| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIK | 15 | D1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 4-2 |
| Portland Timbers | 1 | D1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/3 | 2-2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIK | 86 | 10 | 16 | 2 | DLWLW | 158 | -72 |
| Portland Timbers | 320 | 2 | 4 | 1 | WD | 285 | +35 |
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 2012-03-04
The table read 86th (AIK, 16 pts) against 320th (Portland Timbers, 4 pts), 12 points apart. Recent form told a different story for AIK: only 158th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 86th. Per game in the league, AIK were scoring 1.1 and conceding 0.9, Portland Timbers 1.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.57 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Providence Park in Portland (capacity 7,600).
