Yep, I do agree. Even if it's juste my fourth season, I can feel it already. I'm having crazy results when my two last seasons were almost Treble award.
About the game, I did put 4-1-3W-1-1 and the settings Med78 adviced. I changed a little the formation 4-1-4-1 as he noticed my opponent didnt have DMC and I have two good AMC scoring a lot, usually
Then when I had 3-0 I tried to change back to my usual formation and my usual settings and i took 3 goals again !

Nothing to do. The crazy thing is that we had the same Quality ( 35.5 / 35.7 for him) and we were playing at my stadium... we were both attending and he had a supporter. Still, I won my Cup finale last season against a team realy stronger than me with him and 3 of his friends attending.

Still don't get how this result can be haha
But I will just concentrate on League and Champions League. I have the best quality there and now two teams all dedicated to it. And no more crazy fixture/schedule for the cup ! (Lets stay positive :x )