Sentences with phrase «on goal difference»

They will have taken heart from only losing the league on goal difference last season, and they couldn't have made a better move to overcome that problem.

But even if they'd have won the game, they'd have lost the title on goal difference.

By comparison we only missed out on top four on goal difference last year.

Absolutely, actually we would need 9 points as they are ahead even on goal difference.

Last year was only missed on goal difference; this year we are miles away in points and even from all our main rivals, not just one or even two of them.

They won four of the last six matches to escape the drop on the final day on goal difference.

This is the result that gives this game different outcomes contingent on goal difference.

After narrowly missing out on the league title the past two years on goal difference, it will be now their time to progress and forget the disappointment of recent years.

Last season we only missed 4th place on goal difference.

After the previous season, where we had lost the title on goal difference, revenge was needed, and it was taken in incredible fashion.

However, Swansea are sitting just one place outside the relegation zone on goal difference with 8 points.

We are now in 4th, behind Man City on goal difference with a visit to the Etihad still to come.

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.

Thistle, who dropped to the bottom of the table on goal difference after a 4 - 0 defeat by Ross County on Tuesday night, are...

Swansea are 17th in the Premier League and sit above the relegation zone on goal difference after a recent revival under new boss Carlos Carvalhal.

We've also effectively ceded top spot on goal difference because of last night's draw, because there's no way PSG aren't battering Ludogorets on the final group stage game, so that's another slight disappointment.

They are off the bottom of League One now only on goal difference from Crewe who drew at home to Wigan.

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

After six matches, Netherlands are third in Group A, three points behind Sweden, who lead the group on goal difference above France.

They sit above Middlesbrough on goal difference in a congested top half of the table, and will fancy their chances of an upset.

Sadly that didn't go as planned for City and now they are in a straight fight with Arsenal for automatic qualification to next seasons Champions League, and if they beat the Gunners this weekend they will leapfrog Arsenal into third on goal difference with just one game to play, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to get at least a point to keep us in the driving seat.

Arsenal currently have the fewest goals scored amongst the current top 4 clubs, with Tottenham who edge Arsenal on goal difference by quite a stretch, having the superior GD of the lot and we're now entering March.

Leverkusen overtook Dortmund for third on Saturday, moving ahead on goal difference following a 4 - 1 victory against seventh - place Eintracht Frankfurt.

They are out of the relegation zone on goal difference alone; their -4 is best among the four clubs sitting on eight points.

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.

Liverpool now sit on top of their group albeit on goal difference after Spartak Moscow surprisingly annihilated Sevilla 5 - 1 at home on Tuesday night.

They now sit third in the league, seven points behind Chelsea and only behind Spurs on goal difference.

The youth team currently sit second in the league table and will be looking to keep up the pressure on leaders Rotherham United, who occupy top spot on goal difference from the Stags.

The victory takes the north London club to fifth place on the Premier League table, and they are just behind Chelsea on goal difference with 16 points.

After the international break, United travelled to the bet365 Stadium to face Stoke City, dropping their first points of the season in the 2 - 2 draw but still sitting at the top of the Premier League tables based on goal difference.

Which means that if they lose to bayern (which they should), and we beat Zagreb at home (which we should) then we will just have to beat Olympiacos the following round and we will go through on goal difference.

The average gate rose to more than 25,000 as fans flocked to the Goldstone to witness the attempt, but Albion were denied on goal difference by Spurs on the last day of the season.

Next up are Lorient, who are on 35 points — level with Toulouse, but ahead of their relegation rivals on goal difference.

The result means Arsenal remain in top spot, but only on goal difference as Leicester beat Tottenham 1 - 0 at White Hart Lane.

Add to that the fact that many of the squad made their Championship debuts this season, and a victory against the Latics may (depending on the other results) see us miss out on the play - offs on goal difference alone.

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.

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.

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.

It was another comfortable victory for Roma as they still sitting top of Italian Serie A standings, leading on goal difference from Juventus.

Our 4 - 0 win over Manchester United last Sunday saw us move up to fourth in the table, above Tottenham on goal difference.

Pepe's red card for a headbutt on Thomas Muller in their opening 4 - 0 defeat to Germany proved to be the decisive moment for Portugal, who went on to be eliminated from the competition on goal difference by the USA.

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.

QPR are only out of the drop zone on goal difference at the minute and if Aston Villa avoid defeat they will start the game tomorrow back in it, which can only increase that nervousness and pressure.

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

The shock defeat at Goodison saw Liverpool going ahead of the Gunners on goal difference and the chasing pack closing the gap a little.

Leaders Walsall maintained their six point lead with a win against next to bottom Morecambe while Blackpool remained above Accrington on goal difference with a win at Tranmere while Stanley beat Carlisle.