As it stands, Argentina are set to win Group C of the Qatar World Cup as they’re leading 2-0 against Poland.
That means Robert Lewandowski’s side will finish the group stages on 4 points.
This is the same as Mexico – who are defeating Saudi Arabia 2-0 as well.
The interesting thing is that if the games finish like this, both Poland and Mexico will be on 4 points with a 0 goal difference- having scored 2 goals and conceded as many.
In case that, Poland would actually go ahead due to a better ‘fair play record’ as they have earned fewer yellow cards than the Mexican side. Poland have earned 5 yellow cards, fewer than Mexico’s 7.
Here is how FIFA’s rule book determines how a team qualifies from a group.
1. Points
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. H2H record
5. Fair play record
6. Draw of lots: The last way to determine who progresses is by luck of the draw. No team has been axed from the World Cup by this method so far.