2-1 loss vs 0-0 draw as an away team in the first leg of a CL tie.

[SoCross]

Didn’t the Caf have this same discussion right before we thrashed Roma 7-1?

 

[Paul_Scholes18]

2-1 loss all day. Since the away goal counts double you're through with a 0-0 in the second leg.

3-2 defeat since then you have actually won the game since the away goal count as double

 

[C_Senior]

0-0 first leg at home is best, but 0-0 first leg away seems a terrible result cuz pressure will be on you both to score and extra pressure to stop your opponent from scoring.

 

[adexkola]

feck all of you.

No one consulted with me before this thread was created???

 

[Green_Red]

Huh..??

There's actually no difference, you'd still need to win the home leg by at least 1-0

Well then there is a difference.

The away goal counts in a 2-2 aggregate.

If you then subsequently won the home leg 3-2 the other team would go through on a 3-3 aggregate, so its clearly different.

 

[matherto]

If we’d have drawn 0-0 against Roma in 2007 in Rome I don’t think we’d have won 7-1 at Old Trafford.

I offer no evidence why but I’d rather lost trying to score and get an away goal than try for a 0-0. It sends a message psychologically that you can score and opens the game up IMO.

 

[Sky1981]

0-0

Anything else is suggestion and pseudoshits.

With 0-0 a draw takes you to extra time. With 2-1 a draw and you're out. So it's not the same.

 

[Sky1981]

Of course draw is a better result but I'm sure 0-0 away is nerving come the second leg. One slip and you need to score twice for the home team. I'm sure it affects the tactics as well. Losing 1-2 you're given the rights to attack more freely.

If you lose 2-1 and the opponet score you still need to score 2 to go through... doh

 

[DoomSlayer]

What about a 1-0 home win vs 0-1 away loss???

 

[Ikon]

Well then there is a difference.

The away goal counts in a 2-2 aggregate.

If you then subsequently won the home leg 3-2 the other team would go through on a 3-3 aggregate, so its clearly different.

Yeah, nice moving of the goal posts there....

 

[Mr Smith]

Lets see what the maths tells us.

With a 2-1 away loss in the first leg, the following one-goal margins will take you through in the second:

1-0

With a 0-0 draw in the first leg, the following one-goal margins will take you through in the second:

1-0

2-1

3-2

4-3

Etc

According to the laws of probability, there are infinite opportunities to go through with a one-goal-margin win from a 0-0 first leg, compared to a 2-1 first leg loss.

Seems fairly conclusive to me.

 

[FigmentOfYerImagination]

[...] 1-1 and 4-4 are also quite massively different. [...]

4-4 is to be considered a horrible away result.





If you first led by 4-1.

 

[Green_Red]

Yeah, nice moving of the goal posts there....

How did I move the goalposts? You said theres no difference, but there is. It's obvious.

 

[tenpoless]

5-0 win as an away team