2014/2015| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Stars | 12 | W3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12/15 | 10-4 |
| Benfica | 15 | W1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8/15 | 9-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Stars | 1 | 30 | 68 | 38 | WWLWW | 2 | -1 |
| Benfica | 16 | 30 | 14 | -36 | LWLWL | 9 | +7 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2015-02-21
On paper the standings were lopsided — African Stars 1st with 68 points, Benfica 16th with 14, 54 apart. The last five rounds placed Benfica 9th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Per game in the league, African Stars were scoring 1.73 and conceding 0.47, Benfica 0.67 and 1.87, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
African Stars had won three straight.
Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek, capacity 25,000, hosted the game.
