Latching on to Aleksandar Prijovic's back - heel, the Serbia No9 finished inside the near post to keep Serbia top on
goal difference ahead of the Republic of Ireland, with Wales four points back in third.
Middlesbrough has played twice and won twice, scoring two goals, so United have a better
goal difference ahead of next week's clash.
The win sees the Gunners go top on
goal difference ahead of Chelsea, who host West Brom on Nissan Super Sunday, and stretches their unbeaten run in the league to 14 matches
Not exact matches
Chelsea will go
ahead of Arsenal in the Premier League table if they win on Saturday, while a Gunners victory would see Wenger's men move three points clear of their rivals, who currently trail them on
goal difference.
As a consequence of this result, Arsenal will end 2015 at the top of the table,
ahead of Leicester on
goal difference and three points
ahead of Man City.
That third
goal also meant that we are now level on
goal difference with Man City for the first time this season, as well as being
ahead on points of course.
I'll definitely take the draw, it would leave us 2 points
ahead with a game in hand and better
goal difference.
we need the point to stay 3 pts from going
ahead of city, if we draw today we are two behind w a game in hand, a point is needed since
goal difference is gone.
Arsenal are on top of the table
ahead of Liverpool on
goal difference.
Absolutely, actually we would need 9 points as they are
ahead even on
goal difference.
We may only be
ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool on account of our better
goal difference but after losing to Jurgen Klopp's team on the opening day, having a defensive and striker injury crisis to deal with and with United and Chelsea winning all of their first three matches, not many would have expected to see the table looking as it does today.
Arsenal are currently fourth, below Spurs on
goal difference, a point
ahead of Liverpool and two
ahead of Utd.
This weekend, however, has seen Man City go
ahead of Arsenal on
goal difference and that has certainly cranked up the pressure on us to get a positive result today from a fixture that has not been very kind to Arsenal recently, with just one win from seven attempts.
Two draws on the bounce have not exactly inflicted a big dent in the title hopes of Arsenal but they have allowed the chasing pack to catch up and that sees the Gunners now just one point
ahead of Manchester City and only
ahead of Leicester City on
goal difference in the Premier League table.
Tottenham beating Burnley has not been that bad for us as they are only
ahead of us on
goal difference with Liverpool just one point further forward in fourth, and we can easily take heart from our brilliant attacking performance against Liverpool.
Alvaro Negredo put in a man - of - the - match performance as Middlesbrough thrashed Swansea City 3 - 0 on Saturday to sink their opponents to joint bottom of the Premier League table,
ahead of Hull City on
goal difference alone.
I agree that it was fine margins against swansea, but it comes after many missed opportunities to get clear
ahead at top of PL, losing to a manu reserve team, only winning three of our last ten matches, losing three matches in a row and negative
goal difference in last ten matches.
The shock defeat at Goodison saw Liverpool going
ahead of the Gunners on
goal difference and the chasing pack closing the gap a little.
City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Spuds all winning Liverpool and Chelsea winning away If it finishes like this we will still be 2nd (barely by
goal difference over Liverpool) and 1 point
ahead of City Chelsea will be 6 points
ahead
The spuds also have some difficult fixtures
ahead, including Stoke and Chelsea away, and they will be just one point
ahead if we win our game in hand, but they do have a much better
goal difference so you would assume their 79 points would beat ours.
Going into the final day City were top of the league,
ahead of United on
goal difference, but with Wayne Rooney's solitary strike securing the Red Devils victory against Sunderland, Roberto Mancini's side needed three points as well.
Lets not get
ahead of ourselves so soon the team has not won anything yet, still in January with our doom month February coming up with a 2
goal difference at the top.
The result leaves them eight points adrift of safety while their
goal difference of course takes a turn for the worst, and they will now have a fortnight to analyse and assess their failings
ahead of taking on Stoke City on February 27.
spurs about to go
ahead of us in table on
goal difference, we will be in 6th, why we talk about winning the league when we are in 6th?
They are
ahead of us on
goal difference We have the same record 7 wins 2 draws 1 Loss Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool are all at home next weekend We MUST beat Spuds!!!
They've lost precisely once all season, they've dropped a mere 13 points and they're 25 points
ahead of second - placed Monaco with a
goal difference of plus - 62.
Wins over Chelsea and Newcastle repaired some of the damage in the league, and they even won at Old Trafford, though a late Aguero
goal against rivals United did not look like making a
difference in the title race, as Sir Alex Ferguson's side were still 12 points
ahead even after this morale - lifting derby result.
That will put them six points
ahead of us with a much better
goal difference and even though Arsenal have a game in hand I am struggling to see us catching the spuds now.
It's been a great season so far for our women's tennis team, who sit near the top of the BUCS Northern 2A with seven points,
ahead of this week's opposition on «
goal difference».
However, both players are now available to face Liverpool, who will start the game three points
ahead of their rivals and with a superior
goal difference.
A win today would take Mark Hughes's side out of the bottom three by virtue of
goal difference,
ahead of a return home to face Chelsea next weekend.
Inter are a point behind, whilst their city neighbours Lazio are only
ahead of them on
goal difference.
Leverkusen overtook Dortmund for third on Saturday, moving
ahead on
goal difference following a 4 - 1 victory against seventh - place Eintracht Frankfurt.
United arrive at Anfield seven points
ahead of Liverpool and second in the league, just trailing City on
goal difference.
They are second in the table, behind Barcelona, on
goal difference only and are currently five points
ahead of their city rivals Real.
Just to start, the head - to - head rule being used in the group stage
ahead of
goal difference is nonsense.
Ajax will be crowned Eredivisie champions if they win that game - they're tied on points with PSV Eindhoven going into the last game of the season, but are
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ASSE finished 8th in Ligue 1 in 2016/17, picking up 50 points from 38 games, the same number as Rennes and Guingamp, but
ahead of them on
goal difference.
Meanwhile, Copenhagen sit atop the group on
goal difference, one point
ahead of Lokomotiv.
Germany finished top of Group C,
ahead of Poland on
goal difference, after Mario Gomez's first - half
goal gave them a 1 - 0 victory over Northern Ireland in Paris.
In the end, the lack of further
goals proved academic, as Poland's single -
goal victory over Ukraine ensured that Germany topped the group,
ahead of the Poles on
goal difference.
Sweden won six of their ten matches to finish
ahead of Netherlands in third place on
goal difference.
Alongside, the
goal difference is also countable like
goal ahead and
goal forward.
Basically, English Premier League point table used to consist of multiple facts such as win, draw, loss,
goal ahead,
goal difference,
goal forward, total match played.
The defeat sees Dortmund slip to fourth place, with Bayer Leverkusen moving
ahead of them on
goal difference.
Montenegro have two wins and a draw from their opening three games to top the group on seven points,
ahead of Poland on
goal difference and two clear of Romania, who were held to a goalless draw away to Kazakhstan.
At the moment, arch rivals Tottenham Hotspur are two points
ahead of Arsenal and have a far superior
goal difference as well.
The race for fourth is looking increasingly like a race for fifth as Liverpool beat Newcastle on Sunday to go
ahead of Spurs on
goal difference.
Israel 0 - 3 Albania Armando Sadiku scored an excellent double as Albania moved
ahead of Israel into third spot on
goal difference following an impressive display.
The win for ASM, secured thanks to
goals from Lemar, Falcao and Bernardo Silva (2) sees the Principality outfit move
ahead of OGN Nice on
goal difference after the latter were held to a draw by struggling Metz