The phrase "wrong formation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe an incorrect or faulty arrangement or structure of words in a sentence. Example: The wrong formation of the sentence made it difficult to understand the intended meaning.
Back in the huddle, Payton will shout when his players line up in the wrong formation.
If you're expecting the wrong formation after FAN THE TOP, you're likely to go too far or not far enough.
We know what humans are capable of: in the wrong circumstances and with the wrong formation, they can behave monstrously.
When he finally got back on the field, he noticed the Steelers were in the wrong formation to cover tight end Rob Gronkowski.
He documents a US scientist's obsession with proving Darwin's theory of coral reef formation wrong, reigniting the evolution controversy of the 1860s.
After 17 O-O, there was nothing wrong with Milos's formation, but it would have been at least psychologically difficult to remain motionless while Goldin could operate against the queenside with b4, Qb3, etc.
"He's not a winger and there's so many things wrong with the team formation.
Conditions potentially favoring the formation of wrong pairings (e.g. low temperatures) should be avoided.
It wasn't so much Arsenal's tactics – the gameplan, the formation – that were wrong at the Emirates.
This would be the wrong result if the capital formation benefits of combining them are found to outweigh the risks posed to investors.
There was nothing wrong with City's 4-4-2 formatherebut there was something seriously wrong about the way it was set up, with neither of the two strikers nor the wide players dropping in to deny Barcelona space in midfield.
