About the minutes/seconds thing I have had that a couple times, on my slow connection machine, so I put it down to lag if it's a jump in the clock

Also, there are sections of a match where not a lot happens and the minutes just tick by. So I assume at that time it's a middle field battle when no shots show, as sometimes happens in RL.

That said, I totally agree that teams a man short are too strong, too often, in this game.