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muriel_volestrangler

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6. Goals scored comes before head-to-head

Sun Jun 24, 2018, 04:42 AM

Jun 2018

Last edited Sun Jun 24, 2018, 07:48 AM - Edit history (1)

TIEBREAKERS

If two or more teams are level on points, they are separated using this tiebreaker system

1. Goal difference
2. Goals scored
3. Head-to-head points
4. Head-to-head goal difference
5. Head-to-head goals scored
6. Fair play points
7. Drawing of lots

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/fifa-world-cup/4/blog/post/3535353/world-cup-group-permutations-who-can-qualify-for-the-round-of-16

(I can't see how 3,4 and 5 are different. If you win, you win them all; if you draw, you draw them all. Maybe it's a leftover from the qualifying stages when there were home and away meetings that could be different, between 3 and 4 anyway)

Which is good news for Belgium, having scored 8 in their first 2 matches. That means England need to beat Panama 6-1 to draw level with them down to "fair play points", or 6-0 to go ahead. 5-0 and we'd still be behind, and needing to beat Belgium to win the group. On the plus side, they say there's no 'must avoid' team from Group H, so winning the group isn't that important.

But then ... with England 5-0 ahead at half time against Panama, suddenly it looks like England can pull ahead of Belgium.

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