| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brumunddal | 11 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6/15 | 14-7 |
| Birkebeineren | 5 | L5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0/15 | 4-13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brumunddal | 14 | 26 | 16 | -25 | LLLLL | 14 | 0 |
| Birkebeineren | 4 | 26 | 43 | 4 | LWWWL | 2 | +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 2012-09-29
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Birkebeineren (4th, 43 pts) and Brumunddal (14th, 16 pts). Against a league average of 1.69 goals per team per game, Brumunddal ran at 1.12 scored and 2.08 conceded, Birkebeineren at 1.92 and 1.77.
Defeat had followed defeat for Birkebeineren — five in succession. Over the last five, Brumunddal had taken 6 of 15 points to Birkebeineren's 0.
The match was played at SH-banen in Brumunddal (capacity 4,000).
