Sentences with phrase «inferior goal difference»

They only missed out on promotion through inferior goal difference of 2 goals.

Chris Wood, Kyle Bartley and Pablo Hernandez all scored as Leeds hit back, but their vastly inferior goal difference means Fulham are certain to take the final play - off berth.

United are four points behind Arsenal and 12 off the top while City are two points better off, but as the former defender points out their vastly inferior goal difference counts as another point, but is he right?

Manchester City would need to lose away at Watford while we would have to beat Everton and make up the five goal inferior goal difference, all of which is fairly unlikely I think you will agree, but there is a much better chance of pipping Liverpool to fourth place.

The are six points behind 17th - placed Swansea with a much inferior goal difference, so a win in this match is crucial, but with the exception of Swiss playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri, they have little talent to inspire optimism.

Leicester are eleven points behind us with five games left and they have a markedly inferior goal difference

This has left the team three points adrift of safety and with a hugely inferior goal difference.

The 5 - time European champs finished level on points with group winners Paris Saint - Germain with 15, but with vastly inferior goal difference (Bayern had a +7 GD in the group, compared to PSG's eye - watering +21).

Blackpool are 17th, level on points with third from bottom Wigan who have a slightly inferior goal difference (1 goal); just one win in eight has resulted in Stoke slipping to 14th, five - points above the drop - zone.

He has scored on his last two games for the Reds against Queens Park Rangers and Chelsea, but unfortunately those goals don't look like being enough to secure Champions League football for his boyhood club next season as they currently trail fourth placed Manchester United by six points with two games remaining but have an inferior goal difference.

That result leaves Brendan Rodgers» side seven points behind their fiercest rivals and will be fully aware that anything less than a victory against the Blues Chelsea would almost certainly end any chance of a top - four finish because of their inferior goal difference.

That would keep them two points back and with an inferior goal difference, while we would have a game in hand.

Domestically, United are only a point behind fourth - placed Manchester City, with an inferior goal difference, but have trips to Arsenal, Tottenham and Southampton still to come within the next 12 days ahead of a final - day clash with Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.

Cambiasso's side are currently 18th in the Premier League, only in the bottom three thanks to an inferior goal difference to 17th placed Hull City.

The young Clarets go into the game on 50 points, three behind Blackpool although a win would not see us take first place with us having a vastly inferior goal difference.

The win puts the Austrians level on points with Wales, though they have an inferior goal difference.

The North American team finished second in Group A (level on points with winners Brazil, but with an inferior goal difference) and will be the underdogs against the Dutch.

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.

Manchester United's 3 - 1 victory sealed European football next season with a fifth placed finish in the league, but their inferior goal difference meant they missed out on Champions League qualification to rivals Manchester City.

A draw at Selhurst Park would secure safety for Palace as well as Watford and Burnley, who would be out of reach of Hull, but leave the Tigers on the brink - by virtue of their inferior goal difference - were Swansea to triumph.

Stoke are 9th on 32 points, followed by ourselves with the same points but an inferior goal difference, and then three teams on 30, Southampton, Burnley and Watford.

The victory extended Nigeria's lead at the top of group B to four points with Algeria now occupying the basement position in the group, due to an inferior goal difference even though they are on same point with Zambia.

We are now three points away from the top half of the table, with an inferior goal difference in comparison to the other teams in contention for a ninth - placed finish, so it will take a good run of results to achieve that (looking increasingly unlikely) position.

Now 3 points from safety and an inferior goal difference to Newcastle and Hull, Middlesbrough look like they need to win at least 2 of their remaining 3 games if they're to stay up.

However, if two of three were to come out on top in their fixtures, Wolves would be relegated, as they sit one place below Blackburn in the table, because of their inferior goal difference.