After almost 3 years without Top Eleven, I am back since one and a half month and I realized that the game engine is at the same "stupid" level. It will troll you at least 2 times / season, and even more if you are preparing to much your games. What I confirmed in the last month based also on old experience is that:
- there is no advantage to use counter formation... has no influence, I did it almost one year but there was no difference when I let the same formation,
- there is no advantage to have preparation level at 90+ condition , will give you the chance to be trolled. I always try as much possible to be between 75 to 90; the same thing for mentality,keep it at least at good and don't make it superb for all players
- is an advantage to have bonus in training at 10% , individual bonus for players is just nice to have , it doesn't count.
- is an advantage to have a higher rate team
- match orders are important - last and this season works great to play everything at default , there were 2 games where I had to change the orders during the game( won at the end), but never know what it would happen if I didn't.
- is an advantage to use in your formation AML AMC AMR, are the players with highest average rating( "stupid" game engine still has a preference for those positions).
- is important to lose at least one game which doesn't count ( groups CHL, League) just to reset the win counter, will keep away the random results for upcoming really important games.
I hope that will help you to minimize the troll results. Good luck!