| 单词 | goal difference |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoal difference goal difference n. the difference between the number of goals scored by a team in a competition or series of matches and the number it has conceded, often used as a criterion by which teams with the same number of points are ranked in a table; cf. goal average n., points difference n. at point n.1 Compounds 3.In Association Football goal difference was first used in place of goal average for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > league or division > method used to rank teams equal on points goal average1885 goal difference1959 1959 Observer 22 Mar. 31/5 [The Canadians] secured the title over the Russians on a goal difference. 1976 Scotsman 27 Dec. 12/3 Celtic stay ahead of the pack by virtue of goal difference and share the leading total of 20 points from 14 games with Aberdeen. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 33 Scotland were pipped on goal difference for second place after having finished level on three points with Canada in Group 1 at the fourth IFWLA lacrosse World Cup. 2012 T. F. Grainey Beyond Bend it like Beckham ii. vi. 132 The team..missed the semifinals on goal difference. < as lemmas |
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