得とく失しつ点てん差さ

noun

goal difference; goal differential

Sports term used in soccer, hockey, and other goal-based sports to compare teams by subtracting goals conceded from goals scored.

• 得とく失しつ点てん差さで順じゅん位いが決きまることもある。

  Rankings can sometimes be decided by goal difference.

• 得とく失しつ点てん差さが同おなじ場ば合あいは、直ちょく接せつ対たい決けつの結けっ果かで決きまる。

  If the goal difference is the same, it is decided by the head-to-head result.