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In order to best appreciate the following article, I would firstly recommend reading my previous article https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/soccer-formations-and-tactics\/<\/a> for it will ensure you have a solid understanding of what soccer formations are most commonly used and the reasons why. This will then allow you to understand that the best soccer formation is not set in stone; it can, will and should change (if only marginally) according your opposition, what types of players you have and your managers style. Yet ultimately the best soccer formation is often quite simply the one that wins you the match!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Soccer formations \u2013 Teams and Players<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have read my previous article you will understand that the formations soccer teams employ are often the result of the players they have at their disposal. Liverpool and Paris St Germain for example are blessed with very gifted attacking players. In the former case Diego Jota, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah. In the latter case Angel Di Maria, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Lionel Messi. Resultantly they will play a very attacking style of football, 4-3-3 in Liverpool\u2019s case and 4-2-3-1 in PSG\u2019s case as the emphasis is that the best players are not best sat on the bench! Your best players are best utilized causing the opposition problems. Ultimately the ethos here is quite simple \u2013 \u2018we are going to score more than you\u2019 and we are letting you know we intend to \u2018blow you off the park\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different soccer sides however possess different soccer players and as such they must change their soccer formations to get the best out of the players they have. Bayern Munich and Chelsea for example are both very compact sides with few to no weaknesses in any area on the field. Their players all play at a very similar level to each other. For example Robert Lewandowski aside there is no \u2018out and out\u2019 superstar player but all are top top professionals who work hard for their team. Thereby the soccer formation they usually set up under are more solid formations 4-4-2, 4-5-1 systems which are designed to control the game, give away nothing and win the game by attrition with the constant pressure exerted eventually providing the win. Sometimes even by large margins so rigorously and intensely structured are the formations they employ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok, so you can see how the soccer players that you have at your disposal affects what is the best soccer formation for your team. Lesser league soccer sides for example with technically less gifted players will often just have to resort to a \u2018fighting formation\u2019 whereby they will \u2018scrap\u2019 for everything and often resort to \u2018route one\u2019 soccer. This basically means when they get the ball they will \u2018loft\u2019 a long ball down field into the opponent\u2019s penalty area and hope they can achieve victory from that style of play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some other factors however that majorly effect on a team\u2019s best soccer formation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Soccer formations \u2013 The Manager Impact<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each and every soccer manager has own style of play which he will insist is incorporated into the soccer formation he wishes played. To illustrate this let us take a look at three iconic managers: Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola. <\/p>\n\n\n\n