| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading United | 13 | W2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10/15 | 13-4 |
| Cary Clarets | 7 | W2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13/15 | 10-1 |
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 | 16 | 41 | 41 | WWWWW | 1 | 0 |
| Cary Clarets | 6 | 16 | 30 | 12 | DLWWL | 10 | -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 2009-07-25
Reading United went into the game 1st in the table on 41 points; Cary Clarets sat 6th on 30 — an 11-point gap. The last five rounds placed Cary Clarets no better than 10th for form, against 6th in the standings. Per game in the league, Reading United were scoring 3.63 and conceding 1.06, Cary Clarets 1.75 and 1, against a competition average of 1.68 goals per team per game.
Cary Clarets's unbeaten run stood at 6.
The match was played at Bulldog Field in Whitfield (capacity 11,000).
