The 4-2-3-1 tactic is one of the most efficient tactics in FM24 (in FM23 I meanly used 4-3-3). For FM24 I used two base tactics, one with an attack minded setup and one to “close the door” to see the result out in the last 5-10 minutes of the game when needed. No OI’s used.

NO transfers in/out, so used the budget (almost no funds available) to keep the selection together, lowest spending in the whole league on transfers. In the January 2024 transfer window, I lost a very good player (Joao Mario) to Manchester City, no option to keep him and replaced him with a young signing (Sebastian Boselli 20, River Plate), who is promising but not of the same calibre, so we played the second part of the season with a slightly weakened squad. Lost traction as a result as many players were unhappy with Joao Mario leaving and several players asked for improved contracts and no funds available, this led to a drop in morale which is so vital to performances.

Despite all of this I managed to win the Portuguese League (only 1 loss away to Benfica, 0-1), drew 5 matches against weaker opponents due to needed squad rotation and lower morale (unhappy players). Won the Portuguese Super cup, both domestic cups and the Champions League (3-0 win in final). Eliminated PSG in semi-finals aggregate 4-1, while RB Leipzig eliminated Man City aggregate 2-1.

The main tactic (Attacking) uses underlaps (very efficient when using IF/IW), high intensity tactic with “NO hard tackles” instructions in PI and no “get stuck in” team instruction. There may be a slight advantage to use these settings but given the increased yellow/red cards, injuries, suspensions I decided to “play nice” and only used that for the Defensive tactic where you want to frustrate the opponent and see out the game. The defensive tactic aims also to play with a MID block and slightly higher defensive line to limit space and slightly more direct (less shorter passing) than the attacking variant.

Second highest in possession in the league, but that was not the focus for the tactics, highest in shots on goals and fewest shots against. A very solid tactic, not to keep “clean sheets” but more to “outscore the opponent”.

 

 

PORTO FM24 ATT 4-2-3-1.fmf

PORTO FM24 DEF 4-2-3-1.fmf

Fantastic results with this tactic mate. I'm definitely going to give this a try with my Sampdoria save.

Feel free to add this to the tactics download section 👍

Safe to say it's working out well for me. 😀

I chose the attacking option for Sampdoria which has seen me win 7 out of 8 since my cup exit.

Been using this tactic for 3 months so far, and been superb! You can see Dionabde, have been utterly amazing with this tactic, Apart from loss to Barca. Will keep testing it til end of the season.

8 hours ago, Johno said:

Been using this tactic for 3 months so far, and been superb! You can see Dionabde, have been utterly amazing with this tactic, Apart from loss to Barca. Will keep testing it til end of the season.

Looking very good!!!

As I mentioned in the "pass the save" thread where I'm now managing Sampdoria in their 2nd season (after @Derek got them promoted from serie B). I tweaked this tactics and I think I'm getting even better results as the screenshots in the thread show. Sampdoria just promoted, no funds for transfer and lots of good players we had on loan away, so not a lot to go on but still doing very well in the league so far.

 

 

 

For those interested, this is the tweaked version of the tactic I'm currently using

 

PORTO FM24 ATT 4-2-3-1 FB-OVRLP.fmf

It's a fantastic tactic, really changed the course of the season for me.

I'll try this one in my next save. 

This has been my goto tactic since using it in pass the save. It's brought me the CAF Champions League and Hungry Lions to their first League title in my Pentagon save and currently unbeaten with Sydney FC. It's taken me to a top 4 finish with Sheffield Wednesday in another save. Won back to back titles with Rijeka in Croatia.

It's a very underrated tactic which you can tweak to fit your team as you see fit. Currently moved from a DLP to a Volante