| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linhares | 10 | D1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 3-5 |
| Boavista | 1 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/3 | 1-2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linhares | 61 | 6 | 1 | -15 | LLDLL | 110 | -49 |
| Boavista | 16 | 6 | 10 | 9 | WLLDW | 116 | -100 |
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 2008-07-06
Linhares went into the game 61st in the table on 1 points; Boavista sat 16th on 10 — a 9-point gap. The last five rounds placed Boavista no better than 116th for form, against 16th in the standings. Per game in the league, Linhares were scoring 0.5 and conceding 3, Boavista 2.17 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Estádio Joaquim Calmon in Linhares (capacity 2,000).
