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Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied...

This was discussed earlier somewhere up there ^^^^ tl;dr; The first tiebreaker is head-to-head record.

How bad are Ajax that they couldn't even score 1 against us this season? Even Luton managed that.

Holy crap - a clean sheet!

Indeed. I'd voted a 2-1 win for us in the prediction thread, but I really would like to be wrong about that.

Fati very close to grabbing a quick second goal for himself there too.

Fati!!!

Europa League tiebreakers are a bit weird, which to be honest, I was unaware of until just now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Europa_League_group_stage#Tiebreakers Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied...

How long was it since Ajax last touched the ball in the build up to that goal? It felt like the keeper picking it out of the net was their first touch in a good few minutes. Ok - I guess the keeper did save the first shot to set up the rebound. So that.

I'm not usually watching football at a deep level tactical understanding, but even I saw how that one worked. Ajax was holding back, and it was the second a couple of their players were baited into committing to challenge for the ball that we struck.

YES!!!! Mitoma and JP

Since we are usually better in the second half, I'm feeling quietly optimistic.