Meaning & use
aggregate soccer scoring system
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Meaning
nounsingularsport
A way of deciding a two-match soccer tie by adding the goals each team scores across both games.
Grammar: Usually singular and often shortened to 'aggregate'; the total is called the aggregate score.
Patterns
- win on aggregate
- lose on aggregate
- the aggregate score
Under the aggregate soccer scoring system, the team with the most goals over two legs advances.
They lost the tie 3–2 on aggregate despite winning the second match.
The aggregate scoring system means away goals can decide a close tie.
Common combinations
- on aggregate
- The club advanced 4–3 on aggregate.
- aggregate score
- The aggregate score was level after two legs.
- win on aggregate
- They won on aggregate after a 1–1 draw.
- over two legs on aggregate
- The winner is decided over two legs on aggregate.
Synonyms and how they differ
- two-legged tie
- Names the format of playing two matches; the aggregate system is the method used to decide that tie.
Word family
- aggregate noun
- the total of goals or points added together
Commonly confused: aggregate soccer scoring system or away goals rule?
aggregate soccer scoring system vs away goals rule
The away goals rule was a separate tie-breaker; the aggregate system simply adds all goals from both matches.
Practice
A team wins the first leg 2–0 and loses the second 1–0. What is the aggregate score?
Choose one answer.
Add both legs: 2+0 for one team and 0+1 for the other, giving 2–1 on aggregate. Choosing 3–0 wrongly counts only one team's goals.
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