Set Pieces - ALWAYS getting scored on by set pieces?! What am i doing wrong?!~

[Linkoping]

I have a decent team. We are 5th in the Eredivise right now. Before that I was playing in the Swedish league but there it was the same thing too.

90% of the goals scored against me are *ALWAYS* set pieces. I even set the "DEFENDING SET PIECES" Special Focus before each game but still - ALWAYS allow set piece goals.

My team? It's a miracle if we ever score a header.

Do you actually really have to go into tactics area and customize how your team handles set pieces? Usually I just let that go with the default settings, except I choose the set piece taker with best free kicks / corners.

Am I missing something???

 

[Zagallo]

Hi Linkoping, here is how I have my defending set-pieces setup and quite successful:

Free Kicks:

4 wall
2 standing near and far post
3 marking man
1 back

Corners:

3 players marking "Tall player"
1 "Man marking"
1 "Back"
2 "Near" and "far post"
3 "Forward"