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There were a few cracking games over the weekend from Europe’s major leagues.
Using a variety of metrics, FootballCritic has developed an algorithm that is used to determine how exciting a particular game was.
Our Match Excitement Rating takes into account a variety of metrics including the number of goals, the timing of goals, corners taken, shots on target, cards issued, and dismissals among other factors.
This weekend saw two games reach the maximum excitement rating of 10.0.
Game of the Week – Frankfurt 3-3 Bayern – 10.0 Excitement Rating
Bayern Munich were denied all three points at the death as Eintracht Frankfurt scored four minutes into injury time to earn a 3-3 draw in the Bundesliga.
The Bavarian giants actually took the lead relatively early in the game as Kim min-Jae scored after the assist from Thomas Muller. The home side reacted superbly and turned the scoreline around thanks to goals from Omar Marmoush and Hugo Ekitike.
They went into the break with the game perfectly poised at 2-2 as Dayot Upamecano scored just three minutes after Ekitike had put the home side ahead.
Less than 10 minutes after the break, Bayern took the lead again, with Michael Olise scoring from the Harry Kane set-up. The visitors held that lead until the dying minutes when Frankfurt’s star player, Marmoush, scored in the 94th minute.
Remarkably, Frankfurt didn’t get a single corner compared to Bayern’s 11 in the game and had significantly less possession, yet still grabbed a point in the end.
Game of the Week – Brentford 5-3 Wolves – 10.0 Excitement Rating
Brentford got themselves a much-needed Premier League win and heaped more misery on lowly Wolves after emerging victorious 5-3 in an eight-goal Saturday afternoon thriller.
The timing of the goals was a major contributing factor to the excitement as the first half was a ding-dong battle.
The pattern of goalscoring went Brentford-Wolves-Brentford-Wolves-Brentford-Brentford as we got no less than six goals in the opening half.
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Author : [email protected] (Martin Macdonald)
Publish date : 2024-10-07 13:35:46
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