Are the EA servers really that bad?

Just trying to grind out rivals and finding the same issue I run into 9/10 times I play FC25. First two games are smooth as butter, passing feels great, dribbling works, triggering runs works - two great games, a win and a loss, fairly beaten so we move on.

Next 3 games are borderline unplayable, passing takes 10 seconds, input delay is ridiculous, button presses don’t register (L1+Triangle just becomes a ground through ball directly at the CB), dribbling feel like the players are running in putty.

The thing is there’s no ping issue - I have gigabit internet, no ping issue, based in the UK playing on PS5, is it just the servers being completely overloaded, do EA even care?

Is there anything I’m missing here or is it just a server issue?