| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Palmas | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7/15 | 11-8 |
| Cagliari | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12/15 | 10-2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Palmas | 14 | 7 | 16 | 11 | WWWDW | 941 | -927 |
| Cagliari | 95 | 4 | 4 | 0 | LWLD | 941 | -846 |
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 2016-08-07
Las Palmas went into the game 14th in the table on 16 points; Cagliari sat 95th on 4 — a 12-point gap. Las Palmas had been under-performing their position — 941st on five-round form against 14th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 2/0.43 for Las Palmas and 0.75/0.75 for Cagliari (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.75.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas in Gran Canaria (capacity 8,000).
