Category: Formations

3-4-2-1 Formation

EFL Championship Play-Off Semi-Finals 2024/2025: Sheffield United Vs Bristol City & Sunderland Vs Coventry City – Tactical Preview

As the regular 2024/2025 EFL Championship season finishes, all eyes now turn towards the highly anticipated Championship Play-Offs. The four teams competing…

May 9, 2025

3-5-2 Formation

Inter Milan Vs Barcelona [4-3] Champions League Semi-Final Second Leg 2024/2025 – Tactical Analysis

Usually, the games in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals don’t offer a lot of highlights or goals. This year, we got a…

May 8, 2025

4-3-3 Formation

Martí Cifuentes Tactics At Queens Park Rangers 2023/2024 – Assessing His Instant Impact – Tactical Analysis

QPR suffered a massive fall from grace in last season’s EFL Championship. Having started the season as promotion contenders, they eventually slumped…

May 7, 2025

4-3-3 Formation

How Luka Elsner Tactics At Le Havre Turned Them Into Ligue 2 Leaders – Tactical Analysis

Le Havre have not been in Ligue 1 since 2009, meaning that Les Ciel et Marine have not seen the top flight…

May 7, 2025

3-5-2 Formation

AS Roma Vs Fiorentina [1-0] – Serie A 2024/2025: Claudio Ranieri High Line Tactics & Wing Play – Tactical Analysis

AS Roma beat Fiorentina last Sunday in an entertaining match. This helped the Giallorossi move closer to fourth place, which would qualify…

May 6, 2025

3-1-4-2 Formation

Barcelona Vs Inter Milan [3-3] Champions League Semi-Final First Leg 2024/2025 – Tactical Analysis

The UEFA Champions League semi-finals are always a special time of year, as four teams fight for the chance to compete in the…

May 2, 2025

4-2-3-1 Formation

Ernesto Valverde Tactics At Athletic Bilbao 2024/2025: Spain’s Best Defence, Man United’s Test – Tactical Analysis

Now that the UEFA Champions League semi-final first-leg matches have finished, it’s time for the UEFA Europa League semi-finals to take centre…

May 1, 2025

4-3-3 Formation

Curtis Jones Scout Report At Liverpool 2020/2021 – Player Analysis

One of the most highly-rated young talents in England and the entire footballing world is Liverpool’s Curtis Jones. The 19-year-old has been…

May 1, 2025

3-4-3 Formation

Fabio Celestini Tactics At FC Basel 2024/2025: Reclaiming Swiss Supremacy – Tactical Analysis

The Swiss Super League will begin its final stretch of the season this weekend, as the league splits into two groups: the…

April 30, 2025

3-4-3 Formation

Gian Piero Gasperini Atalanta Tactics To Beat AC Milan 1-0 At San Siro 2024/2025 – Tactical Analysis

AC Milan hosted Atalanta last Sunday for a game that meant a lot to Atalanta, who won 1-0 and consolidated their third spot in…

April 29, 2025

3-5-2 Formation

Nathan Jones Tactics At Charlton Athletic 2024/2025: The Promotion Push Plan – Tactical Analysis

After four consecutive years of finishing outside of the EFL League One Playoffs, fans of former Premier League side Charlton Athletic most…

April 29, 2025

4-4-2 Formation

Arne Slot’s Liverpool Defence Tactics That Silenced Manchester City – Tactical Analysis

Liverpool have overcome another hurdle on their way towards the 2024/25 Premier League title, defeating Manchester City away from home by two…

April 27, 2025

4-2-4 Formation

Arne Slot’s Early Tactics At Liverpool: LFC’s New Direction Explained – Tactical Analysis

Arne Slot Coaching Philosophy As Liverpool FC embarks on a new chapter under Arne Slot, the club’s tactical setup has become a…

April 27, 2025

3-4-3 Formation

TFA Exclusive Interview: St. Pauli’s Daniel Sinani On How To Be A False Nine – Player Analysis

The term ‘false nine‘ has become really popular in football since Pep Guardiola put Lionel Messi in that role during their time…

April 27, 2025

4-2-3-1 Formation

Kim Min-jae Scout Report At Napoli 2022/2023: How The South Korean Can Replace Superstar Koulibaly In Naples – Player Analysis

After joining Turkish giants Fenerbahçe at the start of the 2021/22 season, Kim Min-jae took his first steps out of Asian football.…

April 24, 2025

4-2-3-1 Formation

Myles Lewis-Skelly At Arsenal Vs Lewis Hall At Newcastle United: Who Best Fits Thomas Tuchel Tactics For England? – Player Analysis

Since Ashley Cole’s international retirement, left-back has been a problem position for the England National Team. Luke Shaw has performed well when…

April 23, 2025

3-5-2 Formation

Inter Milan Vs Bayern Munich [2-2] – Champions League Quarter-Final Second Leg 2024/2025 – Tactical Analysis

The stage was set at San Siro this Wednesday night for two of the biggest names in European football to compete for…

April 21, 2025

4-3-3 Formation

Why Using Jadon Sancho In The Number ’10’ Position Could Revive His Career At Old Trafford Under Erik Ten Hag Tactics – Scout Report

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” — Albert Einstein Erik ten Hag is widely regarded as an elite coach.…

April 19, 2025

3-4-3 Formation

Gian Piero Gasperini Tactics At Atalanta 2020/2021 – Will They Find Themselves In The Title Race?

In the previous season of Serie A, Atalanta found themselves in the title race that was finally settled by Juventus. Many believed…

April 19, 2025

3-5-1-1 Formation

How To Play Through 4-4-2 Mid-Block Like FC Barcelona – Tactical Theory

The 4-4-2 appears to be the most common defensive shape for teams that form a mid-block, as it offers a more balanced…

April 18, 2025