Best FIFA 23 Formation

best fifa 23 formation

Best FIFA 23 formation: Win more games in Ultimate team

To win more games you need the best fifa 23 formation. Our top 5 fifa 23 formations and tactics should help most players. Also on the page are pro player formation and tactics for the top players to use. You can have 5 formations set in your team tactics. Make sure to set them up for styles of play and attacking or defending.

The best formations give you the strongest balance to attack and defend to win games. If your favourite players are wingers but the formation doesn’t have any, you can change formation after kick off using the d-pad. Also to have full chemistry you might have to start with a different formation and then switch it in game. Player chemistry is unaffected after the match starts. However subs only have 5 chemistry.

Formations need tactics and the right players so keep an eye on this page and our site for more in depth guides. Explaining the best tactics to use and which players for all budgets.

The best FIFA 23 formation 4-4-2

4-4-2 formation fifa 23

4-4-2 is still the king of formations in FIFA 23 for us. Players fill the areas of the pitch giving good attacking and defensive options. Switching the ball and long high balls onto wingers is still very effective. Definitely need 2 strikers in FIFA 23.

Advantages: Extremely strong attacking and defending down the wings. With top full backs you can even drop a CM between defenders and let them overlap wingers.

Disadvantages: With no central player in the formation sometimes an opponent can create chances through the middle. Make sure to manually move the CMs more centrally when defending to help stop that gap.

4-2-2-2 strong formation FIFA 23

4-2-2-2 formation fifa 23

4-2-2-2 our 2nd choice works really well for good fifa players. Knowing where your players will be to play those 1-2 passes and counter. Breaking down attacks quickly to start your own. Hard to choose between the top 2 formations but we find wingers set a bit deeper than the CAMs a little better in FIFA 23.

Advantages: Extremely strong attacking and defending down the wings. With top full backs you can even drop a CM between defenders and let them overlap wingers.

Disadvantages: A bit stronger defensively than 4-4-2 but loses some of the attacking options.

4-3-2-1 attacking formation FIFA 23

4-3-2-1 formation fifa 23

The 3rd best fifa formation we have used is 4-3-2-1. Setting this up in the Liverpool style gave lots of good attacks and runs. The only formation with three central strikers close together. In 23 the two wider strikers found really good gaps at the sides of the defence. Hopefully EA don’t patch the game to nerf this. Really enjoying those attacking plays.

Advantages: A very attacking formation if set up correctly. Exploits gaps in defence to run through on goal.

Disadvantages: Can lack a bit of stability in defence as it relies on your central CM a lot when used in an attacking way.

4-1-2-1-2 (2) attacking formation FIFA 23

4th favourite FIFA 23 formation. Still one of the strongest formations if you have a powerful CDM and a creative CAM. However it slides down the list this year so far. Still strong defensively but attacking lacks wider players. If use 4-1-2-1-2 wide version lacks defensive strength. Create a tactic with the defence quite high to create short passing.

Advantages: Good for defensive strength. CAM can be the best player on pitch with through balls and forward runs in the space.

Disadvantages: Can lack wide attacking options for trivela shots and crosses.

4-2-3-1 defensive formation FIFA 23

fifa 23 4-2-3-1 formation

5th best in FIFA 23 is the 4-2-3-1 formation. One of the strongest defensively over the years with two CDM players covering the defence. If struggling to defend this is always a go to formation even ahead of 5 at the back. Strong defensive midfielders are always more useful in the game compared to centre backs.

Advantages: Has close midfielders for triangle passes with potential wingers to stretch the play. Extremely good for counter attacks, don’t even need to set players to run in behind. Very solid defensively.

Disadvantages: Sometimes difficult to create chances if you don’t have top wingers in the CAM positions. Unless you have top players as the CAMs with pace and high dribbling. Lacks 2 strikers for those 1-2 moves.


Best FIFA 23 custom tactics and formation

See which formations and tactics pro players use in FIFA 23. The tactics are very important to make the formations work how you want. In elite division and FUT Champions against top players it is good to know what the top players use. Try them and see if any improve your game.

Tekkz custom tactics FIFA 23

Tom Stokes custom tactics: Elite division tactics in FIFA 23

BorasLegend custom tactics fifa 23

Harry Hesketh custom tactics fifa 23



Best formation in fifa 23:

  1. 4-4-2 formation is very strong in defence and attack with lots of options.
  2. 4-2-2-2 a great formation, again strong in defence and attack.
  3. 4-3-2-1 one of our favourite attacking formations in fifa 23.
  4. 4-1-2-1-2 (2) Narrow version is very compact for quicker passing. Not much space to be broken down easily.
  5. 4-2-3-1 strong defensively use if losing too much.

As the patches are released for FIFA 23 we will review this and tweak our opinions as necessary. Hopefully the game won’t change too much. There were 30 patches in the last FIFA!