Can anyone explain this ?

Thing about the worst game that you played, and +1 welcome to EA FC26

Hi, there are many reports from users who are very disappointed by the matchmaking system, which pairs players randomly without considering their divisions...
This issue has been reported several times but still remains unresolved...
Meanwhile, people are no longer playing RIVALS or abandoning the game!
Let's hope they fix it before EA FC 27...

that is so easy for Elite Rank and D1 division players have easy games because instant to matchmaking with they own division players they pair random games i am Div 6 and sometimes i can see difference from D6 player and D1 and don`t forgot now a lot of good players will drop intentional because there is no safe guard immunity from D6 to D7 witch is mean elite player can drop fast to D7 play challenge mode and claim fast to up D6 and up and after they play FUT Champ this is game is not creat anymore for casual relaxing if you are not d2 or up up skill base player good luck to have 2-3 win row you will get pair with high Division players because are no casual players in this game they stop playing game, End of game when i check when ppl creat account it say constant 2016- 2020 like they play this game for years those guy who i play against barley i see one account creat in 2024 or 2025 and funny think i win most of game who start to play from 2023 and up because on that period of time i start playing much more my self but is funny just check in future when account it was creat of that players who you lost game and you will surprise. 

I believe that from an online competition perspective, UT mode is a FAILURE!
I find it unacceptable that there's no system to keep matches balanced and that most users have to abandon it because the game is so high-level, even in D8!
And as proof of my point, today they decided to give away (GIVE AWAY) HEROES cards!
A good initiative, but not enough to change the minds of all those disappointed users...
Maybe later they'll try giving away R9, who knows...

This game is so bad, they can offer for free and still no one will play game. Until recent they have promotion on 50% for buying game and i see they remove because no one buy it :) they make no money on that one game is in very bad state with this AI controlling every single game and you don`t really know outcome if you are no pro to pretty much to play every single day 20h a day to learn all the mechanics tricks glitch and look everywhere to make your best team. If you are casual good luck and you hope to get match with someone close to you. Prevision game of EA FC after 4-5 lost for sure it was give a decent or close to your own skills just to have a more balance fair game but now even after 7-8 lost in row you still get higher Division player witch for sure with full icon team and best meta players they suppose to not be D6/D7 those tip of team are in D1 and up 

I don't even play Rivals. Squad Battles AI is like a genius playing 65 rated squad like it's icons on dope.

i like to do Squad Battle for objective and i play on semi-pro level SB just to have easy games but funny think for example i try go for score 10goal with german player i score 9 and after game decide to not let score anymore like from semi-pro level Squad Battle transform in World Class level  like and can`t be ask to play even more then 2Squad Battle when i see how sweaty it is even in SB just to finish simple objective this game is doom. I Think even if they offer game for free people will not dare to play game 

I agree, the game is messed up, I even read people complaining about career mode insane AI difficulty.

I never played FC25, but I did play FC24 and I had no problems to play 67 rated squad in Squad Battles on Legendary and win with 2 to 3 goals, and 75 rated squad to play on World Class with and win with 2 to 4 goals. But now I'm playing FC26 Squad Battles and AI just raising the stats of the players to the maximum, like bronze and silver AI players have 99 for pace, dribble, defence stats. In one game on World Class I had AI players doing corner after corner (7 in total) when I was only defending and couldn't hold of a ball to switch for attack. My every cross into the box, ether from the corner or outside the box was 100% failure, and my squad is rated 87 - 88. When I decide to play 70 to 79 rated squad on World Class, 90% of all games always go to penalty shootout and I have 50/50 chance to win the game. So now I only play on Professional all 80 and higher rated squads, and 87 - 89 squads is not easy to win, I have play hard.

I don't understand, why I need high rated players anymore, if they can't compete in Squad Battles against lower rated silver and bronze teams on World Class difficulty. EA made the Squad Battles unenjoyable, and rewards I get is female players that goes to fodder. I don't use female players in my squad.

As far as I'm concerned, I think increasing the difficulty level for Squad Battles is acceptable...
The problem is that if I decide to play the competition at a certain difficulty level, it has to be the same for ALL 18 matches.
In my case, this year I have to play at PROFESSIONAL level, while last year I also played a lot of WORLD CLASS games and a few LEGENDARY games.
As I was saying earlier, when I select PROFESSIONAL level, I often find myself overperforming in many matches...
There are matches that I think I'm playing at my level, but in reality, I'm one or two levels above!
My question is:
Why does this happen???
Is it possible that even in this mode, it's not possible to play at our chosen level???
In RIVALS, you play against people of any level, who are generally higher than yours, and in Battles, we have to put up with this too???
Can anyone explain this to us?
I'm speechless, guys... :-(

My post wasn't about Squad Battles, but there seems to be similar complaints around it.

Last year I would play a lot on Professional level, and the weaker ones on Legendary. Those would be challenging but winnable games. This year however, they have completely screwed us with this game mode. Due to objectives we are forced to play SB, so they up the skill levels of the AI. Often I can't get the ball off a low rated team, if i win the ball it goes straight back to them. They score at will and your players shots are blocked, saved, tackled, miss, post bar etc. A game is supposed to be fun and enjoyable, yet EA have gone out of their way to make it as impossible as they possibly can. This is not down to skills (or lack of them) it's purely tweaking, nerfing, call it what you like, blatant cheating and disregard for the people that buy the game. Most people that play it are absolutely sick of all the added rubbish that comes with every update. No wonder people are leaving and playing other games.