| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkebeineren | 4 | L4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0/12 | 4-10 |
| Elverum | 6 | L1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4/15 | 9-14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkebeineren | 4 | 26 | 43 | 4 | LWWWL | 2 | +2 |
| Elverum | 1 | 26 | 51 | 27 | WDDWD | 2 | -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 2012-09-22
The table read 4th (Birkebeineren, 43 pts) against 1st (Elverum, 51 pts), 8 points apart. Per game in the league, Birkebeineren were scoring 1.92 and conceding 1.77, Elverum 2.19 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.69 goals per team per game.
Birkebeineren arrived off four straight defeats.
Årbogen Kunstgress in Krokstadelva staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,000.
