"Goal advantage" refers to a situation in sports, particularly in games like soccer or hockey, where one team has scored more goals than the other team. It means they are winning by having a lead in the number of goals scored.
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The Gunners currently sit top of their group, albeit having absolutely no point or
goal advantage over any of their rivals.
Tottenham Hotspur saw their slim
away goals advantage in the Champions League over Juventus wiped out in matter of minutes as the Premier League side were beaten by their Italian's counterpart at Wembley.
That deadlock wouldn't remain in - tact for too long, as Town gained a two -
goal advantage in as many minutes.
Liverpool are now up 1 - 0, looking to take this lead into halftime and an away
goals advantage into the second leg next week.
Everton are having a strange season, beating Chelsea with a superb performance last week yet throwing away a 2
goal advantage at home to West Ham the week before.
League One side Sheffield United were more than holding their own in the opening exchanges but their chances were dealt a huge setback when Christian Eriksen buried an exquisite free - kick to give Tottenham a two
goal advantage on aggregate.
We should be working for a 2
goal advantage before even thinking about slowing the game down; that's how you prevent end of game nervousness and that's how you go into your next game high in confidence.
The Bianconeri were left to rue what could turn out to be a decisive moment in the tie when Higuain struck the crossbar with his second penalty of the game, before Christian Eriksen's free - kick after the interval ensured that his side hold the away
goal advantage heading into the second leg at Wembley next month.
There was still time for Igor Stasevich to test Rogers again with Kaspars Dubra's late header cracking against the crossbar - meaning BATE only have a one -
goal advantage ahead of next week's second leg at Tallaght Stadium.
However with another 45 minutes to go, they need to hang on to their 2
goal advantage as City just need to score once to again lead the tie.
I recall in another season when they almost threw away something like a 3
goal advantage against Real Madrid in the final five minutes of that game.
Juventus drew 1 - 1 at Old Trafford and took that away
goal advantage back to turn where they went 2 - 0 up inside first 14 minutes leading 3 - 1 on aggregate.
Chelsea are in a poor run of form right now and look unlikely to have what it takes to get past Barcelona, who have an away
goal advantage from their first leg tie that finished 1 - 1 at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal hold a two
goal advantage going into their Europa League Last Sixteen second leg against AC Milan tonight in what was an impressive performance in Italy.
We should have beaten them in the final game of last season when a stirring first half performance should have seen us go in at the interval with more than a one
goal advantage given to us by Michail Antonio.
However, Man City regained their two
goals advantage when Martin Demichiles scored his team's third on 36 minutes.
When the game kicks off on Wednesday night at Camp Nou, Barça's primary objective — besides scoring goals, of course — will be to keep Roma off the scoreboard and deny the Italian side an away
goal advantage for next week's second leg in Rome.
The German club's semi-final opponent, Atletico Madrid, were runners - up in 2014 and go into the match on Wednesday morning with one lone
home goal advantage.
But then we were caught out pushing forwards and they hit us on the break for the first goal by Messi and then the tie was taken out of sight when Flamini flapped a leg and gave away a penalty to give Barcelona a two
goal advantage which you would have to say kills the tie.
BVB went on to restore their five -
goal advantage through a spectacular, long - range effort from Julian Weigl, the first Bundesliga goal of the young playmaker's career.
A clash between Porto defender Felipe and Monaco's Rachid Ghezzal saw both men sent off for violent conduct in the 38th minute, before Yacine Brahimi gave the Portuguese a three -
goal advantage just before the half.
A two -
goal advantage ensures that the Citizens go into the fixture as the firm favourites against the Ukrainian outfit.
The hosts races into a two
goal advantage inside twenty minutes thanks to strikes from Michu and Angel Rangel during an abject first - half QPR performance that saw the visitors fail to register a single shot on or off target.
Despite chances being created freely down both ends, our two -
goal advantage remained intact throughout the remainder of the contest as we moved clear at the top of Group C.
The Lions overturned the one -
goal advantage Porto held through the first leg with a late goal from Sebastián Coates.Iván Marcano missed his spotkick and it fell t
Everton started that game at a blistering pace, storming into an early 2 - 0 lead, and while they did throw away their two
goal advantage there were clear signs that Everton are steadily improving with their away performances and that a big victory on the road isn't too far away.
Kevin Gameiro, with a penalty, restored the two -
goal advantage after Karim Bellarabi had pulled one back.
The
single goal advantage was quickly added to as Brentford doubled their lead a minute before half time.
Tottenham's allowance of a late equaliser in a 1 - 1 draw with Leicester over the weekend, and the result was on par with their 2 - 2 draw with Stoke City in which they let a two -
goal advantage slip with just 15 minutes to play.
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When we raced into a three
goal advantage at half time in our last home game against Southampton it got me thinking as to how many times we had been three goals ahead just half way through a game in the sixty years I have been following West Ham.
MacKinnon had three goals and five assists in the previous two meetings and gave the Avalanche a two -
goal advantage on Tuesday by scoring just 11 seconds into the third period.
Connor McDavid scored at 2:19 of overtime and had an assist to lead Edmonton past the Colorado Avalanche 3 - 2 on Thursday night, two days after the Oilers blew a two -
goal advantage in the third period of a 3 - 2 loss to Boston.
Salah scored a goal and provided the cross that led to Sadio Mane's goal to give the Reds a three
goal advantage heading into the Etihad.
Yevhen Seleznyov added a goal in the 75th minute to give the Ukraine club a two -
goal advantage ahead of the second leg.
Brazil squandered a two -
goal advantage against Uruguay on Friday evening, as goals from Douglas Costa and Renato Augusto were cancelled out by Edinson Cavani's powerful effort and an angled drive by Luis Suarez just after half - time.
A gutsy away European performance ensured that Arsenal took a two -
goal advantage back to North London next week courtesy of strikes from strikes from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsey.
Manuel Lanzini's deft finish briefly gave the hosts hope but Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain's first Premier League goal for Liverpool restored their two -
goal advantage before Salah's powerful finish sealed the win.
Juventus had wiped out Real Madrid's three -
goal advantage from the first leg with Mario Mandzukic scoring twice before Blaise Matuidi levelled the tie at 3 - 3 after an hour.
One goal from Busquets and another an epic own goal was enough for Barca to secure a two
goal advantage going into the second round.
Liverpool responded for 2 - 1 but we restored our two -
goal advantage when Dele Alli volleyed home seconds before half - time.
Numerical equality on edge of Chievo's 18 - yard box facilitated the clever interplay between Salah and Dzeko culminating in a two -
goal advantage for the away side:
Diego Simeone's men carried a one -
goal advantage into the second - leg after Antoine Griezmann found the back of the net in the reverse fixture in Madrid.
Arsenal have a handy two
goal advantage as they head into their home tie with Italian giants AC Milan in the second leg of their Europa League clash (KO Thursday 18th March, 20:05).
Through a collective, unified effort from all and an Edin Dzeko strike minutes into the second half, the Giallorossi bested Ukraine powerhouse Shakhtar Donetsk 1 - 0, qualifying into the next round on the
away goal advantage of a 2 - 2 deadlock.