The Average Age Rule

The average age of your team has an effect on the performance in a match. According to the Xpert Eleven rules page, your team performs at 100% only if the average age of the players is 26 or higher. The performance of the team gets worse as the average age decreases.

I looked around in the forums and found that the relation between the average age and performance is a linear function for age below 26. To find how much the performance level will be for a particular average age, you have to multiply the average age by 3.846 (that's 100/26). For example, if your team's average age is 22, the performance level will be (22*100/26) = 84.6%.

This graph shows the performance levels of the team for different values of average age:



Having young players is a good thing, but having too many of them will bring down your team's average age and cause a drop in performance. Always keep a few good older players in the squad to make sure you have a high enough average age.

Is the average age of your team above 26? Have you noticed a dip in performance whenever you play a younger team?

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