2016/2017| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orfeas Xanthi | 3 | D1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5/9 | 2-1 |
| Apollon Pontou FC | 15 | W4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13/15 | 17-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orfeas Xanthi | 5 | 28 | 44 | 9 | WDWWW | 3 | +2 |
| Apollon Pontou FC | 1 | 28 | 76 | 59 | WWWWW | 1 | 0 |
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 2017-03-12
On paper the standings were lopsided — Apollon Pontou FC 1st with 76 points, Orfeas Xanthi 5th with 44, 32 apart. Per game in the league, Orfeas Xanthi were scoring 1.11 and conceding 0.79, Apollon Pontou FC 2.68 and 0.57, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Apollon Pontou FC came in having won four on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
Stadio Xanthis in Xanthi staged the fixture, a ground that holds 9,503.
