Has a football club won the title with a better goal difference than points tally? | The Knowledge
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“The Bundesliga table shows Bayern Munich on 70 points with an eye-popping goal difference of +72,” pops Chris Fryer. “Has any club won the league with a greater goal difference than points tally?”
Bayern Munich have won 22 and lost one in the Bundesliga this season. That was a 2-1 defeat against Augsburg, which means their 22 victories have produced a goal difference of +73. In other words, their average margin of victory is an absurd 3.32 goals.
0.388 Rangers 1898-99 (Scottish First Division)
0.353 Hearts 1957-58 (Scottish First Division)
0.200 Liverpool 1895-96 (Second Division)
0.176 Ajax 1966-67 (Eredivisie)
0.09 Birmingham 1892-93 (Second Division)