Formation is key to winning any competitive match in EA Sports FC 24. Setting up the correct formation for your team and also setting up correct tactics and player instructions can have a significant impact on your players’ performance on the field and can bring out a lot of favorable results for you. Finding a suitable formation for your team is not very easy and requires a lot of experimenting. However, there are some meta formations in EA FC 24 that work with almost every kind of team in the game. In this guide, we will show you the best formation and custom tactics in EA FC 24.
EA FC 24 4-2-4 formation: Player instructions and custom tactics
This is one of the most used formations in Ultimate Team, coming from the previous editions of the game. However, our instructions and commands are more focused on creating width for your attacks while playing from a moderately defensive position. If you prefer otherwise, you can obviously tweak the tactics a bit according to your preference.
Player Instructions
- GK: Balanced, Balanced
- RB and LB: Stay back while attacking, Normal interceptions, Overlap, Stick to position.
- CB: Stay back while attacking, Normal interceptions, Stick to position.
- RM and LM: Come back on defence, Balanced width, Get in behind, Balanced crossing runs, Normal interceptions.
- CM: Stay back while attacking, Balanced crossing runs, Normal interceptions, Stick to position, Cover center.
- ST 1: Stay central, Get in behind, Normal interceptions, Basic defence support.
- ST 2: Drift wide, Mixed attack, Normal interceptions, Basic defence support.
Defence Tactics
- Defensive Style: Balanced
- Width: 40
- Depth: 70
Offence Tactics
- Build Up Play: Balanced
- Chance Creation: Direct Passing
- Width: 45
- Players in Box: 5
- Corners: 2
- Free Kicks: 2
EA FC 24 4-2-3-1 formation: Player instructions and custom tactics
The attacking midfielders are the key for this formation, as most of your plays will be entirely based on them. This formation is the most perfect one to take complete midfield control while suppressing your opponents with constant counter attacks.
Player Instructions
- GK: Balanced, Balanced.
- RB and LB: Stay back while attacking, Normal interceptions, Mixed attack, Stick to position.
- CB: Stay back while attacking, Normal interception, Stick to position.
- CAM: Stay forward, Balanced crossing runs, Free roam, Normal interceptions.
- Wide CAM: Basic defence support, Get into the box for crosses, Stick to position, Normal interceptions.
- CDM: Balanced defence, Stay back while attacking, Normal interceptions, Cover center, Stick to position.
- ST: Stay central, Get in behind, Normal interceptions, Come back on defence.
Defence Tactics
- Defensive Style: Balanced
- Width: 40
- Depth: 57
Offence Tactics
- Build Up Play: Balanced
- Chance Creation: Direct Passing
- Width: 62
- Players in Box: 6
- Corners: 3
- Free Kicks: 2
EA FC 24 5-2-2-1 formation: Player instructions and custom tactics
This was also one of the commonly used formations in FIFA 23; however, it has been changed slightly by EA Sports in EA FC 24. We do not prefer making much changes with this formation as the default tactics would pretty much do the work perfectly for you.
Player Instructions
- GK: Balanced, Balanced.
- RWB and LWB: Balanced attack, Normal interceptions, Mixed attack, Stick to position.
- CB: Stay back while attacking, Normal interceptions, Stick to position.
- RW and LW: Basic defence support, Balanced width, Balanced support, Balanced crossing runs, Normal interceptions.
- CM: Stay back while attacking, Balanced crossing runs, Normal interceptions, Stick to position, Cover center.
- ST: Stay central, Mixed attack, Normal interceptions, Basic defence support.
Defence Tactics
- Defensive Style: Balanced
- Width: 48
- Depth: 55
Offence Tactics
- Build Up Play: Balanced
- Chance Creation: Direct Passing
- Width: 40
- Players in Box: 6
- Corners: 3
- Free Kicks: 3
EA FC 24 4-4-2 formation: Player instructions and custom tactics
4-4-2 is one of the most simple formations in our list of the best formations in EA FC 24. We did not make any extra changes with the player instructions in this formation as well, except for some tweaks here and there. However, if you have a different playstyle, you can certainly make the tactics more favorable for you.
Player Instructions
- GK: Balanced, Balanced.
- RB and LB: Stay back while attacking, Normal interceptions, Overlap, Stick to position.
- CB: Stay back while attacking, Normal interception, Stick to position.
- Wide CAM: Come back on defence, Get into the box for crosses, Stick to position, Normal interceptions.
- CDM: Cut passing lanes, Stay back while attacking, Normal interceptions, Cover center, Stick to position.
- ST: Stay central, Get in behind, Normal interceptions, Come back on defence.
Defence Tactics
- Defensive Style: Balanced
- Width: 45
- Depth: 40
Offence Tactics
- Build Up Play: Balanced
- Chance Creation: Forward Runs
- Width: 50
- Players in Box: 3
- Corners: 1
- Free Kicks: 1
EA FC 24 4-1-2-1-2 (2) formation: Player instructions and custom tactics
This is probably one of the best formations to try in EA Sports FC 24 due to the scope of versatile plays this formation creates. This is a very packed formation with a firm focus on both your attacks and defences. You might change the instructions for any of the LBs or RBs to send them a few yards into the field to help your CMs place the attack flawlessly.
Player Instructions
- GK: Balanced, Balanced.
- RB and LB: Balanced attack, Normal interceptions, Overlap, Stick to position.
- CB: Stay back while attacking, Normal interception, Stick to position.
- CAM: Come back on defence, Balanced crossing runs, Stick to position, Normal interceptions.
- CM: Balanced attack, Balanced crossing runs, Normal interceptions, Stick to position, Cover center.
- CDM: Balanced defence, Stay back while attacking, Normal interceptions, Cover wing, Stick to position.
- ST: Stay central, Mixed attack, Normal interceptions, Basic defence support.
Defence Tactics
- Defensive Style: Balanced
- Width: 40
- Depth: 55
Offence Tactics
- Build Up Play: Balanced
- Chance Creation: Direct Passing
- Width: 45
- Players in Box: 4
- Corners: 3
- Free Kicks: 3
These are the best formations you can use for your team in EA FC 24. EA Sports FC 24 is available for purchase on Steam.
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