Thursday’s World Cup verdict: Scenarios and arithmetic game

Four tickets will be sold in Groups E and F for Thursday’s Round of 16 world cup in qatar Pardon me. Neither team in either group has already qualified for the round of 16 with certainty. Who will bow out after the group stage? Of PlayBUZZER, the sports portal of Editorial Network Germany (RND), takes a look at the starting positions and possible scenarios in Groups E and F ahead of the final day of the preliminary round.

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pairs on thursdayJapan – Spain and Costa Rica – Germany (8 p.m. each)

Germany (1 point, 2:3 goals) Next…

• in a win against Costa Rica if Spain wins against Japan
• Should Spain and Japan draw, there must be at least two goals to win
• Won by one goal difference when Spain and Japan were drawn and Japan scored fewer goals on aggregate
• A win if Spain loses to Japan and Germany moves up on goal difference, which is currently eight goals behind Spain. So a win each with a margin of at least eight goals is enough. If Germany and Spain have the same number of points and total goal difference, the fair play rating is decided first and then the lot.

Spain (4 points, 8:1 goals) Next…

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• win or draw against japan
• Japan will face defeat if Costa Rica draws against Germany
• In a loss against Japan, if Germany wins against Costa Rica but does not meet the current goal difference of eight goals. If in this case Spain and Germany have the same overall goal difference, Fair Play will decide the ranking first and then decide the draw.

Japan (3 points, 2:2 goals) Next…

The first decision has already been taken after the second day’s play in Group F: Canada is after two losses In the second World Cup participation did not progress beyond the preliminary round. For the other three representatives, Croatia, Morocco and Belgium, it’s up to the last 16 on Thursday. There can also be a lottery.

Croatia (4 points, 4:1 goals) Next…

• In a win or draw against Belgium.
• If Morocco also loses to Canada and then goes down on goal difference, they will face defeat from Belgium. If Croatia and Morocco have the same goal difference and the same number of goals scored, the fair play rating and then the lot are decided.

Morocco (4 points, 2-0 goals) Next…

• In a win or draw against Canada.
• If Croatia wins against Belgium, then in a loss against Canada.
• If Croatia and Belgium draw, Canada will lose by a maximum of two goals.
• losing to Canada by a three-goal margin, if Croatia and Belgium draw and Morocco have scored the same or more goals than Belgium on aggregate.
• On losing to Canada, if Croatia also lost to Belgium and then the goal difference got worse. If Morocco and Croatia have the same goal difference and the same number of goals scored, first the fair play rating and then the lot decide.

Belgium (3 points, 1:2 goals) Next…

• In the win against Croatia.
• In a draw against Croatia, Morocco lost to Canada by three goals and Belgium scored more goals on aggregate.
• In a draw against Croatia, Morocco loses to Canada by at least four goals.

What happens when two or more teams are tied on points and goals?

In this case, direct comparisons are used first, followed by fair play ratings, and finally drawing lots. If Morocco and Belgium are tied on points and goals scored, Morocco will advance because they won the direct match (2–0). There would also be a draw between Croatia and Morocco as the direct match ended 0-0. It is possible that Morocco and Croatia can tie on points, goal difference, number of goals and head-to-head on Thursday. Then fair play rating will decide first. So far, both the teams have received two yellow cards each. Each yellow card means one minus point, one yellow-red card minus three points and one red card minus four points. If there is a deadlock here too it decides a lot.