New to game, why do I get raided from someone 800 points more than me

It looks like a revenge raid to me. Note the absence of the “Reroll” button.

Also, the +/- 300 appears to set the boundaries for opponent selection, but the actual algorithm is not just your cups +/- 300. Several of us tracked data on this earlier this year and we found that at least in the gold and platinum tiers the average (median) opponent was 60-70 cups above ones own cup total.