2008/2009| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahli Tripoli | 12 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10/15 | 9-4 |
| Al Jazeera | 12 | L3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1/15 | 5-11 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahli Tripoli | 3 | 30 | 66 | 38 | WLWLW | 6 | -3 |
| Al Jazeera | 15 | 30 | 26 | -28 | LLLWL | 14 | +1 |
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 2009-04-12
The table gap was wide: 40 points between Al Ahli Tripoli (3rd, 66 pts) and Al Jazeera (15th, 26 pts). Per game in the league, Al Ahli Tripoli were scoring 2.07 and conceding 0.8, Al Jazeera 0.7 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Al Jazeera — three in succession. The last-five ledger: Al Ahli Tripoli 10/15, Al Jazeera 1/15.
11 June Stadium in Tripoli staged the fixture, a ground that holds 67,000.
