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In team standings, 'goals for' stands for the number of goals the team has scored and 'goals against' stands for the number of goals the team has allowed its opponents to score.

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usually for an against refer to goals. "goals for" is the total number of goals a team scores in a season or period of time and "goals against" is the total they have given up.

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