4-3-1-2 base shape
3-1-3-1-2 with the ball
4-5-1 without the ball
✓ In order to provide width, full backs have license to press, albeit never simultaneously (view gif)
✓ The 3-men midfield allows for 1 spare man to cover for the attacking full back
✓ Aubameyang, Lacazette and Özil will have to track back on occasion to deal with potentially overlapping opposing full backs (shared workload of 2 per situation with 1 outlet remaining advanced)
✓ In possession Özil has a true free role and against most oppositions will get to spend most of his energy creating
✓ Tailor made for absorbing pressure and initiating a counter attack
✓ Plenty of bodies in midfield for gegenpressing (if desired)
✓ Outlets/triangles galore
✓ Torreira has years of experience playing in this formation and role
*ignore kit numbers