Sentences with phrase «goal difference over»

It would also pretty much secure them a place in the Premier League next season because of their vast goal difference over third placed Middlesbrough.

Probably not, because it was enough to put them back into fourth spot on goal difference over Newcastle, who lost on the weekend.

Despite being two points clear of Hull, Newcastle are in such historically bad form that it's hard to see them taking anything from the game against West Ham, which leaves them relying on Hull City to pick up no points at all from their final game, given Hull's +7 goal difference over Newcastle.

And keep in mind that United conceded 18 less penalties, so that is only a 16 non-penalty goal difference over nearly 300 matchs...

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 one of 2012 was a fluke won on goal difference over rivals Man U.

Having a two goal difference over the foxes (and at equal pts) isn't exactly top of the league stuff to gloat bout

Just a reminder; in the knockouts ties are decided by points, if points are equal then goal difference over the two ties is used as a tie - breaker, if this is level it moves to away goals to try to split the teams, and finally if all is level then the penalty shootout will settle it.

A win tomorrow however could see Real leap over Atletico with Real holding a superior goal difference over their rivals.

Not exact matches

But we simply don't have the same quality all over the pitch or at least in 2 areas that could've made the difference: 1) The strikers: I like all 3 of our player but Giroud for all his build up play, physical presence & occasional wonder goal but he is not a 30 goals / season striker a ruthless guy that will bury that one occasion.

The draw meant we remained top of the table by goal difference, but missed our chance to extend our lead over Leicester and Manchester City to two and three points respectively.

Technically we need 6 to be safe, but only really need 5 with the massive goal difference we have over them.

If Theo is paid $ 100,000 and can bring in at least 10 over goals per season that can win us 3 - 4 more games, that could be the difference we need to get that EPL trophy!

Chelski look in freefall but have too many good players not to win games plus they have goal difference and points advantage over.

The point at the weekend left us level on points but behind third placed Man City because of goal difference and with theirs being eight better than ours you would think that we need to take more points than City over the final three games to finish above them.

Target potential over the finished article, 43 % of players signed under the age of 26 resulted in a better goal difference.

After five games without a goal, Rashford returned to his scoring ways with the lone goal against Manchester City and then the difference - making goal in a 2 - 1 FA Cup win over West Ham United.

Because of the fact that Arsenal and Man City are tied at the top on points with just a single point in goal difference keeping us in second, combined with the fixture list that sees us take on Middlesborough on Saturday and City facing Southampton on Sunday, any kind of win for us over the league's 17th placed side would be enough to see us top the table on Saturday night, but to still be there next week means we would have to better Man City's result, in terms of goals if not points.

I can't believe over the two games we only got a +1 goal difference against Leicester.

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.

Arsenal's goal difference is better by three goals over PSG.

Over the last few years, the highest - finishing team with a negative goal difference has typically ended the season around eighth or ninth, a slight increase on the late 70s, 80s and early 90s, when somewhere between 10th and 13th was more normal.

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.

Match Rating over 10: Cech (6): In has much as the defence was poor, he could have made a difference from one or two of the goals conceded.

With Liverpool not playing until after Arsenal tomorrow and with our goal difference currently better, today's result means that a win over Tottenham in the derby will put us clear at the top of the Premier League, at least until Klopp's team face Watford and hopefully for the rest of the week.

My prediction is that we will go to the Etihad on 7th May with a 3 point cushion over City and an inferior goal difference.

In truth, the race was already over due to Celtic superior goal difference, but this win ended Aberdeen's challenge mathematically.

The Cherries fans were clear that their team was on the verge of promotion — their attacking prowess over the course of the season means superior their goal difference effectively counts as an extra point margin over Middlesbrough.

Bernardo Silva is enjoying a thoroughly impressive season with Monaco, helping his side to lead the Ligue 1 table on goal difference, albeit with a game in hand, as well as helping his side to keep their Champions League hopes alive with a 3 - 2 away win over Borussia Dortmund to give them one foot in the semi-final stage.

We have some margin for error — particularly over Totteringham, but also (slightly) over Newcastle thanks to our far superior goal difference.

Yeovil bounced back in a 1 - 0 victory over Everton last time out, putting them in the driving seat at the summit of WSL 2 — albeit on goal difference — over Bristol City.

Diafra Sakho's 90th minute goal proved the difference to give West Ham United a vital 1 - 0 home win over Swansea City Saturday at the London Stadium.

We were still getting over losing to the noisy neighbours by goal difference and twenty seconds, after throwing away the 8 point lead we had by Easter.

Italy remained level on points with Spain atop Group G, though La Roja hold first place on goal difference following a 4 - 1 win at home over Israel.

The 33 - year - old scored both Oranje goals in Tuesday evening's 2 - 0 win over Sweden in Group A. However, Dick Advocaat's side could not overturn their opponents» superior goal difference in a bid to reach the playoffs, -LSB-...]

Lazio, who were fighting for the elusive last Champions league spot, picked up a 4 - 2 win over Lecce who were a man down for most of the second half to finish tied at 66 points with Udinese but failed to make it to Champions League due to an inferior goal difference with Udinese.

Their 13 drawn with 52 points and +12 goals difference makes them placing over Genoa (52 in 34 matches) after 35 league games.

It shows he's getting into slightly better areas and while 0.06 isn't a huge difference, it is close to three goals over an entire season.

All over at the Emirates and Arsenal come from behind to secure a deserved win and go top of the table on goal difference.

Now I fully understand that these differences really only show up over a larger number of games but it surely suggests that if Santi's presence does indeed mean that we create, over the long haul, one more big chance per game than I don't think it's unreasonable to presume that if over those three games we did create thee more big chances that we would have scored one more goal and actually won one of those games.

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.

Romelu Lukaku's first - half goal became the difference as Manchester United bounced back from their Manchester Derby defeat with a narrow Premier League victory over Bournemouth.

In the end, it didn't matter, as Manchester City secured a famous win over their rivals, which saw them move to the top of the Barclays Premier League table, on goal difference.

Argentine Gerardo Martino instead took the Barca hot seat and after a comfortable 4 - 1 victory over Real Vallodolid on Saturday, they sit top of the Primera Division, level on points with Atletico Madrid but with a superior goal difference.

With one point and a 1 - 11 goal difference after three rounds, Maribor's hopes of qualifying from the group will be over with another loss, but the hunt for Europa League success might continue, and the Reds can't expect their visitors to roll over without a fight.

We go into the game in second place in the northern group of the U18 Professional Development League, behind leaders Nottingham Forest on goal difference, and no matter what happens tomorrow we will remain in the top two with us now having a five point advantage over the next three teams, Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton and Hull.

City Matchday App star man: De Bruyne A superb winner and quality all over the pitch - another sublime performance What it means City move back to the top of the table on goal difference, having momentarily been usurped by Manchester United who beat Crystal Palace earlier in the day.

The weekend had started with City above Arsenal and Liverpool on goal difference with Chelsea just one point behind, but it was Chelsea who took over at the top with a 5 - 0 win over Everton on Saturday evening.

Real Madrid's interest is based upon a continuous doubt over whether Karim Benzema can ever produce consistency in front of goal that can score the amount they need to make the difference in La Liga and the Champions League.