diff --git a/PWGEM/Dilepton/DataModel/lmeeMLTables.h b/PWGEM/Dilepton/DataModel/lmeeMLTables.h
index d2f750ac2fc..eb4fdee60b2 100644
--- a/PWGEM/Dilepton/DataModel/lmeeMLTables.h
+++ b/PWGEM/Dilepton/DataModel/lmeeMLTables.h
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(IsPrimaryMCHMID, isPrimaryMCHMID, bool); //!
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(IsCorrectMatch, isCorrectMatch, bool);   //!
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(PdgCodeMFT, pdgCodeMFT, int);            //!
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(PdgCodeMCHMID, pdgCodeMCHMID, int);      //!
+DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(MatchMCHTrackId, mchTrackId, int);       //!
+DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(DFId, dfId, uint64_t);                   //!
 
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(MultMFT, multMFT, uint16_t); //! number of MFTsa tracks per collision
 } // namespace emmlfwdtrack
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ DECLARE_SOA_TABLE(EMFwdTracksForML, "AOD", "EMFWDTRKML", //!
                   fwdtrack::Chi2MatchMCHMFT,
                   emmlfwdtrack::PdgCodeMFT, emmlfwdtrack::IsPrimaryMFT,
                   emmlfwdtrack::PdgCodeMCHMID, emmlfwdtrack::IsPrimaryMCHMID,
-                  emmlfwdtrack::IsCorrectMatch);
+                  emmlfwdtrack::IsCorrectMatch, emmlfwdtrack::MatchMCHTrackId, emmlfwdtrack::DFId);
 
 // iterators
 using EMFwdTrackForML = EMFwdTracksForML::iterator;
diff --git a/PWGEM/Dilepton/TableProducer/treeCreatorMuonML.cxx b/PWGEM/Dilepton/TableProducer/treeCreatorMuonML.cxx
index ece00db378a..05eaeaf9ee1 100644
--- a/PWGEM/Dilepton/TableProducer/treeCreatorMuonML.cxx
+++ b/PWGEM/Dilepton/TableProducer/treeCreatorMuonML.cxx
@@ -266,8 +266,10 @@ struct TreeCreatorMuonML {
 
   std::unordered_map<int, int> map_mfttrackcovs;
 
-  void processWithMFTCov(MyCollisionsMC const& collisions, aod::BCsWithTimestamps const&, MyFwdTracksMC const&, MyMFTTracksMC const& mfttracks, aod::MFTTracksCov const& mftCovs, aod::McParticles const&, aod::McCollisions const&)
+  void processWithMFTCov(MyCollisionsMC const& collisions, aod::BCsWithTimestamps const&, MyFwdTracksMC const&, MyMFTTracksMC const& mfttracks, aod::MFTTracksCov const& mftCovs, aod::McParticles const&, aod::McCollisions const&, aod::Origins const& origins)
   {
+    uint64_t dfId = origins.iteratorAt(0).dataframeID();
+
     for (const auto& mfttrackCov : mftCovs) {
       map_mfttrackcovs[mfttrackCov.matchMFTTrackId()] = mfttrackCov.globalIndex();
     }
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ struct TreeCreatorMuonML {
                      fwdtrack.chi2MatchMCHMFT(),
                      mcParticle_MFT.pdgCode(), isPrimary_MFT,
                      mcParticle_MCHMID.pdgCode(), isPrimary_MCHMID,
-                     isMatched);
+                     isMatched, mchtrack.globalIndex(), dfId);
 
           trackErrTable(tglErrMFTatMP, phiErrMFTatMP, xErrMFTatMP, yErrMFTatMP,
                         tglErrMCHMIDatMP, phiErrMCHMIDatMP, xErrMCHMIDatMP, yErrMCHMIDatMP);
diff --git a/PWGEM/Dilepton/Tasks/taggingHFE.cxx b/PWGEM/Dilepton/Tasks/taggingHFE.cxx
index a07ed257816..e04f8bc2244 100644
--- a/PWGEM/Dilepton/Tasks/taggingHFE.cxx
+++ b/PWGEM/Dilepton/Tasks/taggingHFE.cxx
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <random>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ struct taggingHFE {
   Configurable<bool> skipGRPOquery{"skipGRPOquery", true, "skip grpo query"};
   Configurable<float> d_bz_input{"d_bz_input", -999, "bz field in kG, -999 is automatic"};
   Configurable<int> cfgPdgLepton{"cfgPdgLepton", 11, "pdg code of desired lepton: 11 or 13"};
+  Configurable<float> cfgDownSampling{"cfgDownSampling", 1.1, "down sampling for fake matches"};
 
   struct : ConfigurableGroup {
     std::string prefix = "dcaFitterGroup_eK";
@@ -267,6 +269,10 @@ struct taggingHFE {
     ccdb->setLocalObjectValidityChecking();
     ccdb->setFatalWhenNull(false);
 
+    std::random_device seed_gen;
+    engine = std::mt19937(seed_gen());
+    dist01 = std::uniform_real_distribution<float>(0.0f, 1.0f);
+
     fitter_eK.setPropagateToPCA(true);
     fitter_eK.setMaxR(20.f);
     fitter_eK.setMinParamChange(1e-3);
@@ -303,6 +309,9 @@ struct taggingHFE {
   int mRunNumber;
   float d_bz;
   Service<o2::ccdb::BasicCCDBManager> ccdb;
+  std::mt19937 engine;
+  std::uniform_real_distribution<float> dist01;
+
   // o2::base::Propagator::MatCorrType matCorr = o2::base::Propagator::MatCorrType::USEMatCorrNONE;
   o2::base::Propagator::MatCorrType matCorr = o2::base::Propagator::MatCorrType::USEMatCorrLUT;
   const o2::dataformats::MeanVertexObject* mMeanVtx = nullptr;
@@ -970,6 +979,10 @@ struct taggingHFE {
       mVtx.setPos({collision.posX(), collision.posY(), collision.posZ()});
       mVtx.setCov(collision.covXX(), collision.covXY(), collision.covYY(), collision.covXZ(), collision.covYZ(), collision.covZZ());
 
+      if (dist01(engine) > cfgDownSampling) { // random sampling, if necessary
+        continue;
+      }
+
       const auto& trackIdsThisCollision = trackIndices.sliceBy(trackIndicesPerCollision, collision.globalIndex());
       electronIds.reserve(trackIdsThisCollision.size());
       positronIds.reserve(trackIdsThisCollision.size());