Manchester City’s 4-1 win over Aston Villa has many possible starters. The group of Guardiola remaining in the fight for the Premier, City are scoreless Haaland and the hat-trick of Foden he was installed as the best player in the current Premier League. But beyond the three points, goal difference is crucial for City. The reason? With points tied at the end of the season, the Premier is decided by the teams’ overall ‘goal-average’. That is, if Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City (or two of them) lead the standings tied on points, the title will go to whoever has the best difference between goals scored and goals conceded in a total of 38 rounds. The tiebreaker, therefore, will not take place based on the points won in the duels between them.
The Premier, then, prioritizes spectacle, winning matches by the maximum number of goals possible. At the moment, Arsenal with +48 goals are ahead of leaders Liverpool (+42) and City (+38). That’s why for those Guardiola It is very important to take advantage of the remaining schedule to win as many goals as possible. In Spain, on the other hand, in the event of a tie on points at the end of the League, the classification is dominated by the team with the most points in the double head-to-head. Never mind that they have many 1-0 wins. Both systems are fair but the Premier League standard prioritizes the show over 38 days over the sheer luck of two games between the leaders. In this League, however, there is no need to use any kind of ‘goal-average’. Neither general nor specific.
Source: La Verdad
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