| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading United | 8 | L1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7/15 | 4-4 |
| Brooklyn Knights | 10 | D1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 8-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading United | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | WW | 39 | -38 |
| Brooklyn Knights | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | DL | 71 | -68 |
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 2008-07-27
6 points for Reading United (1st), 1 for Brooklyn Knights (3rd): a 5-point gap. Brooklyn Knights's recent output lagged their position: 71st on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Reading United were scoring 2.5 and conceding 1, Brooklyn Knights 0 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.62 goals per team per game.
The venue was Bulldog Field in Whitfield, with room for 11,000 spectators.
