How to Improve Defense Quality in FIFA 19 Matchups

If you want to win matches in FIFA 19, you'll need to know how to defend. It's one of the trickiest areas to master in FIFA 19, requiring patience, good reflexes and a fundamental understanding of defensive tactics. Luckily, we've got you covered with our FIFA 19 How to Defend Guide, which will have you stopping attackers dead in their tracks every time.

How to jockey effectively

Jockeying is the key to successful defending in most situations when the attacker is running at you. Hold down L2/LT and your player will turn and face the attacker. Get close to them with the left stick and perform a standing tackle – most times, you'll win the ball back.

How to slide tackle without fouling

It's always risky to perform a sliding tackle because you'll almost certainly face a red card if you don't get the ball. The key to slide tackling is to ensure you get the ball – always slide head on or when you're very close to the player. A flailing slide from a distance is going to hack the attacker down by his ankles but a controlled slide with a solid defender can work very well.

Use Dynamic Tactics

Make sure you go into your game plans before each game and customise them to your liking. It allows much more control over how you attack and defend compared to the basic catch-all settings in previous iterations. Edit your Defensive and Ultras Defensive game plans to your strengths and you'll have an easier time defending a lead. Find magic store to Buy FIFA 19 Points Account? Why not try Pointssale.com? Why you still hesitate? Do you know time is money? Now in FIFA 19 Ultimate Team time is Points too!

If you're new to FIFA, it can be tempting to spam the standing tackle button. The problem is that once you've pressed it once, you're committed for the next second or two. Wait until the opportune moment and then go in for the lunge. Otherwise you'll be left for dust as the attacker sprints past you.

Using Your Midfielders

The best way of defending in FIFA 19 Ultimate Team is by using your midfielders. In my opinion, to use a formation with at least 2 CDMs or CAMs in the middle of the field. For example, the 4-2-3-1 formation is the best formation FIFA 19 you can use in the game. To have the best possible defender line regarding defending, you need to get used to the right stick switching technique.

If you want to select anyone on the field, when it comes to defending you need to use your midfielders to defend, and basically you can't select them without using the right stick because if you use the L on LP button, you can only select the player who is close to the ball. And in our case, it's not enough the mayoral you need to follow is don't touch your defenders. Let AI control your defenders, flick the right stick towards one of your midfielders in order to select him and drag him back afterwards to close the gaps in front of the defender line, thus you will apply pressure on the opponent and you'll get him to make a mistake.