Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goal difference

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: goal d-if-fer-ence
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The difference between the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded, over the duration of a competition.

Example Sentences

"The hosts went close on several occasions with Victor Obinna and Robbie Keane impressive in the first half, yet they had trouble carving out many clear openings and the defeat leaves them at the bottom of the Premier League on goal difference, two points from safety."
"England will qualify for the semi-finals if they beat Scotland on Tuesday and the Netherlands drop points in their final match with Belgium. However, even if the Netherlands beat Belgium at home, England could still go through if they defeat the Scots by a sufficiently large scoreline to take their goal difference above the Dutch."

Inflected Forms

goal differences (plural)

Questions

What does goal difference mean?: The difference between the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded, over the duration of a competition.

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