Help! How have Tottenham qualified?

[RichH]

How have Tottenham already qualified? If Tottenham lose their remaining two games (Berlin and Benfica) and Benfica beat Vienna and Tottenham by more than 3-0 then Berlin are on 11 (plus whatever they get against Vienna) and Benfica are on 10 with Tottenham. Yet the Q has appeared and I got the email saying I had qualified for the first round! Some have suggested other head to head results but I can't work out how. The results of the group so far are:

Matchday One:

Vienna 1-4 Benfica - Berlin 2-2 Spurs

Matchday Two:

Vienna 1-3 Berlin - Spurs 3-0 Benfica

Matchday Three:

Benfica 1-1 Berlin - Spurs 8-0 Vienna

Matchday Four:

Vienna 0-4 Spurs - Berlin 2-0 Benfica

 

Can anyone solve this mystery?

[FrazT]

Head to head between teams on the same number of points is the first tie break:

See here:

Tiebreakers[edit]

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 17 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Champions League):^[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
8. Wins in all group matches;
9. Away wins in all group matches;
10. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
11. UEFA club coefficient.

Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals were no longer applied as a tiebreaker starting from this season. However, total away goals were still applied as a tiebreaker.^[8]

[RichH]

Yes but Benfica have to play Tottenham still so could beat them by more than 3-0 and they are winning the head to head

[USASoundersFan]

I think it's a bug. I hope that if Spurs does lose twice and ends up third, behind Benfica on head-to-head goal difference, the "Q" would disappear.

[Uncle Adi]

I reckon the fix is in