OTT 55 - You are not the Premier League Champions!

Here's the rule folks .....

"If any clubs finish with the same number of points, their position in the Premier League table is determined by goal difference, then the number of goals scored, then the team who collected the most points in the head-to-head matches, then who scored most away goals in the head-to-head."


So if we lose by 1 goal and they win by 5 ..... (or 2 and 4) we are completely deadlocked.

I think then there's a playoff??

 

If we lose 0-1 and they win 5-0 we have identical GD and we would still go ahead on results against them

 

And the season's total gate receipts for both clubs go to Trump.

 

nope.

we each won a game -- 3-2 and 4-2 -- so the rule about "most away goals scored head-to-head" kicks in .... and we are deadlocked.

 

oh right.

 

******** Stan Kroenke

 

I was just ready about this - crazy.

 

I didn’t realize it was multiple games. Big punishment and huge deterrence.

 

So west ham need to beat leads and Everton need to beat spurs for Tottenham to get relegated.

 

However you want to dice it, it's still mathematically possible. I am not confident of this team avoiding a mathematically possible negative outcome.

 

Yup, at the moment we're so broken I have no idea what to expect. Not a good feeling.

 

Thread title change????????

 

4-2 is better than 3-2

 

The rule is "away goals scored" not "total goals scored".

 

Football, John Le Carre style.....

 

The first two Villa goals were spectacular.

 

Aston Villa's Europa League win against Freiburg ended their 44-year wait for a European trophy - and kept alive the Premier League's hopes of a sixth Champions League spot next season.

Unai Emery's men had already confirmed their place in next season's elite European competition with a top-five finish, but now Bournemouth and Brighton will know sixth place could earn a place alongside them.

If the Villans finish fifth in the Premier League, Unai Emery's side will qualify for the Champions League as the Europa League winners.

The extra Champions League place that the Premier League earned through the European Performance Spot would then go to the team finishing sixth.

Villa would finish fifth in they lost at Manchester City and Liverpool also won at home to Brentford.

Should that happen, the Champions League qualification focus then turns to sixth spot. If Bournemouth avoid defeat at Nottingham Forest, or Brighton fail to win at home to Manchester United, the Cherries would finish sixth.

Should Bournemouth lose and Brighton win, it would then be the Seagulls who claimed sixth spot.

 

So 6th place is now good enough? So we are in CL for sure now? No more mathematical uncertainty?