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Tiebreakers and Edge Cases: Football ​

This page covers the less common scoring situations. It will keep growing as more scenarios come up.

Cancelled, postponed, and rescheduled matches ​

  • If a match is cancelled or postponed mid-game, players keep their current score for that tournament.
  • If the match is restarted within the same tournament dates, play continues and the higher score from the two games counts.

Scoring cases ​

  • If a player is on the pitch for fewer than 45 minutes, their win or draw bonus is halved.
  • Scoring continues until the end of extra time in cup matches, but stops if the game goes to a penalty shootout.
  • If a player wins a penalty and then scores it, they get the points for scoring it but not for an assist.
  • The clean sheet bonus applies to the whole team, even if a player is subbed off before a goal is conceded.

Tie-breaking rules ​

  • Scores from Opta are recorded to two decimal places (for example, 192.15).
  • If two players have the exact same score, the average of their last 5 scores decides it, which rewards better overall form.
  • If two players somehow have the same score and the same form, a random dice roll decides the winner.

Reward cases ​

  • If there are fewer than 5 eligible players in a tournament, the rewards for the missing positions are not distributed.
    • Example: if only 3 defenders take part, the 4th and 5th place rewards are lost.

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