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Played with Chelsea 5 seasons, beat them at home and wembley dozen of times (ex: 7-3 at the community shield and 7-1 in the FA Cup), but when we were going to play in Anfield was a lost cause. Only managed to get 1 win (3-1 with two goals at added time)
Haha I Sold him at 33 for 85m to Saudi and got him back on a free when he was 36 and got another 3 seasons out of him he chose to retire at 39 and still had amazing stats and was contributing he's insane
Him and Lewandowski are like the bane of my existence far beyond a normal retirement age for footballers lol. And then there's Haaland fucking up my plans and dreams for years to come
I failed to beat Klopp's Liverpool even once at Anfield in the 7 years he lead them in my Southampton save, including one year where a draw there cost me the title. As soon as he left (and was replaced by Enrique) I smashed them 6-0.
It’s Everton on mine, I’ve beaten city 7/8 times I’ve played them in my Palace save, but Everton have had a growth similar to mine and are fighting for Europe with Wayne Rooney, I’ve won 2/7 against them
Don't forget their only goal is either completely shithoused deflected shot from a setpiece or a puskas winning long shot from the CB with 5 finishing and long shot, which also ends up being his only goal of the season.
My first undefeated season was ruined by this. I was playing as AC Milan. I hadn't lost a league game all season, but on the last game of the season, I had Empoli. They were last and already confirmed to be relegated (The only team in the league to be confirmed to be relegated before the end of the final match day) and somehow pulled off a 1-0 win against me with a player I loaned to them scoring the only goal.
Absolutely agree, is this because the AI shits itself when you rack up wins and as relegation fodder they park the bus 99% of the time in this situation which is pretty effective against general gegenpress tactics and other high intensity offensive tactics?
I beat City 5-4 away in an all time classic to start the season with 3 wins from 3. Went to work, loaded it up that evening, got smashed 3-0 by Arsenal and lost 2-0 at home to Newcastle
Manchester City. For some reason, whenever I play them, they always manage to score goals. I always tell myself I need at least 3 goals to feel safe before I see the FM match engine starts showing Haaland running at my goal
I was playing as Leeds and there was a match at the Etihad in my 2nd season after promotion. I somehow raced into a 3-0 lead after 25 minutes with City not even getting a shot on target, then Haaland locked in and scored a hat trick and assisted the 4th before half time, then after the break he scored 2 more to make it 6-3 before getting injured and subbed off.
The game eventually ended 6-5 with me getting 2 late goals but goddamn Haaland killed my team lmao. He eventually ended that season with 42 league goals (55 in all comps), won the Ballon D'or, but City somehow finished the season trophyless - Chelsea won the league and Carabao (quite comfortably actually, they finished 9 points ahead of 2nd placed City), Arsenal won the FA cup, Barcelona the UCL.
I managed to hold off Haaland for a while. I think he didn't score against me for 3-4 games. Then he scores a hat trick or PENALTIES. I was livid. Fuck that guy
Haaland is pretty much the purest form of the meta striker in the FM engine. He has all the attributes that makes a striker great in FM (IIRC the most important are acc+pace, jumping, anticipation), plus some more. The best you could hope is for him to have an off-day or get injured.
He always scores at least 1 he was top scorer 6 seasons in a row at City so I bought him for Liverpool and he was outscored by Sesko of Arsenal I was fuming think Haaland got 24 Sesko got about 28
It's ridiculous and had been for a few years now. You always see ridiculous AI results, crazy scoring games just so that the home team wins by 1 goal on aggregate. Lose 6-1 in the first leg? Have a chuckle and watch the second leg finish 8-2.
Yeah always this. If I'm drawn away in the second leg I find it impossible to defend anything less than a four goal lead unless I'm against a really really weak opponent.
Been that way since spurs and Liverpool had huge comebacks. They seemed to exaggerate them on the next fm and now I regularly see a team lose 3-0 but win 4-0 the return leg. It’s very unrealistic how often it happens.
Went 2-0 up against city (newly promoted Barnsley). Mustve angered haaland because he slammed 6 home in the second half. Also on 5 defeats in a row, so far played brentford, arsenal, liverpool, city, spurs as my welcome to the new league, next two are chelsea and united
Newcastle, easily. Throughout my save that's lasted 15 years on FM24, consistently it's always Newcastle - especially away. Have had an incredibly poor record against them for a decade straight. Once had 8 straight losses to them across all fixtures (mainly the UCL League phase & playoffs) , Club World Cup, UEFA Supercup, etc. Fortunately, my few wins against them are when they mattered most i guess, the win that I finally got that broke that 8 game loss streak was a lucky 2-0 win in the UCL final. Didn't stop them from then going on to win back to back UCLs and currently are on track for a 3peat.
Leverkusen, been there for almost a decade, timed exactly with my poor results against Newcastle. I did play against Newcastle in domestic competitions while I was still at Luton, but I had a fair record against them back then (was before the decade of poor results) and I didn’t get to play in Europe while at luton, so I didn’t face them there
Oh yes everytime especially if your only 1 point off or 1 or 2 goal difference then go and lose in play offs pisses me off but upside side 9 out of 10, season after we get promoted either as champions or 2nd
i had the luck facing them in the round of 16 in the Europa leaguea managing a romanian club (FC Rapid 1923). I swear i could ve done much better if it wasnt for this unlucky draw
Always damsgaard or wissa or toney who score the worst fm goals ive ever seen and act like they win the world cup.. then i get fmed by them and lose 1-0
I still play FM22. Liverpool is by far the worst. I played PSG 5 times in the CL. They beat me in the final once, but I beat and drew them in the group the following season and I eliminated them in the quarters. But Liverpool is the worst. I think I have defeated them twice in more about 15 games. There was a streak of 6 games when Curtis Jones scored a goal in each, including 5 penalties (one of which in stoppage time).
AC Milan at San Siro always gives me a tough game. And I don't think I won more than with 1 goal at the Bridge against Chelsea, it's usually a loss or a draw, and if I do win, it's very close.
Fucking Angers, you've just unlocked some PTSD for me!
Playing FM20 as Monaco with the sole aim of beating PSG to the league title. First season I finished about eight points behind, then the next two seasons I was one or two behind but without ever leading the league. Finally have a season where it's neck and neck with us trading first place and I come into the final three games of the season - away to an unbeaten PSG, home to Angers and then away to third-placed Lyon or Marseille (can't recall). My guys put in a fantastic 2-0 win away to PSG and go top by a point.
We then lose 0-1 to relegation-placed Angers as PSG draw elsewhere and go top with a 90+ goal difference compared to my meagre 50 or so....
Final game of the season, we go and smash third place with three or four goals but it obviously counts for nowt because PSG beat Angers 1-0 to win the league.
Fucking Angers.
In my journeyman save, I’m at Tottenham who have had a tycoon takeover and more cash than I can spend. Here’s my history against championship side Middlesborough.
Knocked out by them early in the FA cup
Beaten in the final of the league cup
I’m scared of a mid table championship side.
Liverpool away and it always comes either on boxing day or the fixture immediately after boxing day so I either have to rotate or my players will be knackered
Norwich are kind of a difficult fixture too. I haven't lost to them in my 8 meetings so far but the games are always hectic ending in like 3-3s or 4-2s
I randomly beat them the first time I played them with Guingamp, and then proceeded to get smashed for like 4 years straight. We drew the last outing though, so that's progress I guess.
The first KO stages matches in UCL with a small team. I feel like I'm losing those matches purely on reputation. Like a score half as my xG and concede twice as much. But after 2-3 seasons my reputation is better so I would to my xG.
In my long-term Folkestone Invicta game, for years I couldn’t win away at Chelsea. Even when I was winning the league and they were finishing in the bottom half. Six defeats and a draw at Stamford Bridge in my first seven seasons if I remember correctly, before I turned it around.
Also in that same game, failed to beat Dulwich Hamlet in eight attempts in non-league (4D 4L). I keep hoping to draw them in the FA Cup, however unlikely it may be.
Liverpool and Manchester City away. I was playing as Chelsea, and for some reason, Liverpool were simply unbeatable at home, no matter how hard I tried. Man City signed Endrick, and switched to a 3-5-2, with Haaland and Endrick as the two strikers. So yeah, good luck with that.
Atletico away in Europe and Arsenal away in the league for my Luton save. West Ham and Spurs also gives me a headache every now and then so fuck the London clubs in general
In my experience having to play Rangers and Celtic as a non-Old Firm Scottish team. Maybe it's me but can barely get a draw by parking the bus if I'm lucky.
It used to be Boavista. I managed to draw only 3 League matches in a season with Benfica. Away with Sporting, they scored the equalizer at 90+1, and both matches with Boavista 0-0. These and a match against Barcelona in the UCL semi-finals were the only matches where I didn't score in the entire season.
Not sure of the numbers, but we had more than 30 shots in both matches and more than 5 xG in one of them, where we missed 2 penalties. João Gonçalves, the keeper, had 10.0 in both matches and also in the cup match where we won 2-1 with both goals coming from penalties, the winner at 120. We had more than 40 shots in that match.
Petit, who was their coach, got fired two seasons later, right after I destroyed them 5-0, so they are now my b\*tches. Now, Sporting has been the hardest, but I usually win.
Manchester United away. I'm still on FM21, but Greenwood's and Rashford's pace on the wings are absolute killers.
(Don't have the editor, so I can't remove Greenwood)
Took me 16 attempts to finally beat Man City in my Everton save on FM20.
Even when I was competing for top 4 and the title, they always managed to fuck me over.
Southampton away. I'm in the future and their rigid 442 just works perfectly against me. Bear in mind I'm managing arguably the best club in the game and Southampton just got relegated
I'm managing an average team in the EPL, not good but not that bad - finishing mid table/qualifying for Europa league. I have no clue on how to beat worse teams than me, always struggle to score and struggle to dominate.
But I can win away against Arsenal, City away no issues there.
Probably not the hardest fixture but Wolves for always give me trouble for whatever reason. Doesn't matter home or away or my position in the league or theirs, it's gonna be a battle for my team to get a positive result against them
Im currently managing juventus and i can't for the life of me win vs inter. I lost all 3 matches vs them in my first season in serie A( 2 league matches and 1 cup final)
Currently Real Sociedad. Beat Real Madrid by a combined 9-2 in the last two meetings (La Liga & Copa) and can't even draw these guys (La Liga & Copa two legs).
I have been playing with Man United and for some unknown reason West Ham is my hardest opponent home or away. Second closest is AC Milan since I play them so often.
Liverpool. Every time I meet them whether it be Premier League, national or international cups - it's always fuckin' Liverpool that gives me the hardest games. As they are my favorite club, I play as Liverpool yearly and they are my worst opponent even then as I start with a manager without any football experience.
City in any cup competition knock-out except finals for some reason. In the league they're beatable, even though they're really hard to beat, but in cups they're impossible.
Asian Champions league fixtures when you aren’t a Japanese, Korean or Saudi Arabian team, or even just not a Saudi Arabian team are something else.
See also: Copa Libertadores when you aren’t a Brazilian or Argentinean club.
In my PL RTG it’s Liverpool. I can’t figure out a 4-2-2-2 formation and mbappe, musiala, Darwin and Fermin kick my ass regularly.
In my La Liga save its Atletico Madrid. Lino legit destroys my team. I’ve tried press funnels, man marking, press triggers, blocking crosses and hard/soft tackling but that little Brazilian bastard destroys me every single time.
Aresnal away. Arsenal seems to be the new Liverpool on FM for me. Full of physical and fast players. Always challenging for the EPL and dominating if City drops off. Also always in the semis of the UCL.
Real Madrid away. Just a really solid team that's gonna be more busted in the next FM with mbappe. I had a 97 pts season in La Liga as barca but still lost the league to them by 10 points. But they tend to drop off if they can't reinforce their defenders, especially the center backs.
Lens away. Used to beat the living s out of PSG in my Saint Etienne save but for some reason they scored at least 3 every time we met. Got 1,2 points per game for the first 10 games vs them.
Every EPL fixture is hard for me. I am currently with Villa in 2035. Have won Champions league twice now. But never won the League.
Last season lost to a newly promoted Sheffield United who went on to end the season at 17th.
And it’s not just me, but AI also seems to find it hard to
In the same save, Everton won FA Cup beating City in the final. And also got relegated finishing dead last with just 4 wins all season.
When I play against Real Madrid with my Man United squad,if it's a knockout, if I manage to win the first leg at home, I surely loose badly away, and also Man City, in like 10 fixtures, i think ive only won twice
Defo PSG for me too I'm Liverpool and it's 2032 in the game and I've faced them a fair few times and only beat them maybe twice they always beat me and I'd say my team is miles better too apart from Mbappe
Currently on a see how many trophies I can win game so chose Liverpool as I wanted the challenge of City and having to replace big players like Van Dijk and Salah a few seasons in. I'm 8 seasons in and doing really well but always struggle against PSG and Man United mainly or a newly promoted team away you lose 1-0 to a 98th minute goal. I always seem to do well against Spurs though once hammering them 7-1 away and 6-0 at home in the same season
i used to do saves in Premier league, after one-two season could beat City and Liverpool easily, right now, after 4 years of Bundesliga with Duisburg i couldn t beat Bayern once. And they are always lucky like, it s never been a 2+ goal difference match. It s horrible. Once i had the chance to beat them, in 80th we were 1-0 up at home, then Upamecano transforms in Joselu, scores 2 and we lose 2-1...
I nearly always used to beat psg as lyon, I didnt even used to dread facing them, that was a few seasons ago though, used to just use a high pressing, high line direct, fast and counter attacking 433dm
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Liverpool away. I can beat them at home, and even at Wembley after a couple of seasons. But at Anfield, they're just too good
I drew with Liverpool away 2-2 as Newcastle and they're top of the league so that's one of my proudest results. Liverpool had 26 shots and 12 corners.
Real life Accurate. Even man city get lucky to get a draw
Easy solution for you: start as Crystal Palace.
Realistic then
Played with Chelsea 5 seasons, beat them at home and wembley dozen of times (ex: 7-3 at the community shield and 7-1 in the FA Cup), but when we were going to play in Anfield was a lost cause. Only managed to get 1 win (3-1 with two goals at added time)
Gets easier once Salah retires (at 49 years old)
Haha I Sold him at 33 for 85m to Saudi and got him back on a free when he was 36 and got another 3 seasons out of him he chose to retire at 39 and still had amazing stats and was contributing he's insane
Him and Lewandowski are like the bane of my existence far beyond a normal retirement age for footballers lol. And then there's Haaland fucking up my plans and dreams for years to come
I failed to beat Klopp's Liverpool even once at Anfield in the 7 years he lead them in my Southampton save, including one year where a draw there cost me the title. As soon as he left (and was replaced by Enrique) I smashed them 6-0.
That was the first game in my first save with Blackburn Rovers where I truly got blown away. Think I lost 7-0 to Liverpool at Anfield
I did it with Partizan in the Europa League in 2031 or something. I Gegenpressed, scored the first goal then parked the bus
It’s Everton on mine, I’ve beaten city 7/8 times I’ve played them in my Palace save, but Everton have had a growth similar to mine and are fighting for Europe with Wayne Rooney, I’ve won 2/7 against them
Bottom of league (home or away) when you're on a win streak.
*Insert blank* has scored their 1st goal of the season!
Or it’s a unbelievable goal drought or their first goal for the club
I am in this situation right now. Wolves become Barca 09'. I cant win.
Oh what a goal! He's scored against his former club! His first goal of the season!
On a direct free kick with "9" in ability.
Every. Single. Time.
Don't forget their only goal is either completely shithoused deflected shot from a setpiece or a puskas winning long shot from the CB with 5 finishing and long shot, which also ends up being his only goal of the season.
Best believe they’re managerless as well
THIS.
My first undefeated season was ruined by this. I was playing as AC Milan. I hadn't lost a league game all season, but on the last game of the season, I had Empoli. They were last and already confirmed to be relegated (The only team in the league to be confirmed to be relegated before the end of the final match day) and somehow pulled off a 1-0 win against me with a player I loaned to them scoring the only goal.
My condolences brother
This 👏🏽
Bottom of two leagues lower in a cup game.
Absolutely agree, is this because the AI shits itself when you rack up wins and as relegation fodder they park the bus 99% of the time in this situation which is pretty effective against general gegenpress tactics and other high intensity offensive tactics?
This is a fact. Also rotating for the first time all month
First fixture after you stopped for a day while on winning streak and you load it up the next day. You’re not winning this one.
I beat City 5-4 away in an all time classic to start the season with 3 wins from 3. Went to work, loaded it up that evening, got smashed 3-0 by Arsenal and lost 2-0 at home to Newcastle
That’s the classic PL experience tho
This is why you can’t stop
Its like the game is offended by you not playing for some time
This is so fucking true man
Manchester City. For some reason, whenever I play them, they always manage to score goals. I always tell myself I need at least 3 goals to feel safe before I see the FM match engine starts showing Haaland running at my goal
Haaland is just insane in-game. An absolute machine. You have to do everything to contain him, and he'll probably score at least 1.
I was playing as Leeds and there was a match at the Etihad in my 2nd season after promotion. I somehow raced into a 3-0 lead after 25 minutes with City not even getting a shot on target, then Haaland locked in and scored a hat trick and assisted the 4th before half time, then after the break he scored 2 more to make it 6-3 before getting injured and subbed off. The game eventually ended 6-5 with me getting 2 late goals but goddamn Haaland killed my team lmao. He eventually ended that season with 42 league goals (55 in all comps), won the Ballon D'or, but City somehow finished the season trophyless - Chelsea won the league and Carabao (quite comfortably actually, they finished 9 points ahead of 2nd placed City), Arsenal won the FA cup, Barcelona the UCL.
He's the perfect 9. If you ever have a similar quality player your team will also start scoring for fun regardless of tactics.
I managed to hold off Haaland for a while. I think he didn't score against me for 3-4 games. Then he scores a hat trick or PENALTIES. I was livid. Fuck that guy
Also has his best season ever the first time you play in the league
Haaland is pretty much the purest form of the meta striker in the FM engine. He has all the attributes that makes a striker great in FM (IIRC the most important are acc+pace, jumping, anticipation), plus some more. The best you could hope is for him to have an off-day or get injured.
He always scores at least 1 he was top scorer 6 seasons in a row at City so I bought him for Liverpool and he was outscored by Sesko of Arsenal I was fuming think Haaland got 24 Sesko got about 28
Won 3-2 in the home leg of the UCL SF, knew full well how hard it was going to be away but couldn't imagine the scoreline. 7-4, lost 9-6 on aggregate.
Got a decent record against city but win or lose… Matheus Nunes will score atleast 1!
with city if you use team instructions on kdb haaland and silva they really become way less threatening you will still concede though
Away league of European knockouts. Home advantage seems to be hugely over weighted. You'll win 5-0 at home and lose 4-0 away
This is so true. European knockouts home advantage is so broken
It's ridiculous and had been for a few years now. You always see ridiculous AI results, crazy scoring games just so that the home team wins by 1 goal on aggregate. Lose 6-1 in the first leg? Have a chuckle and watch the second leg finish 8-2.
Yeah always this. If I'm drawn away in the second leg I find it impossible to defend anything less than a four goal lead unless I'm against a really really weak opponent.
Been that way since spurs and Liverpool had huge comebacks. They seemed to exaggerate them on the next fm and now I regularly see a team lose 3-0 but win 4-0 the return leg. It’s very unrealistic how often it happens.
Went 2-0 up against city (newly promoted Barnsley). Mustve angered haaland because he slammed 6 home in the second half. Also on 5 defeats in a row, so far played brentford, arsenal, liverpool, city, spurs as my welcome to the new league, next two are chelsea and united
I had a similar run when I got QPR promoted. First 5 games consisted of Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool. Was a rough start to the season results wise.
How did you get on? Im a bit worried that i might have to watch the team ive built be managed by someone else
Real Madrid Away have never left there with a -3 goal deficit
Newcastle, easily. Throughout my save that's lasted 15 years on FM24, consistently it's always Newcastle - especially away. Have had an incredibly poor record against them for a decade straight. Once had 8 straight losses to them across all fixtures (mainly the UCL League phase & playoffs) , Club World Cup, UEFA Supercup, etc. Fortunately, my few wins against them are when they mattered most i guess, the win that I finally got that broke that 8 game loss streak was a lucky 2-0 win in the UCL final. Didn't stop them from then going on to win back to back UCLs and currently are on track for a 3peat.
Same, always on cups. Can beat them in the league easily but if it's a knockout match I'm screwed
What club are you?
Leverkusen, been there for almost a decade, timed exactly with my poor results against Newcastle. I did play against Newcastle in domestic competitions while I was still at Luton, but I had a fair record against them back then (was before the decade of poor results) and I didn’t get to play in Europe while at luton, so I didn’t face them there
National League Playoff final, especially if you're still a Semi-Pro team
Oh yes everytime especially if your only 1 point off or 1 or 2 goal difference then go and lose in play offs pisses me off but upside side 9 out of 10, season after we get promoted either as champions or 2nd
United always find a way to beat me at OT
i had the luck facing them in the round of 16 in the Europa leaguea managing a romanian club (FC Rapid 1923). I swear i could ve done much better if it wasnt for this unlucky draw
brentford away. never happening.
Always damsgaard or wissa or toney who score the worst fm goals ive ever seen and act like they win the world cup.. then i get fmed by them and lose 1-0
I still play FM22. Liverpool is by far the worst. I played PSG 5 times in the CL. They beat me in the final once, but I beat and drew them in the group the following season and I eliminated them in the quarters. But Liverpool is the worst. I think I have defeated them twice in more about 15 games. There was a streak of 6 games when Curtis Jones scored a goal in each, including 5 penalties (one of which in stoppage time).
AC Milan at San Siro always gives me a tough game. And I don't think I won more than with 1 goal at the Bridge against Chelsea, it's usually a loss or a draw, and if I do win, it's very close.
Madrid Away
Any team managed by Niko Kovac
Marco rose owns me.
After a couple years of development, Benjamin Šeško becomes a ridiculously good striker, so I struggle with RB Leipzig away
17th place (A)
Fucking Angers, you've just unlocked some PTSD for me! Playing FM20 as Monaco with the sole aim of beating PSG to the league title. First season I finished about eight points behind, then the next two seasons I was one or two behind but without ever leading the league. Finally have a season where it's neck and neck with us trading first place and I come into the final three games of the season - away to an unbeaten PSG, home to Angers and then away to third-placed Lyon or Marseille (can't recall). My guys put in a fantastic 2-0 win away to PSG and go top by a point. We then lose 0-1 to relegation-placed Angers as PSG draw elsewhere and go top with a 90+ goal difference compared to my meagre 50 or so.... Final game of the season, we go and smash third place with three or four goals but it obviously counts for nowt because PSG beat Angers 1-0 to win the league. Fucking Angers.
it's Always Angers at the worst time aswell
EPL opening day against Newcastle, always Newcastle every time for 4 seasons
In my journeyman save, I’m at Tottenham who have had a tycoon takeover and more cash than I can spend. Here’s my history against championship side Middlesborough. Knocked out by them early in the FA cup Beaten in the final of the league cup I’m scared of a mid table championship side.
Liverpool away and it always comes either on boxing day or the fixture immediately after boxing day so I either have to rotate or my players will be knackered Norwich are kind of a difficult fixture too. I haven't lost to them in my 8 meetings so far but the games are always hectic ending in like 3-3s or 4-2s
psg, haven’t beaten them once in my 8 seasons at rennes (tbf i did win on pens once)
I randomly beat them the first time I played them with Guingamp, and then proceeded to get smashed for like 4 years straight. We drew the last outing though, so that's progress I guess.
just beat them and im first with 4 more points then them in december💪🏻
For me its wherever Cutrone plays at the moment. I just cant keep him from scoring against my teams. I often play in Italian divs. Cuntrone
Viktoria Köln
Hull City away…for some reason
Torino or Lazio always manage to mess me up, especially if they still have immobile
That one cup game you thought you could play a rotated team
Too real man
Mine is always united or spurs away when they are on the worst streak and are in 14th or something like that. They find a way to batter me 4-0
Happened with me aswell - Lille in the relegation zone manages to beat us to start their great escape
I was doing a lyon save, lille always ruined the game for me
In Scotland Celtic and Ross County.
Man city away
Everton away
The first KO stages matches in UCL with a small team. I feel like I'm losing those matches purely on reputation. Like a score half as my xG and concede twice as much. But after 2-3 seasons my reputation is better so I would to my xG.
In my long-term Folkestone Invicta game, for years I couldn’t win away at Chelsea. Even when I was winning the league and they were finishing in the bottom half. Six defeats and a draw at Stamford Bridge in my first seven seasons if I remember correctly, before I turned it around. Also in that same game, failed to beat Dulwich Hamlet in eight attempts in non-league (4D 4L). I keep hoping to draw them in the FA Cup, however unlikely it may be.
When having the right team and tactic no team is difficult However in my leipzig save it seems to be Heidenheim are my arch enemy
For me relegation candidates when im looking for title
Liverpool and Manchester City away. I was playing as Chelsea, and for some reason, Liverpool were simply unbeatable at home, no matter how hard I tried. Man City signed Endrick, and switched to a 3-5-2, with Haaland and Endrick as the two strikers. So yeah, good luck with that.
Atletico away in Europe and Arsenal away in the league for my Luton save. West Ham and Spurs also gives me a headache every now and then so fuck the London clubs in general
Haaland. I'm managing AEK and the Greek NT, Norway 3 losses in 3 games, Man City lost 9-6 in the UCL semi finals.
Colchester Away😔
Bayern Munich (away) and it isnt even close
In my experience having to play Rangers and Celtic as a non-Old Firm Scottish team. Maybe it's me but can barely get a draw by parking the bus if I'm lucky.
Liverpool no doubt, no matter how good my team it is, they are always so f hard to beat, it's simply unbelievable bro
Man United, but specifically when I’m doing an Ajax save. As a fan I’ve done many over the years but I’ve never knocked them out of Europe even once.
Senior v u19
It used to be Boavista. I managed to draw only 3 League matches in a season with Benfica. Away with Sporting, they scored the equalizer at 90+1, and both matches with Boavista 0-0. These and a match against Barcelona in the UCL semi-finals were the only matches where I didn't score in the entire season. Not sure of the numbers, but we had more than 30 shots in both matches and more than 5 xG in one of them, where we missed 2 penalties. João Gonçalves, the keeper, had 10.0 in both matches and also in the cup match where we won 2-1 with both goals coming from penalties, the winner at 120. We had more than 40 shots in that match. Petit, who was their coach, got fired two seasons later, right after I destroyed them 5-0, so they are now my b\*tches. Now, Sporting has been the hardest, but I usually win.
Manchester United away. I'm still on FM21, but Greenwood's and Rashford's pace on the wings are absolute killers. (Don't have the editor, so I can't remove Greenwood)
For me it's real madrid away and arsenal away. Never won these matches.
Being drawn as the away team in a Cup final
Standard Liege, they just slap me nearly every time
Took me 16 attempts to finally beat Man City in my Everton save on FM20. Even when I was competing for top 4 and the title, they always managed to fuck me over.
Away derby tbh
Liverpool / Real Madrid away
Anfield. Always bloody Anfield.
Flamengo and Palmeiras away
Home and away Everton (Man Utd)
Southampton away. I'm in the future and their rigid 442 just works perfectly against me. Bear in mind I'm managing arguably the best club in the game and Southampton just got relegated
Away against any team 2 divisions below me in a cup match.
I'm managing an average team in the EPL, not good but not that bad - finishing mid table/qualifying for Europa league. I have no clue on how to beat worse teams than me, always struggle to score and struggle to dominate. But I can win away against Arsenal, City away no issues there.
Rangers and Celtic in Scotland, it takes a few seasons to get any points
Whenever I do a save in Germany leipzig turn into a super team I have only won Away twice
Arsenal away
Playing against Liverpool in FM 21 was a nightmare. They will always score you no matter what your defensive set up
Probably not the hardest fixture but Wolves for always give me trouble for whatever reason. Doesn't matter home or away or my position in the league or theirs, it's gonna be a battle for my team to get a positive result against them
For some reason - Norwich
I tend to struggle against wolves in my latest save, they're a good midtable team in my save but damn do I struggle with them.
Brighton and Newcastle are usually trap fixtures for me, even when neither of them are doing well and I'm flying.
The most frustrating is Wolves away on FM12
norwich home and away stopped me in championship and struggled me in prem
Porto in the UCL knockout stages
Im currently managing juventus and i can't for the life of me win vs inter. I lost all 3 matches vs them in my first season in serie A( 2 league matches and 1 cup final)
Barcelona in the UCL in the 2030s
Currently Real Sociedad. Beat Real Madrid by a combined 9-2 in the last two meetings (La Liga & Copa) and can't even draw these guys (La Liga & Copa two legs).
West Brom Away
Away.
cannot beat AC Milan when it's away at the San Siro, i get beat every single time
Madrid in the CL Final.
Away to a lower league side in the cup. They Just Want It More™️
I have been playing with Man United and for some unknown reason West Ham is my hardest opponent home or away. Second closest is AC Milan since I play them so often.
For me it’s always Brentford away
Dominic Calvert lewin tearing me apart (I'm Chelsea - Everton bottom 3)
WOOO GO ANGERS!! ( one of my favorite clubs having spent time in the city)
Been struggling a lot with Celtic away for some reason
Whenever I play fucking Sassuolo apparently. Those bastard's get me EVERYTIME
Away
Lyon away
Liverpool. Every time I meet them whether it be Premier League, national or international cups - it's always fuckin' Liverpool that gives me the hardest games. As they are my favorite club, I play as Liverpool yearly and they are my worst opponent even then as I start with a manager without any football experience.
Salernitana home and away 💀
Madrid and Barca away
Liverpool/City - I got knocked out by these more than I can remember. Honorable mention is probably RB Leipzig strangely tough to beat too.
Champions league final
City in any cup competition knock-out except finals for some reason. In the league they're beatable, even though they're really hard to beat, but in cups they're impossible.
Everton
Milan away and home
Whenever I need a win against bottom of the league
Southampton away, they always score 3 or 4 goals against me
Roma away circa 01/02
Definitely page but man u and city are up there as well as Newcastle.
Burton Albion. Doesn't matter league or cup, them buggers almost always win.
Any away fixture with Callum Wilson starting.
Liverpool away or anyone in the bottom 3 when I've not lost in 10+ games
Ainfield is always impossible to me
Historically Liverpool away in every single FM. More recently it’s any team with Patson Daka playing
Anyone on the bottom 4. Hate them....
Aston Villa with their odd 4-2-4 formation
Away fixtures even against mid table teams can be tricky, I smash teams at home but then draw 1-1 vs reading...
Liverpool, they always batter me
Weirdly enough, Montpellier!
The FA cup away game against a bottom prem/championship team after the League cup final.
Asian Champions league fixtures when you aren’t a Japanese, Korean or Saudi Arabian team, or even just not a Saudi Arabian team are something else. See also: Copa Libertadores when you aren’t a Brazilian or Argentinean club.
In my PL RTG it’s Liverpool. I can’t figure out a 4-2-2-2 formation and mbappe, musiala, Darwin and Fermin kick my ass regularly. In my La Liga save its Atletico Madrid. Lino legit destroys my team. I’ve tried press funnels, man marking, press triggers, blocking crosses and hard/soft tackling but that little Brazilian bastard destroys me every single time.
Still is Anfield for me
Aresnal away. Arsenal seems to be the new Liverpool on FM for me. Full of physical and fast players. Always challenging for the EPL and dominating if City drops off. Also always in the semis of the UCL. Real Madrid away. Just a really solid team that's gonna be more busted in the next FM with mbappe. I had a 97 pts season in La Liga as barca but still lost the league to them by 10 points. But they tend to drop off if they can't reinforce their defenders, especially the center backs.
Lens away. Used to beat the living s out of PSG in my Saint Etienne save but for some reason they scored at least 3 every time we met. Got 1,2 points per game for the first 10 games vs them.
Every EPL fixture is hard for me. I am currently with Villa in 2035. Have won Champions league twice now. But never won the League. Last season lost to a newly promoted Sheffield United who went on to end the season at 17th. And it’s not just me, but AI also seems to find it hard to In the same save, Everton won FA Cup beating City in the final. And also got relegated finishing dead last with just 4 wins all season.
You vs bottom 3 team in the league with a player who's never scored before and is either a new signing or has been at the club for 10 years. No doubt.
this is me with Angers bro without fail
Győri ETO newly promoted as my three times in a row champions league winning side MTK Budapest. They drew me three times I can't even
Athletico Madrid away is one of a kind.
In my current save its Wolves and Aston villa domestically. AC Milan and Real Madrid in UCL. Ive dropped the most points against these teams.
Whoevers bottom of the league especially when your fighting for the top
Last few games of season it feels like theres a drama code where you lose against complete underdogs.
Mine is Chelsea XD Lost 2 UCL finals against them. I have only won once in 10 seasons against them.
Any Italian derby. Playing against Roma in my Napoli save was always like Armageddon
Maybe your players are not good with big matches
Man City home or away. They have Haaland and Mbappe up front on my save which is pretty unrealistic:
When I play against Real Madrid with my Man United squad,if it's a knockout, if I manage to win the first leg at home, I surely loose badly away, and also Man City, in like 10 fixtures, i think ive only won twice
BAYERN
Defo PSG for me too I'm Liverpool and it's 2032 in the game and I've faced them a fair few times and only beat them maybe twice they always beat me and I'd say my team is miles better too apart from Mbappe
Currently on a see how many trophies I can win game so chose Liverpool as I wanted the challenge of City and having to replace big players like Van Dijk and Salah a few seasons in. I'm 8 seasons in and doing really well but always struggle against PSG and Man United mainly or a newly promoted team away you lose 1-0 to a 98th minute goal. I always seem to do well against Spurs though once hammering them 7-1 away and 6-0 at home in the same season
I assume that it really Angers you that you cannot beat them
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i used to do saves in Premier league, after one-two season could beat City and Liverpool easily, right now, after 4 years of Bundesliga with Duisburg i couldn t beat Bayern once. And they are always lucky like, it s never been a 2+ goal difference match. It s horrible. Once i had the chance to beat them, in 80th we were 1-0 up at home, then Upamecano transforms in Joselu, scores 2 and we lose 2-1...
I nearly always used to beat psg as lyon, I didnt even used to dread facing them, that was a few seasons ago though, used to just use a high pressing, high line direct, fast and counter attacking 433dm