At least in the cup there is a chance to redeem but in the league it may hurt you at the end. Usually for me during these matches that nothing seems to change and I'm set for a draw, all players will have great ratings except my attackers (in my case ST and AMC). Even when I change formation or even throw in new players nothing changes. Which makes me wonder if it wasn't really the players who were under performing but the whole "attacking zone" being blocked by the game to justify the result at the end.
I got thrown out of the cup after receiving 2 red cards, my AMC has collected 8 yellow cards (3 suspensions) in all competitions which is unthinkable (I play with 2 DMC and 1 MC so why does he get to make all the bad tackles, its killing me to know).