The Premier League frequently casts itself as Europe's most exciting league, boasting of its unpredictability, its open title race and its frenetic tempo. There's one other crucial factor in its reputation as an entertaining, thrilling and crazy spectacle, though: its propensity for late goals. None of the other major European leagues comes close to England's top-flight for late drama.
In 2016-17, the Premier League's 25th season, there were no fewer than 68 goals scored in second-half stoppage time, which works out to be 6.3 percent of all goals scored last season (around 0.18 goals per game). La Liga's tally was 61, Serie A's 59 and Ligue 1's only 54.