I scrolled through some soccer leagues and I accidentally came across the following situation. It's about Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Southampton from Group K in the 2016-'17 UEFA Europa League. To start, they both got 8 point in the group stage. So now we're going to apply the tiebreaker rules:
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
The two matches between Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Southampton resulted in a 0-0 and 1-1, so in this case they each scored 2 points (because of the two draws).
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
The goal difference among Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Southampton is in both matches zero.
- higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
In these two matches, Hapoel Be'er Sheva has scored 1 goal and Southampton also has scored 1 goal.
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
Again, Hapoel Be'er Sheva has scored 1 goal and Southampton also has scored 1 goal.
- if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 apply;
- superior goal difference in all group matches;
The superior goal difference of Southampton is +2 and that from Hapoel Be'er Sheva is 0.
Then why did Hapoel Be'er Sheva got through over Southampton if Southampton got a higher superior goal difference at rule 6? Did I miss something?