2017/2018| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciney | 15 | L1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5/15 | 12-11 |
| RFC Liège | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9/15 | 11-8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciney | 14 | 27 | 21 | -16 | DLLLL | 18 | -4 |
| RFC Liège | 1 | 27 | 66 | 40 | WWWWW | 1 | 0 |
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 2018-01-20
The table gap was wide: 45 points between RFC Liège (1st, 66 pts) and Ciney (14th, 21 pts). Ciney had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 14th in the table. Per game in the league, Ciney were scoring 1.19 and conceding 1.78, RFC Liège 2.52 and 1.04, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.
