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Huntelaar's 69th-minute goal, PSV and Ajax were level on points and goal difference, but Ajax had a superior goals scored. But in the 77th minute, Philip Cocu put PSV up 5–1 and the team was up on goal difference (+50 to Ajax's +49). The scores stayed that way at full time, and so PSV won
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tying the match in the 70th minute with his 22nd goal of the season. AZ had a chance to take the lead after its numerical disadvantage was leveled as
Excelsior's Rene van Dieren was sent off for yellow card accumulation. AZ never took advantage and a goal from Johan Voskamp in the 90th minute gave
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finished the season leveled on points and goal average. Both teams had 25 points, with Budućnost's 30 goals for and 36 against giving a goal average of 0.833, the same as RNK Split's 35 goals for and 42 against. A two-legged play-off match between the two was needed to decide who will enter
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season, Debrecen was on course to win its 7th league title since 2005 as its closest competitor Győr had to overturn a 14-goal swing on the final matchday. Despite losing its season-finale 2–0 to
Budapest Honved FC, Debrecen won the title as Győr only won 5–0 against already-relegated
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season, three teams were still in contention to win the title, and with it a guaranteed place in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. PSV, looking to win their third straight league title, was the only one of the three to play its final match at home, against
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both finished on 57 points. Huddersfield Town won the title with 60 goals for to 33 against, for an average of 1.818. Cardiff City's 61 to 34 gave 1.794. They would’ve been tied on goal difference but City would’ve won on goals scored.
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relegation play-offs. The match in Split ended in a goalless draw, while in the return leg Budućnost defeated RNK Split 4–0. RNK Split entered the relegation play-offs and was relegated in their first season in the top flight.
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conceding 40, conceding another would reduce the goal average by 0.043 (to 1.707), whereas scoring another would increase it by only 0.025 (to 1.775), making not conceding much more important than scoring again.
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on goal average. Hearts could afford to lose 1–0 or 2–1, but lost 2–0 and
Kilmarnock won the championship by a goal average of 1.88 to 1.84. Had goal difference been in use, Hearts would have been champions.
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England five years later. It has since spread to many other competitions, where it is typically used as either the first or, after tying teams' head-to-head records, second tiebreaker. Goal difference is
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both finished on 61 points. Manchester United won the title with 89 goals for to 39 against, for an average of 2.282. Leeds United's 83 to 52 gave 1.596, which was actually lower than third-placed
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game had kicked off fifteen minutes later than City's, towards the end of the match they were winning 4-1 and knew that another goal would see them promoted which they duly scored.
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2–0, meaning that both teams finished on 35 points. Red Star's 50 goals for and 21 against gave a goal average of 2.381, while Dinamo's 45 to 19 gave 2.368.
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Wanderers 76 to 49 gave 1.551.
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stating City would have to do 'something stupid' not to beat QPR.
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2043:"How Joey Barton handed Manchester City the Premier League title"
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1949:"Stjarnan vs. Breidablik – 25 September 2010 – Soccerway"
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2018:"Sir Alex Ferguson eyes 'stupid' Manchester City result"
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England lower division titles decided on goal difference
1931:"Breidablik celebrate first Icelandic title – UEFA.com"
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1876:"Excelsior vs. AZ – 29 April 2007 – Soccerway"
1524:1953, First Division–Arsenal-Preston North End
1446:on the final day of the season, which allowed
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2150:(in Serbian). 2 November 2011. Archived from
1985:"Fram vs. FH – 25 September 2010 – Soccerway"
1912:"PSV vs. Vitesse – 29 April 2007 – Soccerway"
89:Goal difference has often replaced the older
1828:"Calculating Percentages for the AFL Ladder"
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3307:Ice hockey terminology
3193:Retired numbers (list)
1709:championship ahead of
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1246:2011–12 Premier League
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2103:"Rangers Champions".
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2445:Fouls and misconduct
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2228:Association football
1807:Cambridge Dictionary
1334:, Second Division –
1316:, Second Division –
1035:Atli Viðar Björnsson
48:association football
2274:Oldest competitions
2264:First international
2105:Manchester Guardian
1686:league championship
1583:Sheffield Wednesday
1352:, Third Division –
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2370:Uppies and Downies
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2154:on 4 November 2011
2122:crvenazvezdafk.com
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1235:England top-flight
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1861:
1856:on 29 April 2014
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1837:
1835:
1824:
1818:
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1799:
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1774:
1652:season, against
1594:Sheffield United
1340:Sheffield United
1277:Stadium of Light
1201:2010 Ăšrvalsdeild
1134:FH Hafnarfjörður
1091:
1086:
1081:
1076:
1071:
1066:
1061:
1056:
1048:
1043:
1039:
1005:2010 Ăšrvalsdeild
998:FH Hafnarfjörður
868:
863:
858:
853:
848:
843:
838:
833:
825:
820:
816:
789:Danny Koevermans
649:
644:
639:
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629:
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619:
614:
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601:
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578:division by zero
462:
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437:
432:
427:
419:
414:
413:
309:
304:
299:
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289:
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234:
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220:
218:
207:
188:
180:
175:
174:
172:
161:
142:
134:
129:
128:
126:
113:Goal difference
3332:
3331:
3327:
3326:
3325:
3323:
3322:
3321:
3292:
3291:
3290:
3285:
3237:
3223:Stars on badges
3218:Stadiums (list)
3183:Professionalism
3097:
3054:
3006:
2997:Summer Olympics
2985:
2937:
2916:
2873:
2857:
2814:
2778:
2757:
2724:
2601:
2595:
2548:
2532:
2528:Cambridge rules
2523:Sheffield rules
2511:
2460:Goal difference
2410:Away goals rule
2389:
2376:
2355:Cornish hurling
2283:
2230:
2225:
2195:
2194:
2184:
2182:
2171:
2167:
2157:
2155:
2142:
2141:
2137:
2127:
2125:
2117:
2116:
2112:
2102:
2101:
2097:
2087:
2085:
2078:Daily Telegraph
2068:
2061:
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2041:
2040:
2036:
2027:
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1873:
1869:
1859:
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1843:
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1825:
1821:
1811:
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1796:
1789:
1775:
1766:
1761:
1748:
1727:
1700:
1695:
1666:
1643:
1638:
1618:Manchester City
1616:'s was 1.639.
1614:Manchester City
1602:
1575:
1570:
1546:
1526:
1506:
1485:
1480:
1475:
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1436:
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1379:
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1361:
1358:Carlisle United
1343:
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127:
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119:
79:Football League
20:Goal difference
17:
12:
11:
5:
3330:
3320:
3319:
3314:
3309:
3304:
3287:
3286:
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3215:
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3128:Beautiful Game
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3106:Related topics
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3093:National teams
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3002:Youth Olympics
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2859:
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2843:Total football
2840:
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2797:
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1803:"goal average"
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1733:championship,
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1634:
1606:1926-27 season
1601:
1598:
1579:1949–50 season
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