Premier League to introduce head to head rule for the 2019/20 season
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Most boundaries is a better tie-breaker.
Only comes into play after goal difference and number of goals scored, so it'll very rarely be used.
Goal difference and goals scored still come first, so this is fine.
Yea, this.
For a moment I was worried it was replacing goal difference and becoming like la Liga which would have been flat out dumb.
Goal difference still comes first I see, which is a strange decision looking at other leagues, but I think there would be an outrage from most fans if it went straight to head-to-head being the first method if tie-break. I've always thought that it matters more about how you did against everyone, not the teams in question, so goal difference first is probably the best way.
More or less an irrelevant change.
Yeah, when was the last time a neutral playoff game was used as a tiebreaker? Did that ever happen in Premier League history?
Basically something that was incredibly improbable to begin with has become a little less likely.
Great news. I look forward to it never being needed.
Noodle sponsor value would be the best way.
So another metric we probably won't benefit from.
When are they going to prioritise "most times got to the byline"?
When are they going to prioritise "most times got to the byline"?
Most crosses into the penalty box should be the deal breaker.
Actually a good rule. Thought it was already in place tbh.
Not much news is it? When have we ever needed more than the first two hurdles of goal difference and number of goals scored?
Why is goal difference better than a head to head record?
Two reasons:
1. It's a league, not a cup so it's important to give a high value to matches against the other 18 opponents instead of making it even more of a two horse race.
2. Goal difference encourages attacking play from the top sides. It's no good holding on to 1-0 leads if your opponent is smashing them in and essentially has an extra 0.1 points than you.
Devil's advocating...
1. Wouldn't a better metric be the amount of games won?
2. Goal difference encourages parking the bus from smaller sides, because they would rather take a 1-0 loss than a 6-3 scoreline. La Liga with it's goal difference method isn't more cynical than the Premier League (actually some people accuse small Spanish sides of not being "pragmatic")
I would rather it be ahead of goal difference for the simple fact that sometimes smaller teams can give up when they know they have no chance of a comeback, and end up shipping 5+ goals. The head to head makes more sense because they are big games, rather than awarding stat padding in already concluded matches.
exactly.
After yesterday, if teams are tied, they should introduce the super over.
Will never be used but I suppose it's a sensible rule.
All matches should be decided by the coin toss at the start. No need to sit through 90min of kicking the ball about.
In the event the coin lands in its side, the decider should be rock-paper-scissors between the managers.
Everyone gets to go home after 2 min.
In the event the coin lands in its side, the decider should be rock-paper-scissors between the managers.
Everyone gets to go home after 2 min.
Because a league is a measure of performance across a whole season not two matches.
It should be a game at Wembley to decide tied title winners, relegation and CL positions.
Think of the money people, think of the money
Think of the money people, think of the money
Football had Golden Goal as an equivalent. Turned out a charm.
In all seriousness, the actual post reads that H2H will be considered AFTER points, GD and goals scored are tied which is a very rare situation to happen in real life.
Cheers, you must be a gambler.
Surprises me that they would actually rule out a head-to-head given that the PL love money. 39th game was definitely Scudamore's wet dream before he moved on.
Each team should nominate 1 player to compete in a "Premier League on a pole" match.
That's fair, but wouldn't games won be a better metric than goal difference?
That's already built into the point system though.
True.
I'm thinking of how goal difference can be skewed by a few outlier games in a way that games won can't be.
It can, but with being spread over an full season it's the least prone to such things.
No, just a guy who’s lived through van Gaal and Mourinho
Points > goal difference > tie break playoff games (two)
Would be enough for me.
Would be enough for me.
Maybe the thread title should be clarified, I thought at first it now had replaced goal differences as a deciding factor like in Spain.
Goal difference being the first decider keeps smaller teams motivated when they go behind to one of the big boys.
In La Liga for example where they use head to head, so many sides just switch off and roll over once they go 2-0 down against Madrid and Barcelona and it ruins the spectacle as it goes to 3, 4, 5-0.
And at the top end it also leaves open more possibilities for longer into the season. Say if Man City and Liverpool have already played each other twice by the middle of February and Man City have won the H2H then you potentially lose some suspense towards the last five or 6 games compared to if they were simply two points ahead Liverpool could still be just within one Man City draw of overtaking them depending on GD. If if was on H2H in the same scenario then City would know they could afford a draw and still have it all in their own hands.