Explanation of EPL standings

On the left sidebar, you will see the current standings for the English Premier League. They tend to look a little funny, as soccer keeps its standings (known as tables) a little differently than other sports do. With that in mind, I thought I would post about just how to read the standings. If you look over them you will see this: 7 Everton 1-0-0 3 2 1 1 The first number is what place each team is in the standings. (Everton is currently in 7th place.) Next to the place, is the team name. To the right of the team name you will see a series of three numbers separated by two dashes like this: 1-0-0. This is that team's record and should be read as Wins-Draws-Losses. (Everton has one win, no draws, and no losses.) On the second line, the first number is the number of points that team has accumulated. A win equals three points, a draw equals one point, and a loss is worth no points. (Everton, with its one win, no draws, and no losses has gained three points so far.) The number to the immediate right of the team's point total is the number of goals that team has scored (Goals For, of which Everton has two), while the goals that team has allowed are to the immediate right of that (Goals Against, of which Everton has one). The final number listed is the total goal differential -- goals for minus goals against -- accumulated by that team. This is used as a tiebreaker for teams with the same amount of points at the end of the season. (Everton, by virtue of a 2-1 score in its first game, has a goal differential of 1.)