Serie A to decide title by playoff in case of tie

Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo stands with the Scudetto, awarded to the league’s winner every season. Getty Pictures

Beginning subsequent season, the Serie A title will probably be determined by a playoff if the highest two groups end with the identical variety of factors.

The Italian soccer federation introduced the rule change after getting approval from the Serie A golf equipment.

Beforehand, the head-to-head report had been used as the primary tiebreaker between groups ending on the identical variety of factors, a rule which almost got here into play final season.

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AC Milan clinched the Scudetto on the final day of the marketing campaign in 2021-22 with a win at Sassuolo to complete two factors above defending champion Internazionale. Had the Rossoneri drawn the match, they might have nonetheless received the title as they’d the higher head-to-head report over their metropolis rival.

There will probably be no additional time within the title-deciding playoff match, which can go straight to penalties if the sport is drawn after 90 minutes.

Head-to-head will nonetheless be used because the tiebreaker if groups are on the identical variety of factors wherever else within the desk, in contrast to when playoffs had been beforehand a consider Serie A.

Previous to the 2005-06 season, playoffs had been used if groups had been tied on factors for positions that may determine the title, relegation or European qualification. Many different leagues, together with the Premier League, use aim distinction as the primary tiebreaker.

The one time a playoff was used to determine the Serie A champion was in 1964 when Bologna beat Inter 2-0 to win the final of their seven league titles. Had head-to-head report been the primary tiebreaker, Inter would have triumphed.

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