| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Pumas | 4 | L3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1/12 | 2-10 |
| Cary RailHawks U23 | 7 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10/15 | 11-6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Pumas | 66 | 16 | 3 | -53 | LLLLL | 76 | -10 |
| Cary RailHawks U23 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 11 | WWWWW | 1 | +16 |
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 2008-05-31
Cary RailHawks U23, 17th with 29 points, sat 26 points above Palm Beach Pumas (66th, 3). Cary RailHawks U23 had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Against a league average of 1.62 goals per team per game, Palm Beach Pumas ran at 0.56 scored and 3.88 conceded, Cary RailHawks U23 at 2.5 and 1.81.
Palm Beach Pumas arrived off three straight defeats.
