This is my 8th season and I only remember 1 so called troll result in 191 league matches. I lost 1-0 and reversed the result 4-0 in the second round.

I did fail to beat one lower quality team (starting 11) but he was an active manager & finished in the top 4.

So yes, I am quite surprised that this is happening to a lot of ppl and consistently. I do go thru patches where I struggle to beat weaker teams but eventually I get the odd goal win. And usually there's a GK or DC who is stopping the shots.

Anyway, I always believed that using the average team quality is not the real measure of the team strength, you have to be much more detailed and look at the first 11 and probably gauge his star performer. One player always makes a difference.