FIFA 22: How to Play Better Defense
- Stand Your Ground. First, being able to stand your ground in front of attackers, or Jockey, is one of the most important things when playing defense on FIFA 22.
- Read the Plays. As we all know, defending doesn’t start in the last quarter of the pitch. ...
- Don’t Be Afraid to Change/Adapt. ...
How to defend in FIFA 22?
Defending in FIFA 22 comes down to timing and anticipation. Relying on the AI to defend for you can result in disastrous scorelines. To defend in FIFA 22, you need to jockey your opponent. Do this by holding L2/LT. When jockeying, your defender will face up to the attacker and pressure them.
How do competitive settings work in FIFA 22?
In FIFA 22, teammates have a stamina bar, so they can’t contain forever, but having players with a high defensive workrate will allow you to put this high risk, high reward move to good use. Competitive Settings are always active in FUT Rivals and Champions, Online and Co-op Seasons and Pro Clubs.
How do you switch players in FIFA 22?
Flicking it in the direction of a player is a great way to switch active players without destroying someone's position. Chasing players is important while defending in FIFA 22. However, simply sprinting along them isn't enough — players need to maintain pressure in some form or the other.
What's new in FIFA 22?
Custom settings: Defensive width and depth is now on a slider between 1-100 in FIFA 22; opting for a deeper defensive line makes you safer against long ball attacks, but conversely makes it harder to attack. We suggest testing this across multiple games and tweaking to fit your playstyle.
Stand Your Ground
First, being able to stand your ground in front of attackers, or Jockey, is one of the most important things when playing defense on FIFA 22. You can stand your ground by holding L2/LB when in control of a player without the ball.
Read the Plays
As we all know, defending doesn’t start in the last quarter of the pitch. In FIFA, reading your opponent’s intentions as well as making sure you are able to cut their passes can help you take full control of the game in only a few minutes.
How to defend in FIFA 22
Defending in FIFA 22 comes down to timing and anticipation. Relying on the AI to defend for you can result in disastrous scorelines.
tips for better defending in FIFA 22
Here are our best tips for improving your defending in FIFA 22 and learning how to defend in FIFA 22 more generally:
Tactical vs legacy defending in FIFA 22
The modern tactical defending controls can be switched to pre-FIFA 12 standing/sliding tackle with O/B and square/X.
Five best ways to defend on FIFA 22
This may take a while to master but once you do, you’ll never go back. Everybody knows about the automatic player switching with the L1/LB button, but manual switching gives you so much more control. When defending flick the right stick in the direction of the player you want to control next and the game will give you that player.
How to practice defending on FIFA 22
Now you have all these tips you’ll want to put them into action. While playing games is the most obvious way there’s also a host of defending skill games accessible from the menu.
Players with best defending stats on FIFA 22
With these new defending tips, you probably want to know the players with the top defending stats in FIFA 22. Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk leads the way unsurprisingly but there’s also one centre midfielder that makes the top ten.
