Tag: away goals

Why away goals are so critical

I’ve often looked at the away goal rule in European football competition and pondered this rule and how it changes matches. When a team is level, say 0-0 from the first leg. A goal by the away team is effectively worth two goals. This is because the home team can only win the match now by scoring two goals.

This is inherently unfair in my opinion as, on average, home advantage is worth about 0.40 goals to the home team.  …