Honestly I have tried every formation outside of the meta ones and nothing works. Its like your forced to play a certain way or you lose. 4231 is the one im playing right now just to bump back up again I went to div 8 lol. Now im back In 6 again. I'll climb to mid 6 then go back to testing but holy hell its painful.
The other thing iv noticed is it rewards high pressure even if your players have press proven there passes go stupid. I dont go that ratty, but its got to the point players stop moving there players and just time the cb to tackle. They are literally not playing until they get the ball. Its wild ea need to fix this **bleep** asap.