Since the innovation of the flat 4 in the late 1980’s, most professional and international teams have adopted the system as part of their standard tactics. In its most common evolution, the flat 4 is ...

This article is part of a wider series in partnership with Football Manager 26, which looks at the strengths and weaknesses of famous historical and contemporary tactics. The story of football teams ...

Update: Another new patch has dropped, so we've updated our tactics codes for the best formations in FC 26 to suit the current meta. As the tactics meta has evolved since the start of FC 26, one thing ...

Update Dec 20th: We've updated 3 tactics codes in our list in response to the new narrow formations that are becoming popular in EA Sports FC 25. With these EA Sports FC 25 tactics codes, you can ...