Playing style should complement formation

One mistake I used to do as a newbie Xpert Eleven manager was to set my playing style to offensive with an offensive formation, and to defensive with more defensive formations.

The correct playing style should be to complement playing style and formation by using a defensive style along with an offensive formation such as 4-3-3 or 4-2-4 and use an offensive style with defensive formations such as 5-4-1.

With defensive formations, your team team is likely to create fewer chances, so you should use a more offensive style to make up for that. Conversely, with more offensive formation such as 4-3-3 or 3-4-3, your team will create more chances, but also will be vulnerable in defense, so you must set a more defensive style.

One rule of thumb I usually follow is to use "cautious" playing style with 4-4-2, and set it to more offensive (or defensive) when I use formations that are more defensive (or offensive) in comparison to 4-4-2.

Do you choose playing style based on your formations? What rules do you follow when deciding what playing style to use?

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