Yeah definately is possible. Although not as bad, I had a league opponent in a Random League one season who bought 11 Scouts by day 2. In addition to what Gert says, a big hint usually comes from the number of Club Matches. (Guy in CL last Season looked like he bought 5 per Season after looking at stats.)

PS. Interestingly a few chats today about CL have reported harder Groups, but could be coincidence. (My Group contains me (Winner), AN Other (SF I defeated), AN Other 2 (defeated QF) and Canon Fodder.)