The difference between the number of goals scored for and against a team in a series of matches, sometimes used in deciding the team's position in a table.
Example sentencesExamples
- So, it is as you were in the table, with Wigan leading the way on goal difference only from Sunderland, with Ipswich a further three points behind.
- The reigning league champions are tied with three other teams on six points but lead the table on better goal difference.
- The two sides both have 84 points but Wigan's superior goal difference means they need only to match Ipswich's result to go up.
- This time they wowed the world - but still went out of the World Cup on goal difference.
- Well clearly the team with the worst goal difference in the division needs some addressing at the back, first and foremost.