re: Arsenal 2013/2014 Season Long Thread

from arsenal's website:

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According to Uefa's rules, if three teams end the group on the same number of points, the following 'tiebreakers' will be used (in order) to decide who progresses to the knockout stages:
(a) highest number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question (Arsenal, Napoli and Dortmund - not Marseille)
(b) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question (ie. Arsenal, Napoli and Dortmund - not Marseille)
(c) higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question (ie. Arsenal, Napoli and Dortmund - not Marseille)
(d) higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question (ie. Arsenal, Napoli and Dortmund - not Marseille)
If, after applying criteria (a) to (d) to all three teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria (a) to (b) are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings.
If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria (e) to (g) apply;
(e) superior goal difference from all group matches played;
(f) higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
(g) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

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goal difference overall could eventually count. just really need to hope for a low scoring affair in Germany. if Dortmund dominates Napoli, we're on treacherous ground.