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After an eventful group phase with one or the other surprise and exciting games, we are now looking forward to the games in the round of 16.
Now it’s up to the teams: Recharge the batteries, set focus and ultimately bring the round into the square and thus survive the first knockout round!
The IT Center EM 2021 Riddle enters the fifth round – Riddle No.5
The European Championship is underway, and for many people that means guessing how the teams will do in betting games. The best guess wins. But did you know that almost half of the goals are scored by chance?
Researchers at the German Sport University Cologne have looked at the goals scored in all English Premier League matches from 2012/2013 to 2018/2019 and analyzed which ones happened by chance. These were, for example, goals scored from a distance or deflected into the goal by crossbars, posts or teammates. Researchers also counted own goals among them. According to the analysis, 46 percent of the goals were scored by chance. Weaker teams score more accidental goals – presumably, because strong teams play more efficiently and tactically. In addition, the percentage of accidental goals decreases slightly from 2012 to 2019. One of the ways the researchers explain this is that professional soccer is placing more and more emphasis on data analytics. Teams have thus presumably developed a more systemantic style.
At RWTH Aachen University, too, large amounts of data are analyzed and calculated every day for scientific and research purposes. For this purpose, however, no ordinary household pocket calculator is used, but a high-performance computer.
Can you tell us the name of the high-performance computer at RWTH Aachen?
- Fleck-1990
- Space-X
- CLAIX-2018
- Cray-Z
Send us your answer until 02.07.2021 12pm to em2021@itc.rwth-aachen.de. You can find information on how to participate and how the competition works in our first blog post!
We wish you success in participating in the IT Center Riddle
Responsible for the content of this article is Nicole Kaminski.
