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.

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.

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.

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

If you hold more than 75 players and do not bench anyone, the first 75 players who enter the pitch are automatically registered as your active squad.
When multiple matches start at the same time, players are locked in in the order the OPTA data is received. For example, if four matches kick off at 4PM but the data arrives in the order Game 2, Game 1, Game 4, Game 3, the system follows that same order.
If multiple players you hold are in the same match, the one with the better average performance over the last 5 matches is prioritised when finalising your selection.