soccer aggregate score

Meanings

1. 1nouncountablesport

   In a two-game soccer tie, the total of goals scored by each team across both games.

   Grammar: Usually used with the definite article: the aggregate score decides who advances.

   Patterns

   • the aggregate score
   • win on aggregate
   • lose on aggregate

   After two legs, the aggregate score was 3–2 in their favor.

   They lost the second match 1–0 but went through on the aggregate score.

   The aggregate score is what matters, not the result of one game.

2. 2phrasefixed phrasesportBritish

   Used to describe winning a tie by the combined total of both games rather than one match.

   Grammar: Appears in the fixed phrases 'on aggregate' and 'on the aggregate score'.

   Patterns

   • win on aggregate
   • go through on aggregate

   They won the tie on aggregate despite losing the second leg.

   The team advanced on aggregate after a 2–2 draw.

Word forms

Common combinations

win on aggregate

United won on aggregate after a late goal in the second leg.

level the aggregate score

A penalty leveled the aggregate score at 2–2.

the aggregate score over two legs

The aggregate score over two legs favored the home side.

advance on the aggregate score

They advanced on the aggregate score with a 4–1 total.

Synonyms and how they differ

combined score

A more general term used in any sport; 'aggregate score' is the standard term in soccer ties.

total

Shorter and more informal, but it does not make clear that it covers two separate games.

Word family

aggregate noun

the total formed by adding separate amounts together

aggregate verb

to combine several amounts into one total

Commonly confused: soccer aggregate score or average score?

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