Struggling with CoH2 Standard AI.

I have just beaten the campaign for CoH2 on Standard difficulty. I went ahead and tried to 1v1 AI in skirmish mode, and I just got wrecked pretty hard. I tried again on Easy difficulty, and it was a bit too easy. The jump between Easy and Standard AI is pretty big.

Few things I've noticed:

1) Skirmish AI is much more aggressive than campaign AI.

2) Skirmish AI does things a lot quicker, like capturing several points while moving on several fronts and have micro-ing skills as well.

3) They seem to be able to pump out more units that are higher-tiered.

I just struggle because they are able to capture more points, attack effectively (flanking, grenading stationary units, upgraded weapons, etc.) and pump out units faster. Easy difficulty seems a bit too easy, can you guys share any general actionable things to improve my gameplay?