Play FUT a lot and the biggest hint I can give is to play the game as you would expect it to play in real life. I.e. Don't go flying in to tackles, keep switching your players in defence so that they keep positions and also use the triangle button to make saves.
You can score good goals from...
Is anyone playing online struggling with defending at the moment? I find that players can just waltz through a defence as though they are not there...plus the keepers have gone from playing worldies every game to playing like an under 8s keeper in a under 15s match