Best FIFA 23 formation and tactics: Top tips from pro FIFA coach NealGuides

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With FIFA 23 now released into the wild, the game's meta is getting firmly established and having the right formation is becoming increasingly important.

Luckily, RadioTimes.com has teamed up with pro FIFA coach NealGuides who will be using his vast FIFA knowledge to help take your gameplay skills to the next level and avoid all the usual match mistakes.

You can find FIFA expert NealGuides on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, as well as the Gamers Academy program where he provides coaching for budding FIFA players.

You can also find his words of wisdom below in this very article, so read on for top tips on the best formation to use and the tactics that complement it!

«The best formation in FIFA 23 currently is the 5-1-2-2,» NealGuides tells us. «It's a new formation in this iteration of FIFA. But the reason why it's so powerful is, this year, with a 5-1-2-2, that one in front of the defenders is a CDM.

»There has never been a five-back formation with a CDM before. And the reason why this makes it effective is, not only are the wingbacks very effective when you're going forward, but now you have that CDM to cover when you're out of possession, or if the wingbacks are far up. And that's what's becoming more of the meta right now. And therefore, right now as it stands, it's probably the best formation in FIFA 23."

Formations and tactics go hand in hand, of course, and NealGuides sent over the tactics above to go with his favoured FIFA 23 formation — the aforementioned 5-1-2-2. Get those added to your gameplan and you won't regret it.

Tactics are a precise science, though, and you probably need to know the thinking behind them as well. With that in mind, NealGuides recommends checking out the video below that explains those