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FM26: The Best 4231 Tactic - Over 4 Goals Per Game!
This video presents a 4-2-3-1 tactic for Football Manager 2026 (FM26) that is characterized by being aggressive and offensive, resulting in a high number of goals per game. The video creator, Josh Daly, details the tactic's configuration, including player roles, instructions, and team mentality, and shows test results with different teams, including Celtic, Monaco, and Nottingham Forest. It also includes a version for FM24.
1. 🚀 Introduction to the 4231 High-Pressure Tactic in FM26
- ✅ The video will explore a 4231 tactic with maximum pressure in FM26, inspired by previous successful tactics.
- ✅ The tactic will be tested with teams of different levels (Celtic, Monaco, Nottingham Forest) to evaluate its effectiveness.
- ✅ There will be free variants of the tactic available for FM26 and FM24.
00:00 - 00:45
1. 🚀 Introduction to the 4231 High-Pressure Tactic in FM26
- ✅ The video will explore a 4231 tactic with maximum pressure in FM26, inspired by previous successful tactics.
- ✅ The tactic will be tested with teams of different levels (Celtic, Monaco, Nottingham Forest) to evaluate its effectiveness.
- ✅ There will be free variants of the tactic available for FM26 and FM24.
00:46 - 02:46
2. 🏆 Tactic Results with Celtic: Total Domination and Almost 200 Goals
- ✅ Celtic wins the Scottish league with 36 wins in 38 games, scoring the most goals and maintaining the most possession.
- ✅ The team wins the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, showing absolute dominance in the matches.
- ✅ Celtic reaches the Champions League final, losing against Barcelona.
- ⚠️ The author acknowledges that the tactic may feel unrealistic, as the constant pressure from all players does not always translate the same way in real life.
02:47 - 04:32
3. 🇲🇨 Success with Monaco and Challenge with Nottingham Forest
- ✅ Monaco wins the French Cup with a resounding victory over Rennes.
- ✅ Monaco wins the French league, surpassing Paris Saint-Germain in points and goals.
- ✅ The team's statistics show an average of 3.6 goals per game and good possession.
- ✅ It is shown that the tactic can work even with smaller teams, such as Nottingham Forest, against stronger opponents such as Liverpool.
04:33 - 06:10
4. ⚽ Nottingham Forest vs. Liverpool: Demonstration of the Tactic in Action
- ✅ A match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool is shown to illustrate how the tactic works in practice.
- ✅ Nottingham Forest shows confidence and scores two goals in the first 30 minutes against Liverpool.
- ✅ The team switches to a defensive version of the tactic to secure the victory.
- ✅ Nottingham Forest wins the match 3-0 against Liverpool.
06:11 - 10:11
5. ⚙️ Detailed Breakdown of the 4231 Tactic: Player Roles and Instructions
- ✅ The tactic is based on a Gegenpressing play style with an attacking mentality.
- ✅ Each player, except the goalkeeper, has instructions to "get stuck in" and "tackle harder".
- ✅ The goalkeeper remains in the default configuration.
- ✅ The full-backs have instructions to run wide, make more runs, and take more risks in passes.
- ✅ The central defenders remain in the default configuration.
- ✅ One central midfielder is a "Deep Lying Playmaker" in the default configuration, while the other is a defensive midfielder with instructions to shoot less and shorter passes.
- ✅ The attacking midfielder (AM) has instructions to move into channels, take more risks, and tackle harder and more often.
- ✅ The inside forwards (IF) have instructions to take more risks.
- ✅ The center forward (CF) has instructions to shoot more often and move into channels.
| Rol | Instrucciones Clave |
|---|---|
| Portero | Predeterminado |
| Laterales | Correr ancho, más carreras, más riesgos |
| Defensas Centrales | Predeterminado |
| DLP | Predeterminado |
| Mediocampista Defensivo | Disparar menos, pases más cortos |
| Mediocampista Ofensivo | Moverse a los canales, más riesgos |
| Delanteros Interiores | Más riesgos |
| Delantero Centro | Disparar más a menudo, moverse a los canales |
10:12 - 10:54
6. 🤝 Team Instructions and Footium Sponsorship
- ✅ In possession: shorter passes, much higher tempo, counter-attack, narrower, keep the ball in play, be more expressive, play through the center backs, both flanks, low crosses.
- ✅ The video is sponsored by Footium, an online football management game.
10:55 - 12:30
7. 🎮 Friends League in Footium and Defensive Adjustments
- ✅ The creator invites viewers to join his friends league in Footium.
- ✅ Out of possession: much higher defensive line, press much more often, counter-press, get stuck in, short goalkeeper distribution, step up more.
12:31 - 14:52
8. ⚔️ Tactic Variants: Attacking and Defensive
- ✅ The attacking version is used in midfield.
- ✅ Attacking team instructions: encourage dribbling, pass into space, shorter passes, much higher tempo, be more expressive, both flanks.
- ✅ Changes in the roles of the attacking players: a box-to-box gets into making more runs, shooting less often and also shorter passes.
- ✅ The defensive version has a positive mentality.
- ✅ Defensive team instructions: much shorter passes, waste time, be more disciplined and discourage dribbling.
14:53 - 16:40
9. 🛡️ Additional Defensive Adjustments and Visual Errors
- ✅ Out of possession in the defensive version: regroup, standard line, high pressure still remains.
- ✅ Changes in the roles of the defensive players: double DM.
- ⚠️ The game shows visual errors in the player settings.
16:41 - 19:37
10. 🔄 Tactic for FM24: Adaptation and Adjustments
- ✅ An adapted tactic for FM24 is presented.
- ✅ The tactic is based on a custom Gegenpressing with a positive mentality.
- ✅ The goalkeeper is a sweeper keeper on attack with tackle harder.
- ✅ The central defenders have tackle harder.
- ✅ The full-backs are automatic full-backs with run wide, get further forward, stay wider, close down, tackle harder and tight marking.
- ✅ The MDs are also replicated.
- ✅ The shadow striker obviously on attack, cross more, roam, close down and tackle harder.
- ✅ The inside forwards are going to be on attack, on close down and tackle harder.
- ✅ The pressing forward is simply going to be set to default because that is the role that works best in a maximized pressure tactic.
- ✅ In possession, higher tempo, be more expressive, run at defence, slightly shorter passing, fairly wide, play out of defence, overlap left, overlap right while passing into space with mixed crosses and shoot on sight.
- ✅ In transition, counter-press, counter, distribute quickly and take short goal kicks.
- ✅ Out of possession, the highest defensive line, the high line of engagement press, get stuck in, prevent short goalkeeper distribution and also much more often.