| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cary RailHawks U23 | 5 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8/15 | 9-5 |
| Beach Pirates | 1 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 0-1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cary RailHawks U23 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 11 | WWWWW | 1 | +16 |
| Beach Pirates | 31 | 16 | 24 | 15 | WWLWL | 18 | +13 |
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 2008-05-21
Cary RailHawks U23 went into the game 17th in the table on 29 points; Beach Pirates sat 31st on 24 — a 5-point gap. The last five rounds placed Cary RailHawks U23 1st in the league for form — higher than their 17th in the standings. Per game in the league, Cary RailHawks U23 were scoring 2.5 and conceding 1.81, Beach Pirates 2.19 and 1.25, against a competition average of 1.62 goals per team per game.
