collaborated with friends of the site and even more top ranked players in the world from FUT Champions leaderboards from previous versions of FIFA to help you gain the best rewards possible.

Contents
Formations Guide
THIRTY ONE Full formation breakdowns (detailed diagram, explanation & player work rates and instructions for the Top 7 most voted formations, by you on Twitter)
Vintage team set-ups (which includes the likes of AC Milan in the 90’s, Barca 2007 team and many more.
Best formation set-ups for the worlds best teams (Seasons Gameplay)
Tactics Guide
Custom Tactics
Custom Tactics for different game modes
Dynamic Tactics for our set ups for balanced, ultra defensive, defensive, ultra attacking and attacking.
Players Guide
Position attributes guide
Position attributes

What you’ll get from the formations section of this guide is as follows:
oA comprehensive guide for 31 x FIFA 21 formations: best suited style of play, strengths and weaknesses, detailed diagram for each, work rates AND player instructions for the top SEVEN formations (as voted for by you);
oA complete guide for 10 of the world’s best ever football teams featuring information on their formation set-up and custom tactics to get you playing exactly as they did;
oChanging formation in-game;
oBest formation set-ups for the world’s best teams which has been updated for FIFA 21 (particularly useful for Seasons game mode but also applicable to other game modes such as FUT and Pro Clubs).

There are plenty of articles in the public domain in terms of formation guides out there but nothing as extensive and helpful as this will be for you. The first section of the guide outlines the strengths and weaknesses for 31 of the most popular formations on FIFA. Furthermore, it details the key players/positions for each formation, it is important you take this into account so you can make sure you have strong players in these areas. This will enable you to get the most out of a), the players and b), the formation.
Also, please take note on the type of style that each formation suits best. Having suggested these with each formation, this isn’t to say you won’t be able to play a certain way with your favourite but just outlines our personal opinion after having experimented with each formation extensively throughout the years.
With this guide you don’t just get these 4 great tips per formation you also get an exclusive visual diagram designed by us for each formation and a detailed shaded area of where each of the formations has strength as well as areas of weakness. The areas in red are the areas of danger for the formation and where the set-up has a weakness and the areas in white are areas where the formation is strongest and most powerful. You should take this into account when selecting your players for your team. This year we’ve even added the optimum work rates for each position FOR EVERY formation and the player instructions for each position (7 formations). Something that has taken the team a long time to research and experiment with. Make sure you match these up with the players you’re using in your teams.
A brand new section we added a couple of years ago which received great feedback, focuses on 10 of the world’s best ever teams from the last half a century. Here, we explain the greatness of the team and how they went about being such a dominant team. Not only this, however, you also get a hugely detailed formation diagram with correct team colours and player likeness.