| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vard | 6 | W6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15/15 | 19-4 |
| Drammen | 9 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7/15 | 7-7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vard | 2 | 25 | 53 | 27 | WWLWD | 3 | -1 |
| Drammen | 14 | 26 | 18 | -34 | LLLWL | 11 | +3 |
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 2009-09-20
The table gap was wide: 35 points between Vard (2nd, 53 pts) and Drammen (14th, 18 pts). Against a league average of 2.04 goals per team per game, Vard ran at 2.48 scored and 1.4 conceded, Drammen at 1.15 and 2.46.
Vard entered with six wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Over the last five, Vard had taken 15 of 15 points to Drammen's 7.
Haugesund Stadion in Haugesund, capacity 8,754, hosted the game.
