| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bengal | 15 | W1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6/15 | 8-7 |
| BSS Sprting | 13 | D1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3/15 | 2-5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bengal | 1 | 12 | 30 | 23 | WWWWW | 21 | -20 |
| BSS Sprting | 9 | 12 | 11 | -2 | LDWWD | 13 | -4 |
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 2023-07-24
On paper the standings were lopsided — East Bengal 1st with 30 points, BSS Sprting 9th with 11, 19 apart. Recent form told a different story for East Bengal: only 21st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Scoring rates set the scale: East Bengal 2.42 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, BSS Sprting 1 and 1.17, with the league averaging 2.13.
BSS Sprting had gone 5 games without a win.
