| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lae City Dwellers | 4 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3/12 | 12-12 |
| Ba | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12/15 | 16-1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lae City Dwellers | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | WWL | 4 | +1 |
| Ba | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | LLW | 8 | +2 |
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 2018-02-13
Lae City Dwellers went into the game 5th in the table on 6 points; Ba sat 10th on 3 — a 3-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 3/2 for Lae City Dwellers and 1.33/1 for Ba (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.04.
Korman Stadium, capacity 6,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
